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Mike Russo reviews Abate: Hide Behind the Curtains: "An obfuscated muddle" June 12, 2022 "Dear reader, you don’t know me from Adam so you’re going to have to take my word for it, but: I am not especially easy to flummox...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fenrir 13: "A custom-parser German space game about fixing a station" June 11, 2022 "This game is custom-written in C++, and has you wake up on a ship that is malfunctioning. You have to figure out what's wrong with the..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews All Things Devours: "Thinking fourth dimensionally!" June 11, 2022 ""The encounter could create a time paradox. The results of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the..." - See full review

WorstPunk reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Wordplay Heaven" June 11, 2022 "This is my favorite IF game of all time. I prefer story focused games rather than more traditional puzzle focused games, and I adore..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews Escape from the Wizard's Castle: "A light comedy adventure best suited for children to play with help from another" June 11, 2022 "To start I want to say I love that the Aurora Public Library created and hosts this game on their website. Just a great opportunity for..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Another Cabin In The Woods: "A downbeat musical" June 11, 2022 "Based on the title, I went into Another Cabin in the Woods expecting a horror story – but while, per the author’s note, that was the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Thin Walls: "A house is not a home" June 11, 2022 "I usually don’t like to look at other reviews of a game before I’ve written mine, but I’m going to bend that rule this time so I..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Half-Alive: "A YA take on Dante" June 11, 2022 "A couple of years ago I read this incredibly long analysis of the Mass Effect trilogy (ah, the things I had time for before I was a..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Bane of the Builders: "Rescue the professor!" June 10, 2022 "Some SF short stories can leave you numb and exhilarated at the same time as the repercussions of the twenty- or thirty-something pages..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews Lock & Key: "Perfect puzzle. Not so perfect implementation." June 10, 2022 "I was a senior in college when this game was released and played it the moment it dropped. I took copious notes while playing and brought..." - See full review

A new listing for Snowed In, by Jason Self

Mike Russo reviews Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi: "Thief of hearts" June 10, 2022 "Reader, let me level with you: I was in the bag for this game before I even clicked the word Start. The first Lady Thalia installment was..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Digit: "A sexy, well-written romance" June 10, 2022 "In other reviews I’ve advanced the theory that one of the distinctive things about this era of IF is that the parser vs. choice..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Graveyard Shift at the Riverview Motel: "It was a graveyard smash" June 10, 2022 "It’s fitting that my randomization gave me Graveyard Shift at the Riverview Motel right after The Hole Man, since they’re alike in a..." - See full review

A new listing for Hypogea, by ScatteredA

Rovarsson reviews Gerbil Riot of '67: "Crazy people as puzzle fodder" June 9, 2022 "A title like The Gerbil Riot of '67 makes my imagination run wild and almost overflow. Scenarios of little mammals running the streets,..." - See full review

A new listing for Electric Nest, by Ale Huehue

Mike Russo reviews The Hole Man: "He's very deep" June 9, 2022 "In my head, I sometimes like to anthropomorphize the different kinds of IF. (I don’t really, but the conceit’s our entry point into..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Thief of the Thousand Suns: "What's in a name?" June 9, 2022 "Appropriately enough for a game structured like a five-act play, my reaction to Thief of the Thousand Suns had a whole narrative arc to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Let's Talk Alex: "Leaving a toxic relationship" June 9, 2022 "Let’s Talk Alex is a Twine game about some very heavy subjects – gaslighting and emotional abuse in romantic relationships – that..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Die erste Nacht: "A german parser game full of hidden implications" June 8, 2022 "This game takes place in a small apartment after you have moved in with your wife Laura. Most of the house is filled with packed boxes...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Harmonia: "Utopian Literature" June 8, 2022 ""You can't judge a book by its cover." Yes, you can. I judge books by their covers all the time. And by the size and type of font, the..." - See full review

A new listing for The Making of ACMJ Game, by Sharon Liu

Mike Russo reviews Beneath the Stones: "Cave story" June 8, 2022 "I’m less than ten games into Spring Thing, and somehow I’ve already hit two whose opening screen is just repeated f-bombs (the other..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Crow Quest: "(Insert bird pun here)" June 8, 2022 "I’m a sucker for smart-animal content – stories about the social intelligence of elephants, books on how the distributed nature of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews George and the Dragon: "In days of old when knights were bold and princesses wore Bermuda shorts" June 8, 2022 "I have a dilemma when it comes to reviewing visual novels: on the one hand, I’m firmly on board with a broad definition of IF, and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Good Grub!: "A very buggy game" June 7, 2022 "I’ve said in other reviews that I think it’s really hard to make a successful “message game”, where the game’s main goal is to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You, Me and Coffee: "Coffee Talk" June 7, 2022 "A short visual novel filtered through a Game Boy aesthetic, You, Me and Coffee (God, it’s hard to omit the Oxford comma) wears its..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Bolivia By Night: "Ode to Bolivia" June 7, 2022 "Hi, I'm Jacqueline Beautemps. I'm a Canadian journalist working on a temporary visa for the Bolivian Herald. Until now, Ive been mostly..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Sindrella's Potions: "Fixable bugs dent an enjoyable story/mechanic" June 7, 2022 "As a rule I'm not big on retellings of an old story. You'd better bring something new to the table. And in Sindrella's Potions, you do...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Filthy Aunt Mildred: "Fabulously filthy" June 7, 2022 "Filthy Aunt Mildred is a nasty little thing, reveling in the physical and moral grotesqueness of the revolting, infighting family who..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Prairie House: "Atmospheric, slightly-wonky folk-horror" June 6, 2022 "The Prairie House is an aesthetically pleasing Adventuron game with slightly wonky implementation – but I repeat myself! Most..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews fix it: "SimOCD" June 6, 2022 "“Abstract Twine game about mental health issue” is a cliché, but if it produces games as engaging and dare-I-say educational as fix..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Light in the Forest: "A low-key, welcoming fantasy" June 6, 2022 "It’s always nice when the first game you play in a festival or comp gets things off on the right foot, so I count myself lucky that The..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Schief: "A short, one-room german comedy game about disasters" June 5, 2022 "This German game has an English version, Wry, which was entered into Spring Thing and which was well-received. I actually enjoyed this..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Phoney Island: "A complex UI for a complex German game about a Trump-ruled island" June 5, 2022 "I played this game for quite a long time. This is a German Grand Prix competition game from 2022. It's a downloadable executable that..." - See full review

A new listing for Europop Vampire, by Chris Chinchilla

Wynter reviews First Things First: "Just the puzzle game I needed" June 4, 2022 "NOTE: as explained below, I think there are a couple of bugs in the "play online" versions: read on if you are stuck. I'd been looking..." - See full review

A new listing for Vespertines, by mondaysandwich

BeingTheWriter reviews 80 DAYS: "Unforgettable game!" June 4, 2022 "I love this game for so many reasons. First, the characterization, setting, and description is incredible. I feel like I'm right there..." - See full review

A new listing for Codename: Sugarplum, by Chandler Groover and Failbetter Games

A new listing for The Queen of the Elephants, by Harry Tuffs and Failbetter Games

A new listing for Totentanz, by Matt Diaz and Failbetter Games

A new listing for whoami [es], by n-n

A new listing for A Stretch in the Sky, by Olivia Wood and Failbetter Games

A new listing for Mistress of the Skies, by Mary Goodden and Failbetter Games

A new listing for Adornment, by Harry Tuffs, Failbetter Games

A new listing for The Night Market, by Zinnia Demitasse

A new listing for Slumber Clause, by Ben Gelinas

Wade Clarke reviews Ka: "Afterlife adventure with exotic machinery and puzzles" June 2, 2022 "Like a lot of the most high-faluting mummies, you used to be a pharoah. Now you're a Ka, an ex-mummy spirit about to quest for the..." - See full review

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