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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

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

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