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Essays and guides on interactive fiction, text adventures, and the making of PARANOID.
July 2026
Text-Based Horror Games to Play in the Dark
Eight text-based horror games worth playing with the lights off — from browser-based dread in PARANOID to the Lovecraftian classics of interactive fiction.
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AI RPG vs. Authored Fiction: Why Crafted Stories Win
AI RPGs promise infinite quests, but authored interactive fiction delivers consistent worlds and emotional payoff. See why handcrafted games like PARANOID win.
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What Are Text Based Adventure Games? A Beginner's Guide
A plain-English introduction to text based adventure games: how parser and choice-based interactive fiction work, where they came from, and how to start playing.
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The Origin of PARANOID: From Radio Drama to Interactive Fiction
How a 2013 movie-script idea became a radio drama and, more than a decade later, a browser-based interactive fiction mystery.
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AI Dungeon Alternatives for Story-Driven Players
Why authored interactive fiction like PARANOID delivers tighter pacing, consistent worlds, and emotional depth that AI-generated stories often miss.
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Best Choose Your Own Adventure Games for Adults
A curated list of grown-up branching-narrative games — including where PARANOID fits in the modern interactive fiction landscape.
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Zork vs. Modern Text Adventures
From the 1977 mainframe classic to browser-based mysteries like PARANOID — how interactive fiction grew up without losing its soul.
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The Best Mystery & Detective Text Adventures for Browser
A curated guide to the best mystery and detective text adventures — from Infocom noir classics to PARANOID's dark suburban horror.
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