The Warbler's Nest

by Jason McIntosh profile

Horror
2010

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- drumsfellow, January 13, 2013

Great writing makes up for obvious twist, December 3, 2012

I loved the atmosphere in this one, and it's all down to great writing. This isn't a long enough game for me to have a strong opinion on pace, and I found the central concept obvious almost from the first. It would have been nice to see slightly subtler foreshadowing; (Spoiler - click to show)I thought the birds were totally anvilicious in the way they were written, not just because I immediately knew what was going on with them and that they're a common analogy for changelings but because I thought the PC would as well. The character avoiding voicing her worries about her baby, even in her own head, I could swallow, but not that a thatcher would have no idea about cuckoo behavior, behavior that threatens a species we know the protagonist is familiar with and considers beneficial to her work. I was sorry there weren't more endings; I kept hoping there would be a bit more to the game.

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- Porpentine (Oakland, CA), October 18, 2012

- Jizaboz (U.S.A.), July 7, 2012

- libsrone, June 7, 2012

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Strong and sad, May 15, 2012

I just finished this story and I can't stop thinking about it. It is a well-written story about a ....well, to give anything away would be wrong. Finding out who the protagonist is and what they are doing is the entire game, and the source of the horror in the story. I was surprised at how sympathetic the main character was. It made the story so sad what they were going through, and it made one of the endings all the more awful. The subject matter of this story could be offensive, or even funny in a sick way, but the author keeps it simple and does a good job of having the reader see through the eyes of the protagonist and feel for another innocent character in the story, too. It's a very short game, and I appreciated the way examining objects advanced the story. It kept me in the story since I didn't have to struggle to come up with what the author wanted me to do. Instead, I just got deeper and deeper into this world, although in some way I did not want to. I also liked menace of the natural world in this game. It changed the way I think and feel about the bird (not the one in the title) mentioned here. Overall, a thoughtful and observant story which puts you in the shoes of another person who acts in a way you could never imagine doing yourself. After I finished, I had the same feeling that I do when I wake up from a bad dream and am so thankful none of that really happened.

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- Andrew Schultz (Chicago), May 14, 2012

- stadtgorilla (Munich, Germany), April 17, 2012

- E.K., March 29, 2012

- Justin Morgan, March 27, 2012

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Minimalist and atmospheric, February 21, 2012
by Janos Honkonen (Helsinki, Finland)

The Warbler's Nest is a great mood piece, not really horror and not really drama, but something in between. The game itself is rather short and not very puzzley, which is a good thing for the atmosphere and the overall mood of this game.

If you like story and interesting narrative over puzzles, The Warbler's Nest is a must to play.

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- Hannes, November 12, 2011

- MonochromeMolly, November 6, 2011

- RichCheng (Warwickshire, UK), October 28, 2011

- Wade Clarke (Sydney, Australia), September 15, 2011

- Sam Kabo Ashwell (Seattle), July 27, 2011

- WaterMonkey314, June 30, 2011

- RandomExile, May 20, 2011

- Squidi, May 7, 2011

- JohnW (Brno, Czech Republic), March 16, 2011


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