The Infinite Escape Room

Join Annekoos, Bailey, Mike and Aled as they sip their overpriced tipples in The Garrick Club, Jon's natural home. We kick off by discussing the great injustices of Jon's previous room (chief among them that he inadvertently told them not to bother taking notes). Topics of digression then include Overengineered Light Switches, Corporate Flunkies, The Rise of Clickbait Journalism, The Capabilities of The Scorpion and The Death Of Self. Standard night at the pub, then.

Mike's back! And what an absolute hellscape he's returned to! He joins Annekoos, Aled, and Bailey as they wrangle another Jon shaped disaster of misdirection. Tune in and listen to them slowly go mad as they try to figure out who's on top, and what top is, exactly.

Join us at The Golden Streak where Dom, Ben and I chat about last week's episode, try to name a Jason Statham film Ben's actually seen, and chat about the current trend for bullshit documentaries. This week's recommendations (gods help me) Bodies (Netflix) Stainless steel (you heard that right) The act of swimming (yup, it's one of those episodes)

This week, Dom crafts a delightful puzzle where Ben and Jamie have to escape from Nitflex - the streaming service with a delightful set of portals we can jump into. Dom also did a fantastic job at hosting this one, too. Tell us if you think he should host more often :) His alliteration skills were also on point. Visuals for your delight SFX used in this episode Trombone sound - https://freesound.org/people/HootOwl/sounds/468909/ Jump scare = https://freesound.org/people/TheSoundFXGuy_YT/sounds/534218/

After a marathon full length escape room Annekoos and Aled join Jon in the vaults of The Counting House. We pick over the bones of The Heist, delve into the affect that the medium of delivery has on the difficulty of different puzzles, reflect on the inherently self defeating nature of late stage capitalism and then talk about Anne of Green Gables. Standard night out in your thirties, basically.

The first number two we've ever done. Yep. Leaving that there. Couldn't be happier with it. I can feel your judgement, I can sense your grimace on the winds that whip around the earth and bind our experience together. And on that wind I can taste your dissappointment. And it tastes good.

SURPRISE, you're doing a real escape room, a full length one, that is real. Or was real. Once. In my mind. In your mind. Well, in my mind first, then in your mind. Minds are great aren't they. Aren't they? Do you care? Do you mind? I don't mind. Don't mind me. Mind out there, I'm doing my mindfulness. Deep breath now. Mind the gap. I may have gotten carried away with today's sponsor.

Whoo boy do we go on some tangents with this one. From Cockneys to Wombles to Batman and back. And for those of you not from the UK - this is the wombles. Ben and Dom were stellar pub friends, keeping the banter flowing when my internet connection went down ... several times. Make sure you comment or send us a message with your answer to our Cockney rhyming slang challenge! Here are some links to the cool things we talk about during the episode: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Margate FhtagnMastadon social networkMaster and Commander: Far side of the worldEvil Genius podcast

'Ello Guv'nor! Ben and Dom find themselves in the midst of a dastardly Cockney plan to summon the Great Cthulu, Spawn of the Stars, at Margate Water Treatment Plant. How will they fare? Will Jamie's AWFUL connection be the death of them? Fear not, dear listener - where there's a will there's a way. Handouts attached if you want to play along: Star chart Sigil Door sign Music used in this episode from FreePD.com: SFX used: Squeaky Scrap 41 by Department64Shower(ernie)05.wave by kokopetiyotBathtub Water Turn On Run and Drain.wav by bbrocer

Join Jon, Jame and Ben as they take a sip of Margate Effluent at this underwater boozer. Topics include Why The Hard Things Are Easy and vice versa, the difficulties of puzzle design that doesn't involve numbers and why the "defeat" ending is a dying art. Also, Jon gives us a One time only performance of his hit parody "Unter Der Sea". Enjoy!

Producer Ben marks his return to the show with this voyage beneath the waves. He joins Jamie as they patiently endure Jon's impersonation of a series of Germanic Mermen. Now. How does a Puffer Fish work? Do you know? Special thanks this episode go to the following FreeSound.org users: cAPSLOCK7 - 00001NoisevaultAlleyWater. kernowrules - Cornish River Estuary thatjeffcarter -underwater loop 120bpm

In this pubisode we go down the rabbit hole with pitches for Disney films that could be remade into horror films. We also get into modern showings of older Disney movies showing content warnings due to dodgy stuff from way back when. And we address certain urban myths about old Walt himself. Timestamps if you want to skip ahead: Maus Trap Here are some things we recommend: Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (book)Barbarian (film)Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens - David Mitchell (book)SIX (musical)Headlock escape rooms - Keeper and the Fungus Among Us (virtual escape room) Enjoy! Jamie x

Well well well. After 95 years, the OG Mickey Mouse is in the public domain. So of course we see just how close we can get to bringing the fury of the House of Mouse upon us as quickly as possible. What a way to start 2024. Anna and Bailey were excellent solvers, and it was great to have them back on the pod after so many months. If you want to support the show, don't forget to check our Patreon where you can: Game design by Jamie Gibbs (@armchairescapist)

Let's take a look at some of ours and your favourite episodes and moments from 2023, and I say a few thank yous. Thank you all so much for your continued support! We'll be taking a 1-week break for the start of 2024, so you'll get your next episode on Jan 21st. Here's to 2024 and to more escaping! Episodes featured in this roundup: Britain's Finest Knob Tugging HourAnd 1,2,3,4 ...Rap Battles With Demon HorsesSeparating art from artist, escape toilets and a sexy duel at the Night Fever ClubA Bitter Pint at the Trusty TrowelGusset Gum and the Temple Of MoodFalling Monks and Robotic Beer TastingThe Bookie Nookie ft. Step LockyerDown The Rabbit's HoleLet's Do The Time Loop AgainOh the Humanity! - With Ctrl+Alt+EscRPG Special 2023 - The Bourne Kerfuffle Part 2: Chronofarce

Join Annekoos, Jamie and Jon as they pick over the bones, blood and guts of last week's Christmas Special. Topics include Back To The Future style predictions of how our Christmas's went, Jamie's former career as a Discontent-Sparking Egyptologist, that time The English stole Christmas traditions from The Dutch and, of course, the legend of St Nicholas raising the dead. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year you bloodsoaked monster. Jon

The title says it all, really. Merry Christmas Jon Special thanks to a few Freesound.org users for some crucial sound effects used in this episode: 2kool4school - BattleScene backing track, used for Today's Sponsor. qbodup - Tomahawk missile launch, self explanatory mikhalin1992 - Plane Crash And finally Noisecollector - Jingle Bells, which, which a little pitch edit, absolutely made the opening of this episode. ========= For those following this show closely, there's a puzzle element that is briefly described, but not in full. So, here it is in full, should you want to Solve-Along. The picture is of Santa and his reindeer. Santa stands in the middle with the reindeer gathered around him for the shot. The reindeer have all been labeled with their names and some numbers: Cupid - DP70 L20 - White legs, grey body Rudolph - DP0 L0 - White, Red Nose Vixen - DP20 L5 - Grey with white head Prancer -. DP25 L10 - Brown Blitzen - DP80 - L10 - Brown with white spots on hind legs Donner -- DP 10 L10 - Very dark grey Dancer - DP40 L30 - Brown with white fore legs Dasher - DP40 L30 Grey all over - Comet - DP30 L70 Black all over -

This week, Jamie and Aled are joined by Jack and Franks from the Welsh history podcast Tales For Wales to chat about last week's episode Rap Battles with Demon Horses. We also get into some weird and wonderful Welsh folk traditions and have a little Q&A with Jack and Franks about their passion for Welsh history. Time stamps for your pleasure: 00:40 - What's everyone drinking? 04:55 - Last episode debrief 24:39 - Q&A with Tales for Wales 39:07 - Media recommendations This week's Stuff You Should Check Out are: - Mr Inbetween (TV show) - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (TV Show) - The 13th Warrior (Movie) - Ice Nine Kills: Ex Mørtis (Band / song) I had to cut a fair bit of good banter from this episode for time - if you're keen to listen to the full thing, consider joining our Patreon programme over at patreon.com/theinfiniteescaperoom.

This week, Aled and Jamie are joined by Jack and Franks from Tales for Wales - a Welsh history podcast where they love their beer as much as their history (they're a couple of guys after our own hearts). Give them a follow, give them a listen and say hi from us. With a full Welsh contingent and it being almost Christmas, the gang find themselves trapped in a winter cabin and up against the Mari Lwyd - a demonic horse skeleton hell-bent on breaking in and noshing on our solvers' souls. Visuals attached if you want to play along: Wreath Code 1 - Lintel Code 2 - Bowl Ogham Alphabet Summoning circle If you like our stuff, please give us a rating / review on your podcasting platform of choice. We'd love for more folks to listen to us, and every review will help us do that. This week's solvers were Aled, Jack and Franks. Your host and puzzlemaker was Jamie Gibbs.

Jon sits down with Sarah, Mark, Colin and Jeff from CTRL+ALT+ESC and chew the proverbial cud within spitting distance of their very own Escape Room Bar. Topics include Why notes Are Important, Knowing your Puzzling Weaknesses, Pet Hates, Disastrously stupid customers and a Five Year Plan (that doesn't involve a failed agricultural revolution leading to the starvation of millions). It's all here!

Join Jon as he ventures out into the real world for a sit down with CTRL+ALT+ESC of Margate, one of our favourite rooms! Apologies for the tardyness here, folks, editor Jon has spent the last few days intensively rehearsing, and then being Andy Warhol at a charity Gala Ball. Why? No idea. But someone offered him money to do it. So he did.