| | TERPECA 2023 Livestream this weekend
After a successful nomination and voting stage, the team behind the TERPECAs is now tabulating the results to conclude the winner. From their Facebook page:
"Please join us when we announce the results *live* via internet broadcast on Saturday, December 16 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST / 9pm GMT / 10pm CET / 11pm EET / 8 am Sunday AEDT!"
| | | 🧾 In Other News | Not quite an escape room but... - For folks who enjoy detective games, Thinky Games is hosting a relaxed game jam this month.
- As reported by Polygon, "When the makers of Pokémon Go and Sleep No More tried to reinvent theater"
- No Proscenium's review round up features Phantom Peak. Squid Game, and other puzzley experiences.
- ...Also, your very own editor of the Escape Industry News (that's me) is working on a puzzle video game. It's definitely not that escape room-y, but if you like the idea of running your own post office and solving puzzles to figure out where to deliver letters, please consider following/wishlisting.
| | | | 🔑 Recent Doors Unlocked 🇺🇸 - 60 Minute Missions has opened a new room, Critics Choice, in Greensburg, PA.
- Aberdeen Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Cookies and Cocoa, in Aberdeen, SD.
- Amazing Escapes has opened a new room, Out of Time A Perilous Paradox in Boise, ID.
- Back in Time Escape Rooms has opened a new room tied in with Disney's "The Naughty Nine", in Manhattan Beach, CA.
- Breakout Waikiki has announced a new room, Obama's Mission Manoa is opening soon, but no specific date yet, in Honolulu, HI.
- Break the Code has opened a new room, Can You Save Christmas?, in Lake City, FL.
- Capital Escape Games has opened a new room, Morgue: Christmas with the Coroner, in Jefferson City, MO.
- Coastal Escape Room has opened a new room, Christmas Escape Clause, in Surfside Beach, SC.
- Conquer the Clock has opened a new room, The Night Before Christmas, in Monaca, PA.
- Cracked It Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Project Sky Lab, in Midway Park, NC.
- Escape Room Cleveland has opened a new room, Area 51, in North Olmstead, OH.
- Escape Room Entertainment has opened a new room, Snowed Inn, in Melbourne, FL.
- Escapopolis has opened a new room, The Treehouse, and also their Christmas room, Saving Santa’s Workshop in Lansdale, PA.
- Grand Escape Room has opened a new room, Destination: Home for Christmas in Billings, MT.
- Hidden Gems has opened a new room, Sprinkleton’s Revenge, in Mechanicsville, VA.
- Ingenious Escape Rooms has opened a new site in Bakersfield, CA.
- Oh Key Escapes has opened a new room, Sabotaging Santa, in Blackfoot, ID.
- Puzzlescape has opened a new room, License to Chill, in Hudson, MA.
- Red Door Escape has opened a new room, The Gift (Christmas Edition) in Rancho Cordova, CA.
- Room to Escape is running a Christmas 30-minute room, Santa's Workshop, in Fort Wayne, IN.
🇨🇦 - Dream Escape has opened a new room, The Hivemind, in Toronto, ON.
- Omventure has announced a new room, Wild West Showdown, in Toronto, ON.
- Trapped has opened a new location in Waterloo, ON.
- Trivia Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Swiftie Escape in Toronto, ON.
🇬🇧 - Breakout Manchester has opened a new room, Murder on the Dancefloor, in Manchester.
- Deadlock have opened a new room, Candyland, in Maplethorpe.
- Escapade HQ has opened a new room, Jester, in Belfast.
- Houdini's has opened a new site with three games in Worcester, and a new site in Sheffield.
- Kingston Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Sausage Surprise, in Kingston Upon Thames.
- Knockout Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Dirty Money, in Reading.
- Lockdown Ormskirk has opened a new room, Valhalla, in Ormskirk.
- Northumberland Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Stolen Magic, in Morpeth.
- North Yorkshire Water Park has opened a new room, in Scarborough.
- Rhonda Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Last of Them, in Rhondda.
- Room Lockdown has opened a new room, The Rock, in Hornchurch.
- The Donnington Manor Hotel has opened four escape rooms in Sevenoaks.
- The Escape Game Carmarthen has opened a new room, Redacted, in Carmarthen.
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- Escape Room Albury has opened a new room, Christmas Calamity, in Albury, NSW, Australia.
- Escape This has opened a new room, Asylum, in Perth, WA, Australia.
- Fox in a Box will be opening it's brand new site this month in Fremantle, Perth, WA, Australia.
- Lost Reality has opened four new rooms in Victoria Park, WA, Australia.
- Times Up has opened a new Christmas room in Bunbury WA, Australia.
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| | 🔊 ListenLast month in Podcasts, Radio & Live ShowsCager Express: Escape Break"Escape Break featuring Beth Divel and Tatiyana Abarro: Southern California's premier escape room podcast show. We recap fun rooms, interviews and bizarre topics!" Escape This Podcast"A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." Live from the CodeBarLive from the CodeBar is a twice-monthly podcast about Armchair Treasure Hunts, codes, ciphers, puzzles, Escape Rooms as well as ARG's and puzzle subscription boxes. Reality Escape Pod"Your hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles. Our guests have made awesome stuff: ARGs, puzzle hunts, tabletop games, and of course, escape rooms." The Infinite Escape Room"The puzzling podcast where a gaggle of geographically diverse chums come together, have a drink - and work together to solve a home made escape room of the ears." These podcasts may not have released new episodes this month, but are well worth checking out: - Locked in a Podcast
- ”Locked In a Podcast” is an escape room themed podcast from the team at The Panic Room. Alex & co will take listeners on an exciting journey through the world of escape rooms.
- Life is an Escape Room
- "The Life Is An Escape Room Podcast explores how the skills you gain playing escape rooms with intention will make you more successful in all aspects of your life."
| | 🔎 December's Puzzle
In the spirit of the holidays, we're continuing our trend of swapping the puzzle for the cheesiest festive joke instead.
What do you call a reindeer who can't see?
(highlight to reveal) No Eye Deer | |
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