As I was putting the finishing touches to part 2 of my Red Bull Mind Gamers Recap yesterday I was quite content that most of my (carefully-considered, composed) ranting was over. This chapter was intended to be a quick overview of how we struggled, or not, with the other puzzles and…
Okay, I know why you’re here. You want to see me pass some opinion on the Red Bull Mind Gamers World Championship. Maybe even get ‘controversial’. Maybe, but first: I want to talk about biscuits. Wait, what? Stay with me here. While we were out in Budapest a much bigger…
I know a lot of people are clambering for information and opinion on the Red Bull Mind Gamers World Championship which I participated in last week. I’ll do what I can, and hopefully connect people to other relevant content. But the question is where to start? I don’t have the…
This review of Revenge of the Sheep was based on a visit from April 2016. What comes after puzzles, theming and story? That’s open to interpretation. The theoretical ‘fourth generation’ is about somehow going beyond the normal definition/expectation of an escape game. It’s a very exclusive club at the moment:…
This review of Operation Blacksheep is based on a visit from April 2016. In the beginning there were puzzle rooms. There was no explanation to what you were doing other than “solve puzzles to get a code that will open the exit”. Then there came theming. There was still no…
This review of Armageddon is based on a review from January 2017. What a difference an hour/year makes. After spending the last game with the ghost of escape rooms past, Gamescape’s newest room felt more at home in the modern (end of the) world: Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid…
This review of Prison Cell is based on a review from January 2017. The most exciting part of this game came after we’d escaped. We asked the owner of Gamescape if they had any plans for new rooms and they said Prison Cell would be swapped out later this year. I think…
This review of The Lost Tomb is based on a visit from December 2016. Do you remember on The Crystal Maze, how the team were initially ‘outside’ the maze and had to complete a brief task to get to the game proper? That’s a rhetorical question; of course you do.…
This review of Taken is based on a visit from July 2016. One of the escaping topics I’ve been thinking about recently is how one particularly good or bad memory often dictates your overall sentiment towards a room. This is particularly true of rooms that I rate quite differently from…
This review of The 13th Element is based on a visit from October 2016. The opening of a new game at any operator is always an exciting time, but when that news comes from one of your favourite places it’s a red letter day indeed. So when Escape Quest announced…
