Subject: XYZZY awards: And the winners are....
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 18:48:11 -0500
From: eileen@interport.net (Eileen Mullin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction,rec.games.int-fiction

On February 6, 1999, the winners of the 1998 XYZZY Awards were announced
in a star-studded online extravaganza featuring the MUD personas of
Gilbert Gottfried, Carrot Top, Andrew Dice Clay, and Garrison Keillor,
among others. Here are the winning games -- and the names of their
authors, who will take home virtual trophies and real incribed XYZZY
medallions... congratulations to all!

Best game
     Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best writing
     Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best story
     Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best setting
     Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry

Best puzzles
     Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best NPCs (non-player characters)
      Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson

Best individual puzzle
     Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web  (Andrew Plotkin)

Best individual NPC
     The interrogator in Spider and Web  (Andrew Plotkin)

Best individual PC (player character)
     Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry

Best use of medium
     Spider and Web, Andrew Plotkin

(You can also find the full list of nominees at
http://www.xyzzynews.com/98nominees.html)

My warmest thanks go to Spatch, Neil deMause, David Dyte, Evin Robertson,
Liza Daly, and everyone else who helped make my favorite annual online
event a big success... once again! You all really helped me stay frosty!

Best,

Eileen