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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Steve Ewing |Peih-Gee Law |Kurtis Rohlf |Heather Burns
Can’t wait for the next season REPOD? Don’t worry, Season 9 of the podcast will be back in the very near future. To pass the time until then, have a listen to some memorable clips our editor Steve Ewing selected from each episode of Season 8. And there’s a bonus clip from the brand new show PG’s Playhouse! It’s perfect for new listeners of this podcast or fans who want to relive their favorite moments.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Steve Ewing
This month we published reviews from both coasts of the US, and around Europe, including Spain, Belgium, and Germany. We’ve highlighted a few of our favorites below, including some truly phenomenal Golden Lock Award-winning games. As we wrapped up RECON Los Angeles last month, we announced what’s next:RECON will return digitally on August 17-18, 2025. We will be in-person again in 2026.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | David Spira |Lisa Spira |Steve Ewing
“Idle hands break shit” is an escape room design axiom that we have been repeating for years. Let’s break down the problem of game breakage and the role that game design plays in feeding or limiting the issue. Build QualityFor the purposes of this exploration, I am going to set aside the question of build quality and assume that things are reasonably well-built. If they aren’t, that’s a separate, larger issue.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Steve Ewing |Kate Wastl
If you missed RECON Los Angeles last month, you might be wondering where RECON is going next. Next summer, 2025, RECON will once again be a remote event, accessible from anywhere in the world. RECON Remote 25 will take place August 17-18, 2025. We believe in the value of in-person connection. We also understand that an in-person gathering is a big financial commitment and a big time commitment.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Steve Ewing |Kate Wastl |Peih-Gee Law
Over Labor Day Weekend, I visited the Seattle Convention Center for the annual PAX West game convention. PAX is a fan-focused event that caters to all things gaming with an emphasis on console, PC, and tabletop games. It draws over 100,000 attendees and also has events in Boston, Philadelphia (PAX Unplugged), and Melbourne, Australia. This year was one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had at PAX West, thanks to the fact that the organizers had simplified how it was laid out.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
vineyardgazette.com | Steve Ewing
I see you Gus in the eyes of the Snowy Owl as it wings by windshield high lit from headlights during a driving northeast winter snow blind gale On beach road pitch black heading for the Sound it turns time stalls and we make contact bird and man I see you Gus in the face of the great grey seal driving headlong towards Menemsha on that cold wet day hungry for the first run of spring herring hanging airborne half in half out of the steep chop it turns time stalls and we make contact seal and...
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
vineyardgazette.com | Steve Ewing
Islander idly rumbles in her slip calmly churning in the dying light A silent figure walks up the tilted auto ramp familiar in the foggy glow past the quiet crew no fare is due he bravely steps on board The pin is set the rudder fast the great curved doors jacked, wheeled back thump into place The Islander slips away her double ended nose turns to port and sniffs the rocky way into the challenge the tide race of Vineyard Sound Seabirds cackle in her deep yet gentle wake Misty darkness folds...
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
vineyardgazette.com | Steve Ewing
Where will we walk When the beach has gone Pushed back into some pickle balled court or swimming pool Undermined it slides into the next wave break Heading out it fetches up on the long sunk bunker sending low tide spray aloft Another sea bass fishing reef Where will we walk when the beach moves in squeezing the brackish ponds the glacial drains where herring flush with fertile full spring moon return each year to spawn Where will we walk as fossils stuck in alluvial clay pop out like ancient...
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
vineyardgazette.com | Steve Ewing
A great tree fell the other day opening up a new patch of sky in town Slowly word spread People came to see where the tree had been standing so tall and strong all these years They came to see the new patch of sky and how the rays of sun slanted down where the huge trunk once stood When I was a boy on my bike riding through town alone or with the other boys and girls this great tree was already quite big The trunk was thick it had reached full height Its limbs were huge Like strong arms they...
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
vineyardgazette.com | Steve Ewing
The following poem was delivered on Sept. 23 at the Harbor View Hotel as part of the Ceremony of Remembrance held each year to honor children who have died.
