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Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson

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Color the Truth, by mathbrush

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LAKE Adventure, by B.J. Best

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The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder

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A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder

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The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls, by Ryan Veeder

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The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens, by Ryan Veeder

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Bright Brave Knight Knave, by Andrew Schultz

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And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One, by B.J. Best

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Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson

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Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson

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The Party Line, by Robin Johnson

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Hamlet -- The Text Adventure, by Robin Johnson

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Mean Mother Trucker, by Bitter Karella

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Fate, by Victor Gijsbers

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The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

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Letters from Home, by Roger Firth

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69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn

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Thy Dungeonman 3, by Videlectrix

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Thy Dungeonman, by Videlectrix

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Turandot, by Victor Gijsbers

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Frobozz Magic Support, by Nate Cull

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Hollywood Hijinx, by Dave Anderson, Liz Cyr-Jones

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Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling

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Poor Zefron's Almanac, by Carl Klutzke

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Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson

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Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers

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A Murder in Fairyland, by Abigail Corfman

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Yes, Another Game with a Dragon!, by John Kean

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Castle of the Red Prince, by C.E.J. Pacian

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Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover

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First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler

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The Binary, by Bloomengine

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Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh

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Vain Empires, by Thomas Mack and Xavid

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"Terror in the Immortal's Atelier" by Gevelle Formicore, by Richard Goodness writing as The Water Supply writing as Gevelle Formicore

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"Adventures in the Tomb of Ilfane" by Willershin Rill, by Richard Goodness writing as The Water Supply writing as Willershin Rill

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"Incident! Aliens on the Teresten!" by Tarquin Segundo, by Richard Goodness writing as The Water Supply writing as Tarquin Segundo

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The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson

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

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The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson

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Skies Above, by Arthur DiBianca

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Sage Sanctum Scramble, by Arthur DiBianca

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The Prongleman Job, by Arthur DiBianca

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The Temple of Shorgil, by Arthur DiBianca

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Bronze, by Emily Short

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Distress, by Mike Snyder

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Degeneracy, by Leonard Richardson

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The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt

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KING OF BEES IN FANTASY LAND, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy

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Úrquel, the black dragon, by David T. Marchand

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My Evil Twin, by Carl Muckenhoupt

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Scary House Amulet!, by Ricardo Dague

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Madam Spider's Web, by Sara Dee

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PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen

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Erstwhile, by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry

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The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca

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Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey

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Vespers, by Jason Devlin

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Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry

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Photopia, by Adam Cadre

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Glowgrass, by Nate Cull

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Make It Good, by Jon Ingold

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Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty

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Burn the Koran and Die, by Poster

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Finally, an authentic self-pity simulator!, March 29, 2012

by Pinstripe (Chicago, Illinois)

You are in a college library, there are five holy books, one of which is a Koran, and some Muslims who operate with a hive mind. If you burn the Koran, the Muslims kill you. If you burn the other books, they cheer you on.

The game is fraught with self pity. Examining yourself brings the description (Spoiler - click to show)"You are the epitome of evil: a white male. The only way to be lower in the social order would be to be rich or to buy into horrible ideas of equality under the law and other such nonsense created by dead white males." Every so often an androgynous policeperson will come in and take notes on you. Apparently, being white is a "campus diversity violation."

The "Thanks" section of the About file gives props to Jesus for "a spiritual empire not dependent on slavery, theft, lust, or murder."

But of course, it's satire, it's supposed to be outrageous, isn't it? But none of this is outrageous. These are all existing stereotypes, many of which still powerful and widely believed, blown up slightly further than usual. "Burn the Koran" is a failure at satire which isn't funny, or insightful, or incisive, or subtle, or much of anything, really. It's barely even IF.