May14
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn™ is an Escape Room for Fans, by fans
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn™ has been one of my favorite movies since a much younger and well coifed me walked through the doors of my local movie house to see it for the first time in 1987. In it, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and everyone involved managed to elevate schlock to high art, […]
May01
Seattle’s Best Booze Free Activities
When you have so many great options for a night out, you don’t need alcohol to fuel your Friday fun. Whether you’re searching for some “hoochless” activities because you’re sober (like me), or because it’s too expensive, or you don’t drink for religious reasons, or you just hate the taste, or you’re twelve and drinking […]
Apr24
The Terrible Tribulations of a Tragic Dater or How Escape Rooms are the Perfect First Date
I never know where to bring a date for a fun time. The zoo could be fun! But then you go on a tangent about how zoos are really just a holdover from European imperialism that really have no place in a modern society with internet access and by the time you look up from […]
Apr17
A Night in with a Board Game or a Night Out at an Escape Room?
Even if you (and your wallet) haven’t fallen head over heals into the board game craze, chances are you know someone that has. This, after all, is a ‘golden age of board games’; each year, thousands of new board games are launched—and these aren’t your grandparent’s careworn copies of Monopoly and Life. You remember those […]
Mar08
Families: The Perfect Escape Room Team
Escape. Be it from our daily grinds, awkward situations at a dinner party, or simply moving from the kitchen to the living room before the commercials are over. We have all been driven to escape at some point in our lives. But escaping alone is often a nearly insurmountable challenge. A daring escape requires the perfect […]
Feb11
Sex and Escape Rooms: Removing Gender Stereotypes
“Sex and escape rooms.” but now that we have your attention, let’s talk inclusion. As they’re a very new form of entertainment, I have yet to see escape rooms looked at as a gendered pastime, which is good – they really are for everyone. All ages and genders should be welcome. (It’s worth mentioning while […]
Dec03
What do you give the person that has everything? Experiential Gift Giving Guide 2018
We have all been stuck trying to find a gift for someone and just have no clue what to give them….Maybe they have everything they want, or you don’t know them, or have a budget for something grand. Recently in a scientific article about benefits of experiential purchases they concluded "We suggest that prioritizing value […]
Sep30
The Savvy Parent’s guide to solving the mystery of “Family time”
Escape Rooms can be a truly educational experience for both kids and adults! Don’t believe it? Allow us to demonstrate: How is “escaping” educational? It’s as easy as 123 Commonly iN rooms, Puzzles are actually just simple math word-prOblems disguised aS something mundane, like a newspaper or letterhead. The players must act as a team […]
Jun12
An expert’s guide to playing Escape Room Games
We asked some of the most well-known escape room experts for their advice for beginners on playing escape rooms. First, let’s tackle what is an Escape Room Game? We get asked this all the time and it’s a harder question than you'd think. We tell people it's like being in a movie, but you are […]
Apr17
Good Prop Bad Prop
An Escape Room cliche we can do without. There is nothing worse than being in an Escape Room and dealing with a broken prop. You spend your time trying to solve a puzzle and you find out that you had the answer for 5 min but because the item or lock is broken you wasted time, gained frustration and just lost […]
