Mike, Jon, Jamie & Mairi | The Infinite Escape Room podcast

"You're the difficulty level here!"

Jon shares his thoughts on actors in escape rooms, and how they unintentionally change the difficulty of the room by their mere presence.

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Only if they're really going for full immersion in those serial killer / zombie rooms

Do live actors work in escape rooms?

This is what debating this week - join Jon, Jamie, Mairi and Bailey as we get stuck into the topic of live actors in escape rooms and debate whether rooms should use them more ... or less.

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"Can you imagine a rabid seagull?"

The gang take a momentary diversion from solving the increasingly hot puzzle this week to share some Opinions about these vicious flying rats.

Check out the full episode of 'The Burnt Beach' wherever you get your podcasts

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Our friends at Scarlet Envelope have launched a Kickstarter for a new, medieval puzzle game, and there's ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT to support it! ⏰

The campaign was fully funded in under an hour and it's still going strong! 💸

👉 Check out the campaign at taplink.cc/scarlet.env

🧠 Puzzle designed by: @mairispaceship.com
🔎 Solvers: @armchairescapist.bsky.social, Jon Saunders, Emma Bailey
✂️ Edited by: Jon Saunders
🎨 Episode art: @domjordan.bsky.social

In the thrilling conclusion to our Ice Cream Wars arc, the gang head to the Bournemouth Beachfront in search of a set of ice cream van keys. 🔑

But things are a little more Pompeii than they'd bargained for... 🔥

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🔍 Bailey shows the rest of us up with her superior observation skills. Honestly, if this were a real escape room we'd be fumbling around blind for almost the full hour.

💦 Check out the full episode of "H2OhNo" wherever you get your podcasts
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🧠 Games Master: Jon Saunders
🔍 Solvers: @armchairescapist.bsky.social, @mairispaceship.com, Emma Bailey
✂️ Editor: @armchairescapist.bsky.social
🎨 Episode Art: @domjordan.bsky.social

🚽 We're back in the toilet and we're looking for some life-giving liquid.
But we find more than we bargain for in *this* particular toilet!
Check out our latest episode "H2OhNo", wherever you get your podcasts
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It's the worst heatwave ever. You're in a battle tank that fires ice creams. Your final target is a man who looks suspiciously like Nigel Farage.

What flavour ice cream do you pelt him with?

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Hear how Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast uses narrative to guide their game design in our latest deep dive episode that looks at whether narrative-first design is better than puzzle-first design.

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🎙 Hosts:

@mikecollins.bsky.social
@armchairescapist.bsky.social
@mairispaceship.com
Nathan Hicken
Marcus Richardson

When making puzzle games, should the story inform the puzzles or the other way around?

We're joined by Marcus and Nathan from Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast to debate narrative-first vs puzzle-first design.

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Happy 4th July to all our American friends!

The USA is 249 years old. Coincidentally, The Infinite Escape Room is ranked #249 in the US Apple podcast charts!

Wanna help us climb those ranks a little? Throw us a rating on Apple Podcasts, we'll love you forever

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This is the moment where Nathan and Marcus from the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast had to describe a sacred symbol to Mike and Mairi, and then draw it on their palms.

Check out the full episode to see how the gang escape from a set of sacred portapotties.

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🧠 Puzzle Maestro: @armchairescapist.bsky.social
🔍 Solvers: @mikecollins.bsky.social, @mairispaceship.com, Marcus Richardson, Nathan Hicken
🎨 Episode Art: @domjordan.bsky.social
✂️ Editor: Jon Saunders

🚽 The root of ultimate power lies ... in the toilet

Join us and our special guests, Marcus and Nathan from the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast as we finish the ritual to make the sun come up.

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Screenshot from It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia, where Charlie Kelly is holding two metal sensors and asking "where do me feet go?"

When the GM says, "Any questions?"

#iasip

Magic and physics .. famously good friends

In this sneak peek of our latest episode - 'Time Stands Still' - the gang manipulates time to the point that they accidentally decapitate a tourist.

Check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts (or scan the QR code at the end of the clip!)

🧠 Puzzle Maestro: @mikecollins.bsky.social
🔍Solvers: @armchairescapist.bsky.social. @mairispaceship.com, Marcus Richardson Nathan Hicken
🎨Episode Art: @domjordan.bsky.social
✂️ Editor: @armchairescapist.bsky.social

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☀️ The sun is setting over Stonehenge, and we must bring it back with our wits, a wasp and a jam sandwich!

This week, we're knee deep in the Summer Solstice festival, and we're joined by Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum!

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Check out this sneak peek of our latest episode 'Rock Bottom Prices'!

Mike gives Nathan and Marcus from the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast a crash course in British culture.

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We're finally going to have Dani and Bill from @escapethispodcast.bsky.social visit The Infinite Escape Room soon!

This is a crossover event several years in the making - extremely excited to have them visit the TIER-verse

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Or last summer when we trapped @dbspira.bsky.social and @peihgee.bsky.social in a giant burning Wicker Man filled with talking Punch and Judy puppets.

One of the most fun things about having international guests on the podcast is when we get to showcase some fun British cultural quirks through our puzzles.

Like this week, Marcus and Nathan from Aureliis Whitlock's Murder Museum got a crash course in how the humble National Trust gift shop works.

🧠 Puzzle Maestro: @mairispaceship.com
🔍 Solvers: @mikecollins.bsky.social, @armchairescapist.bsky.social, Marcus Richardson, Nathan Hicken
🎨 Episode Art: @domjordan.bsky.social
✂️ Editor: @mikecollins.bsky.social

This week, we're headed to the Summer Solstice festival at Stonehenge, and we're joined by Marcus and Nathan from the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast!

But before we can get in there, we have to get past Gift Shop.

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There's a latte trouble a-brewing!

This week's episode is a little special. Mike tasks us with coming up with a 10 minute escape room ... and only gives us 20 minutes to do it!

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