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MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation IX: The Corruption: "Short, horrifying insect/trypophobia twine game" December 30, 2022 "This is the 9th game in the series of games based on the archetypal fears found in the Magnus Archives Podcast. This one focuses on the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Last Christmas Present: "A well-done holiday treasure hunt for (cliche) the kid in us" December 30, 2022 "(Trivia: with how I scheduled embargoed reviews, the original ETA was December 24, or 6 PM December 23 Central. I got behind, and not..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Nose Bleed: "Hell is other people (and a bloody nose)" December 30, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I feel like I’ve seen enough..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews No One Else Is Doing This: "Best Futility Simulator Ever" December 30, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review There is no real graphical flourish to this work, little interactivity, and the few puzzles you need to..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Dream Pieces: "Build letters into words, with optional rhymes" December 29, 2022 "I tested Dream Pieces for IFComp 2013 and remembered enjoying it, so I pulled it out again. It wasn't a hugely complex game, but it has a..." - See full review

A new listing for The Passenger, by Jime Rolón

StarterBA reviews Black Knife Dungeon: "Small but strong" December 29, 2022 "I played Black Knife Dungeon with a Windows Git interpreter. I have yet to finish the game yet, still, BKD seems to be easier on..." - See full review

viv reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "got me hooked on IFs" December 29, 2022 "this was my first ever IF, and tbh nothing has matched it since. Incredibly creative, amazing gameplay, I don't know if I would've..." - See full review

A new listing for Silk Dust, by Davide Bucci

A new listing for Dream Walker, by Gareth Pitchford

A new listing for Pesky Kids!, by Gareth Pitchford

Andrew Schultz reviews Approaching Horde!: "Efficient real-time resource management and humor, too" December 29, 2022 "Me and all caps don't get along so good all the time. Well, almost none of the time, to be honest, if I'm not the one typing 'em. And..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Witchfinders: "Engaging enough, but a bit too straightforward maybe?" December 29, 2022 "In Witchfinders, you play as a potentially suspected witch who wants to help people with their problems back in 1800: sick cattle, a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews One Way Ticket: "An interactive art-film, unique but draggy" December 29, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). There’s just something about..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Let Them Eat Cake: "Bend and Snap Bakery" December 29, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Students of comedy and interested rubber-neckers like me are aware of a joke comedians tell each other..." - See full review

A new listing for Colour Beyond Time, by Jamie Bradbury

A new listing for The Legacy of Markham Island, by Edward P. Toovey

A new listing for Donum (Spanish version), by BITFANS and F3M0 and Mr. Rancio

A new listing for Mad Monk, by A. Knight

A new listing for Galactic Hitchhiker, by A. Knight

Andrew Schultz reviews Am I My Brother's Keeper?: "Terse, compact game about helping (or failing to) a troubled sibling" December 28, 2022 "AIMBK is a relatively short Texture entry that seems a bit too linear to take full advantage of the medium. Nonetheless, the dynamic..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Lucid: "An allegorical nightmare elevated by strong writing" December 28, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). OK, I gotta get this out of the..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Elvish for Goodbye: "Elves are Racist" December 28, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review In reviewing some IF works, I’ve grappled with poetic language that clashed with my own sensibilities...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Beythilda the Night Witch: "Quick fun spooky touching poetry" December 27, 2022 "EctoComp does let people run wild with their imaginations or throw something out there they might as well. It certainly helped me say,..." - See full review

A new listing for Siege of Treboulain, by Jed Herne

Andrew Schultz reviews The Pool: "Can be scattershot, but what links, links well" December 27, 2022 "I knew this was going to be a horror story when I started, which isn't my thing, so I was pleasantly surprised by the first bit: you have..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You Feel Like You've Read this in a Book: "A pleasant literary Where's Waldo" December 27, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I’m going to dare to assert a..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Who Shot Gum E. Bear?: "Murder Most Sweet" December 27, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review So right out of the gate, I knew I wanted good things for this game. After the legally mandated..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Orunge: "MUST. GET. ORANGES!" December 26, 2022 " Orunge is a heartwarming story told in first person from the perspective of a young girl looking to buy some oranges at a market. We..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Staycation: "Flatmates, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em" December 26, 2022 "The Staycation listed itself as taking two hours, but for me it wasn't close to that long. However, the time suggestion and content..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Graveyard Strolls: "Spooky but inconsistent" December 26, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Graveyard Strolls is a game of..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews You May Not Escape!: "Well I Did!" December 26, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Yeah, it’s a maze (maybe procedurally generated?). A very thin dystopia skin on top of a maze. It’s a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews whoami [es]: "Combination twine/parser game with simulated OS" December 25, 2022 "This is a fascinating Spanish Twine game that makes excellent use of both Inform 7 and Twine. You are dying during a radioactive..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Lost at the market: "Of dreams, music, and playing to the crowd (or not)" December 25, 2022 "So, a game in GrueScript! If Robin Johnson isn't in IFComp this year, it's good to see his engine makes an appearance, which is the next..." - See full review

A new listing for Over the Blood-Dark Sea, by Dave Morris, Jamie Thomson, SD Separa

Mike Russo reviews Inside: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" December 25, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). First two children’s-book games..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Jungle adventure: "Very chaotic Python parser game with whimsy to spare" December 25, 2022 "The fears of some about parser games, especially custom parsers, are fully warranted for Jungle Adventure. It has all the usual faults...." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey: "Smokey Burny OH MY GOD I'M NO GOOD AT WORDPLAY" December 25, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Wordplay games are so cool. They marry the math and lateral logic of abstract puzzles with the messiness..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Traveller's Log: "Monster grinding in Python, parser version" December 24, 2022 "Python? Well, it feels like Python has possibilities for a simple-stupid parser that people can figure easily. With its "split" function..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Plasmorphosis: "Research rover on a mission" December 24, 2022 "You play as Rovie, a rover on a research vessel called the Curious Kitty. Daphne, the onboard AI, activates you to explain that the ship..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation VIII: The Spiral: "Madness and minotaurs in a metropolitan subway" December 24, 2022 "This is the eighth in a series of short Twine games based on the central themes of the Magnus archives. This one is based on the Spiral,..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Absence of Miriam Lane: "Coming out of the shadows, but nothing supernatural" December 24, 2022 "A woman has vanished, well, sort of. Her husband's a bit confused. There's no foul play, really. You're a researcher, maybe an..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Campus Invaders: "A zany my-first-parser type game" December 24, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Everyone who writes parser IF..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews U.S. Route 160: "Emotional Cruise Control" December 24, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Thanks to a quirk of the randomizer (also known as “randomness”) I reviewed this uncomfortably close..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Trouble in Sector 471: "I, Robot Handyman" December 23, 2022 "With the author's games, you have stuff you know you should expect and a whole bunch you don't, and both are pleasing. You know you're..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews INK: "A muddy meditation on grief" December 23, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). In one or another of my reviews, I..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews i wish you were dead.: "Heartbreak Simulator" December 23, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This one crawled into my head a bit. IWYWD is a linear character study, where the character in question..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Learning to Be Human: "An occasionally lackluster game with an extremely important message" December 22, 2022 "Your mind blinks into existence: You are an android at FutureBright tech company. Two humans, Dr. Jeongmin Kim and Dr. Jinn Hong, have..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Only Possible Prom Dress: "Lost in a mall--it's more fun when you're an adult!" December 22, 2022 "Big picture stuff first: PPD (I'll neglect the O, as otherwise I'm reminded of Naughty by Nature's hit which seems, um, incongruous with..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Tin Mug: "A raggedy but endearing kid's story" December 22, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). The randomizer is up to its tricks..." - See full review

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