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Bloopers, Sales and Weekend Puzzle #284

The final video for “The Witch’s Treasure” is now live! Check out the blooper reel from our time of filming this series: And Ellie and I played a new Nancy Drew Board game! Check out the video here: We have a sale happening this weekend for the Dossier games! Shop for the games here. And […]

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August Letter to the Fans

Hey all! We have an announcement for you! Check out the August Letter to the Fans here. What do you think? Although I am anxious like everyone else to play the next Nancy Drew game, I am extra excited for it to be on a much better engine so that it looks better, has more […]

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Animated Gifs

I tried making something new: animated gifs! I like gathering the existing animations and turning them into moving pictures to share. But then, I really like all sorts of pictures! Let’s see if this will work on the blog… Do you remember this Nancy Drew moment from Shadow at the Water’s Edge? -Little Jackalope

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Black Cat Appreciation Day

Did you know that today is Black Cat Appreciation Day? We are celebrating (of course) by having a sale on Warnings at Waverly Academy. Why? Because the theme of the game is that the “black cat” in the school is causing accidents, and sending threats to the students for unknown reasons. Have you played this […]

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Video Finale, Cookies & Weekend Puzzle #283

Hooray! The series finale that our intern, Ellie and I have been working on, is now live! Watch the last episode to this mini-series: Also, Ellie created another baking video, this time showing you how to make the mint chocolate chip cookies from Danger by Design. Enjoy! Also, we have added our T-shirt Contest winner, […]

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Nancy as a Role Model

Another great article about Nancy Drew was written! Check out “Why Nancy Drew Should Be Every Girl’s Role Model.” What do you think? Is there something about Nancy that you aspire to? Do you look up to her? I particularly like how she doesn’t give up, and how clever she is at piecing things together. […]

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Tombs and Lost Queens

Every once in a while, archaeologists discover new things (or simply new thoughts or new leads) to potentially lead to an exciting discovery. Check out this article on how they think they may have found another couple of chambers where Queen Nefertiti may potentially be buried! (Click on the image below.) While although our game […]

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Summer Games

I’ve been thinking about which Nancy Drew games are best for playing in the summertime. If it is pretty warm outside, I do enjoy playing games like The Secret of Shadow Ranch, Trail of the Twister, and Alibi in Ashes. They involve lots of outdoor time in the sun, as well as eating treats, like cake, […]

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Video Weekend

Hey all! I was on vacation last week. Here’s what we missed: new videos from our intern, Ellie! Check out the latest episode of “The Witch’s Treasure” here: Also, have you ever wanted to make the Shadow Ranch cake? Or perhaps you tried and it didn’t work? Well, that game recipe was only meant for […]

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Contest Winner!

We had soooo many great t-shirt entries come in this month! We must admit: it was REALLY hard this time to narrow it down to one winner. I wish I could re-create them all in the merch store so that they can all be available. However, we can only have one, and the team has […]

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