I had a very surreal experience talking to filmmaker Marky DiBergi about some of the best escape rooms I’ve played, and how they compared to The Dome, which I played on my recent trip to the Netherlands. Marky: “Do you play… Do you actually play all these games?” Me: “I…
Now we’ve got all that “serious” stuff out of the way, we can get on to the main reason the Escape Room World Championships is so good; the unserious stuff! This post is both the easiest to write and the hardest to do justice, but never mind all that, let’s…
The Red Bull Escape Room World Championships culminated in an actual escape room being played. Imagine that! If you just want to see what it looked like, you can watch some not very popular YouTubers playing it below (with cameo appearance from my teammate, Sera, doing a good job of…
21 of the 22 competing teams for the Red Bull Escape Room World Championships 2019 met up in London on Thursday 11th April (the 22nd team, Switzerland, would arrive the following morning). We knew from the information we’d seen in advance that the semi-final stage would be very different from…
When I tell people I’ve participated in the Red Bull Escape Room World Championships they usually say “there’s an escape room world championship?!” So before I delve into the details of the experience, I thought it would be worthwhile explaining what it is, as much as it’s understood by anyone.…
I’m not saying it’s a long time since I’ve posted here, but the interface has completely changed and I’ve no idea what I’m doing. Hey ho, let’s go. You may recall that I don’t do long form reviews any more (yes, yes, I don’t do anything any more), but when…
In January I played one room (and it wasn’t very good). In February I played three rooms (and they were ‘preview screenings’ so I didn’t review them). In March I played 18 rooms in eight days (so here we go!)! London Professor Oxford’s Experiments @ Escapeland (aka Escape Rooms London)…
My expectations couldn’t have been much lower for The Detective Office. But it was the only room available that fit in with our schedule so we gave it a try. And it wasn’t awful. I mean, it was pretty close to awful. The ‘race room’ style design, accompanied with very…
Fair warning: This post has approximately nothing to do with escape games. I’m sat here quite upset today. Upset because I don’t get the whole “woohoo New Year’s Eve!!!!!!1” thing and feel like I’m missing something. Upset because I’m already sick of seeing all the “new year, new me” and…
I went to Bury to play the ‘unbeatable’ Vault 17 at Time Race. While I was there I played some others too. Here are some reviews that are only as long as they need to be: The Invitation – Time Race Let’s start this review of Bury by talking about…
