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ERChamp Vs. Red Bull
A recent article on Escape.Buzz compares the Red Bull Escape Room Championship to ERChamp. As someone who has been close to both, I ...
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ERChamp Data Adventure
The qualifiers for ERChamp 2023 are finished, and the top ten teams were selected to compete in the finals in ...
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Florida 2023
This is going to be a very quick and simple post, but I've got a big update on my little ...
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Upcoming Travels: 2023 Edition
As an escape room enthusiast, it's a bit of a sore spot for me to only have played one game ...
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The Carolinas: Day 2
Day two of my trip to North Carolina started with a simple objective- go west as early as possible. I ...
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Escape Room Visits
Oak Creek, WI: City 13 Escape – Save the City
September 7, 2021- For my 500th escape room, I wanted to do something special. Thankfully, I live less than two ...
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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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Commentary
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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New Page – My Puzzles
It's been a long-time desire of mine to spend more time creating puzzles, and it's never been easier. There are ...
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Travel
Upcoming Travels: 2023 Edition
As an escape room enthusiast, it's a bit of a sore spot for me to only have played one game ...
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The Carolinas: Day 2
Day two of my trip to North Carolina started with a simple objective- go west as early as possible. I ...
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The Carolinas: Day 1
A day before my trip to Charlotte, I didn't have a plan. I had only just confirmed that Christina (my ...
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United Basic Economy – Ouch!
For the first time in about five years, I returned to North and South Carolina. The trip was amazing- but ...
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Nine Hours, Zero Puzzles
I've committed a serious violation of my modus operandi today. Nine hours in the car, zero escape rooms, zero geocaches! ...
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Mind Games
Treasure Hunt Roundup
The last few weeks have been full of treasure hunts and puzzle design. Between partcipating in a few new treasure ...
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Enter the Passphrase Conclusion
Today was the grand finale of Enter the Passphrase puzzle hunt! So how did it go? Well… ...
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Armchair Treasure Hunts – A New Adventure
Armchair treasure hunts- I didn't know what they were two weeks ago, and now I'm obsessed with them ...
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Cryptex Hunt 2022 – 67th… But at least we finished!
Cryptex Hunt 2022 is over! After a furious few hours of puzzling, a winner was crowned- congratulations to team Cryptex ...
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Cryptex Hunt 2022 – Under Way!
In 2021, Cryptex Hunt was one of my favorite puzzle hunts. This week has been the kickoff for the 2022 ...
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