Max Fog

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Last visited November 19, 2024
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I rate games based on writing, puzzles, coherence, and and how well the game is remembered by me.

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Interactive Fiction by Max Fog

Untitled Relationship Project, by Sophia de Augustine, Charm Cochran, Drew Cook, Matt Devins, Piergiorgio d’Errico, Max Fog, Hanon Ondricek, Hidnook, Joey Jones, Kastel, Manonamora, Mathbrush, Mike Russo, Tabitha (2024)
(4 ratings)
This is a short game about bits and pieces of relationships, written by a group of authors.

Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Max Fog (2023)
(9 ratings)
In Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, every step you take has an equal probability of sending you over the edge of perilous cliff drops or spinning into the stratosphere. But...

Thread unlocked., by Max Fog (2024)
(4 ratings)
The thread is re-opened. Time to ... chat! A proof-of-concept exercise of how one word can change a lot. In no way do these words reflect what I am actually thinking. Written in 431 words and 5410...

To Let Go, by Max Fog (2024)
(2 ratings)
When the city finds the woods, they do not agree. And sometimes, their rage creates wars. It affects the outcome of important events throughout time. And sometimes, time itself.

This is what I need to tell you, by Max Fog (2024)

Please please please don't stop bi need this

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Recommended Lists by Max Fog

Favourite games from 2024 - 10 items   October 29, 2024
This is a list of games in 2024 I personally enjoyed the most.

Favourite games from 2023 - 11 items   May 29, 2024
My favourite games made in 2023...

Infocom (in personal favourite order) - 24 items   April 14, 2024
Order of my favourite Infocom games, top being favourite.These are only of those i have played.

Favourite games - 20 items   December 9, 2023
I use this list to remind myself what are good games and what to replay. Also, you guys might agree! (By the way, I can't see what I'm...

Polls by Max Fog

Some of the best and most confusing mechanics you've ever played - 12 votes for 10 games; created August 27, 2024
I'm looking for games with super weird or confusing mechanics, but actually are really good games. For example, I found the clock...

THE BEST OF THE FAKE TROLL GAMES - 7 votes for 5 games; created April 3, 2024
Like, games that have a blurb that is seemingly a troll game (like SPY INTRIGUE, as an obvious example) but then very soon after you...

Longer optimization games - 9 votes for 5 games; created December 6, 2023
Im looking for some games of more like 30 minute length, that are optimization based. And succeed in pulling it off. If you have some...

Cruel IFComp winners - 3 votes for 3 games; created November 25, 2023
Any game which got awarded high in IFComp that isn't necessarily Merciful or Polite in Zarfian Cruelty Standards. Or at least games that...

CCTV cameras at the heart of it - 10 votes for 7 games; created September 6, 2023
I'm looking for a game that uses CCTV cameras (or surveillance of some kind) as an important part of the game.

Reviews by Max Fog

The Way Home, by Kenneth Pedersen   November 7, 2024
"This game starts with you, tied to a tree, with two trolls going to steal the diamond you are carrying. From the start, it has some..." - See the full review

9 Secret Steps, by mathbrush   September 30, 2024
"The second chapter in my sequence of "review mathbrush games that haven't been reviewed", I review *9 Secret Steps*. It's a curious game,..." - See the full review

Barroom Brawl, by Mathbrush (as 'One-Eye Jack')   September 28, 2024
"For a game that's meant to be not one of his best, Barroom Brawl really packs a punch. Pun(ch) intended. This may not be an informative..." - See the full review

Kiss of Beth, by Charm Cochran   August 8, 2024
"To start off with, that was a very impressive change in mood there. I was in no way expecting that - I was thinking along the style of a..." - See the full review

Look Around the Corner, by Doug Orleans (as Robert Whitlock)   August 2, 2024
"For this next review, I began playing Teatime With A Vampire (which, along with Romance the Backrooms, could do with some reviews) -..." - See the full review

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