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Weekend Puzzle #178

It’s Friday, and the second-to-last weekend to go Christmas shopping! Of course, there is also (what I’ve heard as the smart way) online shopping, where the hassle is taken away and all that’s left is to receive it (and some instances wrap the gifts yourself). As for me, I will be making a few things […]

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Secret Behind the Clock’s Secret

Sounds like a few of you (especially many of those on the Message Boards) have been pondering the secret behind the cracked clock face on the cover of Secret of the Old Clock. If you have never noticed until now: the Roman Numerals skip the number 9 and add on the number 13. Very peculiar […]

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Lickie Loo Tuesday

Look what we got in today! Yep, everyone who ordered a game last week in the U.S. will get a fun-size package of Lickie Loo Lollipops. The team had a small assembly line to get them ready to send to all the lucky recipients.   Head’s up! Twitter Quote Contest is going on right now, […]

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No Monday Post? Whyever not?!

So I completely missed yesterday’s post…and therefore I must explain myself (because the truth must be revealed!)I forgot, but for this very important reason: We have been working hard on getting a special new merchandise item up (actually it’s secretly been up since Friday, but we didn’t say anything until today.) We are sneaky like […]

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Weekend Puzzle #177

Head’s up! There are only a few Lickie Loo lollipops left for those who order a game before the end of Sunday! To continue with our bug episode from yesterday, I’d thought to mention that a large wasp found its way into our office today, and was buzzing around the light above my head. Since […]

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Attacks in the Office

That’s right. A few us were *attacked* by the presence of a bug. Not really, but it seemed like it was out to get us. A flying, long brown beetle the length of half a finger flew in and scarred three of us today. It happened so fast that I did not have a moment […]

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Classic Guides

One of our long-kept secrets is that we had half-created information and pictures ready to put together strategy guides for The Final Scene and Message in a Haunted Mansion. o.O These have been in our office for some time, but that is all I will share with you. We have other secrets that we keep […]

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Picture: Caught in the Moment

Ok, so someone happened to take my picture while I was, *ehem*, very focused on working. I was NOT very focused on the lollipop that I was enjoying. I think the important message here was that I was not goofing off, but in fact working. The lollipop was not distracting me (nope!), and therefore it […]

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Lickie Loo Monday

Let’s solve the weekend puzzle so I can explain our secrecy over the past few weeks…Here’s how you solve it: Re-arrange the images in order (the first part of each number is their placement/position on this chart). Identify the game the image belongs to. Count the letters of that game title to get a single […]

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Lickie Loo Lollipops!

Lickie Loo lollipops are here, but only for a short time! Place an order between December 3-9 and be among the first 1,000 game orders to receive one (1) package containing two authentic, edible limited edition Lickie Loo lollipops, as featured in the Nancy Drew games. *Quantities are limited and offer is valid for first […]

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