Articles
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by Randy Sluganski |
Nancy Drew: A Retrospective |
Nancy Drew: Secrets
Can Kill
While in Florida visiting
her Aunt Eloise – the local high school librarian – Nancy
is called upon by the local high school principal to investigate
a murder that has been committed at the local high. Posing as a
transfer student, Nancy is free to explore both the school and
town while keeping her true identity secret.
A murder? Pretty heavy
stuff for the first game, especially one designed to attract a
young, female fanbase. But it worked.
Our JA reviewer Audrey
Wells (who was only a teenager herself at the time) stated that
Secrets Can Kill ‘is
clearly not a painful Barbie dress-up or makeup game, but a pure
adventure mystery intended to make young players use their wits
and draw conclusions about the mystery that Nancy Drew has set
out to get to the bottom of. Of course, you need not be a young
girl to play this game–I would encourage young boys and adults
of both genders to try it out as well.’
