Interactive Fiction

1893: A World's Fair Mystery is a well-written, atmospheric, and even educational text adventure reminiscent of Infocom's Sherlock: Riddle of the Crown Jewels.

In the niche genre long dominated by extremely challenging epics such as Graham Nelson's Curses and clever games such as Andrew Plotkin's Spider and Web, 9:05 is a refreshing breather.

A well-deserved winner of the first IF Competition, Inform devision, in 1995.

A Crimson Spring, Robb Sherwin's entry in the 2000 IF Competition is, by far, my pick for #1 underdog of that competition.

My favorite entry in the 2001 LOTECHComp for which it won a respectable second place, A Dark and Stormy Entry is a fun and quite clever Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game which puts...

A Day for Soft Food is a nice little IF Competition entry that casts you as one of the more unusual characters: a cat.

Often billed as Infocom's first serious science fiction (a fact that probably explains its poor sales record), A Mind Forever Voyaging ranks with Trinity as my most favorite Infocom games,...

A New Life is a fun fantasy romp that tied with Beyond for the second place slot in the 2005 IF Competition.

A Stop for the Night is a fun Gothic horror IF that makes up for the confusing navigation system with superb writing that effectively evokes a creepy landscape - much...

One of Topologika's earliest games is Acheton, a huge IF adventure in the Colossal Cave style.