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* The deadline for first-round voting is Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. | * The deadline for first-round voting is Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. | ||
* The deadline for second-round voting is Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. | * The deadline for second-round voting is Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. | ||
* The online award ceremony | * The online award ceremony was to be held on [[ifMUD]] on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time—but alas, [[Eileen Mullin|Eileen]] didn't show. She's the one who tallies up who won, and the presenters didn't have that info, so the show really couldn't go on without her. So the ceremony will be rescheduled. Sorry about that. Watch this space for the new date and time. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 14 March 2009
Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:
- 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Or by category:
- Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards
See also:
2008 XYZZY Award Winners
No information available yet.
2008 XYZZY Award Finalists
- Best Game:
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Writing:
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Story:
- Finalist: Afflicted (Doug Egan; Z-code).
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Setting:
- Finalist: Buried In Shoes (Kazuki Mishima; Z-code).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
- Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Puzzles:
- Finalist: Escapade! (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best NPCs:
- Finalist: April in Paris (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Snack Time! ("Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba; Z-code).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Individual Puzzle:
- Finalist: Putting the vampire together in Afflicted (Doug Egan; Z-code).
- Finalist: Calling for help in Escapade! (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code).
- Finalist: The gallows in Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Disconnecting the Internet in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Finalist: Getting rid of the key in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Individual NPC:
- Finalist: H.R. in Escapade! (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code).
- Finalist: Solemn Gertrude in Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Your Pet in Snack Time! ("Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba; Z-code).
- Finalist: Violet in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Best Individual PC:
- Finalist: Graham in Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Mute Lawton in Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: David in Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Hardy the Bulldog in Snack Time! ("Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba; Z-code).
- Best Use of Medium:
- Finalist: Afflicted (Doug Egan; Z-code).
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: The Moon Watch (Paolo Maroncelli and Alessandro Peretti; Glulx).
- Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
Dates
- The deadline for first-round voting is Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
- The deadline for second-round voting is Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
- The online award ceremony was to be held on ifMUD on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time—but alas, Eileen didn't show. She's the one who tallies up who won, and the presenters didn't have that info, so the show really couldn't go on without her. So the ceremony will be rescheduled. Sorry about that. Watch this space for the new date and time.
Links
- 2008 XYZZY Awards Nominees. First-round voting and list of nominees.
- XYZZY Awards: Second-Round Voting for Your Favorite Games of 2008. With the list of finalists.
- R*IF threads:
- XYZZY Awards: Nominate Your Favorite Games of 2008 - R*IF announcement, February 3, 2009.
- XYZZY Award medallions - February 23, 2009.
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