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Tabitha reviews PURE: "Cut short" October 1, 2025 "I played this one a few weeks ago now, and I’m not going to talk about the puzzles or gameplay or implementation at all, because I know..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Backpackward: "Sexual assault played for laughs" October 1, 2025 "An edited version of a review originally posted at intfiction.org on September 24, 2025 I... did not enjoy this game, for multiple..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Backpackward: "Backpacking woes" October 1, 2025 "Time to leave our job to backpack in the medieval world. Well... not exactly. After getting canned from a shitty job, you sorta bounce..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Backpackward: "Behold, Rambo of Stripmallshire!" October 1, 2025 "Backpackward is a portal fantasy that sees a slacker, low-motivation protagonist in the modern world finding an alternate world where he..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by EJ, Odd spec-fic games that I love despite jankiness or other objective issues October 1, 2025 9 items ... from IFComp, specifically! Most years, I encounter one game out of the IFComp bunch that makes me go "This won't score well and that's probably fair but I can tell it's going to gnaw on my brain for a...

Tabitha reviews Crescent Sea Story: "Misalignment" October 1, 2025 "The opening of this one had me intrigued, with the PC waking up with amnesia on a boat surrounded by five shadow-selves. You have to..." - See full review

sillybugs10000 reviews Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight: ">^-^<" September 30, 2025 "Fun, accessible, and satisfying little playthrough, with fun writing. Enjoyable and memorable!"

Ally reviews Wikipedia: The Text Adventure: "Clever and impressive concept for exploring real locations" September 30, 2025 "What a creative idea! This game pulls information from Wikipedia in order to build a game world for you to explore, roughly positioning..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for September 2025 September 30, 2025 8 items On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 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...

tzbits reviews Wikipedia: The Text Adventure: "Fun to explore an area you think you arleady know" September 30, 2025 "I enjoyed spending some time starting at Faneuil Hall, Boston and trying to make my way to Harvard Square in Cambridge. There were a lot..." - See full review

A new listing for Backrooms Stories, by liminal_games

TestTubeHuman reviews Violent Delight: "Exceptionally bizarre videogame creepypasta" September 30, 2025 "Violent Delight hearkens back to the creepypastas I used to read as a kid about haunted videogames and cursed cartridges: games that..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Violent Delight: "Think of the children" September 30, 2025 "Violent Delight begins with you ordering an old video game cartridge… and then waiting. For one hour, in real-time. This mechanic has..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews HEN AP PRAT GETS SMACKED IN THE TWAT: "Far better than I expected" September 29, 2025 "There are apparently two versions of this game, an interactive version and a completely linear version that shows up 1/15th of the time...." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Breakup Game: "Uplifting" September 29, 2025 "With kind and uplifting vibes, this game gently guides the player through emotional loss after a breakup, asking a series of questions..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus - Part I: The City of Dol Bannath: "I’m not just a poet, I’m a WARRIOR poet" September 29, 2025 "Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus (aka Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus, Part 1: The City of Dol Bannath) is an RPG fantasy game that follows the..." - See full review

A new listing for Sisyphe's Backspace, by Koway

Tabitha reviews The Secrets of Sylvan Gardens: "An inevitable comparison" September 28, 2025 "I’ve now played all three games entered in IFComp 2025 by Lamp Post Projects (LPP; this review is going to get fairly acronym-heavy!),..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Monkeys and Car Keys: "Difficult parser puzzler with monkeys" September 28, 2025 "I beta tested this game so I saved it for last. This is a puzzle-filled comedic parser game about recovering your car keys from a bunch..." - See full review

A new listing for The Smiths Are Dead, by Commodore Plus

Denk reviews Not so Happy Easter 2025: "Nice puzzles but stereotyping should be avoided in post comp release" September 28, 2025 "This game requires an ZX Spectrum emulator like Fuse, which I used. EDIT: Be aware that this game uses a few stereotypes which could feel..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Burger Meme Personality Test: "That's why I hate job hunting" September 28, 2025 "Interview assignments are out of control these days. The Burger Meme Personality Test is a mega parody of this issue, putting you through..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Saltwrack: "A trek of horrors" September 28, 2025 "A world ravaged by apocalypse. The salt wrack. As a researcher, your objective is to reach the center of the cataclysm and discover what..." - See full review

A new listing for Shake Your Destiny, by PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé and KentuckyFriedDreams and Nice Gear Games (as Deli Fuego Cake, La Primitiva and PORQUOI?)

A new listing for A Requiem for Richland Mall, by PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé (as Genetic Jewellery)

ChanceOfFire reviews A Rock's Tale: "This absolutely rocks" September 28, 2025 "With strong and amusing writing, an interesting cast of characters, along with plenty of charm and whimsical humor, A Rock's Tale was..." - See full review

A new listing for The Sea of Legends, by Gryphon

sillybugs10000 reviews 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds: "Fails the Bechdel test :(" September 28, 2025 "Fun, unique, clever little game that somehow fails the Bechdel test. I really love the writing. Another reviewer said, "Nice for a quick..." - See full review

A new listing for Sleepless Passion, by Future

A new listing for The Dream Thief, by Future

A new listing for How To Bring an End to Things?, by Darius Conwright

ChanceOfFire reviews The Litchfield Mystery: "Finding the clues" September 28, 2025 "Ah yes, the second mystery game from the writer (in terms of what I've played so far). I have mixed feelings about this one. As with the..." - See full review

A new listing for KOBOLD KEBABS, by Mizal

MathBrush reviews My creation: "Short parser game about parenthood" September 28, 2025 "This game reminds me of a more HD version of Baby Tree, one of the games I most frequently show to people to tell them what interactive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Olive Tree: "Allegory of Palestinian suffering" September 28, 2025 "I thought this was a touching game. I have listened with anxiety to news reports of famine and destruction of homes in Palestine over the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fascism - Off Topic: "Interrupt a subway conversation" September 28, 2025 "I remember the Fascism: Off Topic intfiction thread from earlier this year and I had heard about this game cooking up for a long time so..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A winter morning on the beach: "Multimedia game about a walk on the beach" September 28, 2025 "Well, it was fun to load up this game and see the font adjust itself slightly. "Bisquixe does that too," I thought. And it turns out this..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Errand Run: "Short twine game about getting groceries" September 28, 2025 "This is the third and last Sophia Zhao game I'm playing this competition. The other two were fantastic, and this is now an author I'll..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Island Of Rhynin: "Short island-based game" September 28, 2025 "This is a brief stat-based Twine game where you explore an island that has a civilization on it. You are a renowned explorer joining an..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Uninteractive Fiction 2: "A game that's over as you begin (again)" September 28, 2025 "The first thing that struck me is that the 2 is so bold and red. Then I noticed how jagged it is. Was it, I thought, just drawn in MS..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Retrograding: "Compelling but confusing" September 28, 2025 "Originally posted at intfiction.org on September 25, 2025 This is a visual novel that drops you straight into the life of the PC with..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Visit to the Human Resources Administration: "An all-too-real sci fi story about applying for government benefits" September 28, 2025 "I felt a strong connection to a lot of the material in this game. You are an alien visiting the Human Resources Administration to sign up..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews One Step Ahead: "Short twine game about use of AI for school" September 28, 2025 "This is a brief Twine game about someone who becomes addicted to the use of AI. It felt pretty realistic (until its turn in later..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Burger Meme Personality Test: "A mockery of those job personality tests" September 28, 2025 "This was a salient game for the current job environment. It presents a fake version of an AI-run personality test (no real AI is used)..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Your Very Last Words: "Unity game with IF and 3d elements; Mexican revolution firing squad" September 28, 2025 "This is a downloadable Unity game. In it, you stand before a firing squad, about to be killed during (I believe) the Mexican Revolution..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Saltwrack: "IFComp 2025: Saltwrack" September 28, 2025 "Humanity’s inescapable tragedy is falling asleep to an eight hour train engine POV. Squinting through room’s dark at a screen, stem..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews valley of glass: "Short game inspired by an old story" September 28, 2025 "This is a small Inform game that seems unfinished in some sense. It has a small map with one central area and four spokes. Travelling in..." - See full review

Denk reviews A Visit to the Human Resources Administration: "Funny and sad" September 27, 2025 "Being an alien disguised as a human isn't always easy. In this game you must study humans. You get a few choices where I recommend to do..." - See full review

sillybugs10000 reviews Thornfell Manor: 1984: "WHY DIDN'T I BRING A FLASHLIGHT TO A HAUNTED HOUSE AT NIGHT?" September 27, 2025 "Other than this review's title, I have a few main qualms with this game. Two are a bit nitpicky, and one is more substantial. This review..." - See full review

sillybugs10000 reviews What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed: "Masterpiece." September 27, 2025 "This is a work of art. It feels very polished to play, and the puzzles are intuitive and satisfying to solve. The polish and unique..." - See full review

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