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Review: Mark C. Marino’s Reflect-O-Grams

Reflect-O-Grams by Mark C. Marino 2019 Collection Yes, I really should be. Am I? No. Of course not. I’m reviewing Mark Marino’s Reflect-O-Grams collection. I know. I drop off the radar for months, and then I just throw a review at you. Well, I threaten to throw a review. I haven’t…

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Review: Phantom Williams’ 500 Apocalypses

500 Apocalypses by Phantom Williams 2016 Hypertext 500 Apocalypses is a fictional ‘memorial garden’ containing short entries about different worlds’ apocalypses. It’s a hypertext database, which can either be explored linearly or through using the hyperlinks to jump around the entries. No entry is entirely like another. Some are atmospheric…

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Review: Kate Pullinger’s Jellybone

Jellybone by Kate Pullinger 2017 oolipo / App For some unknown reason I am one of those people that you find sitting and waiting at bus stops, train stations, in between lectures and the like. Maybe it’s the universe conspiring against me, maybe it’s the public transport system but either…

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Review: Andy Kelly’s Derelict

Derelict by Andy Kelly 2017 Hypertext / Twine Game Derelict was written by Andy Kelly, @ultrabrilliant on Twitter, writer for PC Gamer, and contributor to Edge and The Guardian, amongst other places. It’s a short — I played in less than an hour — interactive horror science fiction story. Like…

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Review: Peter J. Favaro’s Alter Ego

Alter Ego by Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D. 1986 Text Adventure Game / Multiple Choice Game (ChoiceScript) There are many reasons to play video games. Enjoyment is often a key factor (despite that friend who’s known to chuck their X-BOX controller into a wall); they also provide a valuable sense of…

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