Mike Russo

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Member since October 30, 2020
Last visited June 3, 2026
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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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Interactive Fiction by Mike Russo

The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo (2020)
(28 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)
(22 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)
(6 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)
(6 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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Unseelie, by Alun Clewe   May 23, 2026
"This is unavoidably going to sound like damning with faint praise, but Unseelie is really good for an untested parser game made in a..." - See the full review

Join the Swarm, by Senica Thing   May 23, 2026
"As is now Spring Thing tradition, Senica Thing has contributed an anthology of IF by students (and a few friends), this time all written..." - See the full review

Exchange, by Peter Johnston   May 22, 2026
"I’ve made some significant choices in my IF career: doomed planets and saved them, redeemed villains and romanced companions, started..." - See the full review

Social Democracy: Popular Front, by Autumn Chen   May 22, 2026
"Three games into the Social Democracy franchise, I think we’re now past the point where reviews need to assess the quality of the..." - See the full review

The Perilous Plot, by Caroline Berg   May 21, 2026
"In the spring of two thousand and twenty six, I, Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, poured all the gold of..." - See the full review

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