Being Andrew Plotkin
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Being Andrew Plotkin is a piece of interactive fiction
written by J. Robinson Wheeler as a light-hearted parody of both the film Being John Malkovich
(1999) and of the successful interactive fiction author Andrew Plotkin
and his games. It won the Best Game
and Best Non-Player Characters awards at the 2000 Xyzzy Awards, and was a finalist for four other categories.
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
written by J. Robinson Wheeler as a light-hearted parody of both the film Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American black comedy-fantasy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich, who plays a fictional version of himself...
(1999) and of the successful interactive fiction author Andrew Plotkin
Andrew Plotkin
Andrew Plotkin , also known as Zarf, is a central figure in the modern interactive fiction community. Having both written a number of award-winning games and developed a range of new file formats, interpreters, and other utilities for the design, production, and running of IF games, Plotkin is...
and his games. It won the Best Game
XYZZY Award for Best Game
This is a list of XYZZY Awards results, grouped by award rather than year. The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given by the publication "XYZZYnews" to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film...
and Best Non-Player Characters awards at the 2000 Xyzzy Awards, and was a finalist for four other categories.