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Fan Art: Sketches

Check this out! A fan on Twitter, Vanessa D. shared with us her amazing drawing of Ryan Kilpatrick from Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device. What do you think? I’m inspired. I want to get out my own pencils and start sketching again… because this is so great! If you have any fan art you would […]

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The Top Games

Guess which game was ranked on the top ten Mac games to play from May? Sea of Darkness! Check this out: While this list is for Mac games, I was thinking of how the Nancy Drew games rank. If you were to put together a “top ten” list for Nancy drew games, what would that […]

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Posted in: Blogs, Sea of Darkness

“Kandy” in Nancy’s World

Hey all! I’m back from my vacation. Today’s fun question for you is this: What candy treat from the Nancy Drew universe would you like to see in real life? We were just curious what everyone’s favorite was. (Will you stick to a classic vote for KoKo Kringles? Or would you pick something like Koko […]

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Getting Trapped (And Weekend Puzzle #276)

I thought this was ironic. Isn’t it funny how Nancy’s job is often to catch the culprit, yet she herself gets into the most precarious positions? Often she gets trapped, either by accident or by villain… Oh Nancy… (This instance is from The Captive Curse.) Here’s your weekend puzzle! 73.115.116.111.108.101.121.111.117.102. 114.111.109.97.110.111.116.104.101.114. We have a few fan […]

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Twitter Party!

Today we are having a Twitter party! Head over and follow us to join in! -Little Jackalope

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Posted in: Blogs, Twitter

Finding Forgeries

I often practice my real-life sleuthing skills when I go book hunting for my own personal Nancy Drew books. I definitely have found great finds, but there are some books that I would not pay too much money for. Here I will show you an example of a partially-fake book. This is a Nancy Drew […]

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Writing a Review

Now that there are 32 Nancy Drew games available, it is an excellent time write some game reviews! There are a few great places to write reviews on our site: the message boards, where avid game players go to share their opinion among fellow fans, and the games pages, where you can share your opinion […]

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Posted in: Blogs, Message Board

Memorial Day

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We are currently out of the office today in observance of Memorial Day. The office will be back in action tomorrow. I, myself, am on vacation for the rest of this week, but I have blog posts all ready for you each day. Therefore, if any new birthday requests come […]

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Tickets Winner and Weekend Puzzle #275

Today we announce the winner for the Iceland Tickets! Watch the video to see if you’ve won! Also, we have a sale going on this weekend:   And here’s your weekend puzzle, enjoy! AELSIFTV 3 RNEYCNDWA 9 RONES 4 ARUNGN 5 ISPIKSTIMS 5 EKJDRIHEHLEI 3 EREUTRCNLTUEC 6 RALENTXGA 5 NLWIMSOBOE 4 IBCNA 4 ANGYD 4 UNMSGA […]

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Old Game-Play Designs

Today’s Throwback Thursday features Isis from The White Wolf of Icicle Creek. (If you haven’t played this one yet, we have it on sale today for 50% off if you use promo code ICE-50.) When I first played this game, I had to upgrade my old computer with a new graphics card. The animation had improved […]

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