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Upstate New York Recap

Final tally for the trip which started Friday before last - thirteen escape rooms and two Geocaches. I wish I ...
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Exploring Upstate New York

May 18, 2022 - Today, I'm doing a little exploring of upstate New York! It's a bit of a bare ...
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Ping Pong Journey

I'm on my heels a bit right now- posting rapidly between legs of a journey. This weekend I took a ...
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Branson, MO: Escape Code – Secret Passage

March 20, 2022 - I've been lucky to have the opportunity to play some really cool escape rooms on my ...
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Weekend in Wisconsin

With our dog finally fully trained and ready to stay with family members, Christina and I packed our bags for ...
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Escape Room Visits

Branson, MO: Escape Code – Secret Passage

March 20, 2022 - I've been lucky to have the opportunity to play some really cool escape rooms on my ...
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Oak Creek, WI: City 13 Escape – Save the City

September 7, 2021- For my 500th escape room, I wanted to do something special. Thankfully, I live less than two ...
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Nampa, ID: Labyrinth Escape Games – Shipwrecked & Nightwalker 1944

October 11, 2021 - It was the last full day of our tour around the American west, and we still ...
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Oak Brook, IL: Escape the Room – Clock Tower and The Theater

September 1, 2021 - I had been avoiding Escape the Room Oak Brook. I had one prior experience in 2018 ...
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Bethlehem, PA: Escape.exe – Site 117: Duos Challenge

April 24, 2021 - At the end of our stay on the east coast, Christina and I hit the road ...
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Commentary

Customers Always Right?

Every once in a while, I get a reminder about how the overall customer experience is more important than any ...
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Advanced Puzzling: Math Imitates Puzzle

One thing I've seen that seems to be mostly loathed by lovers of escape rooms is the math puzzle, or ...
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Anatomy of a Puzzle Experience: Measuring the “Aha!” Moment

I’ve been putting together a whitepaper on the mathematics behind what makes a puzzle fun to solve. What started as ...
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Exciting Times

The next few weekends are going to be more than a little exciting. Eight escape rooms this Saturday, and a ...
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Next Project. Or two. Or three.

I'm stealthily on track for putting out one puzzle game per month for 2021. March is almost at an end, ...
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