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baby tree, by Lester Galin

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Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers

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Edge of the Cliff, by Poster

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Blind, by Andrew Metzger

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The Hours, by Robert Patten

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Ted Paladin And The Case Of The Abandoned House, by Anssi Räisänen

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All Alone, by Ian Finley

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Lydia's Heart, by Jim Aikin

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Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, by S. John Ross

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Indigo, by Emily Short

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There's A Snake in the Bathtub, by Edward Griffiths

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The Last Dark Day, by Bob Reeves

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69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn

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Choices, by David Whyld

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I Expect You To Die, by Anthony Schuster

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Kingdom Without End, by Shannon Cochran

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The Twelve Heads of St. John the Baptist, by Jake Wildstrom

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The Cavity of Time, by Sam Kabo Ashwell

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The Matter of the Monster, by Andrew Plotkin

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The Promise, by Sean Huxter

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The Lost Islands of Alabaz, by Michael Gentry

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Hallow Eve, by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.

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Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower, by C.E.J. Pacian

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The Dream-Trap of Zzar, by S. John Ross

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The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil, by Marius Müller

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Light Of My Stomach, by David Fletcher

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The Chronicler, by John Evans

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A Quiet Evening at Home, by Anonymous

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East Grove Hills, by XYZ

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The Sons of the Cherry, by Alex Livingston

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Ninja's Fate, by Hannes Schueller

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Heated, by Timothy Peers

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The Bible Retold: The Lost Sheep, by Ben Pennington

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Pen and Paint, by Owen Parish

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The 12:54 to Asgard, by J. Robinson Wheeler

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Under, In Erebus, by Brian Rapp

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Gris et Jaune, by Jason Devlin

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Flight of the Hummingbird, by Michael Martin

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Death off the Cuff, by Simon Christiansen

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Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian

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Divis Mortis, by Lynnea Dally

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Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard

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Vicious Cycles, by Simon Mark

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Oxygen, by Benjamin Sokal

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Whom The Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed

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> by @, by Aaron A. Reed

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Fate, by Victor Gijsbers

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The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, by Victor Gijsbers

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Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade

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Leadlight, by Wade Clarke

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One Eye Open, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Carolyn VanEseltine

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Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch

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The Warbler's Nest, by Jason McIntosh

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Attack of the Mutaydid Meat Monsters, by Duncan Bowsman

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A Tasty Morsel of Meat, February 17, 2011

by Ben Cressey (Seattle, WA)

If you enjoy the author's trademark brand of humor, you will spend a pleasant ten minutes with this game. The implementation is superficial and the interaction repetitive, but the writing is quirky and charming throughout.

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Gigantomania, by Michelle Tirto and Mike Ciul

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The Argument, by Harvey Smith

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Aotearoa, by Matt Wigdahl

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The Blind House, by Amanda Allen

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The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, by Taylor Vaughan

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All Roads, by Jon Ingold

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+=3, by Carl de Marcken and David Baggett

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Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes

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Basic Train-ing, by bpsp

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The Green Mountains, by Clark Radwin

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Vespers, by Jason Devlin

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Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin

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Dual Transform, by Andrew Plotkin

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A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin

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Galatea, by Emily Short

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Bronze, by Emily Short

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Best of Three, by Emily Short

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Varicella, by Adam Cadre

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Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre

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The Nemean Lion, by Anonymous

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Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre

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I-0, by Anonymous

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Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre

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9:05, by Adam Cadre

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Suicide, by Dan Doyle III

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Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin

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All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows

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The Art of Fugue, by Victor Gijsbers, Jimmy Maher, Dorte Lassen, and Johan

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Recess At Last, by Gerald Aungst

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A Date With Death, by David Whyld

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Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield

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Opening Night, by David Batterham

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Cry Wolf, by Clare Parker

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The Moon Watch, by Paolo Maroncelli and Alessandro Peretti

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Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen

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April in Paris, by Jim Aikin

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Afflicted, by Doug Egan

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Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter

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Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian

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Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe

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Selves, by J'onn Roger

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Obituary, by Drew Mochak and Johnny Rivera

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Gossip, by Hugo Labrande

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zork, buried chaos, by Brad Renshaw

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GATOR-ON, Friend to Wetlands!, by Dave Horlick

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Gleaming the Verb, by Kevin Jackson-Mead

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Star Hunter, by Chris Kenworthy

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The Grand Quest, by Owen Parish

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Spelunker's Quest, by Tom Murrin

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Beta Tester, by Darren Ingram

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Eruption, by Richard Bos

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Condemned, by Mark Jones

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Interface, by Ben Vegiard

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Snowquest, by Eric Eve

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Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh

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The Ascot, by Duncan Bowsman

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Rover's Day Out, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman

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The Duel That Spanned the Ages, by Oliver Ullmann

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Earl Grey, by Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish

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The Duel in the Snow, by Utkonos

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Walker & Silhouette, by C.E.J. Pacian

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Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities

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Make It Good, by Jon Ingold

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Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati

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Pirate's Plunder!, by Tiberius Thingamus

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Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin

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Burn the Koran and Die, by Poster

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Madam Spider's Web, by Sara Dee

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Babel, by Ian Finley

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The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

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Aisle, by Sam Barlow

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Monday, 16:30, by Alexander "Mordred" Andonov

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Nightfall, by Eric Eve

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Couch of Doom, by Megan Moser and Margaret Moser

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Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto

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Glass, by Emily Short

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Shade, by Andrew Plotkin

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Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba

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In The House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE, by S. John Ross

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The Shadow in the Cathedral, by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold

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Rameses, by Stephen Bond

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Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

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Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas

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Six-Chamber Champion, by C.E.J. Pacian

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All Hope Abandon, by Eric Eve

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Starborn, by Juhana Leinonen

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Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto

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The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, by Peter Nepstad

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The Journey of the King, by Peter Nepstad

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The Manor at Whitby, by L. E. Hall

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A Rough Diamond of Interactive Terror, May 6, 2010

by Ben Cressey (Seattle, WA)

Discovering an atmospheric terror game among the rest of the one-room games was one of the surprise treats of the competition.

The game starts you off with a stack of reading material, which immediately and effectively establishes the tone. Reading a letter or paging through a diary in an interactive context is always fun, for some reason. I suspect that this is one of the unsung virtues of interactive fiction: its ability to imbue quotidian texts with an air of suspense and excitement.

I got a similar thrill from looking at the paintings in the hallway. Folks, is there anything more delightful than discovering a mysterious letter and a series of cryptic paintings in the first few rooms of a suspenseful IF game? I think not!

Sadly, the game falls apart somewhat toward the end. Either it wasn't finished, or bugs kept me from reaching a conclusion. I suspect this was a consequence of the short development window and the attention to detail early on.

Despite this weakness, the game remains my favorite from the competition, and I recommend it to fans of interactive terror.