XYZZY Awards 2003

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2003

• Best Game — Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Risorgimento Represso, Scavenger, To Hell in a Hamper
• Best Writing — Narcolepsy by Adam Cadre
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, Slouching Towards Bedlam, To Hell in a Hamper
• Best Story — Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Redemption, To Hell in a Hamper
• Best Setting — Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Gourmet, Narcolepsy, To Hell in a Hamper
• Best Puzzles — Gourmet by Aaron A. Reed
  Finalists: The Erudition Chamber, Inevitable, Risorgimento Represso, Scavenger
• Best NPCs — City of Secrets by Emily Short
  Finalists: Narcolepsy, Risorgimento Represso, Shadows on the Mirror, Slouching Towards Bedlam
• Best Individual Puzzle — The purple room in The Recruit by Mike Sousa
  Finalists: Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, Risorgimento Represso
• Best Individual NPC — Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Scavenger, Shadows on the Mirror
• Best Individual PC — The player character in Episode in the Life of an Artist by Peter Eastman
  Finalists: Gourmet, Narcolepsy, Shadows on the Mirror, Slouching Towards Bedlam
• Best Use of Medium — ASCII and the Argonauts by J. Robinson Wheeler
  Finalists: City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Slouching Towards Bedlam, To Hell in a Hamper

Links

• XYZZY Awards Transcript - The XYZZYnews's transcript of the awards ceremony is all on one page, and includes the peanut-gallery comments.