The 2016 XYZZY Awards are complete. Congratulations to this year’s winners:

Best Game: Superluminal Vagrant Twin, CEJ Pacian

Best Writing: Take, Katherine Morayati

Best Story: Foo Foo, Buster Hudson

Best Setting: Cactus Blue Motel, Astrid Dalmady

Best Puzzles: 16 Ways To Kill A Vampire At McDonalds, Abigail Corfman

Best NPCs: tie, Cactus Blue Motel, Astrid Dalmady; and Foo Foo, Buster Hudson

Best Individual Puzzle: customizing the robot, The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, Emily Short

Best Individual NPC: the robot from The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, Emily Short

Best Individual PC: BEL/S from Open Sorcery, Abigail Corfman

Best Implementation: Superluminal Vagrant Twin, CEJ Pacian

Best Use of Innovation: The Ice-Bound Concordance, Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe

Best Technological Development: Ink

Best Use of Multimedia: The Ice-Bound Concordance, Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe