XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2003 Best game: Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster Best writing: Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre Best story: Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster Best setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster Best puzzles: Gourmet, by Aaron Reed Best NPCs: City of Secrets, by Emily Short Best individual puzzle: The Purple Room in The Recruit, by Mike Sousa Best individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster Best individual PC:The PC in Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman Best use of medium: ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler