Ah, Valentine’s Day. L’amour was in the air so IGS decided it was time for our resident mascot Spooky Steve to find love. And how did we do that? By holding a big ol’ ‘The Bachelor’ style competition to win his heart, of course!

Each of the teams were tasked with getting their mini spooky suitors ready to meet Steve, and they did so with aplomb, let us tell you. Fully anthropomorphised and dressed to the absolute nines, Steve was introduced to some of the fanciest phantoms this side of the veil.

And then we were off! The night was chock-full of challenges for the would-be woooooo-ers to navigate in order to win the heart of our fair Steve. Ghost Tinder was the first stop – because nothing says romance like reinforcing the scarcity mindset:

Specially created by IGS for this very event, the goal was for each team to gather as many matches as they could while avoiding swiping on errant advertisements. It was tense, anxiety-inducing stuff, much like the real thing, and an absolute riot all round.

Then the gloves were off and stuff got real, as contestants went toe to toe on all the really important things required for romance to flourish:

👻 We had poetry! (Based entirely off packets of LoveHeart sweets, naturally)

👻 We had picnics! (Mostly plasticine based, but with genuinely staggering levels of creativity.)

👻 We had remote control cars!

👻 And ghost flirting (or…girting. You’re welcome for that new term, world.)

👻 And a computer ghost chasing another computer ghost for the ultimate prize: a smooch.

And, spoiler alert, the prize was won!

By the time the final round arrived, all bets were off and the game was anybody’s. But we’re not amateurs – we’d set out to find Spooky Steve love, find it we did. A champion arose in the form of the aptly named ‘Spooky Bitches’, and Steve’s heart was won. Never ones to do anything by halves, we ended the night in the way any reasonable International Ghost Society would: with a good ol’ fashioned wedding. Spooky Steve presented his rose (not a euphemism, we swear) to his brand new beloved and the relevant rites were performed (legal in 10 US states, FYI).

All in all, we once again had the best time hanging out with all the fine folk who came along and gave their very best to helping our adorable mascot find his adorable mate.

And in case you didn’t believe us, we even made a certificate:

If you want to come and hang out again, check out our upcoming events and we’ll hopefully see you there!