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Mathbrush is a pseudonym for Brian Rushton, a mathematician. He is a prolific reviewer at IFDB.

Author Credits

Ether (01-Oct-2015; Glulx). IF Comp 2015: 10th place.
Halloween Dance (31-Oct-2015; Glulx). Ectocomp 2015: 5th place in La Petite Mort division.
Barroom Brawl (14-Mar-2016; Glulx). The First Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction: 2nd place.
Fridgetopia (04-Apr-2016; Z-code).
Untie (as "Alex Ellis"; 02-May-2016; Web browser).
Color the Truth (01-Oct-2016; Glulx). IF Comp 2016.
9 Secret Steps (2017; Web browser).
Absence of Law (01-Oct-2017; Inform 7; Web browser). IF Comp 2017: 5th place.
Swigian (as "Rainbus North"; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx). IF Comp 2017: Tied for 21st place.
Sherlock Indomitable (7-Apr-2018; Glulx). Spring Thing 2018.
The Origin of Madame Time (01-Oct-2018; Glulx). IF Comp 2018: 17th place.
Scarlet Portrait Parlor (as "Prismatik"; 2020; Glulx). Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction: 3rd place for Event One (8 points out of 10).
The Magpie Takes the Train (01-Oct-2020; Glulx). IF Comp 2020: 5th place.
The Impossible Stairs (01-Jul-2022; Dialog). ParserComp 2022: 1st place.
Never Gives Up Her Dead (22-Dec-2023; Inform 7).

Review and Article Credits

Reviews - at IFDB.
Learning from the Best of Text, an ebook collecting many of the below essays. (v1.0.1 released 05-Sep-2024)
Author Highlights - a series of essays about IF authors who have written "a notable corpus of games":
Exploring the 'Best Games' - a series of articles examining works that won "Best game" in the XYZZY Awards:
History of IFComp, year by year - a series of articles summarizing the influences, notable entries, and impact of each year's IF Comp, started in 2017:

Game development and historical analysis posts advertising the game Sherlock Indomitable:
What makes a ‘best puzzle’?
What I learned from playing every Choicescript game (patterns in good/bad games)

Organization Credits

Organizer for The Emily Short Anniversary Contest 2020.
Organizer for Spring Thing (2023 onwards).

Tech Credits

Creator of Bisquixe, an Inform 7 / Javascript user interface library.

Links

Interviews

An Interview with Brian Rushton - January 25, 2020.

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 ==Review and Article Credits==
 * [http://ifdb.org/allreviews?id=nufzrftl37o9rw5t Reviews] - at [[IFDB]].
+* [https://github.com/brirush84/IFTextbook/releases Learning from the Best of Text], an ebook collecting many of the below essays. (v1.0.1 released 05-Sep-2024)
 * Author Highlights - a series of essays about IF authors who have written "a notable corpus of games":
 ** {{link|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26224|archive=|Author Highlights: Adam Cadre}}.
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 ** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2019/67502 History of IFComp, year by year: 2019]
 ** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2020/68198 History of IFComp, year by year: 2020]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2021/68482 History of IFComp, year by year: 2021]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2022/69787 History of IFComp, year by year: 2022]
+** [https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-2023/69806 History of IFComp, year by year: 2023]
 *Game development and historical analysis posts advertising the game [[Sherlock Indomitable]]:
 **{{ac|url=https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25530 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214824/https://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25530|An essay on adapting books/stories into parser games}}.
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 ==Organization Credits==
-* Organizer for: [[The Emily Short Anniversary Contest 2020]].
+* Organizer for [[The Emily Short Anniversary Contest 2020]].
+* Organizer for [[Spring Thing]] (2023 onwards).
 ==Tech Credits==