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Emergency Exit Escape Rooms: The Beast

Online, Nov 2020

Emergency Exit’s first remote play game was an excellent adaptation of their existing Exorcist game. Their sequel, The Beast, is adapted from a combination of two physical rooms (Conjure and Poltergeist), and while I haven’t played those my im… (more)

Emergency Exit Escape Rooms: Virtual Exorcist

Online, Nov 2020

Venues are still working out the best way to convert physical games to remote play. For an example of how to do it well, it’s worth looking at E-Exit’s games. Many good remote games still leave me with the impression of being an imperfect substitute … (more)

Red Lantern Escape Rooms: The Hardin House Mystery

Online, Oct 2020

Red Lantern are an escape room venue in California, and The Hardin House Mystery is their online game. This is a hosted virtual game which uses mostly static photos to illustrate your surroundings; you tell your host what you wish to look at and do, … (more)

Mind Trap Escape Room Murrieta: Operation Nightwalker

Online, Oct 2020

Mind Trap’s Temecula branch have been running two very highly rated avatar games, and their Murrieta venue seems to have decided to get in on the action. Operation Nightwalker is a zombie game with a WW2 setting, including use of German language thro… (more)

Evadere: A Second Chance

Online, Oct 2020

Evadere is a U.K.-based company offering online digital escape games specifically, with two games available at time of writing and a third under development. I tried A Second Chance, in which you are a detective hours away from retirement (always a p… (more)

Headlock Escape Rooms: The Wizard’s Apothecary

Online, Sep 2020

Headlock is an escape room company newly arrived in Norwich, and given the general COVID-19 uncertainty, have decided to launch with remote play-from-home games rather than in-person ones for now. Of their two games, both use a livestream but Wizard’… (more)

Ezkapaz: The Cadavera Case

Online, Aug 2020

When I played, Ezkapaz had only just started offering remote games, and were struggling with serious tech issues in their online interface. It’s tricky to judge how much to take problems like that into account in a review – I imagine they’ll find way… (more)

Mad Genius Escapes: The Truth About Edith

Online, Oct 2020

When lockdowns caused a wave of play from home escape experiences to spring up, The Truth About Edith was one that really didn’t fit into any neat category. With hundreds of games now available, it remains in its own category of one, sharing elements… (more)

Agent Venture: B.A.D Side of the Moon

Online, Nov 2020

Much like when a new model of iPhone comes out, the latest Agent Venture game is a little more refined than previous iterations but essentially the same product. If like me you were impressed by the originals, that’s entirely a good thing. This time … (more)

Esc The Game: Esc From Cell 126

Online, Sep 2020

Some games stand out for their puzzles, or for their story; what really impressed me about Cell 126 was just how slick its interface was. That seems like it should be only a minor point in a game’s favour – as long as its not actually undermining gam… (more)