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isa-writes reviews Minor Arcana: "Wonderfully evocative" December 28, 2021 "The writing is wonderfully evocative, weaving images both strange and fantastical to build the atmosphere of a sentient Tarot deck..." - See full review

Anthony Hope reviews The Bible Retold: The Bread and the Fishes: "Best game description ever..?!" December 28, 2021 "Best game description ever..?!:..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Belinsky Conundrum: "Innovative but annoying format" December 28, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Daughter: "Much lost in translation (I think)" December 28, 2021 "I got a bit confused by this one, and from other reviews, it seems like I'm not the only person. A very promising premise fizzles out..." - See full review

JonathanCR reviews Superluminal Vagrant Twin: "Tremendous fun" December 27, 2021 "I had more fun playing this game than almost any other IF title I can remember. The game is in some ways stripped to its bare bones: most..." - See full review

News on Tristam Island: Release 3 is out! December 27, 2021 Release 3 of "Tristam Island" was published on December 20th! This is likely the last version of the game. This new version fixes a couple dozens of bugs, is generally a bit faster, shrinks the file size by... - Details

Mike Russo reviews Gamlet: "A literary feat undermined by its puzzles" December 27, 2021 ""Audacious" doesn't begin to do justice to Gamlet. Harry Potter by way of Portnoy's Complaint with a soupcon of Shakespeare; kabbala,..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Vaults: "Not really a text adventure, but fun if you know what to expect" December 27, 2021 "Full disclosure: I tested The Vaults after IFComp was over, so I've been able to see a lot that wouldn't be accessible in two hours. I..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for December 2021 December 26, 2021 17 items On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 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...

Wynter reviews Tethered: "Unnerving, poignant, and a good intro to IF" December 26, 2021 "I first played Tethered two years ago, and it must have been one of the first parser games that I played, so it took me a few days to get..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Song of the Mockingbird: "A well-implemented, serious historical adventure" December 26, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Dr Horror's House of Terror: "Worth it, though I almost put it down for good" December 26, 2021 "The title isn't joking around here. It gives you a clue that there is a lot of horror, and it may be overdone on purpose, but there is a..." - See full review

JonathanCR reviews Grunk and Cheese: "Grunk!" December 25, 2021 "This game very short game, but it have Grunk. Any game with Grunk good game. Grunk not need do much thinking in this game, so not too..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Gilded: The Lily and the Cage: "Yearning for a polished re-release" December 25, 2021 "(This is a repost of a review originally posted on the IF newsgroups immediately after the 2005 IF Comp) Gilded is one of the more..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed: "Surprisingly cathartic, with well organized custom verbs." December 25, 2021 "WH2G2 may have the most innovation at the parser level as any game in the comp. It's simplified for most commands, but you have a string..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Golden Heist: "A classical romp" December 24, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Off-Season at the Dream Factory: "Orcs have feelings too. Let Dud share his with you." December 24, 2021 "I'm glad Adventuron exists. I think it fills a gap between pure-choice engines and Inform. It's not too rigorously pointed to pure text..." - See full review

feamir reviews A Beauty Cold and Austere: "A Love Letter to Mathematics" December 23, 2021 "A Beauty Cold and Austere is an elegant and ardent love letter to mathematics. The game progresses naturally along the historical..." - See full review

feamir reviews The Wizard Sniffer: "Humor nose no bounds " December 23, 2021 "The Wizard Sniffer is a light-hearted, hilarious romp that subverts just about every fairy tale trope. The puzzles are engaging without..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews You are SpamZapper 3.1: "Too much of a good thing" December 23, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews 4x4 Archipelago: "randomized, replayable, and very focused RPG" December 23, 2021 "In the author's forum, I had planned to start this review a different way. "This game's quite good, but the end was frustrating. I just..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Cheiron: "Intimidatingly educational" December 22, 2021 "(This is a repost of a review posted on the IF newsgroups right after the 2005 IF Comp) The dual nature of IF—works generally are both..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Paradox Between Worlds: "Collapse of a fictitious fanfic community" December 22, 2021 "My initial thoughts on APBW rambled a bit. It brought up a lot of ideas that swirled around. They took a while to settle. It's a very..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Space Horror I: Prey for Your Enemies: "An early, flawed choice-based game" December 21, 2021 "(This is a repost of a review I wrote on the IF newsgroups right after the 2005 Comp. What a difference 16 years makes!) While I'm..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Best Man: "Emotionally brutal on many levels but (for me) ultimately rewarding" December 21, 2021 "With Rameses and The Cabal and now The Best Man, Stephen Bond is now a resounding three-for-three in the "be very, very harsh on the..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews Foreign Soil: "Foreign Soil revisited" December 20, 2021 "I wrote some weeks ago that I thought this game was... unfinished. I have finished it now and I have really changed my mind. This is a..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Merlin's Golden Trove: "Short DOS Fantasy Game With Easy Puzzles" December 20, 2021 "This is part one of a small DOS trilogy written by John Olsen in the mid nineties. If you have been worn down by tough long games..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Cryptic Puffin, Short/Sweet December 20, 2021 9 items No time? No problem!

zinze reviews Foreign Soil: "Hints?" December 20, 2021 "Does anyone have hints for this game? I was really enjoying it, got out of the ship and got water from the cave, but now I'm stuck and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Fine Felines: "More than just cute (though it is cute)" December 20, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Funicular Simulator 2021: "Sort of public transport, sort of a sightseeing cruise, good fantasy" December 20, 2021 "Earlier in 2021, the New Zealand touristry bureau released this great ad about avoiding cliches when visiting sites: avoiding certain..." - See full review

A new listing for Grey Star Quest, by GDV, Joe Dever, Ian Page, Paul Bonner and Project Aon

bkirwi reviews Savoir-Faire: "Character and craft" December 19, 2021 "There's little about the game that hasn't been touched on in other reviews, but, a few things that struck me in particular - The..." - See full review

A new listing for El Jardín Secreto De La Alhambra, by Billy Y. Fernández

Mike Russo reviews Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon: "A superheroic conclusion" December 19, 2021 "(This is a repost of a review I wrote on the IF newsgroups right after the 2004 Comp) Years in the making, the Earth and Sky saga finally..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews we, the remainder: "A good deal more than just "cults are bad, mmkay"" December 19, 2021 "wtr establishes the whole oppression angle early on: you start as one of four sisters in a decrepit apartment, one you're not encouraged..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews The Guild of Thieves: "Mid Era Magnetic Scrolls Classic" December 18, 2021 "This game was apparently voted Adventure Game Of The Year at the Golden Joystick Awards (somewhat ironically for a text adventure) and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Silicon and Cells: "Stylish cyberpunk upgrade-em-up" December 18, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Finding Light: "Well balanced rescue quest featuring a fox/human shapeshifter" December 18, 2021 "The main feature of Finding Light is immediate and very appealing. You can change between a human and a fox with the help of a gem, and..." - See full review

A new listing for Aldebaran III, by Peter Langston

Mike Russo reviews D'ARKUN: "Diet Anchorhead" December 17, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Last Night of Alexisgrad: "Can be played by yourself, but we need more 2-player games like this" December 17, 2021 "Okay, so the cat was out of the bag pretty early that this was intended as a two-player game, and in retrospect, it was signposted pretty..." - See full review

mg51 reviews Inside the Facility: "Limited commands make you think outside the box" December 16, 2021 "The only commands in this game are moving, looking at the room description, checking your inventory, and waiting. The fact that you can't..." - See full review

IFDB site news December 16, 2021 New this week: The team has been hard at work on improvements to IFDB. Added "Play On-line" support for ADRIFT Added "Play On-line" support for web games Allow rating/reviewing on mobile

IFDB site news December 16, 2021 Added "Play On-line" support for ADRIFT: play.adrift.co is back online, so most of the ADRIFT games now have "Play On-line" buttons, linking there.

IFDB site news December 16, 2021 Added "Play On-line" support for web games: Why should web games miss out on the fun? Games with an HTML download marked "playable" or where the link name contains "Play Online" will have a prominent "Play On-line" button, like other games do.

IFDB site news December 16, 2021 Allow rating/reviewing on mobile: For years, IFDB has hidden some boxes on mobile to try to reduce clutter, but hiding the "Have you played this game?" box was a step too far.

Dan Fabulich reviews Dragon's Pass: "It's VERY short, a few minutes long" December 16, 2021 "A handful of rooms, with a handful of choices. All of the choice questions have right answers, and most of the wrong answers will block..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Universal Hologram: "An ontological heist" December 16, 2021 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review posted to the IntFict forums during the 2021 IFComp. My son Henry was born right before the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Goat Game: "Cheery illustrations with a replayable Your Lousy Job (sort of) game" December 16, 2021 "Goat Game advertises itself as taking two hours, which I think is an overestimation. The first few times may seem tricky, but once you..." - See full review

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