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Review: Return of the Obra Dinn

I have to admit- I had never heard of Return of the Obra Dinn until I saw a plug for ...
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Escape Room Online Championship Finals

The ER Champ online finals finally came around. Drum roll... We took 41st place! Not as high as I hoped, ...
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Online Puzzle Games Together, v2

So firstly, I need to apologize that the top of my site is clogged by boring Youtube videos. If you've ...
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Jigsaw – Night and Day

Finally had a chance to dive into the jigsaw puzzle I got from Buffalo after Balloon Dream was missing a ...
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Puzzle Games Together

We've reached an era in which there are far too many high quality puzzle games for one person to play ...
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Escape Room Visits

Arvada, CO: Conundrum Escape – Experiment C73

June 13, 2020 - After a VERY brief adventure at the top of Pike's Peak, Christina and I weren't ready ...
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Louisville, CO: Rabbit Hole Recreation Services – Frost Base Z

June 12, 2020 - Every time I visit Rabbit Hole Recreation Services I get a little bolder in proclaiming how ...
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Bellevue, WA (Online): Reality Break – Seattle Freeze

As an avid traveler who loves learning more about the places I visit, I really enjoy when escape rooms tie ...
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Minneapolis, MN (Online): Trapped Puzzle Rooms – Herbert’s Laboratory

When I got an email from Trapped describing their new "audio escape room" adventure, my interest was immediately piqued. In ...
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Online (Japan): Scrap – Escape the Werewolf Village

My escape room solve tally has been stuck just shy of 400 since the lockdowns started. Sure, I’ve played a ...
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Commentary

Puzzle Games Together

We've reached an era in which there are far too many high quality puzzle games for one person to play ...
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93 Down, 39 To Go

Hanging out at the auto mechanic today to address an overdue issue with an engine part on recall, and it's ...
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Strange Weeks

These last few weeks have been strange. I've been busy, but I've been able to do a LOT of puzzles ...
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Puzzle Addiction

I feel like I'm drowning in puzzles. And I love it ...
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Remarkable Week

This week was a little bit unusual. I took nearly a full week of paid time off from my job ...
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Travel

Cancun: Relax & Puzzle

I can't believe we're already on the latter half of our trip to Cancun! This trip has been a little ...
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Cancun: A New Adventure

For the first time in about four years, I'm going on a vacation in which it's possible I might not ...
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Madison and the Dells: Five Unwanted Ducks

August 1, 2020 - After a somewhat uneventful night with a hotel check-in and a cookie, Christina and I had ...
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COVID Tourism – Madison, WI

The times we live in continue to be interesting and unprecedented, and I'm not sure what this weekend is going ...
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Back to Denver Pt 3: Smooth Start, Rough Finish

Back in IL after a final, exciting day in Denver. The day started off wonderfully and ended on a bad ...
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