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A new listing for Gravenimage, by guava and Loaf and Mehitabel and snorv and xenofem

A new listing for TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN, by stormnebulae

Tabitha reviews Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight: "<3 Marbles" August 12, 2025 "An expansion of a short review originally published at Intfiction.org on May 8, 2025. I beta-tested this game. This review is based on..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Heaven Alive: "EXECUTE EXECUTE EXECUTE" August 12, 2025 "Playing and reviewing Heaven Alive immediately after Machina Caerulae makes for a study in contrasts. They’re similar enough that those..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews machina caerulea: "A punchy Bluebeard" August 12, 2025 "In the early aughts, a documentary called The Aristocrats got a bit of buzz by digging into an inside-baseball joke structure widely used..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Resurrection Gate: "Hight fantasy hors d'oeuvre" August 12, 2025 "For a couple years in the mid-90s, one of the best things in life was the monthly PC Gamer CD. You see, in those long-vanished days, most..." - See full review

A new listing for Le rendez-vous de la terreur, by Robert Piechaud

crotovane reviews Method in My Madness: "review-a-thon 2025: method in my madness" August 11, 2025 "despite being for the “really bad if” jam, i was actually a very big fan of the presumably “bad” off-kilter format—i was so..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Witchever: "Second time's the charm" August 11, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp) Remakes! I dunno, man. They’re everywhere and of course..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Swap Wand User: "GAME WORD PLAY" August 11, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp) One of the canonical justifications for text-only interactive..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Taste of Terror: "Magic and mayhem" August 11, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp) In the first couple turns of A Taste of Terror – an Inform 6..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Mystery Academy: "Less-sloppy AI (but turns out still unethical)" August 11, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp. After it was posted, the Comp's results were posted, which..." - See full review

actually_incorrect reviews The Moon's Knight: "Evocative writing but a little confusing" August 10, 2025 "The Moon's Knight is a very short Twine game (under 500 words, as per the rules for the game jam in which it was made for). As such, it's..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews Studio: "Intricately crafted stealth game" August 10, 2025 "I played this game more than a year ago, for Spring Thing 2024, but never got to publishing this review til I found it lying on my hard..." - See full review

crotovane reviews A House of Endless Windows: "cinema" August 10, 2025 "the tension sinks its teeth into you from the very first scene. i was instantly struck by pierce’s relationship with his mother: the..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Lockout: "Ship-shape" August 10, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp. I beta tested the game). You don’t see as many one-room..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Thousand Lives: "History's Millstone" August 10, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: Email! Played : 7/18-26/25 Playtime: 12m over 6-9 days, bittersweet ending Three years into..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Resurrection Gate: "18 in Charisma, Strength TBD" August 10, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: choice-select Played : 7/21/25 Playtime: 30m demo This work is a fantasy game demo, an..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews What Happened Last Night?: "A gauntlet-style murder drama game" August 9, 2025 "At 4900 words, this is the shortest game you can purchase from Choice of Games, and is listed under its Hosted Games label. It’s a..." - See full review

News on ParserComp 2025: Final results August 9, 2025 The winners of ParserComp 2025 have been announced. Congratulations!

MathBrush reviews Trees Don't Tell: "A puzzly Choicescript game about a forest and demons" August 9, 2025 "This is the third-least rated game on the Hosted Games app. While some games have tens of thousands of ratings, this one has had 9..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Sandman: "Try not to fall asleep after the end of the world" August 9, 2025 "This is a well-written and illustrated game with a post-apocalyptic setting. In it, the world has been afflicted with (very early..." - See full review

crotovane reviews Lewd Mod: Noir: "normal porn for normal people" August 9, 2025 "the appeal of a game like this is the voyeurism. you work at a spy agency with access to private candid photos of all the women in your..." - See full review

A new listing for AND!XOR B.E.N.D.E.R, by @ANDnXOR

Wade Clarke reviews take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die: "Finely constructed comic book presentation of romance'n'death subject matter" August 9, 2025 "I would describe take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die as a linear, emotionally heavy, romantic (in the oldest tradition)..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Journey: "Not much to sink your teeth into" August 9, 2025 "For good or ill, we as a society appear to have move past the era of the mash-up – instead of “it’s X meets Y!” we now have..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews EYE: "TLA" August 9, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forums during ParserComp) The old saw about IF being a story at war with a crossword has..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews machina caerulea: "Adjectives Unwelcome" August 9, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: choice-select Played : 7/21/25 Playtime: 15m, 3 endings This "Penny Pinching Parity" work,..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Lewd Mod: Noir: "The Cam Girl is IN" August 9, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: choice-select Played : 7/21/25 Playtime: 30m demo, 2 playthroughs Some erotica embraces a..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Sword of Voldiir: "Dungeons and D20s" August 9, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: RPG/choice-select Played : 7/20/25 Playtime: 30m I have previously asserted that High..." - See full review

A new competition page: IntroComp 2025 created August 8, 2025 IntroComp is an annual competition where participants develop excerpts of interactive fiction, gain feedback from audience reactions, and (hopefully!) use this feedback to release a fantastic final product....

A new listing for Through Death New Life, by Ulrike Skadir

A new listing for Resentful ❅ Revered, by Damon L. Wakes

A new listing for The Little Match Girl 6: Fulcrum of the Telkon Vortex (IntroComp Demo), by Ryan Veeder

A new listing for Healing Mia, by Deathworks

A new listing for Feyrealm Adventure, by Alina Derzhapolskaia

A new listing for .22LR, by Damon L. Wakes

Mike Russo reviews Last Audit of the Damned: "Damned if you do" August 8, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forum during ParserComp. After it was posted, the Comp's results were posted, which..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Wild West: "Cowboy in amber" August 8, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forums during this year's ParserComp; due to the similarities between the trilogy of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Tin Star: "Cowboy in amber" August 8, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forums during this year's ParserComp; due to the similarities between the trilogy of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Desperados: "Cowboy in amber" August 8, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forums during this year's ParserComp; due to the similarities between the trilogy of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The 13th Quest: "You CAN spell fantasy adventure without "AI"" August 8, 2025 "(This review was originally posted on the IntFic forums during ParserComp) So, generative AI in IF, there’s a topic I’m sure we’re..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die: "Low Wordcount = High Esteem" August 8, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: choice-select/Visual Novel Played : 7/18/25 Playtime: 10m What a cool, unique combination..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Deluge: "Where My Waders?" August 8, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: choice-select Played : 7/18/25 Playtime: 10m 2 playthroughs It occurs to me I have gone..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews return to home: "Palate Cleanser" August 8, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: parser Played : 7/18/25 Playtime: score 13/14; locs 13/14 10m 3 playthroughs I am..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by xkia, My IF favorites August 7, 2025 11 items My absolute favorites in no particular order - IFs that I would easily recommend. Many have great humor, clever mechanics/puzzles, an engaging story, and/or an emotional throughline. All were wonderful and...

sofv223 reviews Type Help: "Spectacular -- and I'm not a horror fan." August 7, 2025 "I'm glad I wasn't put off by "gruesome" and "ghosts." It's not what I expected -- it's better. Loved every minute. Try it even if you..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Blood and Sunlight: "Baby, It's Sunny Outside" August 7, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: Choice-select Played : 7/18/25 Playtime: 10m, 3 endings Elsewhere, I have asserted that..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Ataraxia: "Cottage Core Calliope" August 7, 2025 "Adapted from a Review-A-Thon 25 Review Style: RPG/Choice-select Played : 7/17/25 Playtime: 2.5hrs, Day 55, plateau’d This is a work..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Habeas Corpus: "Save Siren or Sleep?" August 7, 2025 "Style: Choice-select Played : 7/15/25 Playtime: 7m both endings An honorary entry in the "Penny Pinching Parity" review sub-series. This..." - See full review

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