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Andrew Schultz reviews Santa's Trainee Elf: "2 years later, still a great holiday present" January 2, 2023 "STF intimidated me a lot the first time I played through it. The map is not small. But fortunately, when I sat down to take another shot..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It: "Play half, skip the rest" January 2, 2023 "Nord and Bert was the first piece of interactive fiction I ever played. I read about it and it sounded right up my alley. Looking back,..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Savoir-Faire: "Difficult but memorable" January 2, 2023 "Savoir-Faire is, first and foremost, a difficult game. What kept me going was the mystery, the atmosphere, the incredibly versatile and..." - See full review

A new poll by Lance Cirone, Exactly What It Says on the Tin created January 2, 2023 12 votes for 9 games Titles are a complex art. Sometimes they're deep and metaphorical. Sometimes they're catchy and fun to read out loud. Sometimes they're named after a quote or item in the game. Sometimes they don't even have...

Lance Cirone reviews Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's: "Schtupmeister, gradual advertiser" January 2, 2023 "Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's pleasantly surprised me. The premise is that you're a psychic advertiser for Schtupmeister beer;..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Speculative Fiction: "Full of personality, so-so puzzles" January 2, 2023 "Speculative Fiction's voice and narration are full of personality. Everything is written from the perspective of wizard-turned-bird W.D.,..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Scents & Semiosis: "A joy to play" January 2, 2023 " Scents & Semiosis is a collaborative piece about a perfumer leisurely browsing through their personal collection of perfumes to relive..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews MARIO CARDS: "Nobody wins at MARIO CARDS" January 2, 2023 ""Life is meaningless, we are but players of a game, and that game is MARIO CARDS". MARIO CARDS has you being blindfolded and kidnapped by..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Virulence Protocol: "Corporate space mission gone haywire" January 2, 2023 "Everyone is on edge aboard the CSS Jonas Salk, a spaceship tasked with astrobiology research to acquire alien life forms and substances..." - See full review

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Games where you can dispose of useless items created January 2, 2023 10 votes for 5 games Mike Spivey's A Beauty Cold and Austere had a gray lady guarding a storage bin, where you could ask her if something had served its purpose. If it did, in the bin it went. If it didn't, you may've gotten a...

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Games with NPC dialogue that gives strong yet mimesis-keeping hints created January 2, 2023 15 votes for 12 games In IFComp 2022, it struck me how your partner Alex, in A Walk Around the Neighborhood and your father in The Last Christmas Present did a really good job of providing an NPC that gave hints without outright...

ccpost reviews Chronicon Apocalyptica: "Peak medieval weirdness" January 2, 2023 "I feel like this game was made personally for me. Centering around a monastic scribe who's thrust into a mission to investigate a..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Waiting for Sunrise: "Murder mystery vs. Sunrise" January 2, 2023 " The sun is below the horizon. June 21st, 4.15am, 2020, Aalborg This is a cryptic but interesting murder mystery game. You are an..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Counsel in The Cave: "Reflective post-HS piece with questions worth asking at any age" January 2, 2023 "When I was going off to college, or even just after college, I wish I'd have felt free enough to write something like this. It hits on..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Under the Bridge: "Spooky art enlivens a dark fairy tale" January 2, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I always feel a bit like a fraud..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Esther's: "Inner Child is not MPD" January 2, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Hey, there are IF works for new readers! This was an absolutely delightful interactive rendition of a..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Matter of Heist Urgency: "An exciting mini-whirlwind of crime, mumbling ponies, and pirate fight moves" January 1, 2023 "It's hard not to enjoy a game where you play as an animal. And in AMHU, my biggest groan was realizing I'd missed the pun in the title...." - See full review

Wynter reviews Orbital Decay: "Sinister and attention-grabbing Twine puzzle" January 1, 2023 "This is one of the most polished, multimedia-confident Twines I have ever come across. Some great graphics, particularly at the end, and..." - See full review

A new listing for Castle of Riddles Revisited, by Peter Killworth, John Chapman

A new listing for Midnight Snack, by I.F. Zerosix

Lance Cirone reviews Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!: "Uses its set piece well" January 1, 2023 "One horrific night in the 1950s, teenager Bonnie Noodleman finds her almost-boyfriend attacked by horrific brain-guzzling monsters from..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors: "Repetitive gameplay, doesn't go very far" January 1, 2023 "You are a disgraced high school Rock Paper Scissors champion. It's been a long year, but you are ready to regain your position, with the..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Which Describes How You're Feeling: "Overall decent" January 1, 2023 "The doctor gives you a word, and you have to respond with a rhyme for it. Rack up as many points as you can before time's up to get a..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die: "Pick Up the Game and Be Underwhelmed" January 1, 2023 "Looking back at the game now, it doesn't seem that revolutionary or interesting. It's almost a troll game, if anything. Games like Aisle..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews The Mind Electric: "Think of these thoughts as limitless light" January 1, 2023 "Nuns commence incanting as the lightning strikes your temples thus! Electrifying your chambers wholly, scorching out their sovereignty!..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Indigo: "Short and buggy" January 1, 2023 "Indigo is a game that's really more frustrating than fun. I love the concept, but it's not communicated well, and the game is full of..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens: "Let me tell you, the protagonist just keeps getting better" January 1, 2023 "I've been looking forward to playing this one. It was announced to be released on the 31st if I recall. There is something fun about..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Thick Table Tavern: "Bartending for profit and dream-chasing, with nice atmosphere" January 1, 2023 "I'm not big on alcohol, in general. I was fortunate to learn quickly that it doesn't work for me, and there were other ways to loosen..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews CHASE THE SUN: "Lyrical mid-apocalyptic road-trip" January 1, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I was reading Andrew Schultz’s..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Admiration Point: "Don't Make Me Adult!" January 1, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This is a deeply adult work, and I don’t mean in the sense of “tee hee nudity and devil worship.” I..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews TOMBs of Reschette: "Tongue in cheek RPG stuff" December 31, 2022 "It's been a while, but the author requested that people not spoil things, if they figured out what was going on in TOMBs. I still won't,..." - See full review

Cena reviews The Chicken's Dilemma: "Poor chicken" December 31, 2022 "I mean, not much to say here. It's basically a one (or two)-room logic puzzle. Appreciated the Postscript."

Cena reviews Down: "Incomplete " December 31, 2022 "'m very conflicted about Down. On the one hand, this is my second KT game (not counting Tetris) and I really like his writing. I like the..." - See full review

A new poll by Malasana, Games to play on New Year's Eve created December 31, 2022 10 votes for 6 games Ideally, Winter/Christmas-themed games.

News on The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens: Actual Release December 31, 2022 The long-awaited sequel to "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen has been released.

Lance Cirone reviews Threediopolis: "Creative and fun" December 31, 2022 "You're sent into the wide land of Threediopolis. Your new employer, Ed Dunn, has a list of places he wants you to visit so you can..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Very Vile Fairy File: "Deal's done, feels fun" December 31, 2022 "Very Vile Fairy File has you as Kerry Kyle, transported into a strange world consisting of rhyming couplets. The titular Fairy File will..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews More: "I get what it's going for, but..." December 31, 2022 "This game has a nice story, but once you've exhausted it, there just isn't that much to do. The wording on is awkward,..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Best of Three: "Intelligent, elegant, and thoughtful" December 31, 2022 "This is flat-out one of my favorite games of all time. Everything it does just struck all the right chords for me. The dry, sarcastic..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus: "Great writing and characters, horrible bugs" December 31, 2022 "Max Blaster is a game I am extremely divided on. On one hand, I love the written content and the story. Max and Doris are a great duo,..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Juuves, Civitas December 31, 2022 17 items Cities.

Lance Cirone reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Charming and fun" December 31, 2022 "(Adapted from intfiction.org post) Lenard Gunda’s Lazy Wizard's Guide was one of the first IFComp entries I played this year; the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Thanatophobia: "ELIZA with higher stakes" December 31, 2022 "Every year I have one author I didn't know with whom I trade a flurry of testing emails. It's exciting. I learn a lot. I wish I'd have..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews [IFComp 22 - Beta] Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: "A chaotically inventive work-in-progress" December 31, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I've mentioned in other reviews..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Welcome to Notwarts" December 31, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Old School Parser IF, like yr momma used to make! The setup is fun: a lazy wizard student trying to fake..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Good Grub!: "Low-level, self-aware heckling is the best kind of heckling" December 30, 2022 "Good Grub embraces its limitations as a no-frills Twine game enthusiastically, and I think it does so without going overboard. Teaching..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Cheese Thief: "Cheese is secondary, actually" December 30, 2022 "You are Sebastian, a rat whose baby sister, Wendy, is sick. Resources are limited. Your father is dead. It’s just you and Gurdy, an old..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Peak Fiction" December 30, 2022 "If you have any doubt, stop reading these reviews and play the game. There is so much to do in Counterfeit Monkey. I've played it three..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for December 2022 December 30, 2022 7 items On Friday, December 30, 2022, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation X: The Stranger: "Short, sad trans horror game with some overall world-building" December 30, 2022 "This is the tenth game in the Usher Foundation series, in which each game is centered on one of the primal fear archetypes of the Magnus..." - See full review

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