Happy 28th birthday to IFComp! We’re thrilled to start our seventh year of competition coverage with discussions of seven brand-new interactive fiction games. Nate and Laura open with a brief overview of IFComp for the unfamiliar/forgetful, before diving into individual reviews.

• The Grown-Up Detective Agency by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
• Esther’s by Brad and Alleson Buchanan
• The Thirty Nine Steps by Graham Walmsley
• Nose Bleed by Stanley W. Baxton
• Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s by Geoffrey Golden
• Glimmer by Katie Benson
• HOURS by Aidanvoidout

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Your hosts this week were:

• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

• (00:00) - Intro to IFComp 2022