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’ve put off writing this post for far too long. Unfortunately that means the ‘enthusiasm’ which I used to fuel the criticism in the earlier sections has long since waned, now that I want to be positive. But they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so hopefully these…
There’s quite a long time to go until this event, taking place on Saturday 20th August 2016, but due to massive demand I need to tell you about it now. I posted a little while ago about what a megagame is, and there’s another take on it here. While they…
I’d normally leave news and events from the escaping community to ExitGames, but as he’s on intermission at the moment and this event is fast approaching I’m stepping in just this once. The second Great Escape UK Unconference will take place on Monday 25th April 2016. The location hasn’t been clarified…
It’s not been a particularly well-guarded secret (nor did it need to be) but I can now confirm that Puzzled Pint is coming to Manchester in March. I know this as I’ll be one of the people running it. So not only do you get to play fun puzzles…
