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Puzzle Addiction

I feel like I'm drowning in puzzles. And I love it ...
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Escape Room International Championship – Qualifying Round

Though the Escape Room International Championship occurred after Red Bull Discovery Lab, I think it's more fitting to talk about ...
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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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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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Escape Room Visits

Help- Vote for me in Red Bull Mind Gamers!

I have a special request today... I need your votes! ...
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Racine, WI: Seven Keys to Escape – Critter Craters

Seven Keys to Escape in Racine, WI has a special distinction for me and my dad- their “Nana’s Room” game ...
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Cayman Islands: Locked Inn – Pirate’s Cellar

Escape rooms are pretty much everywhere now, as proven when Christina and I found one only a two minute walk ...
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Hurst, TX: Thrifty Pirate – Escape Cave

September 5, 2019 - I’ve got a new record for closest margin of victory in an escape room. I’ve had ...
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Montgomery, IL: MindTrap – The Collector / Hand Trap

August 18, 2019 - Christina wasn’t feeling the greatest this weekend, and that could only mean one thing: it was ...
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Commentary

Site Upgrade!

Given that the world out there has changed dramatically, it's about time I have my website follow suit ...
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Red Bull Mind Gamers Round 5: Music

Another week, another round of Red Bull Mind Gamers finalists. ...
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Do Themes Get Boring?

I saw a comment recently about how escape room players are bored of common themes like “jail break” and “Sherlock ...
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Red Bull Mind Gamers Round 4

Red Bull Mind Gamers contest #6 (Creativity) is open, and voting has opened for contest #4 (Memory). I’ve cast my ...
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New Review Framework

For a long time I’ve been considering putting together a more rigorous framework for my reviews, and I’ve finally got ...
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Travel

Stash for the Apocalypse

In case the world wasn't feeling quite grim enough, I got this gem from my navigation unit. "Need a break? ...
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World on Lockdown

So things continue to get more and more dire out there. Somehow, I still haven't managed to spend a single ...
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Puzzles in a Pandemic

I have to admit, my first reaction to all the craziness about the epidemic was “Man, flights are getting cheap!” ...
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Tampa Finale (Actually in Tampa)

Day 3 in Tampa... Also the only day spent in Tampa itself. We closed out our trip to Tampa with ...
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Tampa Two-Day

It's a little misleading to call this a Tampa trip since day 2 was entirely south of Tampa, and day ...
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Puzzle Drifter

Puzzling Across the Nation