XYZZY Awards 2004

XYZZY Awards 2004
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Part of series	XYZZY Awards
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Results
Winner: Best Game	Blue Chairs
Winner: Best Individual PC	Sting of the Wasp
Winner: Best Individual Puzzle	All Things Devours
Winner: Best NPCs	Sting of the Wasp
Winner: Best Setting	The Fire Tower
Winner: Best Story	Blue Chairs
Winner: Best Writing	Blue Chairs
Finalist: Best Game	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Game	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Game	Return to Ditch Day
Finalist: Best Game	The Dreamhold
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Gamlet
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	Return to Ditch Day
Finalist: Best Individual NPC	The Great Xavio
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Blue Chairs
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Gamlet
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Luminous Horizon
Finalist: Best Individual PC	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	Blue Chairs
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle	The Dreamhold
Finalist: Best NPCs	Blue Chairs
Finalist: Best NPCs	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best NPCs	Luminous Horizon
Finalist: Best NPCs	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Puzzles	All Things Devours
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Goose, Egg, Badger
Finalist: Best Puzzles	Square Circle
Finalist: Best Setting	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Setting	Gamlet
Finalist: Best Setting	Mingsheng
Finalist: Best Setting	The Dreamhold
Finalist: Best Story	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Story	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Story	The Act of Misdirection
Finalist: Best Story	The Cabal
Finalist: Best Story	The Dreamhold
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	All Things Devours
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Bellclap
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Use of Medium	Return to Ditch Day
Finalist: Best Writing	Future Boy!
Finalist: Best Writing	Gamlet
Finalist: Best Writing	Necrotic Drift
Finalist: Best Writing	The Dreamhold
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2004 XYZZY Award Winners

• Best Game: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
• Best Writing: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
• Best Story: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
• Best Setting: The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
• Best Puzzles: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• Best NPCs: Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
• Best Individual Puzzle: The time travel puzzle in All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
• Best Individual NPC: Audrey in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Individual PC: Julia in Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
• Best Use of Medium: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).

2004 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists

• Best Game: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).
• Best Writing: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Story: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Act of Misdirection (Callico Harrison; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Cabal (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Setting: The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Mingsheng (Deane Saunders; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Puzzles: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Goose, Egg, Badger (Brian Rapp; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Square Circle (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
• Best NPCs: Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Luminous Horizon (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Individual Puzzle: The time travel puzzle in All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The toilet in Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The cistern in The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Cracking Eno's computer in Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: The poltergeist in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Individual NPC: Audrey in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Bob Finger in Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Jacek in Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Dr. Todd in The Great Xavio (Reese Warner; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Xojo in Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).
• Best Individual PC: Julia in Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Dante in Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Tomasz Pudlo in Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Austin in Luminous Horizon (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Jarrett Duffy in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
• Best Use of Medium: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Bellclap (Tommy Herbert; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).

Links

• Nominees for 2004 (archive). See the list of all eligible games from 2004. First-round voting deadline was February 13, 2005, midnight EST.
• Finalists for 2004 (archive). Second-round voting deadline is Wednesday, March 9, 2005, midnight EST.
• Winning Games of 2004 (archive). Summary of the results, as posted at XYZZYnews.
• The awards ceremony took take place on Sunday, March 20, 2005 in the ifMUD's Massive Auditorium at 4pm EST (9pm GMT).
  • XYZZYnews Award Ceremony 2004 - Andrew Plotkin's transcript of the ceremony in three columns: officialness on the left, audience cheering in the middle, and peanut gallery comments on the right.
  • The 2004 XYZZY Awards - Stephen Granade's summary and transcripts of the ceremony. The transcripts are split up into several pages, and you can choose to read either the transcript with the peanut gallery comments, or the transcript without them.