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[pixiegothic]

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[pointandclickkimchi]

Brigitte with her eyes so bright, looked toward heaven at midnight.

[henrikvanderhussy]

I’m now a decent chunk of the way into The Shattered Medallion (halfway? a third? idk. I remember basically zero things about how the plot goes) and this game is so weird.

I’m not sure if I’m doing things out of the expected order or what, but there have been so many bits where a character says something as if I’m supposed to know what they’re talking about. “don’t you think Sonny is acting strange?” ….no?? because I’ve only ever seen him in the opening cutscene and have had zero other interaction. “this password must be for the water puzzle” WHAT water puzzle?? I got a text saying that challenge 3 was open, but we have no idea what it is yet. Etc etc etc. Every single character interaction involves me learning new information that the characters think I already know

On top of that, challenges keep ending before I’ve had time to do anything. And I know that’s intentional, but it makes me feel like I don’t have time to explore everything because new plot beats are happening so quickly.

When you put all of that together, the game feels too full. There’s so much happening and it’s all going so fast and you feel behind and you don’t have your leisure to explore. But at the exact same time…. it’s too empty. When you strip away the anxiety of racing against the competition, you’re left with a limited number of places to go and some straightforward little puzzles.

I really feel like there’s a GOOD game buried somewhere in here, but it just didn’t come through in the execution. It’s a fun premise, the snark from the announcer is hilarious, the confessional recordings we get to listen to are full of entertaining character bits, the gameshow mechanism opens up so many possibilities (no longer needing to justify why some 19th century person would build a weird elaborate puzzle! it’s a puzzle because it’s a gameshow! we can do whatever we want!)

Basically, this one just has me feeling bummed out because I see all the things it could be but didn’t manage to pull off

[hidden-clue]

I just love how Nancy here goes, oh, all of my clothing is drenched wet, so let me just, let me fold it into a perfect rectangle, while it's wet, and then also leave it on my bed, wet, where I'm implied to intend to sleep tonight, so that the bed can get wet too :) and we're just supposed to accept this, that after solving all of those mysteries Nancy's brain goes only so far in the matter of wet clothing

[mrsdylancarter]

<3

[topeka-commission-for-the-arts]

psa for the phantom of venice: you never have to lock the door to the ca

pass it on

[perpetuallylocked]

case photos: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

[loves-secret-architecture]

Found these cool original editions of sck and stfd at goodwill!

[apricotdeer]

Tattoo Designs inspired by Nancy Drew games

#11 Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Secrets Can Kill | Stay Tuned for Danger | Message in a Haunted Mansion | Treasure in the Royal Tower | The Final Scene | Secret of the Scarlet Hand | Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake | The Haunted Carousel | Danger on Deception Island | The Secret at Shadow Ranch

→ ko fi | redbubble

[proserphone]

the fact that nancy actually crosses out order bubble wrap, packing tape, sticky labels even though all the guy did was pretty much tell her to fuck off gets me every time

[hotchkiss-and-tell]

Will anything in our fandom ever match the chaos of spring 2020? There was official Bucket Day, the beginning of the Nursing Home Saga, the Picture of Megan investigation and accusations flying known as Megangate, new on-theme anon accounts created daily, a special edition podcast for POM, a surge of FMK asks, and then the POM website launched and we tackled its riddles on mother’s day weekend. All while the #cluecrewplaythrough content continued in the background. April 22 to May 11 was a wild ride!

[themediocresulk]

For every nostalgic mid-2000s computer game you used to love, chances are there's still a small but thriving community of people all over the world still making content for it well over a decade later and i think that's beautiful

[funnytwittertweets]

[iwantakokokringle]

-Nancy Drew

[perpetuallylocked]

case photos: Treasure in the Royal Tower

[thenancydrewtimes]

I can explain

[simp-for-henry-bolet]

Why do I feel like this is going to become the new ded Gray meme?

[pollyestergivens]

nd in 2d: the hot kettle cafe

more: theft of the pacal (SSH), nancy’s desk (ASH), the great hall of castle malloy (HAU), magnus’s cabin (SEA), the witching hour (TRT), dear sweet charlotte (GTH)

[trapperdansneedle]

not knowing what symbols you’ve found and haven’t found

[alex-trang]

when debbie gives you more chores

[nancydrewpcfans-blog]

when you forget how to trigger an event uuughhghhhgh

[bunbun-sims-blog]

when people send you chocolates but they were actually roaches

[wade-thornton]

When you accidentally make Enrico go over the scopa rules again

[nancydrewcrew]

When big island mike doesn’t like the shaved ice flavors you give him

[youcanfindmoreeggsthanthat]

When you need a new glowstick 

[iwantakokokringle]

When you have to wait for the next hint to load.

[tinobaldouchey-deactivated20150]

RAN entirely

[opencasketbasketfries]

When you are spinning around in a circle and something is on fire, the game freezes and all you can do is FIREFIREFIREFIREFIRE NOOOOOO………

[alex-trang]

when your roomie bff tries to kill you

[franceshumber]

When you get a tattoo of an alien on your face and have to wear a mask to cover it up

[lessonsfromnancy]

the entirety of TOT

every last bit of it

[mystico-has-spoken]

Tino Balducci

[alex-trang]

when you figure out that joseph kidnapped maya when you play the tape of him testing the mic

[asharkapologist]

When you can’t figure out what to do next in STFD and are terrified and convinced that you’ve softlocked yourself

[detectivecatsuitdrew]

When you move the wrong goose and the fox gobbles up 5 in 1 move

[snack-shop-boss]

When you see Henry Bolet crying and are trying to empathize with him in your grief but really you just want to be near him, smell him, whisper in between forced sobs that Summer is not good for him but that your tactless ass is

[topeka-commission-for-the-arts]

When you have to cook and gather the dirty laundry before you can actually snoop

[joehardysdrift]

When your chief of police wants to yell at someone about pancakes so you have to pimp out your boyfriend to your girlfriend frenemy so you can do the police force’s job while you’re locked in jail

[hotchkiss-and-tell]

When you’re way below par on the mini-golf course only to waste 12 strokes on that steep narrow hill guarded by the mechanical hermit crab

[defectivenancydrew]

Surprise!

The ~remastered~ version of my TRN stickers is live in my shop! The first four people to buy the new version will receive a free sticker sheet of the old version! The old version will no longer be available as of this time.