XYZZY Awards (Best Use of Medium)

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Best Use of Medium Winners

• 1997 Best Use of Medium: The Tempest (Graham Nelson; Z-code).
• 1998 Best Use of Medium: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• 1999 Best Use of Medium: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
• 2000 Best Use of Medium: Shrapnel (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 2001 Best Use of Medium: The Gostak (Carl Muckenhoupt; Z-code).
• 2002 Best Use of Medium: Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
• 2003 Best Use of Medium: ASCII and the Argonauts (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
• 2004 Best Use of Medium: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• 2005 Best Use of Medium: Mystery House Possessed (Emily Short; Z-code).
• 2006 Best Use of Medium: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
• 2007 Best Use of Medium: Deadline Enchanter (Alan DeNiro as Anonymous; Z-code).

Best Use of Medium Winners and Finalists

• 1997 Best Use of Medium: The Tempest (Graham Nelson; Z-code).
  • Finalist: I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
  • Finalist: A New Day (Jonathan Fry; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Space Under the Window (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Sunset Over Savannah (Ivan Cockrum; TADS 2).
• 1998 Best Use of Medium: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Bad Machine (Dan Shiovitz; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 1999 Best Use of Medium: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Six Stories (Neil K. Guy; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
• 2000 Best Use of Medium: Shrapnel (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Metamorphoses (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Rameses (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Shade (Andrew Plotkin as "Ampe R. Sand"; Z-code).
• 2001 Best Use of Medium: The Gostak (Carl Muckenhoupt; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Best of Three (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Heroes (Sean Barrett; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (Ola Sverre Bauge, Steve Bernard, Jon Blask, John Cater, Liza Daly, David Dyte, Stephen Granade, Iain Merrick, Rob Noyes, Dan Schmidt, Dan Shiovitz, Emily Short, J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Textfire Golf (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 2002 Best Use of Medium: Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Lock & Key (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Photograph (Steve Evans; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: When Help Collides (J. D. Berry; Z-code).
• 2003 Best Use of Medium: ASCII and the Argonauts (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J. J. Guest; ADRIFT).
• 2004 Best Use of Medium: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Bellclap (Tommy Herbert; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).
• 2005 Best Use of Medium: Mystery House Possessed (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: A New Life (Alexandre Owen Muñiz; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Book and Volume (Nick Montfort; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Distress (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Whom The Telling Changed (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
• 2006 Best Use of Medium: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
  • Finalist: Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game (Riff Conner; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies (Øyvind Thorsby; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Bronze (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Legion (Jason Devlin as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).
• 2007 Best Use of Medium: Deadline Enchanter (Alan DeNiro as Anonymous; Z-code).
  • Finalist: An Act of Murder (Christopher Huang as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Fate (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Slap That Fish (Peter Nepstad; TADS 2).

Links

• XYZZY Award for Best Use of Medium at Wikipedia.