Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy

I have news. It's way too awesome not to share. Arglefumph has received his copy of Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy. And he has already begun playing it and posting the videos on youtube.

I am a firm believer that Arglefumph + Nancy Drew games = better than any movie.

No, I didn't just come up with that, sadly. Another fan of his did. But it's the truth. He is funny, his jokes are clean, and the time it takes him to play a Nancy Drew game, especially his blind playthroughs, lasts much longer than an hour or so. So yes, these make it better than any movie.

I know from his own blog that there's a lot of controversy over the anticipation of this game. My own thoughts? I'm excited!

For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, here's a quick summary. There's a thing in California (I think it's California...) called Her Interactive. They make Nancy Drew games. The beginning is Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill, about a very much disliked high school kid who was murdered. This most recent one, I think the twenty-ninth game in the series, is called Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy. It delves into Nancy's mom's death.

Of course, there are definitely ways that Her Interactive could mess this game up. But given their track record, I think it's more than fair to at least give the game a chance.

And it's not like this entire game about Nancy's mom was completely without warning. For those of you who do know what I'm talking about, let's take a look at Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen. Bess brought up Nancy's mom, and how Bess had always assumed Nancy took up detective work because of what had happened to Nancy's mom.

Anyways, that was sort of a precursor, I guess. Now we get the game itself, and I'm so excited. Best of all, fall break starts for me later today, so I'll have about half a week of nothing but homework, courtesy of college, and Nancy Drew, courtesy of Arglefumph. ♥