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A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Games with Trump-like (antagonist) characters created December 14, 2021 10 votes for 10 games While we want to put something like Trump behind us, it's not easy. Humor can help. So can comparing him to a historical villain. I'm interested in other efforts that have a clearly Trump-ish character in...

Andrew Schultz reviews Mermaids of Ganymede: "Sci-fi that works, even for non-sci-fi fans" December 14, 2021 "It's rare that finding a hang in a game helps you appreciate it more, but that's what happened in Mermaids. Certainly there was enough to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Closure: "Texting adventure" December 14, 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 Ghosts Within: "Too long for IFComp without a walkthrough, but lots for horror fans to like" December 13, 2021 "GW is a big game, much too big to tackle without a walkthrough, and as a result, when I saw a rather large hint thread for how to get..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Waiting Room: "Bare-bones but spooky" December 13, 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

Mike Russo reviews How the monsters appeared in the Wasteland: "Post-apocalyptic thrill-ride" December 12, 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 A Papal Summons, or The Church Cat: "Garfield, this ain't" December 12, 2021 "For such a potentially sweet-sounding title, this sure gets rough fast. It's the story of a pilgrimage gone wrong or, more likely, that..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by OverThinking, Games with public source code December 11, 2021 20 items This is more for my own reference than anything else, but these are games whose authors have made their source code public. Priority to I7 games and those with particularly interesting mechanics. Games are...

A new listing for Captain Connie's Ejactor Seat, by Andrew Watt

MathBrush reviews The Crocodile Who Would Be King: "Find a crocodile under the sewers and perform an amazing magic trick." December 11, 2021 "It's nice to see Chandler Groover experimenting with the Fallen London format. He is known for his Exceptional Stories, and has a very..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Damp Martyrs: "Fistfights and martyrdom on the high seas" December 11, 2021 "This story, an Exceptional story for Fallen London (a bonus chunk of content for paid suscribers), takes place on the Zee, and in part..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Crown of Thorns: "A character study of two men: a servant and a prince" December 11, 2021 "This is an exceptional story, a sizable 'bonus' story provided for those who pay for Fallen London. This one deals with the devils, a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Tempest: "Explore the rage of a tempestuous urchin marked for glory" December 11, 2021 "I hadn't really put it together that the Mary Goodden of these exceptional stories is the Mary Goodden of Ifcomp 2021's game 'Funicular..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews We Absolutely Meant to Go to Zee: "A charming story about kids, pirates, mermaids and loss" December 11, 2021 "This is an exceptional story for Fallen London, which is a special 'extra' story for people who pay a monthly fee or purchase the story..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Reunion: "Follow Victoria's grandson as he searches for drugs and power" December 11, 2021 "One of the key features of Fallen London is prisoner's honey, as substance which transports its users to the world of dreams. It plays a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Leviathan: "An expedition for bones and monsters at the Gant pole" December 11, 2021 "This is a Fallen London exceptional story, meaning it is a supplementary tale to the overall main game. This story was meant to explore..." - See full review

News on A Checkered Haunting: A Checkered Haunting release 2+ December 11, 2021 My 2016 EctoComp Petite Mort game, A Checkered Haunting, recently got a re-release. In it, you spread Evil-B-Gone through five towns, never crossing the same intersection twice. But there's a hitch! The... - Details

Mike Russo reviews Cyborg Arena: "More than just fisticuffs" December 11, 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 AardVarK Versus the Hype: "High school angst and (oops) a corporate-induced zombie apocalypse" December 11, 2021 "(Disclaimer: I tested AvtH prior to IFComp 2021.) So I was wrong about AvtH in two ways. First, I assumed it would place much higher than..." - See full review

A new listing for The House of Silk and Flame, by James Chew, Failbetter Games

A new listing for The Crocodile Who Would Be King, by Chandler Groover and Failbetter Games

A new listing for A Crown of Thorns, by Mary Goodden and Failbetter Games

A new listing for Damp Martyrs, by Gavin Inglis and Failbetter Games

A new listing for The Tempest, by Mary Goodden and Failbetter Games

A new listing for We Absolutely Meant to Go to Zee, by Olivia Wood and Failbetter Games

A new listing for Reunion, by James Chew, Failbetter Games

A new listing for Leviathan, by Mary Goodden and Failbetter Games

yena reviews Face Your Fears: "Facing your fears" December 10, 2021 "Face your fears plays around with the theme of PunyJam 2 in a fun way. There is lots of creativity in the phobias you encounter. There..." - See full review

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews Horse Master: "Pain" December 10, 2021 "" - See full review

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One: "Cute Enough" December 10, 2021 "1: Is it complete and cohesive? Yes. "And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One" has strong game mechanics and always..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews After-Words: "Two-word tomfoolery" December 10, 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 Second Wind: "Non-cheery Adventuron games can still be entertaining" December 10, 2021 "So I got something entirely different than I expected in Second Wind. Seeing what I wanted to see, I noticed the skillful cover art and..." - See full review

dvs reviews Curses: "Well-crafted, self-scaling, puzzle-filled labor-of-love!" December 9, 2021 "I spent a glorious year playing Curses with my nephew over Zoom. The puzzles are well-crafted and usually obvious in retrospect. Although..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Sting of the Wasp: "Wickedly fun" December 9, 2021 "(This is a repost of a review I wrote on the IF newsgroups right after the 2004 Comp) If ever a game were a guilty pleasure, Sting of the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Hercules!: "Mythology without the Importancy" December 9, 2021 "Hercules! raised some warning flags that I'm happy to say were just flags. First, it drew heavily from mythology, not the first IFComp..." - See full review

umbrella_tea_ reviews Bogeyman: "Disturbing and incredible" December 8, 2021 "The best interactive fiction game I've ever played. Its intriguing beginning leads to horrifying and disgusting moments and you can't..." - See full review

umbrella_tea_ reviews Birdland: "Lovely" December 8, 2021 "It's nice to look at and very well done. The way the dreams slowly leak into real life until the climax at the end is fascinating and the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Last Doctor: "A tiny gem" December 8, 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 I Contain Multitudes: "Wherein mask wearing leaves you vulnerable to (redacted)" December 8, 2021 "ICM was a bit intimidating for me to start, and not just because of the title. The introduction didn't say so, but I pictured being told..." - See full review

A new listing for Behind Closed Doors 9B, by John Wilson

Rachel Helps reviews Universal Hologram: "Amazing mood, okay plot" December 7, 2021 "The AI-constructed images and strange music really transported me to an alien, AI-populated (?) world. It made the story feel uncanny...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Codex Sadistica: A Heavy-Metal Minigame: "A grungy heavy-metal adventure" December 7, 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 Corsham Witch Trial: "Nothing supernatural but still thoughtfully unnerving" December 7, 2021 "I was worried this was going to be about supernatural stuff, so I put it to the side. Too heavy for me, can't think about that, and so..." - See full review

IFDB site news December 6, 2021 New this week: The team has been hard at work on improvements to IFDB. Reorganized header links Added "Play On-line" support for TADS and Hugo

IFDB site news December 6, 2021 Reorganized header links: Most of the header links only make sense if you're logged in (Profile, Settings, My Activity, Inbox), so we now hide all of those and just show a "Log In" link when you're logged out. When you're logged in on mobile, we put all of those links in a new "Menu" menu.

IFDB site news December 6, 2021 Added "Play On-line" support for TADS and Hugo: As of two weeks ago, Parchment now supports TADS and Hugo, so we've updated our TADS 2, TADS 3, and Hugo games to include a "Play On-line" button.

Jade68 reviews Alabaster: "A polished NPCs for a great story." December 6, 2021 "This is a great dialog experiment. First time I played the game I found several (6) endings, as I played the adventure as a normal one...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews My Gender Is a Fish: "Well-crafted and thought-provoking" December 6, 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 Starbreakers: "old school logic puzzles with neat twists" December 6, 2021 "I don't think you're supposed to get what's going on right away, here. It seems like just an escape-the-spaceship puzzle with other..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by OverThinking, Some of my favorites December 5, 2021 29 items In alphabetical order

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