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Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt – Starting March 20
The Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt officially begins March 20th, but the fun has already started ...
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Accidental 600th
I completed my 600th escape room. At the time, I didn't know it was my 600th escape room. C'est la ...
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Tall Tales Investigations – The Case of Percy De Vere
I'm blown away. I played The Case of Percy De Vere, one of the at home murder mystery games from ...
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A Thank You to Paruzal
One of my favorite new developments in 2019-2020 was the advent of the online escape room. While businesses everywhere were ...
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Duolingo as a Puzzle
ERChamp 2022 is in the books! All the feedback I've seen thus far has been great, but there's no rest ...
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Escape Room Visits
Accidental 600th
I completed my 600th escape room. At the time, I didn't know it was my 600th escape room. C'est la ...
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A Thank You to Paruzal
One of my favorite new developments in 2019-2020 was the advent of the online escape room. While businesses everywhere were ...
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Bethlehem, PA: Escape.exe – Neon Tokyo (Resistance)
The last time I visited Escape.exe, in April 2021, Neon Tokyo was coming soon. After the experience I had in ...
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Congrats on 200 Rooms!
What do you do for someone who reaches an escape room milestone? I periodically went out of my way to ...
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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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Commentary
Strangers Can Be Awesome
As we're getting the Chicago escape room meetup going, it's probably a good time to talk about what makes meeting ...
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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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Travel
Nine Hours, Zero Puzzles
I've committed a serious violation of my modus operandi today. Nine hours in the car, zero escape rooms, zero geocaches! ...
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Long Drive East
It's nice being back in the swing of things with travel. Only a few weeks after circumventing Lake Michigan, we're ...
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Circle Around Lake Michigan
With everything that's going on, and with approaching my 600th escape room, I very nearly missed out on reporting about ...
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Five Days, Six States, Eight Escapes
This last week contained my biggest adventure in a long time. After spending a few days in Las Vegas, Christina ...
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Bad Photo… But VEGAS!
Yes, this is the worst photo I've used on my blog. Blurry photo through windowshades with a too-visible screen. But ...
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Mind Games
Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt – Starting March 20
The Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt officially begins March 20th, but the fun has already started ...
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A Thank You to Paruzal
One of my favorite new developments in 2019-2020 was the advent of the online escape room. While businesses everywhere were ...
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ERChamp as a Watcher
Being part of the design team for ERChamp this year has been a unique experience- the annual online escape room ...
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Great US Treasure Hunt – Milwaukee Recap
Saturday, September 3rd - There was no guarantee I was going to be able to participate in the Great US ...
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Box One – What Is It?
Out of all the escape room / puzzle home games, I've seen the most hype around Box One. Produced by ...
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