Mike Russo

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Member since October 30, 2020
Last visited October 25, 2024
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Author of Sting and The Eleusinian Miseries.

My super rigorous scoring rubric:

1 star = terminally buggy or otherwise really not worth playing.

2 stars = some real strengths but some flaws too.

3 stars = an enjoyable game that's well worth playing.

4 stars = a great game that might just be lacking a bit of ambition or pizzazz to get it over the top.

5 stars = an amazing achievement that I'll remember for a long time to come.

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The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo (2020)
(26 ratings)
Well, isn't this a lark! After solid years of going after old Alky to let you in on that Mysteries wheeze of his, at last tonight's the night. He's dragged you from Athens to Eleusis for the to-do,...

Sting, by Mike Russo (2021)
(20 ratings)
Six bees. Five bags of groceries. A four-pound dumbbell. Three sailboats. One twin. Sting is a puzzleless parser memoir about ordinary days and unexpected interruptions.

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.

'Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, by Mike Russo (2024)
(2 ratings)
You’ve been going about this all wrong. Instead of bemoaning their giantish constitution, you should be planning a giantish substitution. An entry in 2024's REALLY BAD IF Jam.

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Sunburst Contamination, by Johan Berntsson and Fredrik Ramsberg   October 23, 2024
"While at 43 I often find myself feeling like a bit of a graybeard, my contemporary experience with vintage-era IF is actually fairly..." - See the full review

Your World According to a Single Word, by Kastel   October 23, 2024
"One cool thing about the review-a-thon is that it seems like a lot of the games were entries in jams or events that passed me by, so it..." - See the full review

Tribute: Return to the City of Secrets, by Kenneth Pedersen   October 23, 2024
"There’s a story I remember hearing about O Brother Where Art Thou?, the Coen Brothers’ The-Odyssey-by-way-of-Appalachia musical, which is..." - See the full review

Zugzwang, by Vanessa Jygon, Eleanor Jimmy   October 21, 2024
"German is one of those languages which, if it didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent: it offers up an essential myriad of..." - See the full review

19 Once, by Yvonne Jeagon, Larissa Jemmy   October 21, 2024
"It’s a truism that there’s a lot about being young that only makes sense in retrospect. One can interrogate whether that’s actually,..." - See the full review

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