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A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, My new walkthroughs for June 2021 June 24, 2021 8 items On Thursday June 24, 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 more...

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Journey to Ultimate Fightdown!: "Behind-the-scenes gossip, and more!" June 24, 2021 "Fightdown! takes place inside an RPG that loses its “connection” right before the final showdown. The experience is like being on a..." - See full review

autumnc reviews Homebound: "Reigns-like about everyday life in the pandemic" June 24, 2021 "This game came out in July 2020 and it already feels like a historical relic, a snapshot of a different time. This is a Reigns-like game..." - See full review

A new poll by Rovarsson, Best mechanical/physics puzzles. created June 23, 2021 13 votes for 12 games I had a lot of fun with the underground trolley puzzle in Axe of Kolt by Larry Horsfield. Any other games that feature cool mechanical devices, Rube Goldberg machines or solutions that rely on using the laws...

A new listing for Snakeroot, by Cerberus

anjchang reviews Hand of God: "Enjoyable, and I played through all the options." June 22, 2021 "This game reminded me a lot of choose-your-own-adventures mixed with Office Space mixed with a Heinlein book. It was a fun play, even..." - See full review

autumnc reviews 36 Questions: "A story about connections" June 22, 2021 ""36 Questions" is based on a psychological study-turned-meme, where there are supposedly 36 questions that two strangers ask each other..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Alchemist: "A long fantasy Twine game with two romance options and high fantasy" June 22, 2021 "I saw this game on a list of 'Best Twine/Ink games on itch.io' I've been working through: https://itch.io/c/1424718/twineinky-if This one..." - See full review

A new listing for The Alchemist, by Dariel Ivalyen

dvs reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Impressive Wordplay" June 21, 2021 "This game is what Infocom's "Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It" was trying to be, a clever puzzle-based game based on..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Hibernated 1 (Director's Cut): "An extended sci-fi space puzzler on many platforms" June 21, 2021 "In this game, you play as someone awoken from cryosleep near the end of a long journey when your spaceship encounters an alien vessel...." - See full review

A new listing for EN LA CASA DE PIEDRA Y LUZ, by Imago Interactiva

A new poll by Lyon, Games for 13year old with adult reading level created June 19, 2021 13 votes for 12 games I'm looking for game recommendations for a 13-year-old. They have an adult reading level, so vocabulary isn't a challenge, but don't take that as a restriction: I think they would be content reading a less...

Wynter reviews Photopia: "Well-plotted fiction" June 18, 2021 "I appreciated Photopia above all as a short story. Alley's life is told through the medium of brief sections of text, presented out of..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Shadowkiss, Games recommended June 18, 2021 1 item

FrankMkV reviews The Cave: "A concise poetic experience" June 17, 2021 "Other reviewers have found fault with this work. Notice I didn't say "game" -- it is my opinion that approaching this as a game is..." - See full review

A new listing for The iCarly RPG, by StamblerRambler

A new Recommended List by Felix Pleșoianu, Games with cities June 16, 2021 5 items Because I like cities and they mean a lot to me.

A new listing for Meeting the Parents, by manonamora

Hypercomplex reviews Detritus: "One of my favorite games for beauty of language" June 15, 2021 "This game is great for people who like IF that's more like a story than a game. There aren't any puzzles, just a poignant,bittersweet,..." - See full review

Kara Goldfinch reviews The Wizard Sniffer: "One of the best" June 15, 2021 "I've not played many games that had me laughing out loud, but this was one of them. I do wonder if Buster Hudson is a Terry Pratchett fan..." - See full review

A new listing for Witness to the end, by akhmin

A new listing for The Lord of Hunger, by Karina Popp

Rovarsson reviews The Shadow in the Cathedral: "St. Newton, St. Babbage, St. Breguet (hallowed be their names)." June 15, 2021 "Isaac Newton: Mathematical Lawmaker. Charles Babbage: Father of the Computer. Abraham-Louis Breguet: Master-Horologist. These..." - See full review

Felix Pleșoianu reviews Castle of Doom: "Gothic fantasy and simple fun" June 15, 2021 "You learn something new every day. For example, that people still made games in TADS 2 as late as 2015. Or that the same TADS 2 has a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stay?: "Fantastic time loop fantasy dating sim in Ink" June 15, 2021 "I generally enjoyed the first time I played through this game. It seemed like a twine game with a visual novel-type structure, with a few..." - See full review

autumnc reviews Golden Threads | 黄金线索: "A collection of historical stories" June 14, 2021 "Golden Threads is a time-cave style twine game about Chinese diaspora experiences in the 19th century, with a focus on immigrants to New..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews willow blossoms: "A detailed Twine game capturing an exact scene in High School" June 13, 2021 "One of the biggest reasons I enjoy amateur fiction online is that when someone writes it's like they share a piece of their soul with..." - See full review

A new listing for Homebound, by Troy Atkinson, Luke Holdstock, Harriet Slee, Lizzi Osborne

A new listing for An Angel Among the Aspens, by Crosshollow

A new listing for 13 Laurel Road, by Crosshollow

A new Recommended List by meadowmower, mara's swag recommended list June 13, 2021 11 items the hottest games I've played. in progress (I will make changes). all these games are special to me in one way or another. have fun besties :^)

Nomad reviews Eric the Unready: "I LOL'd." June 9, 2021 "Available on GOG for around 5 € when not on sale, including manual and hintbook. A steal! The player is the worst knight in the kingdom..." - See full review

Nomad reviews Dead City: "Meh." June 9, 2021 "Commercial game, free ad-infested version available. So the player receives a text message from a girl called Sam. She claims to have..." - See full review

Wynter reviews The Impossible Bottle: "Cute, clever, and impressively polished" June 7, 2021 "I came to this game with high expectations, having previously played Tethered by the same author. The Impossible Bottle is diametrically..." - See full review

Shadowcutie reviews Some Sword / Some Play: "Short and sweet...and very steamy!" June 5, 2021 "A very fun and playful short story. The erotic scenes are very nice; the fact that you can customize not only the pronouns but the top..." - See full review

Shadowcutie reviews Superstition S2: "Superstition continues to amaze" June 5, 2021 "Superstition season two is wonderful! Everything you like/dislike about season one is bigger and better in season two, with added drama..." - See full review

A new listing for Kitchen Table, by Gurpegui

Rovarsson reviews The Wizard Sniffer: "Not-princesses all around!" June 4, 2021 "It all begins with a rather awkward protagonist to control: a pig (which can alledgedly sniff out wizards...) Since pigs walk on four..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Magic Realms -- The Sword of Kasza: "Heroic character put to the test..." June 2, 2021 "On the surface, Magic Realms; Sword of Kasza is a nice but not too memorable oldschool quest. After being framed for the murder of the..." - See full review

dvs reviews Sorcerer: "Enchanter levelled up " May 31, 2021 "My friend and I have been using this Pandemic period to play the Enchanter trilogy over Discord. We just finished Sorcerer and we have..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Djinn on the Rocks: "Never crashes ashore" May 31, 2021 "Djinn on the Rocks (DotR) would be worth playing for the mechanic alone, and since it gets that and more right, it's well worth a play...." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Captain Cutter's Treasure: "Return treasure, rescue girl, and ... do better next time, if you want" May 31, 2021 "Captain Cutter's Treasure (CCT) is an impressive, small game. A pirate's daughter has been kidnapped. The ransom is some hidden treasure...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Plant: "Cleaning windows..." May 30, 2021 "Conveniently for the author of The Plant, his protagonist's car breaks down right in front of a sketchy detour leading to a mysterious..." - See full review

A new listing for Luna, by Billy Y. Fernández

A new listing for Hibernated 1 (Director's Cut), by Stefan Vogt

Andrew Schultz reviews Pub Adventure!: "Mix drinks, satisfy ghost" May 29, 2021 "In Pub Adventure, a ghost tasks you with making them a drink (a zombie, of course.) There aren't a lot of puzzles, and I was fortunate..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, My new walkthroughs for May 2021 May 28, 2021 8 items On Friday May 28, 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 more...

autumnc reviews willow blossoms: "willow blossoms" May 28, 2021 "I liked this game, but it feels kind of wrong “reviewing” it. It feels autobiographical, but more than that it feels confessional,..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Buccaneer's Cache: "A bit too cryptic as-is" May 28, 2021 "It was interesting to track which games in PunyJam gave credit to which old-school games and tropes, and this game along with Arthur's..." - See full review

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