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Puppies and Puzzles

I can summarize my last two weeks with two line items- MIT Mystery Hunt and Puppy ...
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Big Plans for 2022!

I’ve got a lot of big plans for 2022. In all honesty, I’ve actually been waiting for the new year ...
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Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021

It felt like an eternity since my last puzzle hunt when Silph Puzzle Hunt landed, so I was thrilled to ...
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Customers Always Right?

Every once in a while, I get a reminder about how the overall customer experience is more important than any ...
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ERChamp 2021: The Finale

Though my team didn't qualify for the ERChamp finals this year, we still went back and played the finale as ...
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Escape Room Visits

Nampa, ID: Labyrinth Escape Games – Shipwrecked & Nightwalker 1944

October 11, 2021 - It was the last full day of our tour around the American west, and we still ...
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Oak Brook, IL: Escape the Room – Clock Tower and The Theater

September 1, 2021 - I had been avoiding Escape the Room Oak Brook. I had one prior experience in 2018 ...
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Bethlehem, PA: Escape.exe – Site 117: Duos Challenge

April 24, 2021 - At the end of our stay on the east coast, Christina and I hit the road ...
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Bridgeport, CT: Mind Factory Escape Games – Breathless

I have to admit, I sort of stumbled across Mind Factory. Christina and I were exhausted after two unusually long ...
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March 20: Big Day

I really could not care less about my birthday. I can barely remember my age, so it feels strange to ...
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Commentary

Customers Always Right?

Every once in a while, I get a reminder about how the overall customer experience is more important than any ...
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Advanced Puzzling: Math Imitates Puzzle

One thing I've seen that seems to be mostly loathed by lovers of escape rooms is the math puzzle, or ...
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Anatomy of a Puzzle Experience: Measuring the “Aha!” Moment

I’ve been putting together a whitepaper on the mathematics behind what makes a puzzle fun to solve. What started as ...
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Exciting Times

The next few weekends are going to be more than a little exciting. Eight escape rooms this Saturday, and a ...
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Next Project. Or two. Or three.

I'm stealthily on track for putting out one puzzle game per month for 2021. March is almost at an end, ...
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Travel

4 States. 9 Escape Rooms. 1 Potential Murder?

Our trip was a success! Starting and ending in Boise, Idaho, Christina and I completed a big circle around the ...
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Western US – Oct 6 through 12!

It's been a little while since we've taken a trip containing both a flight and a road trip. The last ...
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Vanished?

Any time I go two weeks without posting anything here, I feel a little guilty. No matter how busy I ...
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Back from Vegas!

David Copperfield. Cirque Du Soleil. Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill. Going to the top of Stratosphere and the Eiffel Tower ...
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Las Vegas Update: Five ERs and a Bunch of Caches

I can't believe I've only been in Las Vegas for just over two full days. Five escape rooms, a bunch ...
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