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From the Ashes

I stumbled across a double-faceted delight recently. I'm always excited to see new escape rooms open, and to my surprise ...

MIT Mystery Hunt 2026

MIT Mystery Hunt 2026 is live! The notorious puzzle hunt is a crown jewel of the world's greatest puzzling events ...

New Year, New Projects

There's a lot to look forward to in 2026. I've already kicked off some fun new adventures, some of which ...

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 ...

Atlanta, GA: Ultimate Escape Game

The difficulty of an escape room is a tough concept to nail. I had the pleasure this week to visit Ultimate Escape ...

Escape Room Visits

St. Charles, MO: Deadlock

January 3, 2021- I left Springfield, MO with only about half of a plan. I knew it would involve at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Commentary

Puzzle Goals (Chess, Rubik’s, and More)

When I created this site, my #1 goal was related to escape rooms, and pound for pound escape rooms are ...

A Brief Reflection on Escape Room Movies

Over the last few years, quite a few film studios have attempted to capture the magic of solving an escape ...

Brian Brand Jigsaw Puzzles

I've been a little quiet lately, and it's been largely due to a new project I've been exploring ...

Speaking Boldly

I had an interesting conversation with an escape room owner the other day that changes the way I think about ...

Site Upgrade!

Given that the world out there has changed dramatically, it's about time I have my website follow suit ...

Travel

Florida 2023

This is going to be a very quick and simple post, but I've got a big update on my little ...

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 ...

The Carolinas: Day 2

Day two of my trip to North Carolina started with a simple objective- go west as early as possible. I ...

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 ...

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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