Hello and welcome to IF only – a blog on using Interactive Fiction (IF), also known as text-adventure games, for language learning. There are many fantastic blogs on IF focusing on design theory, programming and game reviews, but this blog aims to give practical advice on using this venerable game genre for language learning, along with some theory behind why we should use them for learning in the first place. It is my view that Interactive Fiction is perfectly suited for digital game-based language learning and I invite you to share your thoughts with me. Although I will be focusing on teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL, TESOL), the concepts covered can of course be transfered to language learning in general, and even to other disciplines.