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4 weeks ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Peih-Gee Law |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez
This episode we’re talking everything bagels! These chewy, crunchy, carbalicious treats are one of my favorite foods. Brent Pope, host of the popular Brentfast podcast, joins us again to dive into the culinary delight that is the bagel. David gives us a short history of the bagel, including its origins and what makes New York bagels so darn delicious. Also, did you know that you’re actually NOT supposed to toast your bagels if they’re freshly hand-made?
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Peih-Gee Law |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |David Spira
The jury has a verdictLocation: Québec City, Québec, CanadaDate Played: March 2, 2025Team size: 2-8; we recommend 3-4Duration: 75 minutesPrice: $40 CA per player (student pricing is also available)Ticketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: Some light fogEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints “Few games utilize an interactive medium like Judgement Day.
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Peih-Gee Law |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez
“Congratulations and Condolences” is the default phrase when a team of puzzlers has just won the vaunted MIT Mystery Hunt. This is because according to tradition, the winning team must write next year’s Mystery Hunt. This daunting task was recently undertaken by Death and Mayhem, the team that wrote the 2025 MIT Mystery Hunt titled “The Case of the Shadow Diamond.” At the helm of this illustrious team is James Douberley, affectionately dubbed the Benevolent Dictator.
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |David Spira |Peih-Gee Law |Matthew Stein
Hieroglyphics for the Next GenerationLocation: at homeDate Played: March 1, 2025Team size: 1-5; we recommend 1-2 kids plus an adultDuration: 60 minutesPrice: £22For a young audience, The Egyptian Enigma gets the right things right. Its combination of quality materials, lovely illustrations, and digital characters arguing about the fate of the world captured my 9-year-old’s attention, gripping her with purpose and motivation.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Peih-Gee Law |Andrew Reynolds |Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez
Only one trip to the salad bar? Lettuce really make it count. David’s wife Lisa Spira, co-founder of Room Escape Artist, joins us again for a trip to the salad bars of Pizza Hut China. Pizza Hut has developed many innovative market strategies, including stuffed crust pizza and PizzaNet, but when opening locations in China, their innovation may have backfired.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Andrew Reynolds |Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Lisa Spira
Trapperkeeper Location: Fairfield, NJ Date Played: December 31, 2024 Team Size: 2-12; we recommend 3-4 Duration: 60 minutes Price: $40 per player up to 4 players; $35 per player for 5 players or more Ticketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: At least one player will need to crawl Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints As a lifelong resident of New Jersey, a nearby escape room company opening up a room based around a legendary local road put...
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Lisa Spira |David Spira
Cat Cafe: The Escape Room 😺Location: Paris, FranceDate Played: February 17, 2025Team Size: 2-6; we recommend 3-4Duration: 60 minutesPrice: €74 for a team of 2 to €138 for a team of 6Ticketing: PrivateAccessibility Consideration: All players must be comfortable being around catsEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No LockPhysical Restraints: [A+] No Physical RestraintsPlanet of the Cats: Part 2 was an escape room about cats, with cats. Yes, you heard that right.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Lisa Spira |David Spira |Kurtis Rohlf
No vacancy…for demonsLocation: Austin, TXDate Played: November 14, 2024Team Size: 2-8; we recommend 4Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $ 45 per playerTicketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: At least one player must be able to climb and crawl. Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No LockPhysical Restraints: [A+] No Physical RestraintsThe Cabin: Chapter 2 – Monie Motel captured the best elements of Escape Hour Austin’s entire catalog, yielding the company’s most coherent offering to date.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Peih-Gee Law |Tammy McLeod |Lisa Spira
A Tourist TroveLocation: Tulsa, OKDate Played: August 25, 2024Team size: 2-8; we recommend 4-5Duration: 65 minutesPrice: ranges from $32.50 to $65 per player depending on size of teamTicketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: They have designed their facility on the main level to be wheelchair accessible, but contact them with specific concerns.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |REA Hivemind |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez
This fall we brought 36 escape room players to the Bay Area to play the most renowned escape games in the region for our fall Tour, Escape Immerse Explore Bay Area. After the Tour ended, we sent the players a survey that asked them to stack rank every game they played, and here are the results. Due to the constraints of the region (distance between companies, length of games), this was one of our smaller tours.
