Category Archives: Online

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)

Project Avatar: Stalker

Online, Oct 2020

Stalker is not an escape game. I don’t know exactly what term best describes this experience; “live video game”, or perhaps “carnival of craziness”. If you played Project Avatar’s original game and thought that was wacky, well, you ain’t seen nothing… (more)

Escape Experience Chattanooga: Runaway Train Transport

Online, Sep 2020

Having played one remote avatar game at Escape Experience Chattanooga, I was lured back to try another primarily because this one is set on a real train. The train in question is parked in local attraction Chattanooga Choo Choo, and doesn’t actually … (more)

Escape Experience Chattanooga: Vaccine: Search For The Cure

Online, Sep 2020

Some games you come to with preconceptions; and I’d heard a lot about Escape Experience Chattanooga’s first avatar game, and how it was an overwhelming flurry of time- and tab-management. That turned out to not at all be true of Vaccine; in fact, due… (more)

The Escape Game: Rogue Scientist 1990

Online, Nov 2020

The Escape Game have been one of the more prolific creators of play at home games this year; in addition to their avatar games, they’re now up to four digital online experiences. This one is not part of their Hahn narrative, but has a similar feel: y… (more)

Struck Down Entertainment: Mad Bomber Online Escape Game

Online, Oct 2020

There’s a stripped-down purity to the premise of this game: solve a puzzle! defuse a bomb! repeat! It’s a set of twelve puzzle challenges for you to tackle one after the other, wrapped in a thin narrative where each challenge is a bomb set to go off … (more)