Subject: Nominees for 1998 XYZZY Awards announced
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 01:25:08 -0500
From: eileen@interport.net (Eileen Mullin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.int-fiction,rec.arts.int-fiction
(updated by Eileen on 06feb99 - VB)

The votes are in and all counted!  Below you'll find listed the talented
IF game developers nominated for the 1998 XYZZY Awards. These annual "IF
Oscars" honor the best games written over the past year -- and their
authors.

New MUD info: We'll announce the winners in an online MUD presentation at
orange.res.cmu.edu 4000 on Saturday, February 6, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
EST (2030 GMT). Please note the new MUD address -- and thanks to Liza Daly
for once again hosting *the* online IF event of the year!

Without further ado, the nominees for the 1998 XYZZY Awards are:

Best game
   Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
   Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry
   Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
   Photopia, by Adam Cadre
   Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin


Best writing
   Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
   Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry
   Muse, by Chris Huang
   Photopia, by Adam Cadre
   Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best story
   Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
   Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry
   Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
   Photopia, by Adam Cadre
   Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best setting
   Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
   Muse, by Chris Huang
   Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
   Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
   Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best puzzles
   Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
   Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa
   Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
   Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
   Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best NPCs (non-player characters)
   Guilty Bastards, by Kent Tessman
   Mother Loose, by Irene Callaci
   Muse, by Chris Huang
   Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
   Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best individual puzzle
   The snack machine puzzle in Little Blue Men  (Michael Gentry)
   Getting out of the maze in Photopia  (Adam Cadre)
   Entering the warehouse in The Plant (Mike Roberts)
   Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web  (Andrew Plotkin)
   The granite cube in Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade)

Best individual NPC
   Michael in Anchorhead (Michael Gentry)
   The troll in Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa)
   The wolf in Mother Loose (Irene Callaci)
   Alley in Photopia  (Adam Cadre)
   The interrogator in Spider and Web  (Andrew Plotkin)

Best individual PC (player character)
   Bad Machine, Dan Shiovitz
   Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry
   Muse, by Chris Huang
   Spider and Web, Andrew Plotkin
   Zork: A Troll's Eye View, by Dylan O'Donnell

Best use of medium
   Arrival, by Stephen Granade
   Bad Machine, Dan Shiovitz
   Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
   Photopia, by Adam Cadre
   Spider and Web, Andrew Plotkin

Hope to see you Saturday!

Eileen