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A new listing for The Belinsky Conundrum, by Sam Ursu

A new listing for At King Arthur's Christmas Feast, by Travis Moy

A new listing for An Aside About Everything, by Sasha

A new listing for And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best

A new listing for After-Words, by fireisnormal

A new listing for AardVarK Versus the Hype, by Truthcraze

A new listing for 4x4 Archipelago, by Agnieszka Trzaska

A new Recommended List by KatherineTheCurst, Introducing a friend to IF October 1, 2021 8 items This is a list I am making for a friend who has never played any IF before. I tried to include games that would be a good starting point for someone new to the format, but it also has a lot of personal...

FriendOfFred reviews Jon Doe – Wildcard Nucleus: "Flawed but fun James Bond riff" October 1, 2021 "Jon Doe - Wildcard Nucleus is a British spy/detective story in the James Bond mode, involving murder, nuclear energy, retro computing..." - See full review

FriendOfFred reviews The Eidolon's Escape: "A very beautiful story" October 1, 2021 "This is a moderately short hypertext game (it says one hour on the ballot, and it took me about one hour to play through several times..." - See full review

RadioactiveCrow reviews Turandot: "Linear story, great writing" September 30, 2021 "In this story you play Calaf, a rougish young man with rich parents whose primary leisure activity is spending time in brothels. But with..." - See full review

SongoftheWolfy reviews The House on Sycamore Lane: "Excellent!" September 30, 2021 "For a beginning IF player, this is an excellent intro to the genre. All items are used and make sense. The map is just complex enough to..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for September 2021 September 29, 2021 6 items On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (Plus a walkthrough for a game called Chipmonk not listed on IFDB yet.) Some of these were paid for by my...

Dan Fabulich reviews Party Is Such Sweet Sorrow: "Short and sweet" September 29, 2021 "I liked a bunch of the puzzles. (I especially liked the Mayor.) Some of the puzzles were harder than I would have liked, but that’s why..." - See full review

A new listing for Party Is Such Sweet Sorrow, by Anthony Smith

RadioactiveCrow reviews Grooverland: "Quintessential medium-length puzzle game, with Groover homages a nice sideshow" September 28, 2021 "I have a vague recollection of a Twitter conversation with the esteemed Mathbrush about a year ago regarding this game that was still a..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!: "6 years old and he's a joker" September 28, 2021 "I have played the game and I readed a game by Mathbrush... o_0 what the hell! Then I have readed the game info and I discover that this..." - See full review

Ijustwanttoplay reviews Dark Hospital: "Lacking in actual scare, especially without atmospheric effects" September 27, 2021 "A lot of the unease in this game came from the sound, and turning them off made it obvious that the actual story is not very scary at..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews When in Rome 1: Accounting for Taste: "A grue story." September 27, 2021 "I give 3 stars couse Emily in rhe author. The game gives me many errors and I can't finish it even if I follow the hints. It's a insipid..." - See full review

A new listing for Electric Sleep, by Jack Sanderson Thwaite

A new competition page: 2020 XYZZY Awards created September 25, 2021 Best Technological Development:...

Rovarsson reviews Lord Bellwater's Secret: "A room investigation." September 25, 2021 "Being trapped ina single room with a bunch of puzzles is not normally my preferred cup of IF-tea. Lord Bellwater's Secret however managed..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews Archaeological Fiction: Sagfjordbotn: "A stroll over a big nature landscape." September 23, 2021 "This is a great and big game in wich I could hear birds and landscape (wind, water,insects, lake, river...), examine plants and inmerse..." - See full review

A new listing for Archaeological Fiction: Sagfjordbotn, by Laurie Lax, Lucila Mayol

SongoftheWolfy reviews The Ghost Train: "Too Much to Think About for Such a Simple Game" September 22, 2021 "For the amount of description present in the game, I was expecting more interaction and puzzles than what was available to me. I got..." - See full review

A new listing for Dark Hospital, by AK. Sun

A new listing for The Dwarf of Direwood Forest, by Larry Horsfield

News on Mud Warriors: Graphical Adaptation September 21, 2021 The text adventure "Mud Warriors" has been adapted to GBStudio by Lance Campbell and Polyducks as "Ryan Veeder's Mud Warriors," featuring music by Ryan Veeder. This edition of the game can be played... - Details

A new listing for Gunslinger, by Ninjapitka

A new listing for The Pure, the Vile, and the Deadly, by Endmaster

A new listing for WARCHIMP, by hetero malk

SongoftheWolfy reviews Where Evil Dwells: "Delightfully Campy" September 21, 2021 "This is a relatively quick game that has "Clue" levels of camp in it. I enjoyed it immensely!"

Rafi Thissen reviews Gender Dysphoria: "A beautiful, emotional and impactful slice of life" September 20, 2021 "Being transgender myself, I can relate to some of the situations and feelings you encounter in this game, but I definitely didn't..." - See full review

A new listing for A Simple Survey, by BenBonk, Deynum

A new listing for Gender Dysphoria, by exodrifter

A new listing for Winter, by communistsister, Elliot Herriman

A new listing for A Man Outside, by litrouke

A new listing for Texture, by Rafi Thissen

A new poll by Sobol, For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Individual Puzzle of 2020 created September 17, 2021 7 votes for 7 games This is for suggesting games released in 2020 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PUzzle in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list....

A new poll by Marco Innocenti, Parser games (any system, any age) with English rural setting/atmosphere created September 17, 2021 20 votes for 12 games I'm looking for any parser game (modern or vintage) that is set in an English, rural, Victorian overall ambient, both indoor and outdoor. As an example, something in the mood of The Hound of the...

SongoftheWolfy reviews Mortlake Manor: "Great Walking Sim, Light on Gameplay" September 16, 2021 "Half the fun of diving into an IF game is drawing the map that goes along with it. I agree with previous reviewers: this is meant for the..." - See full review

A new listing for Adventures in Flesh, by Fred D. Williams

FrankMkV reviews The Mansion: "Quicky indeed" September 15, 2021 "One of those games you can fly through in a few minutes; just what I needed to scratch the itch while waited in a Zoom lobby before a..." - See full review

Drew Cook reviews Enchanter: "The Best Zork Yet" September 15, 2021 "1983. For the first time since Zork, the dream team of Marc Blank and Dave Lebling reunited. Both were seasoned implementors, as their..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Necron's Keep: "Hardcore CRPG with neat spellcasting system – and bugs – for hardcore players" September 15, 2021 "Version five of Necron's Keep is a great advance on the buggy original I tried many years ago. I played this hardcore CRPG to completion..." - See full review

autumnc reviews Binary: "Short story about binary choices" September 15, 2021 "This story felt to me a lot like a much abbreviated version of Analogue: A Hate Story. If you've played that game, then the comparison..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A AAAAA AAAAAAAAA: "A fairly short and silly game where all coded responses are A's" September 15, 2021 "This game uses only the letter A in all of its descriptions. It retains inform's original error messages though. Like SCP-5251, the..." - See full review

SongoftheWolfy reviews The Mansion: "A Quick Snack" September 14, 2021 "Not difficult at all, but a good starter game to get you in the mindset for more difficult endeavors. A bit of guess the verb at the end,..." - See full review

Sad and Wet Horse reviews Sacrilege: "Memorable quick read. Frank lines, abrupt endings " September 14, 2021 "Easy to read poetry written like an actual drunk woman making stupid decisions. Must play all love interests and get all endings to be..." - See full review

Jade68 reviews The Blue Lettuce: "Botanical home garden game" September 14, 2021 "A beautiful, botanical horticultural game. Very interesting, educational short one. It's recomendable for any begginer or advanced..." - See full review

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