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Everybody’s always talking about how important it is to have your game tested (or at least I’m always talking about it). But does it really matter? Surely if you have a great idea and enough enthusiasm you can do without?

There’s a prevew of Real Gry. No wait, I mean here’s a review of Earl Grey.

Walk twenty steps, draw your gun and read the non-spoilery review of The Duel in the Snow.

A brief look at Yon Astounding Castle, Broken Legs and The Hangover.

Better read this review of Eruption before it blows. One solution to a puzzle mentioned.

Wujalyka spoiler-free review of The Ascot?

Next we’ll take a semi-spoilery look at Nightfall… no wait, I mean Resonance by Matt Scarpino.

You read a couple of lines, stopping at a surprising unexpectation of non-spoilery mini-reviews of Spelunker’s Quest, Condemned, and Gleaming the Verb.

You know what Beta Tester would really need? Beta testing. Really.

More after the pause. No spoilers.

Du siehst ein spoiler-free review of Trap Cave. Was wirst du machen?

• To read the review: click on the link.
• To do something else: don’t.

In space no-one can hear you read this mildly spoilery review of Grounded in Space.

Believe it or not, this game is not AIF. But can you really call the adventures of an invisible man believable if there’s not a single scene in the women’s locker room? Read the spoilery review of a visible man and find out.

You can see a review of Byzantine Perspective, but it feels like a review of The Grand Quest. No major spoilers.

First stop is The Grand Quest, an underground adventure in a magical realm of pedantry and chairs you can’t sit on. No major spoilers.

Here’s my rating table for IFComp 2009. The games are ordered from best to worst by my subjective view and divided into four categories. The list is continuously updated during the voting period as I play more of the games.