For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Writing of 2016 - an IFDB Poll
by MathBrush
RSS FeedThis is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards.
This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will remain eligible. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games that others might want to check out, partly as your own reminder for when XYZZY season comes around.
This isn't intended as a straw poll; please don't upvote games already on the list.
[Description adapted from verityvirtue's adaptation of Sam Kabo Ashwell's 2013/2014 polls]
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 3 votes "Beautifully written" [+]"Beautifully written" ( - Full review) --sallychamp2... "Riveting, distracting, unusual" [+]"Riveting, distracting, unusual: Enormous history, spiraling off into depths not directly needed to play. Supported by a lovely reference work in your hands as well as embedded in the world and station." () --fhon... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Devon Preara...  Vote for this game | |
| Mirror and Queen, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "The insinuating..." [+]"The insinuating and threatening voice of the mirror." ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Get Lost!, by S. Woodson 1 vote "Makes you warm..." [+]"Makes you warm inside." ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Take, by Katherine Morayati (as Amelia Pinnolla) 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Dr. Sourpuss Is Not A Choice-Based Game, by P.B. Parjeter 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Robin Johnson... Vote for this game | |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 1 vote "Such vivid..." [+]"Such vivid pictures with so few words. (Personal favorite: "Feral mining crawlers churn through the landscape, clustering together for warmth.")" ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Choices: And The Sun Went Out, by Tin Man Games: KG Tan, Alyce Potter, and Felicity Banks 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Felicity Banks... Vote for this game | |
| 500 Apocalypses, by Phantom Williams 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| The Twilight Zone - A Stop at Willoughby, by D.B.T 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Henri... Vote for this game | |
| Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony, by Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --TheAncientOne... Vote for this game | |
| The Ice-Bound Concordance, by Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --TheAncientOne... Vote for this game | |
| Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, by Marco Vallarino 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson 1 vote "Sometimes funny,..." [+]"Sometimes funny, sometimes touching." ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Black Rock City, by Jim Munroe 1 vote "Makes you feel..." [+]"Makes you feel being there." ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Ash, by Lee Grey 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Devon Preara... Vote for this game | |
| The Periwink, by Jedediah Berry 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Howled House, by B Minus Seven 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| 1181, by Grim and notgojira 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |