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In computing, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable or as a video game cheat code. Xyzzy comes from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is the first " magic string " that most players encounter (others include "plugh" and "plover").
xyzzy or XYZZY may refer to: Xyzzy (computing) , a magic word from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, later a metasyntactic variable or a video game cheat code Xyzzy (mnemonic) , memory trick used in mathematics
William Crowther in 2012 Teleprinter computer terminal. Colossal Cave Adventure was originally created by William Crowther in 1975 and 1976. Crowther and his ex-wife Patricia were both programmers and cavers and had extensively explored Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the longest cave system in the world, in the early 1970s as part of the Cave Research Foundation.
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The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film. [1] The awards were inaugurated in 1997 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews. [2] Any game released during the year prior to the award ceremony is eligible for nomination to receive an award.
Additional information about the Xyzzies does not belong in this list, but in the main XYZZY Awards article. Cheers. Nespresso 13:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Oppose Poor presentation, limited information and issues with references. It is just one very long bullet-point list. The titles and author names just all blur after a while.
"Pretend" is a popular song, written in 1952 by Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Levere. The best-known recording, by Nat King Cole, [1] was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2346. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on January 31, 1953, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 3. [2]
Hislop is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. [4]He was cast in the 2020 TV series Gangs of London, and played Lewis in the 2023 A24 / BBC series Dreaming Whilst Black.