Play This Thing!

Play This Thing! was a website devoted to recommendations of independent and unusual games. It was founded by Greg Costikyan and edited by Patrick Dugan, and welcomed reviews of innovative interactive fiction. Emily Short was a contributing editor.

IF Games reviewed

9:05. The Act of Misdirection. An Act of Murder. Aisle. Anchorhead. The Baron. Blue Lacuna. Bonehead. Book and Volume. The Chinese Room. Common Ground. Everybody Dies.

Fate. Fragile Shells. The Gostak. Gun Mute. Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home. The King of Shreds and Patches. Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral. Lock & Key. Lost Pig. Make It Good. 'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus. Necrotic Drift.

The Nemean Lion. Photopia. Rameses. Rendition. Shade. Shelter from the Storm. Slouching Towards Bedlam. Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom. Walker & Silhouette. The Warbler's Nest. Worlds Apart. Zork.

Links

• Play This Thing! (archive) - the homepage.
  • Interactive Fiction at Play This Thing! (archive) - via the interactive-fiction tag.