Editorials

When I created this site, my #1 goal was related to escape rooms, and pound for pound escape rooms are still my favorite way to experience puzzles. However, its still exciting to me to see so much love being given to puzzles of all kinds, and as an enthusiastic hobbyist, I’m looking to try all of them.

Over the last few years, quite a few film studios have attempted to capture the magic of solving an escape room on the silver screen. With the lockdowns, I had a chance to revisit some of these films and rank my recommendations for escape room enthusiasts.

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

I had an interesting conversation with an escape room owner the other day that changes the way I think about rating escape rooms and providing feedback. 

Another week, another round of Red Bull Mind Gamers finalists.  

I saw a comment recently about how escape room players are bored of common themes like “jail break” and “Sherlock Holmes.”  I have to respectfully disagree on two counts.

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

For a long time I’ve been considering putting together a more rigorous framework for my reviews, and I’ve finally got the pieces in place to start with it.  I’m going to stay as objective as possible but also start calling out how my personal preferences influence my experience with escape rooms and other puzzle games.

The last few months have been a gauntlet – multiple weddings (including my own) and my busiest season for work – and now that everything appears to finally be back to normal, I’ve got some thoughts on redesigning the site’s format.