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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

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

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