1998 XYZZY Awards

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Series: XYZZY Awards

Award date: February 6, 1999

Games and Awards

Best Game

Winner: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
Nominee: Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson
Nominee: Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best Writing

Winner: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
Nominee: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
Nominee: Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
Nominee: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best Story

Winner: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
Nominee: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
Nominee: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
Nominee: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best Setting

Winner: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
Nominee: Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
Nominee: Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson
Nominee: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin

Best Puzzles

Winner: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa
Nominee: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
Nominee: Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson

Best NPCs

Winner: Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson
Nominee: Guilty Bastards, by Kent Tessman
Nominee: Mother Loose, by Irene Callaci
Nominee: Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
Nominee: Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best Individual Puzzle

Winner: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
Nominee: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade
Nominee: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
Nominee: The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts

Best Individual NPC

Winner: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
Nominee: Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa
Nominee: Mother Loose, by Irene Callaci
Nominee: Photopia, by Adam Cadre

Best Individual PC

Winner: Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
Nominee: Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz
Nominee: Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang
Nominee: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Zork: A Troll's-Eye View, by Dylan O'Donnell

Best Use of Medium

Winner: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés, by Stephen Granade
Nominee: Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz
Nominee: Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson
Nominee: Photopia, by Adam Cadre

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