<s>
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
ZIL	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Z-machine	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
simultaneously	O
on	O
many	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Cabeza	O
Plana	O
,	O
a	O
quiet	O
and	O
fictional	O
(	O
the	O
name	O
is	O
Spanish	O
for	O
"	O
Flathead	O
"	O
,	O
from	O
Zork	B-Application
mythology	O
)	O
suburb	O
of	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California	O
in	O
February	O
1938	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enjoying	O
playing	O
Deadline	O
more	O
than	O
Zork	B-Application
,	O
Stu	O
Galley	O
decided	O
to	O
write	O
another	O
mystery	O
game	O
as	O
its	O
counterpart	O
;	O
while	O
Deadline	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
eastern	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
a	O
summer	O
day	O
,	O
Witness	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
Coast	O
at	O
night	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
in	O
each	O
package	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
were	O
the	O
following	O
supplementary	O
items	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
wrote	O
"	O
Infocom	O
has	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
another	O
fine	O
game	O
with	O
Witness	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
stated	O
that	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
is	O
the	O
latest	O
in	O
Infocom	O
's	O
masterful	O
series	O
in	O
all-text	O
adventures	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
their	O
best	O
one	O
yet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gutman	O
cautioned	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
that	O
only	O
those	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
intricate	O
puzzles	O
would	O
like	O
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
agreed	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
author	O
Stu	O
Galley	O
"	O
apparently	O
read	O
enough	O
of	O
the	O
[	O
hard-boiled	O
mystery ]	O
genre	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
style	O
without	O
mocking	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
quick	O
but	O
thorough	O
and	O
evocative	O
"	O
descriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Witness	I-Application
received	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
1984	O
Best	O
Computer	O
Adventure	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
where	O
judges	O
warned	O
those	O
who	O
thought	O
text	O
adventures	O
were	O
"	O
passe	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
"	O
run	O
away	O
with	O
the	O
Arcade	O
Award	O
"	O
just	O
as	O
Infocom	O
's	O
previous	O
text	O
adventure	O
,	O
Deadline	O
,	O
had	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
