{"id":929561,"date":"2025-12-28T22:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end"},"modified":"2025-12-28T22:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T22:38:14","slug":"what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;ve been playing &#8211; games that refuse to die, superb interactive fiction, and The End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing over the past few days. This week, we struggle to come to terms with ending a game, we delight in a superb interactive fiction detective game, and we revisit an old zombie game that apparently refuses to die.<\/p>\n<p>What have you been playing?<\/p>\n<p>Catch up with the older editions of this column in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/what-weve-been-playing\">What We&#8217;ve Been Playing archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-games-that-refuse-to-die-superb-interactive-fiction-and-the-end\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing over the past few days. This week, we struggle to come to terms with ending a game, we delight in a superb interactive fiction detective game, and we revisit an old zombie game that apparently refuses to die. What have you been playing? Catch up with the older editions of this column in our What We&#8217;ve Been Playing archive. 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