Manhattan, May, 1954. The last few years, you've settled into a routine. You work at the bank, you go home, you occasionally have dinner with your mother. It is all acceptably ordinary. One day a strange creature crosses your path, and disrupts the schedule entirely. A work of interactive fiction by Emily Short.
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Classical in form, grave, contemplative and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Emily Short
- Released
- April 30, 2006
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
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