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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedNews on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026
The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details
Games
Add a game listingSchoolAdventure, by Jon Wätte and Mikael Gajecki Inform 6 |
Bugseeker, by Polaris Storm Twine |
Eclipse, by Gianluca Girelli Inform 6 |
News on Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis: New verbose walkthrough Details |
ST4T/TŚDT, by Naarel Decker |
The Last Mystery, by Colin Sanders, Andrew Greenhill, Garrett Dowdy, Chris Ormstrup, Megan Hollowell Inform 7 |
Reviews
Giger Kitty reviews Altered Destiny: "Not memorable - but not bad. A product of its time"   |
MathBrush reviews Journey Into Darkness: "Long gauntlet game with a lot of 'dead man walking' scenarios" |
Denk reviews Time Swap: "Nice puzzler (updated version), could use a bit more pollish" |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents: "Bit of a slow start that built into something beautiful" |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Rent-a-Vice: "Okay, but not the most philosophically compelling" |
MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga Book 5: "Be traumatized and discover Christianity" |
Competitions
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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
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| Type Help, by William Rous A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old... |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that... |
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