XYZZY Awards 2003

XYZZY Awards 2003
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Part of series	XYZZY Awards
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Total entries
Results
Winner: Best Individual PC	Episode in the Life of an Artist
Winner: Best Individual Puzzle	The Recruit
Winner: Best NPCs	City of Secrets
Winner: Best Puzzles	Gourmet
Winner: Best Use of Medium	ASCII and the Argonauts
Finalist: Best Game	City of Secrets
Finalist: Best Game	Risorgimento Represso
Finalist: Best Game	Scavenger
Finalist: Best Game	To Hell in a Hamper
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	City of Secrets
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Scavenger
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Shadows on the mirror
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Gourmet
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Shadows on the mirror
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Slouching Towards Bedlam
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle (twice)	Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle (twice)	Risorgimento Represso
Finalist: Best NPCs	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best NPCs	Risorgimento Represso
Finalist: Best NPCs	Shadows on the mirror
Finalist: Best NPCs	Slouching Towards Bedlam
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Inevitable
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Risorgimento Represso
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Scavenger
Finalist: Best Puzzles	The Erudition Chamber
Finalist: Best Setting	City of Secrets
Finalist: Best Setting	Gourmet
Finalist: Best Setting	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best Setting	To Hell in a Hamper
Finalist: Best Story	City of Secrets
Finalist: Best Story	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best Story	Redemption
Finalist: Best Story	To Hell in a Hamper
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Narcolepsy
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Slouching Towards Bedlam
Finalist: Best Writing	City of Secrets
Finalist: Best Writing	Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus
Finalist: Best Writing	Slouching Towards Bedlam
Finalist: Best Writing	To Hell in a Hamper
Finalist: Best use of Medium	To Hell in a Hamper
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2003 XYZZY Award Winners

• Best Game: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• Best Writing: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
• Best Story: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• Best Setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• Best Puzzles: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
• Best NPCs: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
• Best Individual Puzzle: The purple room in The Recruit (Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
• Best Individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• Best Individual PC: The player character in Episode in the Life of an Artist (Peter Eastman; TADS 2).
• Best Use of Medium: ASCII and the Argonauts (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).

2003 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists

• Best Game: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J. J. Guest; ADRIFT).
• Best Writing: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J. J. Guest; ADRIFT).
• Best Story: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Redemption (Kathleen M. Fischer; Z-code).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J. J. Guest; ADRIFT).
• Best Setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J. J. Guest; ADRIFT).
• Best Puzzles: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Erudition Chamber (Daniel Freas; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Inevitable (Kathleen M. Fischer; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
• Best NPCs: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• Best Individual Puzzle: The purple room in The Recruit (Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Escaping the quicksand in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Making the sandwich in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Creating the black powder in Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Getting into the farm in Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
• Best Individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The bookseller in City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Corvallis Oregon in Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Iona in Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Galen in Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
• Best Individual PC: The player character in Episode in the Life of an Artist (Peter Eastman; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: The chef in Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Eugene Oregon in Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Enra in Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Dr. Thomas Xavier in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• 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).

Links

• Nominees for 2003 (archive). List of all eligible games from 2002. First-round voting deadline was Tuesday, February 10, 2004, midnight EST.
• Finalists for 2003 (archive). Second-round voting deadline was Sunday, February 22, 2004.
• Winning Games of 2003 (archive). Summary of the results, as posted at XYZZYnews.
• The awards ceremony was held on March 2nd, 2004, in ifMUD's Massive Auditorium.
  • XYZZY Awards Transcript (archive) - The XYZZYnews's transcript of the awards ceremony is all on one page, and includes the peanut-gallery comments.
  • The 2003 XYZZY Awards Ceremony at Brass Lantern, with links to the transcript both with and without the peanut-gallery comments.