There’s a curious ghost story I discovered while reading this tragic thread about Conrad Cook’s passing. I’ve played a bit of it myself and read the transcripts, and I find it fascinatingly different from your average IF fare. The setting, the partially-autobiographical nature of it, the protagonist’s clear lack of belonging, his unease at the assholes he hangs out with (yet his inability to confront them directly), the historical tragedy hanging over every step of the game, it all goes together to create a dreadful but engrossing atmosphere.
The author has passed, so I hope this isn’t disrespectful to say, but I’d like to see a remake of this game or create one, to make it more accessible. The downside is that since any remake would necessarily be building on his material, you’d be unable to put the remake in any of the major IF events and it therefore wouldn’t get much attention.