Slap That Fish Nominated for Three XYZZY Awards
I am pleased to announce that SLAP THAT FISH is a finalist for three XYZZY awards for 2007: Best Non-Player Characters, Best Puzzle (Beating the Shark), and Best Use of Medium. It is a great honor to be chosen as a finalist, and I am sincerely grateful for the recognition. SLAP THAT FISH is the first game I have written since 1893: A World's Fair Mystery to be nominated. (1893 was nominated for Best Setting and Best Game, and won for Best Setting).
What are the XYZZY Awards? From Wikipedia:
The XYZZY Awards are an event to recognize extraordinary interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards or Grammy Awards but for a far smaller community. The XYZZY Awards have been presented yearly in the early spring since 1996 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews. Any game released during the year prior to the award ceremony is eligible for nomination to receive an award. The decision process takes place in two stages: members of the interactive fiction community nominate works within specific categories in the winter, and sufficiently supported nominations become finalists within those categories. Typically there are four or five finalists in each category. Community members then vote among the finalists, and the game receiving a plurality of votes is given the award in an online ceremony at ifMUD.
So, members of the Academy, I thank you.