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I fail to write anything consequential, frequently; more often, I write about other people's writing, which is easier. Sometimes I betatest, which is similar but more polite.
I prefer prose strong as fuck, puzzles generous, settings rich and genres acutely self-aware. I am fine with gratuitous self-indulgence as long as I'm invited. I am comfortable about being an awful snob.
Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.Show other authorsAdam Whybray, Adri, Andrew Plotkin, Andy Holloway, Austin Auclair, Baldur Brückner, Ben Collins-Sussman, Bill Maya, Brian Rushton, Buster Hudson, Caleb Wilson, Carl Muckenhoupt, Chandler Groover, Chris Jones, Christopher Conley, Damon L. Wakes, Daniel Ravipinto, Daniel Stelzer, David Jose, David Petrocco, David Sturgis, Drew Mochak, Edward B, Emily Short, Erica Newman, Feneric, Finn Rosenløv, Gary Butterfield, Gavin Inglis, Greg Frost, Hanon Ondricek, Harkness Munt, Harrison Gerard, Ian Holmes, Ivan Roth, Jack Welch, Jacqueline Ashwell, James Eagle, Jason Dyer, Jason Lautzenheiser, Jason Love, Jeremy Freese, Joey Jones, Joshua Porch, Justin de Vesine, Justin Melvin, Katherine Morayati, Kenneth Pedersen, Lane Puetz, Llew Mason, Lucian Smith, Marco Innocenti, Marius Müller, Mark Britton, Mark Sample, Marshal Tenner Winter, Matt Schneider, Matt Weiner, Matthew Korson, Michael Fessler, Michael Gentry, Michael Hilborn, Michael Lin, Mike Spivey, Molly Ying, Monique Padelis, Naomi Hinchen, Nate Edwards, Petter Sjölund, Q Pheevr, Rachel Spitler, Reed Lockwood, Reina Adair, Riff Conner, Roberto Colnaghi, Rowan Lipkovits, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Scott Hammack, Sean M. Shore, Shin, Wade Clarke, Zach Hodgens, Zack Johnson(2018) (25 ratings) A tribute to Anchorhead.
Invisible Parties, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (as Psychopup) (2014) (21 ratings) You are a walker of the ways between the worlds. It is not an arrangement conducive to straightforward relationships. The Three Rebeccas have created a tangle, a temporary artifice woven from parts...
Olivia's Orphanorium, by Sam Kabo Ashwell (2012) (23 ratings) Sparky young entrepreneur Olivia sets out to fulfil her dream of running an orphanage. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Scents & Semiosis, by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee (2020) (9 ratings) A perfumer keeps a private collection of scents, each tied to a memory. Decide what they mean. Scents & Semiosis makes heavy use of procedural generation to create strange perfumes, full lives, and...
"A goofy, frenetic lampoon of slasher-horror. Take the genre-consciousness of Scream, turn up the wackiness to 11, and put it in the hands..." - See the full review
"An old-school cave-crawl; part of an unfortunate trend, predominantly in the UK, of games which offered a prize to the first player to..." - See the full review
"A school-project-feeling piece about an important topic; incomplete. At least in the early game, the writing has a tone of terse, bored..." - See the full review
"A familiar tack of Twine advocacy pieces: take some problematic social issue, particularly as expressed through games, and make it..." - See the full review
"This does (almost) precisely what it says on the tin: it is a linkified version of a sex and gender-related subset of Johnson's..." - See the full review
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