Aaaand the discussion kicks off with some folks being dicks about Twine games on intfiction.org. (And then a bunch of people telling them to knock it off.) Sigh.

Anyway the games are listed on the IFComp page in alphabetical order, and Richard decided to call his "Zest," so keep scrolling. And stop off on the way. ("Transparent" looks pretty cool, though I found some fiddly bits at the beginning, and "Ugly Oafs" is going to be awesome I think.)

Oh dear God, that thread. How depressing. Yet another perfectly friendly community torn apart by someone claiming they're "unsafe" (in a digital space!). The triumph of the more-subaltern-than-thou ideology that is the very opposite of "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

This is why I'm trying to seriously limit my internet time from now on, and I don't think I'll be engaging with the IF scene much. These discussions are hopeless; the ideology that fuels them invades one space after another, tears it apart, then leaves it a decaying mess. Reasonable people leave, everything becomes an echo chamber for a select few, then those few have a falling out over perceived "isms" and the whole thing dies for good.

I am so done with this.

I keep playing half of a game, then just sort of getting tired. Have I lost the ability to enjoy text games? Maybe I'm just not in the right mood lately.