Category Archives: International

Nogame: Psylab

Riga, Jul 2017

It’s clear that some effort went into the decor and atmospherics here, with some dark and murky corridors – and a lot of blood splatter on the walls! The game itself was a bit of a disappointment. Some of the atmospheric videos that formed part of th… (more)

Nogame: The Mystery of the Mad Scientist

Riga, Jul 2017

Mad Scientist had a very unusual beginning to an escape game. Unfortunately, it wasn’t by design. The operator let us into the room and shut the door behind us, leaving us in near complete darkness, with no torches and with a digital clock on the wal… (more)

GetOut: Robbery at the Museum

Riga, Jul 2017

Another Riga heist game, and this time we had to steal a diamond hidden in an art gallery.

The decor was mixed; the first sections felt reasonably authentic, whereas the last two rooms definitely felt artificial.

There was a a good mixture of puz… (more)

GetOut: Maniac

Riga, Jul 2017

Firstly, be warned that this game includes very explicit and graphic imagery of nudity and mutilation – if you don’t have a strong stomach or are uncomfortable with confinement, this may not be the game for you.

I’m not a big fan of slasher horror g… (more)

Escape Room: “Mona Lisa” Affair

Riga, Jul 2017

It seems the good people of Riga are rather obsessed with theft based games, since this was the fourth heist themed game that we played. In this instance, you’re given a pre-burglary briefing with various bits of equipment and instructions to follow…. (more)

Escape Room: Arcade Games

Riga, Jul 2017

Arcade Games is an escape room with a difference. It consists of two identical copies of the room with half the players in each, competing to complete the same set of activities first, where the activities are sports-themed tasks and activities inste… (more)

MyEscape: Gordon vs E-corp

Riga, Jul 2017

Gordon vs E-corp has a distinctive name and an unusual setting. In a future dystopia, humanity needs to escape from a dying world to a distant planet; and the man who has invented a fuel source that could allow us to reach it has been kidnapped by a … (more)

MyEscape: Jewelry Theft

Riga, Jul 2017

The second of four (!) heist games we played in Riga, Jewelry Theft (or Jewelry Thieft, as their website currently calls it) has you breaking into a high-end jewelry shop to swipe the Fabergé egg hidden somewhere inside. Fortunately a friendly cleani… (more)

Exitmania: Titanic

Riga, Jul 2017

The theme is Titanic and after donning our 1920s life jackets (a nice touch), we were blindfolded and led in. The game started with a slight homage to the film, but then proceeded with straight up ship based puzzles. The decor of the room was excelle… (more)

Find Exit: 221B Baker Street

Riga, Jul 2017

The aim of this escape game is to identify the name and location of a murder culprit from the clues left behind in Sherlock Holmes’ office, so as to save an innocent friend of yours from imminent judicial execution. Finding that information will also… (more)