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virtualcenobite reviews I, Robot 2: "gay robots" May 31, 2022 "Gay robots!! Funny, heartfelt, and fantastic sound effects"

A new listing for I, Robot 2, by StamblerRambler

ZUrlocker reviews Deadline: "The First IF Murder Mystery (Source code available!)" May 31, 2022 "This was the first non-fantasy game from Infocom and the first ever interactive fiction murder mystery game. It's a difficult game, for..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for May 2022 May 31, 2022 9 items On Monday, May 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 more...

BeingTheWriter reviews Party Foul: "One of my favorites" May 31, 2022 "This cracks me up this game. It's so easy to play and one of my favorites. There's definite replayability. The puzzles are easy and fun...." - See full review

ccpost reviews their angelical understanding: "Elliptical poem with moments of true horror" May 31, 2022 "I played this game shortly after howling dogs, as I was absolutely blown away by that game and wanted to play more of Porpentine's works...." - See full review

ccpost reviews howling dogs: "Beautiful and haunting work of hypertext fiction" May 31, 2022 "When I finished this game, I was left absolutely speechless. I sat at my computer, just sort of letting the experience soak in. I..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews The Elysium Enigma: "Just another guy in another galaxy" May 30, 2022 "The Elysium Enigma is a competently made game that easily drew me into its world of intergalactic politics and subterfuge and I eagerly..." - See full review

JonathanCR reviews κρύο: "Tiny but haunting" May 30, 2022 "To call this a "game" is hardly appropriate - it's more a tiny world that you can move around, containing some objects you can look at...." - See full review

JonathanCR reviews ⏰: "Cute curio" May 30, 2022 "This is a multiple-choice game about getting up and going to work. The hook is that everything is told in emojis, including the player's..." - See full review

A new poll by deathbytroggles, Massive puzzlers that are not cruel created May 29, 2022 12 votes for 6 games I am looking for massive puzzle games (think Curses, Mulldoon Legacy) where the game can never be put in an unwinnable situation that isn't obvious (either before or after).

ChrisM reviews Forgotten Island: "Enchanting, if uneven, desert island adventure" May 28, 2022 "This entry in the 2022 Text Adventure Literacy Jam is an entertaining desert island pirate adventure with magical themes – like..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Transfer: "A dog called Kafka" May 28, 2022 "This morning's groundbreaking transfer-experiment has failed. Maybe the Machine was miscalibrated, despite all the checks and..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Dessert Island Adventure: "Tough-as-nails spell-casting adventure " May 27, 2022 "A simple Enchanter-like magic casting adventure on an empty desert island (or dessert island, as this is a place of gingerbread cottages,..." - See full review

jdh reviews Black Marker: "Pretty cool idea" May 27, 2022 "I thought it was a fun game with a cool idea. I'd love to see it be longer and have more of a storyline, though. I think it's a fun..." - See full review

News on Grooverland: Inform 7 Source available May 26, 2022 A link to the Inform 7 source code is now available.

jakomo reviews CC's Road to Stardom: "Check out my soundcloud" May 25, 2022 "I loved this. Like a Saturday morning kid's cartoon scored to the sound of lo-fi space-pop, CC's Road to Stardom is adorable, delightful,..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Carpathian Vampire: "Solid classical vampire adventure, no surprises, no interviews" May 25, 2022 "Straightforward vampire-hunting adventure: doesn't intend to surprise or subvert the traditional gothic horror formula, beyond some nods..." - See full review

slugzuki reviews Phenomena: "a game of customizable astral poetry" May 25, 2022 "it’s very funny, brief, well written, and satisfying. the first thing from the comp I would send someone who just wanted to dip their..." - See full review

jakomo reviews The Lonely Troll: "Small but dense fairytale adventure with great writing and fun NPCs" May 24, 2022 "Absolutely nails the objective of the Text Adventure Literacy Jam: to make an enjoyable easy game for text adventure first-timers. This..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Barry Basic and the Speed Daemon: "Enjoyable and worthwhile tutorial game, slightly rough around the edges" May 23, 2022 "Winner of the 2022 Text Adventure Literacy Jam, and it's easy to see why. Solid implementation, generally intuitive puzzles on a nice..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Grooverland: "Major fantasy'n'puzzling adventure in an ever-weirdening theme park" May 23, 2022 "Disclaimer: I cameo (name-wise, anyway) in this game as an NPC. This was a prize the author gave me for IFComp reviewing. Grooverland is..." - See full review

dvs reviews Andromeda Awakening - The Final Cut: "A grand SF adventure with awkward language" May 23, 2022 "The author wrote this game with so much love. It shows in all the details and the slowly revealed world. I love the setting of a world..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The White Bull: "Minos' Island?" May 23, 2022 "Opening up The White Bull, I was immediately drawn into the setting by a short musical score that helped set the mood. Important turning..." - See full review

A new listing for DELETE AFTER READING, by Daniel Rissech

deathbytroggles reviews A Change in the Weather: "An uphill fight" May 22, 2022 ">hint That's now how life works. And so sets the mood for A Change in the Weather: dark, dreary, and unforgiving. I tried this a couple..." - See full review

Nomad reviews The Raven Circle: "Below average" May 22, 2022 "Great premise: A self-invented game world with a self-invented religious system, and some ritual is going on. Plenty directions to go..." - See full review

A new listing for A Rejection Story, by Faezeh Khomeyrani

A new listing for Escape from Mt. Moon, by Logan Blizzard

A new listing for But You Seem Fine, by KJAM

Dawn S. reviews The Fall of Asemia: "Gesturing toward meaning" May 21, 2022 "The Fall of Asemia is a story about loss and violence and language and memory that, to me, evokes the war in Ukraine and works like Ilya..." - See full review

Wynter reviews The Hole Man: "A dreamy world to wander through, with philosophical questions to ponder" May 20, 2022 "I've often wondered what it would be like to write a full-length novel in Twine which branched off in all kinds of different directions,..." - See full review

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Use of Multimedia of 2021 created May 20, 2022 12 votes for 11 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list....

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Use of Innovation of 2021 created May 20, 2022 9 votes for 8 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list....

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Implementation of 2021 created May 20, 2022 13 votes for 9 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. Recall that best implementation is intended for excellence in parser use...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Individual PC of 2021 created May 20, 2022 18 votes for 13 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the PC. This is not a zeroth-round...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Individual NPC of 2021 created May 20, 2022 8 votes for 6 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the NPC. This is not a zeroth-round...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Individual Puzzles of 2021 created May 20, 2022 7 votes for 5 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the puzzle. This is not a...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall NPCs of 2021 created May 20, 2022 10 votes for 9 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best NPCs in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall NPCs of the game; there is another poll for best individual...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall Puzzles of 2021 created May 20, 2022 17 votes for 14 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Puzzles in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall puzzles of the game; there is another poll for best...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Setting of 2021 created May 20, 2022 17 votes for 10 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Story of 2021 created May 20, 2022 13 votes for 11 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Story in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Writing of 2021 created May 20, 2022 13 votes for 12 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of...

A new poll by MathBrush, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall Games of 2021 created May 20, 2022 15 votes for 12 games This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of...

Wade Clarke reviews Carpathian Vampire: "Solid parser tutorial game tapping Dracula" May 20, 2022 "Carpathian Vampire, part of the 2022 Text Adventure Literacy Jam, puts the player through one strand of the classic Dracula story – the..." - See full review

feamir reviews Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die: "What it says on the tin" May 20, 2022 "Excellent deadpan humor. I was not expecting it to be possible to actually be able to win this game, so it was extra hilarious when I..." - See full review

feamir reviews Social Lycanthropy Disorder: "Short, Sweet, and Socially Anxious" May 20, 2022 "This was such a wonderful story! All of the characters were fun to interact with and the dialogue options felt both varied and realistic...." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Quest for the Sangraal: "A Slightly More Lenient Mainframe Muse from Dr. Partington" May 18, 2022 "On my latest Quixotic journey through the Phoenix Mainframe canon I have just completed this game and retired to Castle Moan with six..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Andromeda Apocalypse — Extended Edition: "Of the Puny and the Vast" May 18, 2022 "Alone... Alone in the deepest, most serious meaning of the word. Before you a blackness the stars do not penetrate. Around you a galaxy..." - See full review

A new listing for There's A Bear Outside, by Kanesha Bryant

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