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My parents have a “Festivus” party every year and this year I found this sign on their bedroom door

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Do you remember the hints and tips message board? You could write your fanfics, help others with games, give reviews, be censored by typing ‘shaggy breast ruff’ even though that was literally HOW YOU SOLVED THE PUZZLE IN WAVERLY

Those were the days

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I finished MID today

And I just don’t feel anything. Not disappointed, not satisfied. Just nothing. This was very much a nothing game to me. Yes, things happened in the game, but I (Nancy) didn’t do any of it. The game was so linear and the stakes felt very low to me. One of the things I really liked about the old games was how you could things in any order. There was also no need to switch game engines, the “freedom of movement” added nothing. It’s still a point and click game.

There were hardly any puzzles and the ones that were in there felt very tedious to me for little pay off. Decoding a to-do list that gives us almost zero information? Really? Matching wavelengths of ghosts which we know do not exist in Nancy’s world?

That said, I did enjoy mixing herbs and the circular puzzle towards the end. Some of the settings are truly beautiful and I genuinely was interested in the story.

But it just wasn’t that fun. I don’t even feel the need to go back and get all of the achievements. I just don’t care enough to. This didn’t feel like a Nancy Drew game to me. It felt more like a movie that I occasionally got to click around in.

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the scariest thing in this game is the jumpscare you get every time you turn around and deirdre is right behind you

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in case you’ve forgotten, mei is #edgy

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since people are asking, here’s a list of places you can donate to help the australian bushfires. donating literally $1 means you have done more than our prime minister. (* = can donate internationally; for the other ones you might have to google it) 

cfa (VIC firefighters) 

rfs (NSW firefighters)*

rfbaq (QLD firefighters) 

cfs (SA firefighters) 

red cross*

WWF NSW bushfire crisis*

WWF koala crisis* (both WWF links are in aud so use a currency converter if you’re outside aus)

St Vincents NSW (partnership with channel 9)

St Vincents SA 

RSPCA NSW 

here is a list from the abc (but maybe don’t donate to the salvos bc they suck) (x)

i’ll keep it updated as i find more

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thinking about this guy in knew in college who had to get eye surgery and he was bummed about it for a number of reasons but mostly bc he was a big reader and he wouldn’t be able to read for a while so his roommates all recorded themselves reading his favorite book and gave it to him for his birthday and just like.... that’s love y’all

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The bar I hang out at just raised the price on their happy hour deal on mixed pints from $4 to $7 and to be completely honest it was because of me, I’m the only guy there that gets rum and cokes during happy hour

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Clue: The Movie's multiple endings are fucking classic and i will stand by that fact until the day that i die, but hearing that they only played one ending each in the theatrical release is the funniest fucking thing ever. imagine seeing a great movie and going to talk about it with your friends/family/coworkers but none of you can agree on how it ended. and they did this in 1985, the absolute madmen

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OH MY GOD BOX ART

WAIT FOR IT

WHO THIS

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Ship of Shadows

Just stumbled upon these backgrounds on this artist’s portfolio site! Have any of you guys seen these? It says they’re from the scrapped project of Ship of Shadows.

I wish this game had been finished!

Link to artist: here

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What am I doing with my life, you ask?

Making Nancy Drew tiktoks like a normal adult woman.

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