Tag Archives: sci-fi

Dextrophobia: vol. 2

Sofia, May 2018

This curiously named game is second in a series that currently numbers three in total, each in a different location in Sofia; I chose to play the second one because that was the one I’d noticed recommendations for. Despite the implied continuity, Dex… (more)

Bewilder Box: Judgement D.A.V.E.

Brighton, May 2018

There must be a great deal of pressure in coming up with a sequel to a game as well-known as the first Bewilder Box room, finding ways to live up to expectations and to do something new without losing what made the original work so well. Judgement D…. (more)

Bewilder Box: The Bewilder Box Initiative

Brighton, May 2018

I am of course late to the party here – anyone with sufficient interest in escape games to read this site regularly is likely well aware that Bewilder Box in Brighton has a sterling reputation, frequently appearing in enthusiasts’ lists of favourite … (more)

Escape Reality: Machina

Leeds, Apr 2018

Escape Reality’s Leeds branch is out on the western side of the city sharing with a laser tag facility next to a major road; we managed not to miss the turning for them on the third attempt. Perhaps because of the location or the number of games they… (more)

Guildford Escape Rooms: Venus

Guildford, Apr 2018

If you’ve ever found Siri or Alexa slightly creepy, then Venus is the game for you. The setting is the not too distant future, in a wholesome, gently futuristic suburban living room under the perhaps not so benevolent care of a Venus home AI system. … (more)

Exit: Huxley

Berlin, Nov 2017

Huxley is only the second virtual reality escape game I’ve played, and so it remains a challenge to write a fair review. The aim is to assess the game, but with such a new format it’s far from straightforward to tease out what’s impressive about the … (more)

Final Escape: Robot Paranoia

Berlin, Nov 2017

Robot Paranoia is a sci-fi game set in a future dystopia where humans have mostly been eliminated by robots, where you have an hour to get out of the robot-controlled area before you’re caught.

The decor is more Bladerunner than Star Trek, a crumbli… (more)

Claustrophobia: Vault 13

Berlin, Nov 2017

Anyone who’s spent enough time playing the right computer games will immediately recognise the name of this game as a reference to the Fallout series, and Vault 13 follows the original starting premise of those games: you survived a nuclear apocalyps… (more)

Affect Laboratories: Interview

Tallinn, Jul 2017

First things first, this is the sort of game where you may prefer to know as little as possible about it before playing it. So you might want to stop at the one sentence version of this review, which is: this is a remarkable game that you should go p… (more)

Real Quest: Abandoned Research Complex

Riga, Jul 2017

Abandoned Research Complex has a rather generic name that doesn’t entirely do justice to its premise. In a post-apocalypse world your group of survivors are in an underground bunker, which – whoops! – contains a bomb that’s due to detonate in one hou… (more)