It’s fair to say that in the past I’ve been conflicted about The Escape Room Manchester. I like the facility, I like the people, but I’ve found the games a little, erm, brief for my taste. I’m pleased to announce that has now changed as The Secret Lab is a…
For the first time ever I think I’ve got a genuine Mechanics Monday (based on the original definition)! But I’ll let you be the judge. All escape games include both a clock and a hint system of some kind (sometimes one and the same). The way it is implemented varies…
Sticking to a regular timetable is hard! Let’s just ignore the fact that this post was due two weeks ago and carry on with Themed Thursday, okay? (Toronto Escape Rooms and ExitGames are much better at sticking to schedule). The theme for this week is betrayal. A bit of an…
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the ‘joke’ that goes something like: “Bad news, Captain, the fugitive got away.” “What?! I thought I told you to cover all the exits?” “We did, sir, but they got out through an entrance.” It’s not particularly funny but it touches on an interesting…
It’s a pretty common view amongst both players and experts that the future for escape games lies with better stories/narratives. What exactly that means and how it might be implemented isn’t quite as clear, but for me it’s simply about a more engaging experience. I’m already tired of “here’s a flimsy…
It’s been almost a month since my last actual review here. Time to put that right (before I forget which rooms I’ve done). It’s been a lot longer than that since you’ll have seen the motley crew pictured above. The very attentive amongst you may remember Team Watch from my…
I’m not sure this is really an MM, as I’m not really proposing anything new, but thought it was worth commenting on anyway (and it’s definitely Monday). In some of the recent twitter chat (I’m not going to try and portmanteau that) we’ve been talking about how UV torches seem…
I know a few of you had already noticed ‘my favourite rooms’ page, where I’ve been ranking each of the rooms I’ve visited after I’ve reviewed them. But it’s been nagging me that “favourite” suggests picking out individual games, whereas what’s there is a full list of every game I’ve…
If you don’t know what Themed Thursday is please read this. Today’s object is a painting. Next week’s ‘object’ is betrayal! It’s awesome that the global escape game community has grown so much, and continues to grow so quickly, that there are now so many sources and articles to read…
I was delighted to get an email from my friend Helen saying “my plans have fallen through for Sunday night. Fancy doing something, maybe escaping?” Not delighted that her plans had fallen through of course, but that someone else had initiated a plan to go escaping rather than my constant…
