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1-10 of 10 >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction Sure, it's a trifle, but that's OK. It's done reasonably well, is not redolent with references only the author could understand, and its idea is (I can't believe I'm saying this) actually pretty clever. Yes, despite the fact that you begin the game sitting at your desk, in your apartment, on your chair, staring at your computer and your proposed competition entry therein, Calliope turns out to be pretty fun rather than really boring. It seems that exhaustion is approaching for you, the prospective author, and that your previous efforts whacking away at that competition entry have been rather uninspired. But the Muse (the game's title is a whopping hint) can strike at unexpected times...
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A short fun game about gathering inspiration for IFComp, July 1, 2017This is a relatively short game. You play a programmer in an apartment who is trying to get IFComp inspiration. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A-muse-ing diversion, September 29, 2012A neat little meta-fictional game about the trials and tribulations of IF writer's block, featuring a guest appearance from the muse of epic poetry (hence the tortured pun in my review title). It's nicely packaged for a short game, and relatively well-paced, but suffers from a crucial guess-the-verb problem at the last moment. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Nathanial, May 27, 2011 Baf's GuideTiny self-referential game--you're trying to write your competition entry, but you're out of ideas. There's really not much there--the game has one puzzle, relatively straightforward--though what's there works reasonably well, and there's a modicum of creativity involved. -- Duncan Stevens
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