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Weekend Fun (And Puzzle #281)

We have a few awesome things to share with you this weekend. First, our Intern Ellie made a video on how to make the Fundae from The Haunted Carousel! I got to help it it…it was amazing. 🙂 We also launched Episode 2 of “The Witch’s Treasure” today! Stay tuned next time for Episode 3! […]

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Summer Reading: ND Diaries #1

This summer I started to re-read the Nancy Drew Diaries books, starting with #1: Curse of the Arctic Star. I reviewed it in this video below: Stay tuned for tomorrow’s next episode of Ellie’s mini-series! Do you like exploring graveyards? I’d recommend Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. We have it on Throwback Thursday sale (digital […]

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Filming Videos: Location 1

We’ve been having a ton of fun shooting our intern, Ellie’s videos. Especially for the mini series! In case you missed it, I’ll play it again here: I had to take some pictures of the super-cool bridge in the Seattle Arboretum where we shot these scenes: Doesn’t it look like a real-life Nancy Drew kind […]

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Lollipop Day

This is totally random, but did you know that today is Lollipop day? We have celebrated this the past few years by having a sale on the game that had Lickie Loo lollipops in it. Actually, you get to buy a whole bunch of candy bars within Pa’s General store in Trail of the Twister. […]

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The Witch’s Treasure: Part 1

I’m so excited for our intern Ellie’s new video series!! Especially since I get to play an important role in it, whoo hoo! Check out part one: Bewitching Beginnings. (And subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be updated every time a new video gets uploaded.) No weekend puzzle this week, stay tuned for one next […]

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Throwback: The Final Scene Projector

Do you remember playing with the projector for the first time in The Final Scene? I was afraid I was going to get caught, or break it…which I kind of almost sort of did…but I fixed it. 🙂 This is one of my personal favorites among the classic games, mostly because I adore the theatre […]

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Popular Fan Quotes

Some of the t-shirt design entries that we have received are popular sayings among the fans, including from me. What is your favorite quote?   Also, we still have two and a half weeks for you to submit your t-shirt design in our contest, but don’t forget about it, or else the end of the […]

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T-Shirts and Trivia

More t-shirt entries have been coming in! We posted many on our contest page, but many are posted on Twitter and Facebook and Pinterest via the hashtag #NancyDrewFashion. That’s how you can look them up. (If you sent in an entry via email, don’t worry if you don’t see it posted right away. We are […]

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Summer Art and T-shirts

With the t-shirt contest happening now, and summer is here, our fans have had time to work on some awesome artwork! Check out some of the t-shirts we are showing off on the contest page: Also, fan Kristen was inspired by our character avatars to design herself and her boyfriend. What do you think? Do they look […]

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Drinkware, Tesla and Weekend Puzzle #280

Happy 159th birthday, Nikola Tesla! We are celebrating his birthday with a sale on The Deadly Device since that game surrounds Tesla and his history. I think I shall go home and play this game again for this reason. 😉 We also have a new sale in the merchandise store! All drinkware is on sale […]

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