Happy New Year! I wanted to write up a few pieces of interactive fiction that I’ve enjoyed over the last few months. In no particular order, here they are. I hope you check them out.
The Great Palermo by We Are Muesli is a love song for anyone who’s ever gotten lost in a city and delighted in discovering its living history. (NOTE: Review contains spoilers)
Cyclothymia by Kara Stone is a dreamy meditative look at the parallels between the movement of the cosmos and the ebb and flow of our own emotional realities.
All I knew going into Grayout was that it’s a text-based game from the POV of someone with aphasia. I was so not prepared for how emotional and visceral an experience it is. (NOTE: Review contains spoilers)
Emily Is Away by Kyle Seeley takes us back to a time before #blessed and “vaguebooking,” when the ultimate expression of angst and peak humble-bragging occurred in one place: AOL Instant Messenger.