XYZZY Awards 2008

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2008 XYZZY Award Winners

• Best Game: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
• Best Writing: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
• Best Story: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
• Best Setting: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
• Best Puzzles: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
• Best NPCs: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
• Best Individual Puzzle: Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
• Best Individual NPC: Violet in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
• Best Individual PC: Hardy the Bulldog in Snack Time! ("Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba; Z-code).
• Best Use of Medium: The Moon Watch (Paolo Maroncelli and Alessandro Peretti; Glulx).

2008 XYZZY Award Finalists

• Best Game: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
  • 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).

• Best Writing: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).

• Best Story: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Afflicted (Doug Egan; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).

• Best Setting: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
  • 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: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).

• Best Puzzles: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Escapade! (Juhana Leinonen; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).

• Best NPCs: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
  • Finalist: April in Paris (Jim Aikin; TADS 3).
  • 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: Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
  • 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).

• Best Individual NPC: Violet in Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
  • 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).

• Best Individual PC: Hardy the Bulldog in Snack Time! ("Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba; Z-code).
  • 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).

• Best Use of Medium: The Moon Watch (Paolo Maroncelli and Alessandro Peretti; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Afflicted (Doug Egan; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
  • 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 was rescheduled to Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 3 PM EDT. Sorry about that.

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.
  • XYZZY Awards rescheduled! - March 17, 2009.

Reviews

• XYZZY Awards 2008 Thoughts by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• 2008 XYZZY Awards: day-after thoughts by Sarah Morayati.