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Looking for reviews of IF games? Here are some handy links:

1UP: Magic Words: Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century - by Nich Maragos, February 2004.
Actually, there weren't any pictures at all - 1970s text games are preserved by dedicated fans, by Adam McDowell, National Post, March 16, 2005.
Forbes article on Malinche - "Interactive Fiction Comes of Age; 'Novel' of 21st Century Goes Mobile; Available on iPod July 15". Contains short quotes from Howard A. Sherman and Marc Blank. July 2005.
>READ GAME - Heirs of Infocom, fans of interactive fiction still choose their own adventures by Allen Varney, Escapist Magazine, issue 7, pgs 12-18. August 2005.
Keeping a Genre Alive - Vauhini Vara of The Wall Street Journal writes about IF and the IF Comp 2005.
Something about Interactive Fiction by Terrence Bosky, April 2006, for MobyGames.
"Games with no pictures? Yes, they really did exist" - written by Tom Leupold for his Gamester column for Inside Bay Area (May 2006).
Textual Pleasure: Parsing the Annual IF Competition - article by Lara Crigger for The Escapist, May 2007.
“Eaten By A Grue” music video, & my ramblings about computer gaming’s wealthy wasteland - blog posting by Bradley W. Schenck, September 2007.

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 * [http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#Review Paul O'Brian's IF Comp reviews] - excellent reading!
-* [http://www.drizzle.com/~dans/if/ Dan Shiovitz's Home Page]
+* [http://inky.org/if/ Dan Shiovitz's Home Page]
 * [http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/ Emily Short's Home Page] - scroll down to Reviews and Competitions
 * [http://www.strangebreezes.com/if/reviews/default.htm Jessica Knoch's reviews]