XYZZY Awards 2008

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2008 XYZZY Award Winners

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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 will be held on ifMUD on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 3 PM Eastern Standard 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.

Reviews

• XYZZY Awards 2008 Thoughts by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

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