1958: Dancing With Fear, by Víctor Ojuel o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 3 hours "Dancing with Fear" (1958, directed by Víctor Ojuel). In this forgotten classic of Golden Age Hollywood, a vedette fallen on hard times (Salomé Vélez) finds herself enmeshed in a tangle of political... |
69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys. |
9:05, by Adam Cadre o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings. |
Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: "With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items... |
Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: The Queen has told you to return with her heart in a box. Snow White has made you promise to make other arrangements. Now that you're alone in the forest, it's hard to know which of the two women to trust.... |
All Roads, by Jon Ingold o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 2 hours and 30 minutes "Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One] |
Amazing Quest, by Nick Montfort o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 8 minutes at last, you now need to get yourself and your fleet back home. Decide as if it all depends on you, trust as if it all depends on the gods, and you will have an amazing quest... |
Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little... |
Balances, by Graham Nelson o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 1 hour and 30 minutes "A homage to Infocom's Enchanter Trilogy, at the same time showing some of the things that Inform is capable of doing." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: Spangleland! Sawdust and glitter, buffoons and cotton candy! It's a place where your wildest dreams come true! At least, that's what you think... until you get behind the scenes at the big top. Then you... |
A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: "Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
Book and Volume, by Nick Montfort o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: Your pager tickles you awake. Upstairs in the house of your childhood, in your room, and it must be time for school because -- no, it's the weekend, you remember, but your alarm is going off anyway. You... |
Buggy, by Mathbrush o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 10 minutes This game is buggy. It won't really end unless it crashes. Cover art modified from image by DJTMichel. |
Cannery Vale, by Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor) o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: o0pyromancer0o's time: 5 hours Hell, even a seagull would hit the spot right now, roasted crispy over a flame-- He immediately put all thoughts of food out of his head because at the moment it was just torture_ |
Child's Play, by Stephen Granade o0pyromancer0o's rating: Average member rating: It is playgroup day and playgroup day is normally a good day but ever since that little red-haired girl started coming she always wants your toys. She shouldn't get your toys. You tried telling the mom this... |