<s>
Anchorhead	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Lovecraftian	O
horror	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
,	O
originally	O
written	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Michael	B-Application
S	I-Application
.	I-Application
Gentry	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anchorhead	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
New	O
England	O
town	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
unnamed	O
protagonist	O
and	O
her	O
husband	O
,	O
a	O
professor	O
and	O
aspiring	O
writer	O
,	O
have	O
relocated	O
to	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
take	O
possession	O
of	O
his	O
ancestral	O
family	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anchorhead	B-Application
was	O
hailed	O
by	O
critics	O
and	O
players	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
games	O
available	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
complex	O
and	O
intricate	O
backstory	O
and	O
well-written	O
dialogue	O
and	O
descriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1998	O
XYZZY	O
Awards	O
,	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
received	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
Best	O
Setting	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
Best	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
an	O
unnamed	O
woman	O
whose	O
husband	O
,	O
Michael	O
,	O
suddenly	O
inherits	O
a	O
large	O
mansion	O
in	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
from	O
family	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
n't	O
aware	O
existed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anchorhead	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Michael	B-Application
Gentry	I-Application
,	O
who	O
was	O
living	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Inform	O
6	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
took	O
approximately	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
weeks	O
dedicated	O
to	O
designing	O
the	O
game	O
map	O
and	O
writing	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
"	O
at	O
least	O
six	O
solid	O
hours	O
of	O
coding	B-General_Concept
every	O
day	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
an	O
additional	O
three	O
months	O
dedicated	O
to	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Gentry	O
announced	O
a	O
rewrite	O
of	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
in	O
Inform	O
7	O
preliminarily	O
titled	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
:	O
the	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
Special	O
Edition	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
"	O
be	O
just	O
as	O
evocative	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
while	O
allowing	O
more	O
room	O
for	O
the	O
reader	O
's	O
imagination.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rewrite	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
as	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
:	O
the	O
Illustrated	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anchorhead	B-Application
has	O
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kulczycki	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
writing	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
refreshing	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
,	O
"	O
feeling	O
that	O
playing	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
was	O
"	O
like	O
reading	O
a	O
good	O
book	O
;	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
particularly	O
difficult	O
,	O
helped	O
"	O
build	O
a	O
richer	O
environment	O
for	O
the	O
player.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Emily	O
Short	O
called	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
a	O
"	O
deeply	O
beautiful	O
piece	O
,	O
"	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
masterful	O
build-up	O
of	O
setting	O
and	O
mood	O
unparalleled	O
by	O
almost	O
every	O
other	O
game	O
I	O
have	O
ever	O
played	O
,	O
"	O
particularly	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
scenery	O
descriptions	O
that	O
made	O
the	O
environment	O
"	O
oppressively	O
real.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Terrence	O
Bosky	O
also	O
called	O
Anchorhead	B-Application
"	O
a	O
well-written	O
,	O
wonderfully	O
designed	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
works	O
brilliantly	O
as	O
a	O
Lovecraft	O
pastiche	O
,	O
never	O
entering	O
the	O
realm	O
of	O
parody.	O
"	O
</s>
