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Travel Hack: Florida Car Trick
I'm coming today with a new travel hack that's changed the way I think about summer travel. The short version? ...
City Limits Escape Rooms (Volo, IL): Grand Opening!
This week marked a very cool occurrence - City Limits Escape Rooms had a grand opening event in Volo, IL ...
Hugo and the Solo Creator
Today I'd like to spotlight a lesser heralded pioneer who is probably one of the top handful of people responsible ...
The 1% Club – Watching After Playing
This week, I watched my first new episode of The 1% Club since being on the show. I have to ...
The Four Wishes – A New Genius Successor
Last year, we had a ridiculously good stretch of mind game shows, with Bloody Game 3, Devil's Plan 2, and ...
Escape Room Visits
700th Escape Adventure at CU Adventures in Time and Space
I'm going to start off my post on CU Adventures in Time and Space with a bet - Forest of Fables will ...
Schaumburg, IL: 60 to Escape – Putt Portal
60 to Escape has been a staple of top end Chicagoland escape rooms for some time, but their latest venture ...
Kissimmee, FL: Doldrick’s Escape – Crazy Train: The Ballad of Skeemin’ Plotz
On my recent trip to Florida, I got to play one of the newest TERPECA finalist escape rooms - Crazy ...
Chicago, IL: Museum of Science and Industry – James Bond Escape
An escape room at the Museum of Science and Industry- I never thought I'd return to that museum under those ...
Accidental 600th
I completed my 600th escape room. At the time, I didn't know it was my 600th escape room. C'est la ...
Commentary
ERChamp Data Adventure
The qualifiers for ERChamp 2023 are finished, and the top ten teams were selected to compete in the finals in ...
Pile of Money + Randomness = Recipe for Frustration
In many ways, it's more difficult to design a big prize treasure hunt than to design a good puzzle. Even ...
Strangers Can Be Awesome
As we're getting the Chicago escape room meetup going, it's probably a good time to talk about what makes meeting ...
Customers Always Right?
Every once in a while, I get a reminder about how the overall customer experience is more important than any ...
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 ...
Travel
Winter Road Trip – Migrating Southward
I have a curse. Any time I drive more than an hour south of Chicago in the winter, I hit ...
What You Can Do with 1.5 Days in DC
I recently advised not to underestimate the potential of a two day adventure, and I've got another data point to ...
The Three Day Road Trip (Georgia & Florida)
Today, I'd like to make one assertion- it's possible to have a vacation that's full, relaxing, and a complete disconnect ...
Diamond of the Midwest
I have a hot new recommendation for a vacation destination for anyone living in the Midwest US. Hear me out- ...
Florida Again!?!?!
My most recent travel post was from Florida in early November. In early December, I have another Florida trip to ...
Mind Games
ERChamp 2023 Finals Completed!
ERChamp 2023 is in the books, and it was a blast. I didn't know what to expect for the coverage ...
Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt – Starting March 20
The Third Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt officially begins March 20th, but the fun has already started ...
A Thank You to Paruzal
One of my favorite new developments in 2019-2020 was the advent of the online escape room. While businesses everywhere were ...
ERChamp as a Watcher
Being part of the design team for ERChamp this year has been a unique experience- the annual online escape room ...
Great US Treasure Hunt – Milwaukee Recap
Saturday, September 3rd - There was no guarantee I was going to be able to participate in the Great US ...