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A new listing for Chain Gang, by Intudia

A new listing for Accused, by Intudia

A new listing for Heist, by Intudia

A new listing for My Man, by Intudia

A new listing for The Cabin, by Intudia

A new listing for Lucas, by Intudia

A new listing for Through Time, by Finn Rosenløv

A new listing for Beginners Cave, by Port by Kenneth Pedersen, original by Donald Brown

A new listing for The Mysterious Spaceship, by Niels Søndergaard, and illustrations by Steffen Vedsted, (translation by Kenneth Pedersen)

A new listing for NEVER GO TO WORK, by Rani Baker

Mike Russo reviews The Shadow In The Snow: "You will shoot the monster as fast as you shoot a werewolf" December 10, 2020 "A short, sharp horror game, Shadow in the Snow doesn’t have much in its quiver besides some effective description of a frozen wood and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Sense of Harmony: "A lovely prelude" December 10, 2020 "Oh, more of this, please. Sense of Harmony is clearly stated to be a “prelude to further mysteries”, and its one-hour gameplay time..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder: "Clever but underdeveloped" December 10, 2020 "One of SAD’s co-authors also co-authored Vain Empires, and so is almost single-handedly supporting the supernatural spy-thriller IF..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Savor: "A slow mood piece with killer bugs" December 10, 2020 "Oh, lordy. Savor is a generally well-written horror game with intriguing mysteries, mostly-solid prose, and some beautiful presentation..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Saint Simon's Saw: "Postmodern prognostication" December 10, 2020 "This isn’t a game, but rather a simulated divination device using a deck of cards – think a Tarot deck but with more topical cards..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Sage Sanctum Scramble: "Wordplay overdose (that's not a bad thing)" December 10, 2020 "Reader, a confession: it’s only now, as I’m sitting down to write this review, that I have realized that Sage Sanctum Scramble and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Rope of Chalk: "Nostalgic or anti-nostalgic?" December 10, 2020 "I think I mentioned somewhere in the interminable chain of my previous Comp reviews that my knowledge of recent IF is rather patchy: I..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Return to Castle Coris: "Too old-school for me" December 10, 2020 "I swear, the randomizer has a sense of humor – after giving me Tangled Tales, prompting me to whine about a too-large map and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Red Radish Robotics: "Fingersmith" December 10, 2020 "In some ways it’s apt that the randomizer gave me Red Radish Robots right after Ascension of Limbs (yes, I’ve gotten to the point in..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Radicofani: "A near-diamond in the rough" December 10, 2020 "Radicofani is a bit of an odd duck that’s frustrating to play, but part of the frustration for me was that I found its world intriguing..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Quintessence: "A fun world that's a little frustrating to explore" December 10, 2020 "There’s a fun mix of the whimsical and the scientific in Quintessence. The player character is one of a group of multiply-incarnating..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Quest for the Sword of Justice: "Stop me if you've heard this one before..." December 10, 2020 "Your enjoyment of QftSoJ will come down to two things: 1) how forgiving are you of RPG Maker games in IFComp (I’m fine either way,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Popstar Idol Survival Game: "Promising but broken" December 10, 2020 "There’ve been a number of folks who’ve written reviews of PISG already, all of whom noted running into the same issue I did – after..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Place: "Fill-in-the-blank existentialism" December 10, 2020 "The Place is existentialist Mad-Libs, and says so before you ever get into the game – the blurb endorses the credo that existence is..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Pinecone: "A surrealist amuse-bouche" December 10, 2020 "Hey, it’s another game about waiting for the bus! As I made clear in my What the Bus? review, I am here for this kind of content. While..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Cricket, Anyone?: "Regarded by some as the best Exceptional Story. Play Cricket for the college." December 10, 2020 "I've long heard rumours about the quality of this Exceptional Story, and that made me hesitant to play it, as I didn't want to be..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure: "An engaging story of life as a fox spirit" December 10, 2020 "This was a really hard game to rate, as I went back and forth between 4 and 5 stars. It's definitely one of the best Choicescript games..." - See full review

A new listing for Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure, by Amy Clare Fontaine

Perforation reviews Death Song: "One of the most impactful you'll ever read. " December 10, 2020 "If you haven't read Necromancer before, I suggest you do so. Although Death Song is more of a parallel, most recommend reading..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Birmingham IV: "Someone please give that man some antihistamines!" December 10, 2020 "He's got a bad case of the hay fevers! Can't even look at stuff without his eyes watering. Yes, the protagonist of Birmingham IV has a..." - See full review

Denk reviews #VanLife: "Well coded but underlying physics misunderstood" December 10, 2020 "If you found this game difficult it is understandable. Much of the technical information and questions don't make sense. The author (one..." - See full review

A new listing for Happy Birthday Jade Harley!, by pocketfloral

A new listing for Life is Out of Season, by odditycollector

A new listing for Long Live the Queen, by Hanako Games

A new poll by autumnc, Visual Novels for IF fans created December 10, 2020 17 votes for 8 games Visual novels are a form of interactive fiction whose community is almost entirely distinct from the interactive fiction community based around IFDB/IFComp. There are plenty of visual novels that can easily...

A new poll by MathBrush, Best ChooseYourStory games created December 9, 2020 37 votes for 11 games I'm interested in knowing what the best ChooseYourStory games to play are

autumnc reviews Stay Lost: "A story to return to" December 9, 2020 "This is a story I go back to over and over again. It's very short, no more than ten to fifteen minutes. I really enjoy the prose; it has..." - See full review

Tim reviews Necromancer: "A Certified Classic" December 9, 2020 "To start things off, if you've never read any other story by Endmaster, this is a good one to start with. Several of his other stories..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Vampire Ltd: "Another fun, traditional parser game" December 9, 2020 "I'd take an old-fashioned parser game that is engaging and entertaining like this one any time. I hope that we can see more games from..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Phantom: "The Phantom's only the second-most interesting character here" December 9, 2020 "Oh hey, another literary reimagining by the author who did How the Elephant’s Child Who Walked By Himself Got His Wings – I’m..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Stuff of Legend: "Fun, traditional parser game" December 9, 2020 "This was an enjoyable, fairly straightforward, light-hearted parser game. The PC is engaging and the NPCs were fun. I wish there were..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Passages: "Solid premise let down by sketchy characterization" December 9, 2020 "Despite the bad rap they sometimes get, to my mind there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a metaphor that’s too on-the-nose. Sure, the..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Illuminismo Iniziato: "Delightful sequel" December 9, 2020 "We enjoyed Risorgimento Represso so much that we were thrilled to find a sequel. Now, all I want is a third episode!"

baka-na-haha reviews Risorgimento Represso: "Lots of fun" December 9, 2020 "This is a fun, somewhat silly game - and I love silly games. We thoroughly enjoyed it. "

baka-na-haha reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Another all-time favorite" December 9, 2020 "This game is a classic. It is everything an IF game should be. Just play it and see for yourself!"

baka-na-haha reviews A Murder in Fairyland: "Abigail Corfman does it again" December 9, 2020 "Somehow, Abigail Corfman manages to make twine games that would appeal to twine-lovers and parser-lovers alike. I loved her Open Sorcery..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Open Sorcery: "A twine game for parser lovers as well" December 9, 2020 "I generally prefer parser games, so I almost missed playing this one. I am so glad that I didn't pass this one by. This game could be..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Spider and Web: "All-time favorite" December 9, 2020 "This is one of my all-time favorite IF games. Fun, with lots of depth - one of the most memorable games I've played. I could not..." - See full review

baka-na-haha reviews Bobby and Bonnie: "Good game for newbies" December 9, 2020 "This is a very sweet little game. I think it would be a very good introduction for someone new to IF."

zinze reviews Little Girl In Monsterland: "Ambitious Interface, But Limiting" December 9, 2020 "The concept of the interface is intriguing and different, with options like making deductions that I wouldn't have anticipated or tried..." - See full review

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