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JJ McC reviews To Persist/Exist/Endure, Press 1: "Press 6 for Inappropriate Laughter" December 22, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review The other day, I was just kind of lounging on my couch thinking “Y’know what I could go for? An..." - See full review

sleepykeetz reviews With Those We Love Alive: "Life Changing" December 21, 2022 ""With Those We Love Alive" was the first piece of online interactive fiction of this kind that I remember engaging with. Before it there..." - See full review

A new listing for The Hole, by MythicStories

A new listing for Plasmorphosis, by Agnieszka Trzaska

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Creating Goncharov: "Don't wait for the opportunity. Create it." December 21, 2022 "This is another submission in the Goncharov Game Jam. For quick context, Goncharov is a nonexistent mafia themed film by Martin..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Chinese Room: "The Ethics of Oppression, or at least the Optics: a review of half of the game" December 21, 2022 "I feel like I failed to a certain extent getting through this and trying to evaluate it. There's a lot to grasp, but on the bright side,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews One Final Pitbull Song (at the End of the World): "A satiric phantasmagoria held back by slack pacing and flabby prose" December 21, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Aww, man. I went into this one..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Glimmer: "Form, Meet Function" December 21, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Of course I’m not the first to observe that interactivity doesn’t have to mean story branching...." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Meeting the Parents: "Meeting the Parents" December 20, 2022 "This is an interactive fiction game written on Twine format, which follows one of the most nerve wracking events in one's life in the..." - See full review

News on A Matter of Heist Urgency: New and improved: Release 5 of "A Matter of Heist Urgency" now available via the IF Archive. December 20, 2022 This post-comp release makes changes in response to the feedback received from reviewers and play transcripts during IF Comp 2022, and makes several significant improvements and substantial additions to the... - Details

A new poll by Dr. Questionable, I'm looking for interactive games related to Arcadie: Second Born created December 20, 2022 5 votes for 4 games Games that take place in a medieval-like setting including an aspect of royalty, a rich-story, and some magic.

N.C. Hunter Hayden reviews And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One: "Fun To Read and Makes You Feel" December 20, 2022 "Playing through this game was an excellent experience for me. The subject matter of the "plot," such as it is, hit home for me,..." - See full review

News on Meeting the Parents: Final Version now online! December 20, 2022 Meeting the Parents was my first ever published IF game, back in mid-2021. Since then, I have learned much in terms of coding and writing. Along with receiving some feedback, I set out to give it one last... - Details

Andrew Schultz reviews A Walk Around the Neighborhood: "Least messy "my messy apartment" ever!" December 20, 2022 "I'm not really a fan of mythology, but the author's entry from IFComp 2021, Hercules, was a sympathetic look at a kid who was smart but..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Hanging by threads: "A unique city on the brink" December 20, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Gather round folks, for I am about..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Lottery Ticket: "Collaboration Across Time" December 20, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review I love how broad the IF domain is, and in turn how foolish I was to think a two-column criteria could..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Esther's: ""clueless human finally understands mice"" December 19, 2022 "I heard enough buzz about Esther's in-comp that I decided to slip it in in front of what looked to be slower entries. This worked. I am..." - See full review

Cena reviews East of Eastwood: "And never the twain" December 19, 2022 "Update: I'm a maroon. Running this game requires using DosBox and the he12.exe Hugo interpreter, as well as the game file. (Thanks to..." - See full review

Cena reviews Tetris: "Hugo Tetris is best Tetris" December 19, 2022 "I played the Hugo port of this game, which Gargoyle doesn't like. Out of curiosity, because I missed this back in 1995, I loaded the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Admiration Point: "Workplace crushes and their discontents" December 19, 2022 "Um, so, yeah, Workplace crushes bad. There's reasons any self-respecting HR department has a whole stack of procedure on what to do about..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Hidden King's Tomb: "A bland first game with glimmers of promise" December 19, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). There’s a bit in the British..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Death by Lightning: "*Blank Stare, Mouth Agape*" December 19, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review And now for my first review sub-sub-series of my review sub-series “What Do I Do With This?” This..." - See full review

Cena reviews Hammurabi: "People need food, badly" December 18, 2022 "Note: the current iteration seems broken both online and playing through Gargoyle. I thoughtlessly typed 'help' as my first command and..." - See full review

Wynter reviews A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: "Some things are darker than the Sea" December 18, 2022 "The title (from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) almost makes it sound like this game is going to be amusing, except it's anything but...." - See full review

Heli N. reviews Arcadie: Second-Born: "Last in Line" December 18, 2022 "This is a Twine game narrating the story of the protagonist, you, the second prince/princess of the warmongering kingdom of Arcadie. Your..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Definitely not a lazy custom parser" December 18, 2022 "LWG is a fun game that I feared might not get many reviews in IFComp 2022 due to a custom web-based parser, but I was glad to be proven..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews An Alien's Mistaken Impressions of Humanity's Pockets: "A gag-game that could use more polish " December 18, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Credit where it’s due – it’s..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Through the Forest with the Beast: "The Beast is YOU" December 18, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review 10 word summary: “Your community doesn’t like you for superficial reasons, run away!” This is a..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews No One Else Is Doing This: "A night's frustrating activism, in 15 minutes" December 17, 2022 "The United States had a census in 2020. Right in the middle of COVID. I didn't get a community organizer at my door, but I did get a..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews The Dreamhold: "Game that got me into IF" December 17, 2022 "This was one of the first IF games I ever played and my favorite one to date. The story is compelling, the puzzles are fun, and the world..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews Guilded Youth: "Fun, Charming Game" December 17, 2022 "I really enjoyed Guilded Youth, it was a super fun quick play. The graphics really enhanced the experience, rather than being distracting..." - See full review

ElTrip reviews Indigo: "Big Fan" December 17, 2022 "A super fun and quick game with a really creative magic system. I did have to use the hint system once, but other than that the puzzles..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Let Them Eat Cake: "fake-picturesque and entertaining story with many endings, but ..." December 17, 2022 "A humble village! You, a new baker's apprentice! Why, there's a miller, farmer, priest and all that sort of thing! Sadly, a barrow-boy,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Headlights: "A new engine moving through its growing pains" December 17, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp. I beta tested this game, and didn't..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews HOURS: "Kvetching Hour" December 17, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This work feels more incomplete than the ones I’ve reviewed to date. I don’t mean to sound..." - See full review

f-a reviews A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: "Great lonely horror" December 16, 2022 "A very good, short twine horror where you are lost at sea. At first I thought it was a “forced choice” adventure (where whatever you..." - See full review

A new listing for A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things, by Charm Cochran

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation VII: The Slaughter: "Civil war reenactment gone terribly wrong" December 16, 2022 "This is the 7th in a series of Twine games centered around the main themes of the Magnus Archives podcast. This one is based on the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Elvish for Goodbye: "Imagination and loss. I feel almost unworthy." December 16, 2022 "I'm pretty shocked EfG didn't get a top-twenty finish in IFComp 2022, and when I say top-twenty, I mean top-ten. I voted it top-two. It..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews 4 Edith + 2 Niki: "Food is terrible and the portions are small" December 16, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I sometimes worry that I give..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Tower of Plargh: "Cancer Cure, the Game" December 16, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review I sometimes forget about pure puzzle IFs. I do a range of paper puzzles, but tend to be biased to think..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews GONCHAROV 2073: "An espionage game about sabotaging an AI's film" December 15, 2022 "It is the year (I assume) 2073. The most recent technological advancements of the ages have taken a disturbing turn, and you and your..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Batman is Screaming: "Gleeful and grotesque interactive fanfic" December 15, 2022 "As noted in the other reviews, Batman is Screaming is an early Twine game by Porpentine, interesting now in how it hints at some of the..." - See full review

News on [IFComp 22 - Beta] Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: Full Release & Investigation Phase December 15, 2022 Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency was previously published in a beta demo to IFComp 2022. After integrating player's feedback and more developments, it has now been released as a full game on itch.io. ... - Details

News on Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: Full Release & Investigation Phase December 15, 2022 Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency was previously published in a beta demo to IFComp 2022. After integrating player's feedback and more developments, it has now been released as a full game on itch.io. ... - Details

A new listing for Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. and Yazaleea

Andrew Schultz reviews Who Shot Gum E. Bear?: "All the twisted amusement the cover art promises!" December 15, 2022 "WSGEB is a fun, and funny, short effort by someone who's been here before with others. I used to call them good-citizen entries, because..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Grown-Up Detective Agency: "Detective, detect thyself" December 15, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). A couple days ago, someone slipped..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Star Tripper: "Make That Space Money" December 15, 2022 "I’m definitely being challenged with what even is IF. There is a good half hour setup narrative here, that adheres to conversational IF..." - See full review

A new listing for Advent Mirror, by Andrew Plotkin

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