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Conspiratorial in-joke, February 13, 2022by Cody Gaisser (Florence, Alabama, United States of America, North America, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Known Universe, ???) The Cabal is a piece of satirical adventure about infighting within the interactive fiction community (I think). It blends more "traditional" conspiracy theory tropes with references to the history of text adventures and the culture surrounding them. I didn't understand many of the references to the politics of the IF newsgroups (not my time and place), but the game was entertaining nonetheless. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Funny, fast-paced excitement. Indiana Jones with IF references, February 3, 2016by MathBrush This game was one of my favorite types of IF: fast, action-packed thriller games. It is a string of conversations mixed with intermittent, simple puzzles. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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No LaRouches? Author, I am disappointed., June 17, 2014by Andrew Schultz (Chicago) I don't have a ton of conspiracy theories, myself, but for so long, I was simply unable to tell theorists to stop with that nonsense, already, whether it was about workplace, classroom or global politics. It's so tempting to listen, because that stuff's imaginative if you haven't heard it, yet it dies out. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Went over my head, December 25, 2012by Andromache (Hawaii) There were times during Cabal that I laughed aloud, and the irony of the player character investigating conspiracy theories while being the very thing he was hunting was not lost on me. I appreciated that I was able to enjoy the narrative and not get bogged down by puzzles. Honestly, I wouldn't even call them puzzles. They have the veneer of puzzles, but solutions are clear and obvious if you pay attention to the writing and you're basically told what to do. (Spoiler - click to show)The twisty maze was familiar and evoked prior memories of torment. It was fitting it was part of the new Archive somehow. And the elevator puzzle, the only true one, was actually pretty intuitive after a few rounds of getting slapped. Heh. The ending didn't surprise me much. (Spoiler - click to show)You're clued early on that the player character is a bit strange, maybe not all there. The narrative is well done, and despite personally not liking the PC much, the story was short enough and the game easy enough that I was able to finish it with little effort. Parsing was excellent. No errors about not understanding what I wanted, even if the game is conversation-based for the most part. I even got the game and author references, though not the politics. Being someone who favors modern IF and IF as art form and narrative, I had a hard time getting into the mindset of the player character. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (6) - Add comment
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Entertaining and amusing, September 9, 2010by Batty OK, I'm fairly new to IF so I probably didn't get half of the references to all of the big names. Though I've since learned a fair bit about them. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Ages badly, December 23, 2007by Emily Short This game has a lot going for it in respect of craft: it's well-written by someone with a keen sense of humor; the characterizations are often amusing; though the game is quite linear, the pacing works pretty well and I rarely felt bored. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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