Polls with votes for De Baron

What game first got you interested in interactive fiction? This may, or may not, be the first IF game you ever played. Respond to this...

The dark, the bleak, and the tragic - 18 votes for 12 games; created March 6, 2024
A poll by OverThinking

Send me your downers, your bummers, your wretched games that leave the player feeling like they've been kicked in the teeth.

First attempt IF - 31 votes for 23 games; created April 6, 2020
A poll by beecadee

Anyone wanting to write IF has to start somewhere. Looking for games that were authors' first attempts... First attempts in a given...

Canonicity and IF - 243 votes for 57 games; created July 27, 2017
A poll by juliaofbath

I'm interested in determining whether or not a clear canon has emerged within the world of IF/hypertext. Of course, there is a clear...

Games centered around a "groundhog day" loop - 63 votes for 34 games; created July 29, 2015
A poll by Merk

Two that come to mind, which I haven't played in years and may be remembering wrong, are Moebius and All Things Devours. Games with fail...

Mother-Daugher Relations - 47 votes for 28 games; created March 13, 2015
A poll by matt w (Matt Weiner)

What are some IF works that involve a relationship between a mother and a daughter? Not necessarily as the center of the work, but as...

Games for language learners - 23 votes for 21 games; created November 1, 2013
A poll by Emily Boegheim

What are some good games for people trying to learn another language? I imagine that short games with relatively simple prose and not too...

Persuasion - 9 votes for 6 games; created October 12, 2013
A poll by Adam Myers

There are many games in which the player convinces someone to do something. This may be by undertaking to perform a quest or exchange an...

More than it appears to be... - 98 votes for 38 games; created January 14, 2012
A poll by dacharya64

I'm looking for games that aren't exactly what they seem. Perhaps they come across as simple or romantic or anything really, the point is...

Sublime Moments - 109 votes for 57 games; created May 19, 2011
A poll by Sam Kabo Ashwell

I've been thinking about games that provide really brilliant moments. This is not about the overall quality of the game: there are plenty...

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