Blast from the Past

We are in downtown Seattle as I type recording various voices including a Blast from the Past. Here are some lines from that character:

"All I can think about is how wonderful a nice slab of Colby cheese would taste right now"
"Toodle-oo!"
"You've reached the home office of ..."

Closing Time

We had 916 preorders for The White Wolf of Icicle Creek at 5:00 today! WOW - talk about impressive! And our website didn't crash, which is a huge relief. I remember the nightmare that was the Last Train of Blue Moon Canyon launch, and yet, you guys stuck with us and gave us another chance. Two more chances to be exact. Games were being shipped with 2 of the same disc, orders disappeared, the website crashed... Everyone with a phone stopped doing their normal jobs and took orders. Danger by Design was no picnic either. We all hung in there together.

But today, you're still preordering from us! For that, we are eterally grateful that you gave us the chance to make things right. This has been our best launch EVER - so thank you for your support! Keep on spreading the word about Nancy Drew PC games! You guys are the BEST!

It begins with YOU

Last week, I went to a Marketing in Games conference called MI6. They talked about about "mobilizing hardcore gamers" to spread the word, which is really marketing gibberish for "talk to your biggest fans and get them excited." That would be YOU! You who read our blog, check the website daily, post weekly on the message boards, dissect all of our games, and even create fan sites.

You are the ones who spread the word and introduce Nancy Drew games to your friends and family. The more people get to play our games, the more likely we'll continue to make the games for a very long time to come. We've already created 15 games - that's a lot. Maybe someday there'll be 150+, just like the books, but we can't do it by ourselves. We need our fans to spread the word, to let everyone know that the Nancy Drew PC are games they should try!

It always amazes me how many people have never heard of our games, even though you can find them in Target and Best Buy. Then again, it also amazes me when I meet one of YOU! Well, if you keep telling other people to play the Nancy Drew games, then more people on the Her Interactive team will also get to meet fans. I'm just lucky that I have the opportunity to to talk to our fans often. :)

Speaking of meeting people, I'm going to be at the Nancy Drew convention on June 15 in Pasedena, CA. If any of you are in the area, I'd love to meet you and your family and friends.

The May newsletter comes out tomorrow. Make sure you sign up - there a chance for you to win another copy of The Lost Files of Nancy Drew.