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Nancy Lives For…..Forever!

Let me jump right into the weekend puzzle solution. To horribly trip you up in solving it was to leave out a missing letter (sorry!). While there are several word combinations that can come from these letters… O E R T L A P S N I E The correct anagram bust is this: [Alien […]

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Videos, Contests, Sonny Joon

So today is filled with a bunch of random notes. First random note: Today’s the last day to post a caption to our Facebook Caption Contest photo (we pick a winner tomorrow). Second Random note: We are working on a new employee interview video for this week. Who do you suppose will get the spotlight […]

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Friday Fun! Plus Weekend Puzzle #204

I love Lickie Loos. Did you know that tomorrow is National Lollipop Day? In honor of this, we are having a sale on the game where Lickie Loo lollipops first appeared and Nancy first tasted them: Trail of the Twister! Head over to our Facebook page to find the secret code to get 50% off […]

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Jackalopes and Secret Meetings

Yesterday we had a top secret meeting. Only a few people in the office even knew about it. I was one of the lucky ones to attend. My job was to write everything up on the whiteboard. Words. Places. Actions. Themes. Sentences half-formed. Lots of “hmmm…”s were said by the attendees. The rest of the […]

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What IS that thing?! Mr. Skinbag.

I have seen many comments and questions about the critter seen in Ghost of Thornton. One of the “scares” in the Showroom is when a ugly-looking creature slides across the floor past you, or even at you. This is a naked mole rat. A giant one. One of our artists, Filmer, had a lot of […]

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Joon in July

With only two weekends left this month, that is all the time we have left for our fans to take pictures of themselves with flat Sonny and post to our Facebook page (or email to us) to be entered into the contest here. I’ve already looked at all of the entries so far, and there […]

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The Middle of Summer Spying

I suppose if you have already played Ghost of Thornton Hall, as well as all of the other Nancy Drew mysteries (which games are you still missing?) there isn’t much else left to do this summer, right? Weeeell… you could always find a shady spot to rest and read a new Nancy Drew Diaries book […]

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Weekend Puzzle #203

Hooray for Fridays! Today we launched some new Nancy Drew merchandise in our store! Check these out: Now you can own an official Nancy Drew clock, as well as other collectibles like a trivet or pencil caddy. Pick the image you want for each item and add to your collection! Time for a weekend puzzle. […]

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Office Happenings in July

I have several things to share about what’s been going on at the office this week. Be warned: these following stories can be quite random. We have already begun testing puzzles in our next Nancy Drew game: The Silent Spy (SPY), the artists are working hard to finish up a good portion of the game […]

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Sonny Tries Gumbo

As some of you may know, I went on a vacation a couple of weeks ago, taking flat Sonny with me for several photo opportunities. If you are traveling around your hometown or far away, print out flat Sonny to take pictures with to post to our Facebook page! Learn more about the contest here. […]

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