Imagine this. It’s a rainy Saturday night, and you’ve got your pals over for some board game fun. You pull out an escape room in a box, and everyone is intrigued – it’s something different, exciting ...

This PG-13 horror cash-in on the popular group activity can't get past being a movie about other people solving puzzles. The Pitch: Six mysterious strangers from all walks of life receive the same ...

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The trick to a fun escape room is layers. For [doktorinjh]’s Spacecase, you start with an enigmatic aluminum briefcase and a NASA drawstring backpack. A gamemaster reads the intro speech to set the ...

Between pumping carving, costumes, and scary movies, spooky traditions have a way of awakening the Halloween spirit. Katie and Gregg Dufort, owners of Puzzle Rides, have created spine-chilling ...

A few weeks ago we got something interesting in the mail as we were shipped a special Escape Room in a box from Sony, promoting the film Escape Room. The film came out back in January, which you can ...

In need of a good brain scratcher, look no further In need of a good brain scratcher, look no further is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on ...

Way back in 1997, a Canadian sci-fi/horror film titled Cube became a video-store cult hit thanks to its clever story, which finds six strangers waking up one day trapped in a series of deadly, ...

Being locked in a room and challenged to complete a series of devious puzzles created by a an all-seeing, all-hearing mastermind doesn't really sound like heaps of fun. In fact, numerous horror films ...

The Escape Academy Rival Room level, known as To the Finish, is one of the most challenging in the game, as the player doesn't just have to solve the puzzles, but beat Gillian, who's also racing to ...