Victor Gijsbers

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Member since December 30, 2007
Last visited April 26, 2024
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I have authored The Baron, Fate, Figaro, most of The Art of Fugue, The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, 'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus, Kerkerkruip and Nemesis Macana. I have also written a large Inform 7 extension called ATTACK.

A note on my ratings: I am mapping stars, numerical values and prose evaluations onto each other in roughly the following way.

1 star = 1 to 4 numerical rating = a bad game; not worth playing.

2 stars = 5 to 6 numerical rating = either does something interesting, but in flawed way; or is solid but truly unremarkable; might be worth playing if the premise interests you.

3 stars = 6,5 to 8- numerical rating = an interesting and solid game that nevertheless lacks something that would make it thoroughly successful; definitely worth playing, but not 'must play'.

4 stars = 8 to 9 numerical rating = a very good or great game that shines in almost every way.

5 stars = 9+ to 10 numerical rating = an (almost) perfect game, a fantastic example of what interactive fiction is capable of; something to play and replay.

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Assembly, by Ben Kirwin   November 30, 2023

"There’s an old chestnut in adventure games: the recipe. You’ve got to make a magic potion, and you have a recipe, and now you have to..." - See the full review

Gestures Towards Divinity, by Charm Cochran   November 30, 2023

"Recent world events are fairly disheartening and would give a lot of comfort to those who believe that violence is the dominant force in..." - See the full review

The Witch, by Charles Moore   November 30, 2023

"I ended up liking The Witch quite a bit more than I started out liking it. It does a lot of stuff early on to make you bounce off of it,..." - See the full review

Fix Your Mother's Printer, by Geoffrey Golden   October 13, 2023

"It had to be a printer. Printers are evil. I'm relatively tech savvy, but the one computer accessory that I look at with trepidation is..." - See the full review

One King to Loot them All, by Onno Brouwer   October 8, 2023

"Let me come right out and say I don't like the title of this game. Sure, I get the The Lord of the Rings reference, but, first of all,..." - See the full review

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