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December 2025
(2025-12-31) Adorable little games that you should just go play

6 comments (latest 14 hours later)

reviews, despelote, many nights a whisper, keeper
(2025-12-05) Late fall puzzle games

reviews, a case of fraud, ambrosia sky, the apothecary of trubiz, orbyss, mind diver
(2025-12-04) December 8th is (Boston) Nighthawk's Solstice

14 comments (latest 12-22)

sunset, astronomy, solstice, nighthawks
(2025-12-03) Level 9 code archive is now open source

5 comments (latest 2 days later)

level 9, acode, if, interactive fiction, history, preservation, open source
November 2025
(2025-11-21) Mad drunk on the mead of poetry

7 comments (latest 12-04)

prompt engineering, security, llms, ai, poetry, true names
(2025-11-20) Zork is now open source

36 comments (latest 3 days later)

if, interactive fiction, infocom, microsoft, activision, history, preservation, open source, zork
(2025-11-19) The Beyond (and more) in the AdventureX sale

the beyond, leviathan, meanwhile, jason shiga, zarf, cyoa, comics, interactive comics, steam
(2025-11-13) I am a person who will buy... another... Steam Machine

consoles, steam, steam deck, valve, vr
(2025-11-12) Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out

zarf, thinkycon, puzzles, talks, hadean lands, baba is you
October 2025
(2025-10-29) I'm giving a talk at ThinkyCon

2 comments (latest 5 days later)

zarf, thinkycon, hadean lands, puzzles, talks
(2025-10-20) IFComp results, and now it's survey time

iftf, ifcomp, ai, llms, if, interactive fiction
(2025-10-17) Thoughts, I swear, on Tron: Ares

1 comment (10-30)

tron, movies, space paranoids
(2025-10-09) My old Infocom transcripts

8 comments (latest 7 days later)

infocom, zork, transcripts, if, interactive fiction, okidata, old papers
(2025-10-03) The Making of Myst, remastered

4 comments (latest 5 hours later)

myst, cyan, vghf, ted sase
September 2025
(2025-09-29) Post-equinoctial adventure games

2 comments (latest 8 days later)

reviews, strange antiquities, daymare town, the house of tesla
(2025-09-25) Equinoctial adventure games

10 comments (latest 3 days later)

reviews, no signal, neyyah, the siege and the sandfox
(2025-09-16) Bloom and Rage: design ruminations

8 comments (latest 09-29)

reviews, ruminations, lost records, bloom and rage, dont nod
(2025-09-04) Spotting X marks the spot

10 comments (latest 09-13)

infocom, if, interactive fiction, examine, abbrevations
August 2025
(2025-08-24) Hugo Best Game: a look at the stats

6 comments (latest 09-09)

hugos, worldcon, conventions, awards, caves of qud
(2025-08-23) Weird little games, summer edition

8 comments (latest 1 day later)

reviews, strange jigsaws, öoo, sword of the sea, mini mini golf golf, the drifter
(2025-08-22) Worldcon after-action report

8 comments (latest 20 hours later)

zarf, worldcon, conventions, seattle
(2025-08-06) Mysterium report 2025

1 comment (straightaway)

cyan, myst, mysterium, myst online, guillaume lethuillier, andrew d miller, philip shane, documentary
(2025-08-03) The age of bronze and steel

7 comments (latest 5 days later)

printed artifacts, desktop metal, exone, embracer, zarf, myst
July 2025
(2025-07-29) 73 stories in the engine yard

8 comments (latest 08-08)

doctor who, genre, faction paradox
(2025-07-27) Summer puzzle games

5 comments (latest 12-14)

reviews, cipher zero, coupling, monument valley 3
(2025-07-18) My Worldcon schedule

zarf, worldcon, seattle, hugos, if, interactive fiction
(2025-07-14) Hadean Lands in the Boston Indies Steam bundle

7 comments (latest 5 hours later)

hadean lands, zarfplan, if, interactive fiction, sales, steam, itch
(2025-07-13) Occlude: design ruminations

2 comments (latest 6 hours later)

occlude, reviews, ruminations, tributary games
(2025-07-04) Discoggin: an IF bot for Discord

2 comments (latest 1 day later)

discoggin, discord, bots, if, interactive fiction, terps, interpreters, inform, ink, yarnspinner
(2025-07-02) Hybrid is hard

4 comments (latest 12 hours later)

narrascope, hybrid, conferences
June 2025
(2025-06-27) Summer narrative games

reviews, the operator, tron, tron catalyst, dungeons of hinterburg
(2025-06-10) Predictions in the Apple-sphere

22 comments (latest 4 hours later)

apple, ios, macos, ipad, apple vision pro, backwards compatibility, ui, swift, ai, llms
(2025-06-04) AI web scrapers: a data point

9 comments (latest 7 hours later)

ai, llms, web, ifarchive
May 2025
(2025-05-23) Last day for in-person NarraScope registration

narrascope, iftf, if, interactive fiction, philadelphia
(2025-05-22) Counting the wreckage

3 comments (latest 1 hour later)

promotion, web, search, history
(2025-05-17) Spring narrative games

2 comments (latest 20 hours later)

reviews, south of midnight, old skies, the horror at highrook, lab rat
(2025-05-10) A graph of Myst

myst, cyan, hypercard, guillaume lethuillier
(2025-05-07) Seriously, even MORE Worldcon drama?

3 comments (latest 11 hours later)

if, interactive fiction, hugos, worldcon, seattle, ai, llms
April 2025
(2025-04-26) IF Archive search feature

4 comments (latest 9 hours later)

if, interactive fiction, ifarchive, search, whoosh, pagefind, tinyapp, docker
(2025-04-15) Whence metroidvania

13 comments (latest 4 days later)

metroidbrainia, genre, craft, design, puzzles, if, interactive fiction, infocom, adventures, outer wilds, zork, myst, the prisoner, hadean lands, graham nelson
(2025-04-09) How long will Intel Mac software work?

9 comments (latest 06-11)

apple, ios, macos, backwards compatibility
(2025-04-06) Dustborn: design ruminations

dustborn, red thread games, reviews, ruminations
March 2025
(2025-03-29) Layoffs at Cyan

4 comments (latest 1 hour later)

cyan, myst, layoffs, ryan warzecha, greydragon
(2025-03-28) Wanderstop: design ruminations

2 comments (latest 9 hours later)

wanderstop, reviews, ruminations, davey wreden, tea game
(2025-03-26) NarraScope registration is open!

narrascope, iftf, if, interactive fiction, philadelphia, swery, dain saint
(2025-03-20) The Age of Rime

1 comment (7 hours later)

cyan, myst, rime
(2025-03-19) The Invisiclues library

5 comments (latest 10 hours later)

infocom, invisiclues, if, interactive fiction
February 2025
(2025-02-28) Type Help: design ruminations

18 comments (latest 06-16)

reviews, ruminations, type help
(2025-02-22) My last day as IFTF Treasurer

3 comments (latest 2 hours later)

iftf, nonprofit, if, interactive fiction
(2025-02-20) The Ink Console

16 comments (latest 6 days later)

if, interactive fiction, crowdfunding, ink console
(2025-02-15) Timerkillers round two

4 comments (latest 6 days later)

reviews, citizen sleeper, caravan sandwitch
(2025-02-09) Wanderings in the realm of diff

11 comments (latest 02-18)

diff, algorithms
(2025-02-05) The Beyond is out for iOS

4 comments (latest 1 day later)

the beyond, jason shiga, zarf, cyoa, comics, interactive comics, if, interactive fiction, ios, iphone, ipad, app store, voiceover
January 2025
(2025-01-29) Recent timekillers

5 comments (latest 3 days later)

reviews, arranger, lok, pine, chroma zero, discolored 2, indiana jones, the great circle
(2025-01-24) Back to the Labyrinth

9 comments (latest 6 days later)

labyrinth, david bowie, jennifer connelly, movies, goblins, wishes, mazes
(2025-01-16) 2025 IGF nominees, quick takes

igf, reviews, thank goodness you're here, indika, animal well, miniatures, rise of the golden idol, the thaumaturge, caves of qud, ufo 50, blue prince, mouthwashing, consume me, arctic eggs, ginger
(2025-01-15) Roottrees redux

the roottrees are dead
(2025-01-14) The Visible Zorker

33 comments (latest 2 days later)

if, interactive fiction, zork, infocom, zil, visible zorker, zarf
(2025-01-11) NarraScope is open for talk submissions

narrascope, philadelphia