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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Your submarine is gripped by giant tentacles! You are in a battle of wills with a murdered classmate! You play as every scoundrel in this fantasy heist. Steal a dark power… Escape with your soul! It’s 33% off until January 20th! Studies in Darkness is an adventurous 30,000 word interactive dark fantasy novel by Nathaniel Johnson, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. In the haunted gothic city of Doskvol, you control the last surviving

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Hosted Games has two new games for you to play! The Soul Stone War 2 by Morgan Vane You have survived. You have survived and endured, still standing after beating unbeatable odds. But at what cost? It’s 30% off until January 20th! One of your companions is lost to you, and your party has been battered down. Secure in his supremacy, Manerkol holds all the cards. Yet the power of the Gods now runs through your veins. Find allies to your cause, gather more Soul Stones, grow into your legend, and make choices that will change the shape of your

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We’re proud to announce that Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 40% off until December 23rd! Chosen by the gods, betrayed by your king, you must stop the Scorpion! Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion is a 742,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Kyle Marquis, and the sequel to Pon Para and the Great Southern Labyrinth. Your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the

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Chosen by the gods, betrayed by your king, you must stop the Scorpion! Pon Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion is a 742,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Kyle Marquis, and the sequel to Pon Para and the Great Southern Labyrinth. I sat down with Kyle to talk about the Pon Para series, Vampire: The Masquerade, and more. Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion releases this Thursday, December 16th. You can try the first three chapters for free today. Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion is the second game in an absolutely epic trilogy. And you have very satisfyingly allowed the player

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Rush the university’s secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?

Rush the university’s secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth? Witchcraft U is a 200,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Jei D. Marcade. I sat down with Jei to talk about the game and its world. Witchcraft U releases this Thursday, December 9th. You can play the first three chapters for free today. The world of Witchcraft U is so delightful. Tell me about its origins. My first entry to this world was in the form of an occult crime family drama set about ten years

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We’re proud to announce that Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 33% off until December 9th! Amass a goblin hoard of priceless treasures! Will you corner the market on memories and dreams? What will you pay for true love, and what is it worth? Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business is a 300,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Trip Galey where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound

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Amass a goblin hoard of priceless treasures! Will you corner the market on memories and dreams? What will you pay for true love, and what is it worth? Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business is a 300,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Trip Galey. I sat down with Trip to talk about goblin markets, fantasy settings, and their experience writing them. Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business releases this Thursday, December 2nd. You can play the first three chapters for free today. The world of Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business is so delightful. Tell me about its origins. There is

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Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!

Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this explosive pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action! Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow is a 300,000-word interactive novel by William Brown, author of The Mysteries of Baroque. I sat down with William to discuss his new game and the crazy worlds he builds. Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow releases this Wednesday, November 24th. You can play the first three chapters today. Tell me how you conceived of the world of Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow. What are the influences on this game? I liked the idea of

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