The Rebus!

Did you know that a REBUS is a great example of today’s code? It is a pictogram word play cipher Escape Rooms have all kinds of ciphers and this is jut one type. Just try any of your local escape rooms near you and you will see all kinds of codes and puzzles. Code of...
Escape Rooms and Pop Culture

Escape Rooms and Pop Culture

Escaperooms in pop culture Escaperooms were once a strange and unheard-of past time, but then they began to popup in popular culture. The first time most people heard of them was in anepisode of Big Bang Theory, but then it popped up in other shows like Two...
Escape Rooms and Pop Culture

Seattle Escape Room Year in Review

2019 was a banner year, both for Escape Rooms around the globe, and specifically for us here at Hourglass. We are proud to say that this year we achieved many new milestones and continued to push the boundaries for the kind of experience an Escape Room can offer. So...

Time for a change aka 70 min Escape Rooms

Standardization is a weird thing. In sports there are clear rules: a baseball game lasts nine innings. Football marches on for four quarters, and soccer ping-pongs up and down the field for ninety minutes. These are long standing standards that we accept without...