XYZZY Awards 1998
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1998 Xyzzy Awards Winners
On February 6, 1999, the winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on ifMUD. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1998.)
- Best Game — Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin.
Finalists: Anchorhead, Little Blue Men, Once and Future, Photopia. - Best Writing — Photopia, by Adam Cadre.
Finalists: Anchorhead, Little Blue Men, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Spider and Web. - Best Story — Photopia, by Adam Cadre.
Finalists: Anchorhead, Little Blue Men, Losing Your Grip, Spider and Web. - Best Setting — Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry.
Finalists: Losing Your Grip, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Once and Future, Spider and Web. - Best Puzzles — Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin.
Finalists: Anchorhead, Enlightenment, Losing Your Grip, Once and Future. - Best NPCs — Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson.
Finalists: Guilty Bastards, Mother Loose, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Photopia. - Best Individual Puzzle — Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin.
Finalists: Little Blue Men, Losing Your Grip, Photopia, The Plant. - Best Individual NPC — The interrogator, in Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin.
Finalists: Anchorhead, Enlightenment, Mother Loose, Photopia. - Best Individual PC — Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry.
Finalists: Bad Machine, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Spider and Web, Zork: A Troll's-Eye View. - Best Use of Medium — Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin.
Finalists: Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés, Bad Machine, Once and Future, Photopia.