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XYZZY Awards: Second-Round Voting for Your Favorite Games of 2008

It's now time to vote in round two for the best IF games of 2008 — to determine the winners! The top vote-getters in each category were selected in round one, and are listed below:

Finalists for 2008 XYZZY Awards

Best game
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Nightfall, by Eric Eve
Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best writing
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Nightfall, by Eric Eve
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best story
Afflicted, by "Doug Egan"
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Nightfall, by Eric Eve
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best setting
Buried In Shoes, by Kazuki Mishima
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter
Nightfall, by Eric Eve
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best puzzles
Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best NPCs (non-player characters)
April in Paris, by Jim Aikin
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba
Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best individual puzzle
Putting the vampire together in Afflicted, by "Doug Egan"
Calling for help in Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen
The gallows in Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Disconnecting the Internet in Violet/Getting rid of the key in Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best individual NPC
H.R. in Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen
Solemn Gertrude, Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
Your Pet in Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba
Violet, in Violet, by Jeremy Freese
Best individual PC (player character)
Graham in Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Mute Lawton in Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
David in Nightfall, by Eric Eve
Hardy the Bulldog in Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba
Best use of medium
Afflicted, by "Doug Egan"
Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
The Moon Watch, by Paolo Maroncelli and Alessandro Peretti
Violet, by Jeremy Freese

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.

Deadline: The deadline for second-round voting is Wednesday, March 11th at midnight Eastern Standard Time. The online award ceremony will be held on ifMUD on Saturday, Mar 14th at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

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 Wednesday, March 11th.

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Best writing:

Best story:

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Best puzzles:

Best NPCs:

NPC stands for "non-player character"
Best individual puzzle:

Best individual NPC:

Best individual PC:

PC stands for "player character"
Best use of medium:

This award is meant to honor proficiency in use of the parser, default messages, and so on.


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