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XYZZY Awards: Nominate Your Favorite Games of 2003
Yes, it's that time again: time to vote for the best IF games of the year in the annual XYZZY Awards. All games first released in 2003 are eligible. Voting will be split into two rounds. The first round will select the nominees, the top five vote-getters in each category. There will then be a second round of voting to select from the nominees the winners, one in each category.
The rules are as follows:
Eligibility: All IF games publicly released during the year 2003 are eligible for the 2003 XYZZYs. A complete listing of all the eligible games (in alphabetical order) is given at the bottom of this page. Voting: Anyone is eligible to vote. You may not vote twice. Authors may not vote for their own games. While it is suggested that you play as many of the eligible games as possible before casting your ballot, we're not going to get ridiculous here. Categories: There are ten XYZZY categories this year: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Individual NPC, Best Individual PC and Best Use of Medium. In the "individual" categories, vote for a particular NPC, PC, or puzzle; in the rest, vote for the game as a whole. Vote once in each category, then stop. Deadline: The deadline for first-round voting is Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Deadline for second-round voting is Sunday, February 22. More details about the online award ceremony itself are still to come! Submit your ballot by filling out the online form below and pressing the Submit button. You may also send an e-mail to eileen.mullin@gmail.com by February 10. And now, on with the first-round voting:
List of Eligible Games
21 Points by Peter Berman
98769765, by Adam Biltcliffe
A Brain in the Rain, by Norman Perlmutter
A Day At The Office, by David Whyld
A Monkey Stole Your Toast!, by Admiral Jota
A Paper Moon, by Andrew Krywaniuk
A Stop For The Night, by Joe Mason
A.S.D.F.A., by David Whyld
AAS Masters, by Stephen Granade
Adoo's Stinky Story, by B. Perry
ADRIFT-O-Rama, by Mystery
ADVENT, by Iain Merrick
Aesthetic Deletions, by Johanna Hunt
Agency, by Ricardo Signes
Amnesia, by Dustin Rhodes
Amy and the Raging Hormones, by Snarfbert
An Interlude in Nuln, by The Joker
Apprentice Of The Demonhunter, by The Mad Monk
ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler
ASCII and the Argonauts: Astral Plane, by Peter Berman
Asylum, by Mel S
Backlot, by A. Bomire
Badland Machine, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Baluthar, by Chris Molloy Wischer
Becky, by Optimus
Being the Little Guy, by Adam Biltcliffe
Beyond the Blue Event Wall, by Mark J. Musante
Big Stuff, by Vachon
Bio, by David Linder
Birthday, by Johnny Reb
Black Sheep's Gold, by Driftingon
Caffeination, by Michael Loegering
Camp Windy Lake: Part 2, by Christopher Cole
Casino Viridoso V, by Peter Berman
Causality, by Hugo Martay
Cave of Adventure, by Stephen Granade
Caverns Of Doom, by Iain Merrick
Cerulean Stowaway, by Roger Descheneaux
Cheating Death, by Adam Biltcliffe
Cheer Up, by Sam Thursfield
Christmas Present, by Sly Dog
City In Fear, by David Whyld
City of Secrets, by Emily Short
Cloak of Ultimate Darkness, by Iain Merrick
Cough Cough, by Jennifer Maddox
Countdown, by Dark Baron Matt
Cowboy Blues, by David Whyld
Crimson Detritus by Mystery
Cruise, by Pierre
Curse of Manorland, by James King
Dames are Trouble, by Michael Zerbo
Dance Fever USA, by Mel S
Dark Forest 2, by Paul Allen Panks
Dark Forest, by Paul Allen Panks
Dark Soul, by A O Muñiz
Dead By Morning, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Dead Reckoning, by David Whyld
Dear Brian, by Choices
Death's Scavenger Hunt, by R. N. Dominick
Delvyn, by William A. Tilli
Der Besucher, by Zoltan Carnovasch
Devil Child: Chapter I, by Sorgoth NoxSol
Diary of a Stripper, by Christopher Cole
Domicile, by John Evans
Doom Cat!!, by Eric Mayer
Dragon Adventure, by Willilam Stott
Drakmagi, by Johan Berntsson
Dreamland, by Echo
Due dischetti, un incubo, by Fabrizio Pallotti
Ein Scheibenwelt-Adventure, by Raphael Kirschke
Encounter 4: Mrs. Parker, by Christopher Cole
Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman
Escape From Insanity, by Mel S
Escape from the SS Borgarís, by Kevan Davis
Eva's Secret, by Cauldron
Even the Devil Must Die, by Mark Hancox
Everything Emmanuelle, by Milestyle
Evil Brain Five, by Søren J. Løvborg
Fabled Caves Of R'th-nylch!, by Adam Biltcliffe
Fairytails Remixed, by Psimage
Falling Angel, by David Cornelson
Filaments, by JB Ferrant
Fish-Bot!, by R. N. Dominick
Flora, by Steven Siew
Forum 2, by Woodfish
Forum, by Woodfish
Friendly Foe, by Mike Sousa
G7056, by Mike Firoved
Ghost Ship, by Pete
Ginger's Island, by SlaveDragon
Gourmet, by Aaron Reed
Great Zimbabwe, by Søren J. Løborg
Greystone, by Howard Sherman
Halite, by Paul Allen Panks
Halloween Hijinks, by David Whyld
Hallway, by Ricardo Dague
Hamilton Hall, by Cedric Knight
Harlequin Girl, by Sean M. Elliott
Harrington House, by Gayla Bassham
Hercules First Labor, by Robert Carl Brown
Hidden Assets, by Vachon
HLA Adventure, by Paul Allen Panks
Home Alone, by Vachon
Home, by The Lonely Wolf
House, by Matthew Wiltshire
How it all started, by Kevin Treadway
I, by Christopher Cole
Il barile di Amontillado, by Marco Dattesi
Inevitable, by Kathleen M. Fischer
Insider Information, by John Graeme Bichard
Insight, by Jon Ingold
Internal Documents, by Tom Lechner
It Could Only Happen To You, by Mike Sousa
jason finds fleece, by Gunther Schmidl
Jim Pond & The Agents Of F.A.R.T., by David Whyld
Just My Imagination, Musings Of A Child, by Mystery
Kissing Cousins, by Sphynx
La Pietra della Luna, by Paolo Lucchesi
Last Minute Gift, by A. Bomire
Little girl in the big world, by Peter Wendrich
Llangollen Rock City, by Sam Thursfield
Logic Puzzle Sampler, by Andrew Plotkin
Mark... of the Vampire!, by Paul Allen Panks
Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short
Medusa, by Jim Fisher
Monsters, by Tech
Montahue Scott & The Mobius Belt, by The Mad Monk
Mountain, by Benjamin Penney
Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre
Need! More! Toast!, by Adam Biltcliffe
Neighbours From Hell, by David Whyld
Netherworld: The Depths of Kavon'ar, by Timberwulf
Ninja Burger, by Andrew Drazkowski
No Room, by Ben Heaton
Office Ahoy!, by Storme Winfield
Ogres, by Alan DeNiro
Oh Miranda!, by Chrysoula Tzavelas
Ophelia, by Benjamin Fan
Orathan, by Paul Allen Panks
Pay Back, by Vachon
Pentari: First Light, by Howard Sherman
Pirates and Ninjas and Aliens, Oh My!, by John Cater
Plan 69, by Cauldron
Planescape: Encounters 1, by Massassi Cheralol
Pleasure Palace, by Storme Winfield
Practice Policy, by Sly Dog
Pride and Prejudice, by Iain Merrick
PTA Dance, by Sly Dog
Puddles on the Path, by Anssi Raisanen
Quest For Flesh, by Tech
Rat In Control, by Michael J. Roberts
Reality Railroad, by Admiral Jota
Reality Show, by Peter Berman
Reality's End, by Harry Hol
Red Tag Clearance, by Paul Allen Panks
Redemption, by Kathleen M. Fischer
Relatives, by Vachon
Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne
Robodud, by Ian Waddell
Rompicapo, by Davide Centurione and Roberto Grassi
Saffire, by Woodfish
Salvation, by LyingBastard
Sam Shooter III: Come In Sixty Seconds, by One-eyed Jack
Samurai Tea Room, by Ricardo Signes
Santa Baby, by Christopher Cole
Sardoria, by Anssi Raisanen
Scavenger, by Quintin Stone
Schrödinger's Door, by D. Jacob Wildstrom
Sea Captains, by Lyssa Penn
Sell-Out, by D. Jacob Wildstrom
Serving Your Country, by Fletcher Smyth
Sexual Conquest, by Gunther Schmidl
Shadows on the Mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas
Shapes, by Radical Al
Shinan's Road, by Paul Allen Panks
Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
Sophie's Adventure, by David Whyld
SpeedIF 19, by Harry Hol
SpeedIF of Destiny or Nothing, Punk, by Søren J. Løvborg
Successo, by Gabriele Lazzara
Sun Empire: Quest for the Founders (Part I), by Tech
Sweet Dreams, by Papillon
Temple of Kaos, by Peter Gambles
Temple of the Sun, by Mystery
Terra Incognita, by Rolf Lautenbach
Test For Echo, by John Menichelli
That Crazy Radioactive Monkey, by Mel S
The Adventurer, by Josh Vanderhoof
The Adventures of Peter Patzer, Who Sought Masterhood and Returned Not Quite the Same, by John C. Knudsen
The Adventures of the President of the United States, by Mikko Vuorinen
The Angel Curse, by David Welbourn
The Atomic Heart, by Stefan Blixt
The Body, by Sean Barrett
The Canapés of Death, by Cedric Knight
The Cross of Fire, by Matthew Carey
The Curse Of The Revenge Of The Ghost Of The Evil Chicken Of Doom... Returns!, by Mel S
The Dead Man, by 30otsix
The Epitome of Toastlessness, by Jason Love
The Erudition Chamber, by Daniel Freas
The Excellent and Most Lamentable Text Adventure of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by Robin Johnson
The Farthest Shore, by Stewart J. McAbney
The Fat Lardo and the Rubber Ducky, by Anonymous
The Ghost Train, by Paul T. Johnson
The Hornets' Nest, by Scuey
The House, by Owen Parish
The Invisible Argonaut, by Jacqueline A. Lott
The Island of Infinity, by Alex Freeman
The Legend of Lady Magaidh, by Daniel Freas
The Leviathan Labyrinth, by Cheryl Howard
The Lone Star Menáçe, by Ricardo Signes
The Mage Wars: Statue, by Jim Fisher
The Merry Murders, by Mel S
The President, the Democrats, and Smelly Pete, by David A. Cornelson
The Pyramid Of Hammaratum, by KF
The Queen of Swords, by Jessica Knoch
The Recruit, by Mike Sousa
The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie, by David Whyld
The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie, Part 2 - This Time It's Personal, by David Whyld
The Saga of Percy The Viking, by David Whyld
The Studio, by Christopher Cole
The Tarot Reading, by Michael Penman
The Tenyaka Memorial of Vegreville, by Roger Carbol
The Thorn, by Eric Mayer
The Tower of Beef, by Ricardo Signes
The Traffic Light, by Eric Schmidt
The Woods Are Dark, by Cannibal
The Worst Game In The World... Ever!, by David Whyld
Thom, by Eric Mayer
Three Doors, by Peter Berman
Three Doors, by Søren J. Løvborg
Three Monkeys, One Cage, by Robert Goodwin
Time, by Wotan-Anubis
To Be King, by Psimage
To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest
Trapped in School, by Paul Drallos
Trapped With A Girl, by Schoolsinger
Ugly Chapter, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
Unexpected Proposal, by Vachon
Unter Hirschen, by Florian Edlbauer
Upwards and Onwards, by D. Jacob Wildstrom
Vacationing in Scotland, by Duchess
Valpurgius and I, by Agustin Cordes
Vanyar, by Johan Berntsson
Virgin, by Vachon
What Dreams May Come, by D. Jacob Wildstrom
When Beer Isn't Enough, by Dark Baron Matt
Wormwood Days II: The Aftermath, by Caleb Wilson
X-Men Evolution: Jean's Quest for Rogue's Nookie, by Kansuke Yamada
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