I very rarely book escape rooms. In some ways that’s a good thing, like having an assistant to do it for you. In other ways, you wonder when and how you lost control of your life. To try and answer that question I did some analysis of all the rooms…
Contrary to some scurrilous rumours, I don’t enjoy handing out negative reviews. I fully appreciate escape rooms are businesses that someone has invested (at least a little) money and effort in, plus they provide jobs for people. So me saying “you shouldn’t go there” is not something I take lightly.…
*Okay, the best escape rooms in the world that I’ve played, but that isn’t as click-baity. Merry Christmas to everyone from me and the rest of Team Squared. I’m afraid I haven’t bought you anything, but hopefully I can give you some ideas for gifts to treat yo’self to in…
I’ve been on a lot of ridiculous adventures this year. I should really write them up at some point. In fact, that’s what I’m doing right now. For quite a while now Athens has been top of our to visit pile. And while the trip ended up being much more…
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…
