Lance Cirone

Backwater, Vermont

Top 50 Reviewer
Member since December 30, 2022
Last visited March 30, 2025
Profile ID (TUID): wd832j7zuvbn9idx

Semi-frequent IF reviewer. I like to play games that have less coverage and are more obscure, and prefer parser-based, although I've found a few choice-based ones I really liked.

Around 2022-2024, I developed a few games: Jimin, Ari, and Shush is a demo piece for something I didn't yet have the knowledge to make into a full game. Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge! is a parser adventure that I pushed myself to develop on a time crunch, and while I'm happy with how it came out, I never got the drive to develop any more games after it.

My other two games are unlisted, and will be permanently. It's not because I don't like them, but more due to conflicting personal reasons.

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Interactive Fiction by Lance Cirone

Eliza's Unbearable Awkward Reunion!, by Lance Cirone (2023)
(2 ratings)
This game is now permanently unavailable.

Sprinklepills!, by Lance Cirone (2023)
(3 ratings)
This game is now permanently unavailable.

Bradisson Rayburn's Revenge!, by Lance Cirone (2024)
(1 rating)
You've always wanted to be on a game show, and now you finally are! Can you overcome host Bradisson Rayburn's challenges as you cheat your way to victory? A short, classic-style parser game.

Jimin, Ari, and Shush, by Lance Cirone (2023)
(1 rating)

Three childhood friends -- Jimin, Ari, and Shush -- must adventure to find an item to help Shush's mother's emergent bakery. Conflicts arise when Shush's adorable little brother, Plush, joins in,...

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My Underrated Gems - 5 items   April 20, 2023
A few of my favorite IF games that just need more love. Some of these are particularly deep cuts, but they're all high quality and worth...

Polls by Lance Cirone

Games with money management - 21 votes for 15 games; created October 12, 2024
Games that have money mechanics, with buying things and portioning out your money as a key part of the gameplay.

Games with Replay Value - 19 votes for 13 games; created February 13, 2023
These are games that you can come to again and again, even after you beat them. It could be a story-heavy game where you won't connect...

Exactly What It Says on the Tin - 12 votes for 9 games; created January 2, 2023
Titles are a complex art. Sometimes they're deep and metaphorical. Sometimes they're catchy and fun to read out loud. Sometimes they're...

Reviews by Lance Cirone

Death By Monkey, by R. Rawson-Tetley   March 16, 2025
"Death By Monkey is the only fully original game made in the IAGE engine. The others are Alice Through the Looking Glass, Cloak of..." - See the full review

Masters of Toasting, by Leon Lin   December 29, 2024
"This is one of the 12 games made for ToasterComp, explaining the noticeable spike in toaster-related games of 2000 you may notice when..." - See the full review

Earl Grey, by Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish   December 29, 2024
"I was hoping to like Earl Grey more than I actually did. The game's upper-class English writing style befitting a tea party is very..." - See the full review

A Wizard Goes Shopping, by Kevin Jackson-Mead   December 26, 2024
"SpeedIFs are always a bit hard to review, because they have so little to discuss by nature. Still, A Wizard Goes Shopping is a fun..." - See the full review

Give Me Your Lunch Money, by DCBSupafly   November 23, 2024 (edited: December 19, 2024)
"In this game, you're an 8 year-old inventor who gets bullied on the playground, and has to set up traps to use on the bullies the next..." - See the full review

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Lance Cirone's Play Lists

Played Games

Death By Monkey, by R. Rawson-Tetley
A Train to Piccadilly, by Marco Innocenti
Masters of Toasting, by Leon Lin
Earl Grey, by Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish
A Wizard Goes Shopping, by Kevin Jackson-Mead

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Wish List

Mayor Mystery, by Green Guy and Jinx
The Bible Retold: Following a Star, by Justin Morgan
Fish!, by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles
Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., by Muffy Berlyn and Michael Berlyn
Scents & Semiosis, by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee

See all 122 entries in the Wish List

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