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If on a Winter's Night a Writer..., October 1, 2023by Victor Gijsbers (The Netherlands) A Dark and Stormy Entry was an entry in LOTECH Comp 2001, a competition in which the most important rule was that the games had to have a multiple-choice parser. The title of the game, and the fact that it appeared under the pseudonym of Lord Lobur-Bytton, suggest that it will be a send-up of the bad, purple writing associated with Lord Bulwer-Lytton and his "It was a dark and stormy night" opening sentence. However, there are only a few story branches (the Scotland/gothic ones in particular) that actually present overwritten prose. And a good thing that is too, because that joke would have worn thin very quickly. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Zape, September 30, 2023 - Juuves, March 13, 2023 - penguincascadia (Puget Sound), March 24, 2022 - Stas, April 2, 2018 2 of
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A clever exploration of the creative process, July 1, 2017In this game, you create a story by choosing from menus. This game has a time cave structure, where every chance branches widely into more choices. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Sobol (Russia), November 20, 2014 - DJ (Olalla, Washington), May 9, 2013 - E.K., May 3, 2013 - verityvirtue (London), October 18, 2012 3 of
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Fun, Funny, and Accurate, August 14, 2012by Petrichor To be honest, playing this reminds me of all those days I've sat at my desk (or anywhere else), notebook and pencil in hand/laptop buzzing and ready to go--and then nothing happens at first. This game reminds me of a more humorous version of my own mental process as I wait for genius to come. Genius, however, arrives right on time for this game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Sam Kabo Ashwell (Seattle), August 23, 2011 - flamingoboots, May 24, 2011 - Iris Wood (Vancouver), May 12, 2011 2 of
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Writers block, January 30, 2011by Aintelligence (Canada) Ok, I'll admit right now that I'm not a huge fan of cyoa adventures at all. I my opinion they ask you to do two things, and then you end up doing something completely different than you wanted. Unlike traditional cyoa, this one is likeably different because instead of dying when you choose a wrong path, you just restart and can easily get back to the same place. Another thing the story was fairly good at representing was the difficulty of writing your first few sentences or paragraphs, and how frustrating it can sometimes be. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Divide (Wroclaw, Poland), October 12, 2009 - rainbow_fish_953 (Kansas), August 3, 2009 - gruelove (UK), April 25, 2009 1 of
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An interesting experiment in CYOA style IF, January 3, 2009by Molly (USA) In this game you play as a budding writer trying to think up ideas for a story. You use a CYOA style interface to choose between different story ideas. It's not among the best of Emily Short's work, but it makes for an amusing game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Adam Biltcliffe (Cambridge, UK), December 29, 2008 - Ghalev (Northern Appalachia, United States), December 28, 2008 - googoogjoob, August 4, 2008 - perching path (near Philadelphia, PA, US), July 22, 2008 - Rose (New Zealand), July 6, 2008 - anj tuesday, November 18, 2007
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