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Benjamin the last Tasmanian Tiger, March 15, 2021by Victor Gijsbers (The Netherlands) This game sent me to Wikipedia multiple times, researching topics as seemingly disparate as Lífþrasir, Nichiren Buddhism, the Voynich manuscript and Benjamin the last Tasmanian Tiger. This may have easily doubled the time it took me to play the Endling Archive -- which is very short -- but it also shows that the fictional author of that piece of software achieved their goal: making me want to know more about the topics he talked about. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A shortish inform game with an innovative file-tree interface, June 10, 2016by MathBrush The Endling Archive manipulates Inform 7 in a truly interesting way. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Oddly moving, June 21, 2013by verityvirtue (London) I was confused at first: "Load configuration file?" Well, okay, once I figured out how to start a game, it seemed like a database of little factoids, seemingly unrelated to each other. Then there were the personal notes, which made the unseen narrator an NPC in its own right. Endling tugs on your heartstrings because the triviality of some of the 'files' contrasts starkly with the gravity of the disaster the narrator alludes to. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Ode to Things Lost, May 14, 2010Technically this is a hypertext hack of the Z-machine rather than interactive fiction in a strict sense. The work simulates a database—“The Endling Archive”—that you (in the role of fictional reader) work your way through. However, such a description does no justice to the poetical nature (and value) of this short work. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Well-done, but..., June 14, 2009by dutchmule I must admit I'm very puzzled. When you enter the Endling Archive, you uncover folders, notes that you can read, thus unlocking other notes. I really liked this mechanism. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Very Slight, but Haunting, February 19, 2009by C.E.J. Pacian (England) If you're anything like me, I'm sure you've enjoyed finding books and computers in IF games that let you wander through a menu of backstory. The Endling Archive is essentially the same thing, only without the containing game. So, yes, it is pretty much just reading static text from a menu that expands after you've select a couple of options. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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