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Nomad reviews Sea of Zirun: "Meh" February 3, 2021 "You're swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and are suddenly sucked underwater by a "whirlpool". Down there you can swim around without..." - See full review

A new listing for BRAD: the game, by Brendan Powell Smith

A new listing for Jerk Your Own Adventure, by Anonymous

Denk reviews Time's Enigma: "Time travel with decent homebrew parser" February 3, 2021 "(Played on Windows - can run on Mac using Wine somehow) This rather new game from 2020 is a very good old-school puzzlefest with minimal..." - See full review

Denk reviews The Mines of Lithiad: "A well-implemented PAW game from 1992" February 3, 2021 "(Spectrum version reviewed - legally available from http://www.zenobi.co.uk/ ) Jack Lockerby was one of the most prolific homegrown..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Cana According To Micah: "Mmmhh, honeyed locusts." February 3, 2021 "Cana According To Micah is a very nice retelling of one of Jesus' miracles from the viewpoint of a servant at the wedding in Cana. In..." - See full review

Nomad reviews Eravola: "Wow." February 3, 2021 "This game would probably have much more reviews if it was playable in a browser. Anyway, it starts out as a simple fantasy gamebook with..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: "Let's-a Go!" February 3, 2021 "A fascinating little Twine game based on real-world leaked documents. A lot of the best Twine games use the form to reflect on its own..." - See full review

Nomad reviews The Cradle of Eve: "Nice, short, linear, some flaws." February 2, 2021 "A short story, not exactly interactive. A spaceship crew discovers a lost spaceship and boards it. Nice setting. Good pacing at the..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Border Reivers: "Medieval murder mystery." February 2, 2021 "Murder most foul! Archie Elliot has been slain, his throat cut in the night. The Warden, the highest authority of law in these parts is..." - See full review

RhysRivers reviews The Cradle of Eve: "More fiction than interactive" February 2, 2021 "The story is captivating - as the other reviewer put it, fairly standard - science fiction/horror with apparent influence from titles in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I, Cyborg: "Play as a cyborg copy of a smuggler in the wild west of space" February 2, 2021 "This game is one of the best Choicescript games I've given 4 stars to, but some of the interactivity dragged it down a bit for me. This..." - See full review

A new listing for The Lost Realm, by EbonVasilis

MathBrush reviews The Fair Unknown: "A vivid fantasy story with less freedom but vibrant characters " February 1, 2021 "In this Exceptional story, you investigate a man and a doctor who love each other but who are willing to go to any lengths to help each..." - See full review

cgasquid reviews Cactus Blue Motel: "Twine pseudo-puzzler with engaging characters" February 1, 2021 "this one's a real gem -- it's IF in the "existential crisis/surreal location" genre, but for once, the location isn't deserted. the..." - See full review

cgasquid reviews The Ouroboros Trap: "nicely written but ultimately unfulfilling" February 1, 2021 "The Ouroboros Trap drops you, the faceless player character, into a ... well, i hesitate to call it a maze, because there's a lot less..." - See full review

cgasquid reviews Erstwhile: "a well-crafted mystery" February 1, 2021 "the premise is simple: you're a ghost, you were murdered mysteriously, and by going through the minds of the suspects you're able to..." - See full review

cgasquid reviews SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!: "two narratives in search of a pun" February 1, 2021 "SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD is a pun-filled jape, full of jokes, slapstick, and a small amount of interactivity. there's no branching storyline,..." - See full review

cgasquid reviews The Milgram Parable: "a message lost in analogy" February 1, 2021 "the game is divided into two parts: first, a brief "orientation," where you play through a short mockery of The Stanley Parable...." - See full review

A new listing for The Fair Unknown, by James Chew, Failbetter Games

A new listing for Apocalypse Yesterday, by FeanorOnForge

A new listing for HOW NOT TO WRITE- A Pokemon Adventure - Part 1 - Chapter I - Section A: The Beginning of the Start, by Will11

A new listing for The Adventures of Phoebe McGee: Episode 1, The Lighthouse, by Charles A. Smith

RogerC reviews Hidden Verbiage: "As promised, contains wordplay puzzles" January 31, 2021 "If you like wordplay puzzles, then you'll probably like this. If not, then less so. A bit tricky to get into, but once you figure out the..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Light: Shelby's Addendum: "Saving the world with a single lightbulb.*" January 31, 2021 "The intro of The Light; Shelby's Addendum pulled me into the game immediately. In a rather long passage the protagonist, a certain Shelby..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Atlantide: La quête de la cité engloutie: "A short Twine game in French about passing the challenges of the Gods" January 31, 2021 "This game is part of the French comp. In it, you and a bunch of other students accidentally summon the Gods who give you two tasks to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pon Para and the Great Southern Labyrinth: "A long, complex fantasy game with massive worldbuilding" January 30, 2021 "Having played (almost) all of Kyle Marquis's games, I can say that there are some definite trends. They tend to be very long, with..." - See full review

A new listing for ...In Love And War, by Crissie24

A new listing for Warlords: Strategic Conquest, by Urman0

autumnc reviews Doggerland: "Autobiographical interactive poem" January 30, 2021 "This sort of thing is hard to "review" or discuss; it feels like something deeply personal, as if my presence is an intrusion. As far as..." - See full review

autumnc reviews Creatures Such As We: "Better in retrospect" January 30, 2021 "I first played Creatures Such As We a few years ago, and I remember that I didn't think much of it back then. But, after playing it more..." - See full review

News on Death off the Cuff: Available as a bundle with PataNoir January 30, 2021 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18626/Interactive_Detective_Fiction/ Death off the Cuff is now available bundled with PataNoir, with a permanent 25% bundle discount.

A new listing for Superstition S1, by 13Leagues

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, My new walkthroughs for January 2021 January 29, 2021 7 items On Friday January 29, 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...

A new listing for MyVacation, by AppDude27

BatQueen reviews A Colour Like No Other: "Pretty good story, but a bit rough to read" January 28, 2021 "The story was fairly decent, I love the concept at least. I have a thing where I tend to imagine myself in the situation I'm reading..." - See full review

A new listing for Relics of the Lost Age, by James Shaw

A new listing for A Colour Like No Other, by TheNamelessOne

A new listing for Worth Waiting, by TheNamelessOne

A new listing for Halfway, To The Lamppost, by Kaitlin Tremblay

A new listing for Private Game for Natalie, by Gower

A new listing for Kelly Unicornstrider and Friends (1982-1985), by Gower

A new listing for Sabbatical Report Presentation, by Gower

A new listing for Sixteen words, by Gower

MathBrush reviews Mask of the Plague Doctor: "Excellent, long slow-burn horror/medical drama" January 27, 2021 "This game is pretty much exactly what you would imagine a 400K-word game about being a masked plague doctor would be like. It's a fairly..." - See full review

A new listing for Blood of the Zombies, by Ian Livingstone

A new listing for Bloodbones, by Jonathan Green

A new listing for Appointment with F.E.A.R., by Steve Jackson (U.K.)

ChrisM reviews Crocodracula: The Beginning: "Resurrected reptilian runaround from early '90s" January 27, 2021 "An entertaining runaround with a silly story and no pretensions beyond being a bit of harmless fun, this retro game is decidedly my kind..." - See full review

A new listing for House of Hell, by Steve Jackson (U.K.)

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