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The logic of Death, September 28, 2016by Form 27b-6 (Southern California) The true merit of Shade is that it poses the question of free will and fate through interactive fiction. The game (experience?) gives a semblance of freedom to the player. However, as the character explores his room and his grasp on reality weakens, and as he ultimately fails to escape his ordeal (or is the tragedy already behind us?), the player can't quite derail the scripted structure of the game. And thus Andrew Plotkin bonds the player and the character through constraint rather than freedom, which in itself is a bold and original proposition. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- mstahl, August 18, 2016 0 of
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Who reads reviews of Andrew Plotkin games?, July 17, 2016by Billy Mays Seriously, who does that? Of course the game is going to be freaking amazing, it is Andrew Plotkin. Just download it and play it already. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
- insufficient data, July 10, 2016 - childhoodlabrador, July 6, 2016 - NinaS, July 3, 2016 - Matt Bates, May 18, 2016 - Denk, May 4, 2016 2 of
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Eerie and Powerful, May 2, 2016by Rollersnake (Rogers, AR) "It's like an interactive episode of The Twilight Zone" is a line that probably doesn't do Shade justice, but it's something I always say when I'm recommending it to anyone—it's about TV episode-length, really grippingly weird as you're playing it, and something you'll still be thinking about years later. Shade is always the first game I bring up whenever I'm introducing someone to IF, and it's one of my favorite pieces of weird fiction—in any medium. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
- Deka, April 26, 2016 2 of
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very cool, April 7, 2016by zemma nothing like simulated mental deterioration...once everything clicked into place (Spoiler - click to show) the radio! it kinda blew my mind. moral of the story: (Spoiler - click to show) don't do drugs in the desert. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- ToALonelyPeace, April 1, 2016 - itsdnoftheworld, March 19, 2016 - Shirm, March 10, 2016 - Mergath, February 25, 2016 - E. W. B., February 23, 2016 - Traviswf (Los Angeles), February 11, 2016 - Oreolek (Kemerovo, Russia), February 11, 2016 4 of
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One of the few games to truly frighten me (because I thought it wouldn't), February 3, 2016Shade is a surreal game. It is an almost one-room game, where you are trying to leave your apartment, but encounter more and more difficulties. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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