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Mike Russo reviews Elvish for Goodbye: "Lothlorien by way of New York" January 21, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). In this year's Comp, there’s no..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Counsel in The Cave: "Check Out My Screenplay?" January 21, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review I can’t tell if I was surprised by the unusual script formatting, or surprised that I don't encounter..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Chesstopia II: "Chess and time travel, but I want more" January 20, 2023 "The author of the Peter Patzer series decided, after a long hiatus, to switch things up a bit. The Chesstopia series is a bit more..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Construction Cancellation Order: "You've become the very thing you swore to destroy" January 20, 2023 "I'm playing this game in its very early state, but I'm not sure if it'll be finished. The author says that he'll "hopefully keep working..." - See full review

A new listing for Construction Cancellation Order, by Royerson

Lance Cirone reviews Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey: "Go Game, So Same" January 20, 2023 "I played this one a bit after Very Vile Fairy File, and it's clear they're cut from the same cloth. That doesn't bother me, though,..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Green: "Gardening, anyone?" January 20, 2023 "From the yellowed plastic windows of Borok Singh's penthouse at the top of the Gardeners' citadel, I can see the whole arc of it. The..." - See full review

A new listing for El Gran Reino de Harina, by elodio

Andrew Schultz reviews Lucid: "Unnerving supernatural powers beyond being able to retry endlessly" January 20, 2023 "Loop-til-you-win Twine entries always interest me. They feel efficient and tidy. You have some feedback on what you're doing right, and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Who Shot Gum E. Bear?: "Silly, mostly-insoluble mystery" January 20, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Props to Who Shot Gum E. Bear? –..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews A Matter of Heist Urgency: "Reminder: Superhero Horse!" January 20, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review When I initially wrote this, I had a feeling my review was going to say more about my age and cultural..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell: "Blasphemin' 2: Hellacious Boogaloo" January 19, 2023 "In Darkiss 2, you're still Martin Voigt, the vampire. You've taken revenge on all the peons. So who's left? Well, the people you're..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Adventures of Peter Patzer, Who Sought Masterhood and Returned Not Quite the Same: "Win at chess just once: the text adventure" January 19, 2023 "I was glad to discover a chess game of sorts. Peter Patzer isn't particularly enlightened, but it has a few good jokes, and it's..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You May Not Escape!: "A thematically resonant maze game" January 19, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). The randomizer continues to send..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews You Feel Like You've Read this in a Book: "ransom-note thriller, book references extra" January 19, 2023 "I love a good sneaky reference to a popular work I liked, and I love getting the reference–or even forgetting the reference and saying..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Thick Table Tavern: "Mixology Simulator, Minus Sad Alcoholism" January 19, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Ok, take two parts snarky, amusing characters, 2 parts crisp custom graphical presentation, one part..." - See full review

A new poll by OverThinking, Big, impossible houses created January 18, 2023 13 votes for 7 games Think "House of Leaves" or Aaron Reed's "Subcutanean." "Delightful Wallpaper" doesn't count as, though its map is large and complex, it does make geometric sense.

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews P-Rix - Space Trucker: "When trucking goes wrong… in space" January 18, 2023 " P-Rix – Space Trucker told in third person past tense from the perspective of a PC named P-Rix, a trucker who agreed to a sketchy..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Creatures Such As We: "Meditation on games, art, the meaning of life, and lunar bases" January 18, 2023 "This game is richly multilayered, weaving together many different fascinating narrative and aesthetic threads, while remaining incredibly..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews The Usher Foundation VIII: The Spiral: "Wish there was more" January 18, 2023 "As it happens, I've read the transcripts of the entire Magnus Archives podcast, despite not being a great fan of it, so from the start I..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Graveyard Strolls: "Ghost Healer, no supernatural trinkets needed" January 18, 2023 "I still don't particularly "get" Texture as a development system, as opposed to others: Ink, Twine, parser. However, it seems to produce..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Thanatophobia: "Chatbots: Innovative Same-iness" January 18, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Because of specific compatibility needs, this game made me install Opera. Better be worth it! It’s fine..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: the Awakening: "An old-school supernatural comedy of grandiose entitlement" January 17, 2023 "There's no shortage of text adventures where you play as a self-absorbed person who just wants stuff. Some are truly crude. Others are a..." - See full review

A new listing for The Green, by solipsistgames

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Overrun - en: "Hack into servers. Make friends. Find answers." January 17, 2023 " Overrun is a cyberpunk hacking game set in 2050. Nearly two decades prior, a virus known as the Crash Virus wiped out the internet and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews U.S. Route 160: "A downbeat road trip" January 17, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Okay, this is getting spooky –..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Last Christmas Present: "You Do Not Have My Consent to Experiment On Me" January 17, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review And we’re back to the “What Do I Do With This?” Sub series of JJMcC’s Reviews Out Of Time...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Inside: "Spells make the magician: what you know vs. what you use" January 16, 2023 "This review is currently based on what I saw from playing and how I peeked ahead at the source code, so it isn't really based on a full..." - See full review

A new listing for Lost in 17% of DuckSpace, by EdwardianDuck

A new listing for Never Ending Story, by Parcaran

A new listing for P-Rix - Space Trucker, by manonamora

Andrew Schultz reviews Campus Invaders: "Pleasant hijinks and light academia/alien invasion satire" January 16, 2023 "Marco Vallarino is one of several IFComp authors whose works I always meant to look at more in-depth. And here "more in-depth," means,..." - See full review

A new listing for GDIST, by Thomas Csigai

A new competition page: Nouvim 3000 - 2022 edition created January 16, 2023 This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If...

A new listing for Meurtres en eau profonde, by Narkhos

A new listing for L'île des morts, by Gavroche Games

A new listing for La fuite, by KorWeN

A new listing for Après la fin, by Léo Tranlin

A new listing for Insatiable Jeunesse, by filiaa

A new listing for Le Chant du Sable, by Gavroche Games

A new listing for Elux, by axoona

A new listing for GPT, by Thomas Csigai

A new listing for Fourmisson, by cagibi

A new listing for Le Dévorateur, by KorWeN

A new listing for Prier, by Écrivouilleur

A new listing for Le Discours, by Écrivouilleur

A new listing for La Division Engagée Volontairement pour Occupé le Terrain Initialement Occupé par Napoléon, by SAB

A new listing for Gloire au dieu des énigmes, by Léo Tranlin

A new listing for Le Jeu de la Dévotion, by manonamora

A new competition page: Partim 500 - 2022 edition created January 16, 2023 SERVEUR DISCORD FRANCOPHONE : https://discord.gg/vrmGavw This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this...

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