TwinyJam: Small Hypertext Games
A few weeks ago, IF author Porpentine created a game jam for tiny hypertext games called TwinyJam. The goal was to create a hypertext game in 300 words or less. The results were impressive; 239 games were entered into the jam.
Paperknife
Paperknife is an evocative experimental hypertext game that uses virtual space as a literal interpretation of branching narrative structures. You play as a child psychologist who’s...
Parable of the Polygons
Parable of the Polygons is an interactive blog post by Vi Hart and Nicky Case about bias and self-segregation that effectively shows how even a...
Cloudbuilt
Cloudbuilt almost lost me in the first 10 minutes.
The cursors for the menus on the title screen only appear once you press up...
The 7th Saga
As a child, I found The 7th Saga frustrating and severely lacking compared to my beloved Final Fantasy 2. But my grandfather poured hours into the game, and it had always lingered for me as a game grown-ups like. Maybe I would understand when I was older.
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl was recommended to me by a mentor who has now recommended several books in a row about young writers coming into their own...
D: Mourning the AAA Adventure Game
A few days ago, I was at my local used game store and there, in the Most Wanted Games cabinet, I saw it: the...