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Dan Fabulich reviews The Arkham Abomination: "Spooky" July 3, 2021 "It's a spooky Lovecraftian game, a bit overwritten. ("The vacant church is in a state of great decrepitude" could be "is decrepit.") Once..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Snowhaven: "Cabin in the woods" July 3, 2021 "A beautiful audio-visual experience, with a haunting piano tune accompanying fantastic monochrome woodcut-style illustrations (some even..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Yesternight: "One puzzle, and it's kinda busted" July 3, 2021 "It's interesting to make a game in AdvSys in 2021. (Note that you can play it in Gargoyle for Windows, macOS, or Linux, or Spatterlight..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Black Knife Dungeon: "The sleep of reading produces monsters" July 3, 2021 "A standard old-school text-based RPG where you run through a dungeon, fighting or evading monsters, until your HP falls perilously low,..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Waiting for the Day Train: "A delicious treat, with rough edges" July 3, 2021 "This game is short; you'll probably finish in 20 minutes or less. The game has a turn tracker (you have to get to the train before noon),..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Waiting for the Day Train: "Whistle-stop" July 3, 2021 "A short "magical-realist" text adventure using the Adventuron engine: navigate the simple puzzles in the woods to get to the train on..." - See full review

A new listing for Jäger der heiligen Steine - Ein Abenteuer in Raum und Zeit, by Heiko Spies

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Sunny's Summer Vacation: ""You are a Corgi on a sandy beach"" July 1, 2021 "The player’s role is plot-adjacent in Sunny's Summer Adventure; other characters come to terms with a divorce while the protagonist..." - See full review

A new competition page: ParserComp 2021 created July 1, 2021 An annual IF/Text Adventure competition with a focus on text input & output (parser) games.  Graphics are allowed, sounds are allowed, clickable words are allowed, but the core method of control should be a...

A new listing for Danny Dipstick, by Garry Francis

A new listing for The Time Machine, by Bill Maya

A new listing for Fivebyfivia Delenda Est, by Andrew Schultz

A new listing for Daddy's Birthday, by Jonathan8

A new listing for Grandpa's Ranch, by Kenneth Pedersen

A new listing for The Faeries Of Haelstowne, by Christopher Merriner

A new listing for Yesternight, by Robert Szacki

A new listing for Somewhere, Somewhen, by Jim MacBrayne

A new listing for Gruesome, by Robin Johnson

A new listing for Acid Rain, by Garry Francis

A new listing for Loud House 'game on', by Caleb Wilson

A new listing for Snowhaven, by Tristin Grizel Dean

A new listing for Black Knife Dungeon, by Arthur DiBianca

A new listing for The Arkham Abomination, by catventure

A new listing for Waiting for the Day Train, by Dee Cooke

A new listing for Return to the Stars, by Adrian Welcker

A new listing for Grooverland, by Mathbrush

News on Excalibur: New, mobile-friendly version on itch.io! June 30, 2021 A new version of EXCALIBUR is available to play on itch.io. The updated edition is mobile compatible and contains brand new content!

Shadowcutie reviews The Soul Stone War: "A very fun high fantasy adventure with some flaws" June 30, 2021 "Everything in the story feels a bit rushed and a bit fast paced. There's a bit too much hopping from one event to another without it..." - See full review

A new listing for The Soul Stone War, by Morgan Vane

orlaaaaaa reviews Night House: "pls help!!!!" June 29, 2021 "idk how to get onto the roof!!!!! please help me :("

Dan Fabulich reviews The Lord of Hunger: "To be completed in July" June 29, 2021 "The game's not done yet; it's being released chapter by chapter. The last chapter is scheduled to be released in July. Tip for the..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The iCarly RPG: "This game has a lot of heart" June 29, 2021 "I'm not sure this game really works that well if you've never seen the iCarly Nickelodeon TV show, but there's a lot of heart and soul in..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The Big Fall: "Buggy, interesting" June 29, 2021 "The game feels fun, noir-y, but it has a number of bugs that forced me back to the in-game hints too often. (And even those have bugs, at..." - See full review

P. B. Parjeter reviews You Lose. Good Day, Sir.: "A great short game that borrows from word-tile games" June 28, 2021 "I can't remember how I stumbled upon this game. I believe that it was noticed by someone else in the IF community first, but I am not..." - See full review

A new listing for You Lose. Good Day, Sir., by Daring Owl Studios

jlvp1998 reviews Hunter, in Darkness: "great game!" June 28, 2021 "i completed this game in 2011, and, i will say, it's pretty great."

Nomad reviews Can you stop Jeremy Corbyn from joining ISIS?: "Meh." June 28, 2021 "You're a journalist on your way to work. There's a bit of a tension between you and your boss because of you coming late for work at..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Augmented Fourth: ""But if we throw the Cat in the barrel first,..." June 27, 2021 "...then how will the Aardvark learn to swim?" A small taste of the sometimes absurd sense of humour that pervades Augmented Fourth King..." - See full review

Drackthor reviews Can you stop Jeremy Corbyn from joining ISIS?: "Great, short humor game" June 27, 2021 "Excellent comedy writing, walking the line of British dryness without ever dipping into boring, which it does by having perfect,..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews A Blank Page: "Is it procrastination, or part of your creative process?" June 27, 2021 "This story about creative block is short and relatable. You cycle through a narrator’s creative routine, choosing different activities..." - See full review

A new listing for End of Life Care, by 80% Relatable

autumnc reviews ♥Arachne♥: "Succinct, atmospheric story " June 25, 2021 "I'm really into this game. It's short (maybe ~5 minutes to completion), and succeeds at story-telling and mood-setting with a minimum of..." - See full review

A new listing for The Big Fall, by Daniel River

A new listing for Donor, by Elena Hearty

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

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