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Egg Mystery: Hollow Egg!

Happy 15th birthday Katie!! As I promised last week, I shall delve into the additions to the Egg Mystery that has been going on for the past couple months.   Last Thursday, it was late in the afternoon when I finally checked my desk drawer again. Behold! A new white chicken egg! There was no […]

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Weekend Puzzle #157

We have a new development in the egg mystery that has been going on. I will catch you up on it next week. Today in the office we are having a kick-off meeting for our next game ND#28. After our designer presents her fabulous PowerPoint, getting everyone  on the same page as we are about […]

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The Message Board

First things first: Happy 12th Birthday Joshua!! Hope you have a great one! (This is a lightning bolt, Tesla-themed cupcake).  I haven’t really spoken much about the message board lately, and I figured now is a grand time to do so! For our third summer week in a row, we have posted a new interview […]

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Brainstorming Names (ND#28)

We had a hurricane in the office yesterday. In the main conference room, several team members (mostly the design team and leads) and I got to sit in on a brainstorm session for the title of our next game that we are just starting to work on: ND#28. We need to begin the process of […]

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Hacktastic Busy Days!

Where did the day go yesterday? And the post? Yikes, you know what that means? We’ve been busy! Here’s what we’ve been focusing on: – Secret meetings about the next game – Focus groups on puzzles – The news we launched on Facebook about us doing a Kickstarter campaign!! – Hacky sack Oh hacky sack! […]

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Interviews, Puzzles, and Winners

I’m so excited!! Phoenix’s video interview with Nik part #2 is now live on our YouTube Channel! Whoo-hoo!! If you watch it all the way through you should leave a comment in reply to Phoenix’s future video thoughts (interviews with other employees, other things you’d like to see in upcoming videos etc…) I’m sure she’d […]

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Little Things + Little Secrets

When I showed up to my cubicle this morning I found this:   Bunny-shaped marshmallows from Phoenix! I was so happy… :’) As much as I wanted to keep them alive, they couldn’t survive me. Yeah, I ate them. I have a few secrets that I cannot really elaborate on and share with you yet…but […]

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Interview with Admin Assistant, CJ!

We interviewed our Administrative Assistant extraordinaire, CJ! Her Interactive: What does an Administrative Assistant do? CJ: Well, Administrative Assistant is my formal title, but my job encompasses many more responsibilities. Her Interactive is a small company, and sometimes it’s necessary to wear multiple hats. Besides executive staff and office support, I am also customer service, […]

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Secret Meetings — Bunnies!!

Several team members here held a top-secret meeting again concerning ND#27, and since it was nice outside, we went out back. There is a slough (a still swamp-like river) surrounding the back end of the building and we are also located on a kind of nature park. Perhaps I have mentioned this before, but we […]

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Historical Characters (Spoilers!)

So the TXT CHALLENGE #3 description mentioned that the trivia was about characters and historical figures. To be more accurate, we said this to properly give credit to one of the answers: Nikola Tesla, who is not just a character. He was a real historical person, not someone who was made up. ~And it’s his […]

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