Tag Archives: Online

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)

The Panic Room: The Exorcism of Isabelle

Online, Sep 2020

Having produced quite an array of online escape games since March, the remarkably prolific Panic Room are now bringing out a range of escape game puzzle books, of which Isabelle is one. This format makes me realise there’s a hazy dividing line betwee… (more)

The Escape Game: Truth Seekers Remote Adventure

Online, Nov 2020

Having previously released an online digital escape game as a promotional tie-in for the TV series Hanna, The Escape Game are now offering a live avatar style game to promote the series Truth Seekers, which has a premise somewhere between Ghostbuster… (more)

Sherlocked PH: The Cabin

Online, Sep 2020

Interest in play-from-home remote experiences seems to be holding up; and companies continue to find new variations on escape game format. This Manila-based company’s approach is new on me: it takes what’s essentially an old-school Flash-style escape… (more)

Kauai Escape Rooms: Curse of the Tiki Lounge

Online, Sep 2020

The bad news is that you’re unlikely to get to play this game: we played by livestream in the last few days before it was due to be torn down, with the owners vacating the premises to concentrate on their puzzles-by-post product. That’s doubly a sham… (more)