The Infinite Escape Room
The puzzling podcast where a group of chums come together, dolve a homemade audio escape room ... and then bugger off to the pub for a drink. New episodes every Sunday!
Episodes
We're joined this week by David Spira and Peih-Gee Law of Reality Escape Pod, where they have to work their way out of a burning wicker man where everything is designed to kill them.
- Fire in the feet
- Bees in the arms
- Pollen in the head
It's a nightmare.
Here's a handout if you want to play along:
Check out Reality Escape Pod and say hi to David at @roomscapeartist and Peih-Gee at @peihgee.
...Join Annekoos, Bailey, Mike and Aled as they sip their overpriced tipples in The Garrick Club, Jon's natural home. We kick off by discussing the great injustices of Jon's previous room (chief among them that he inadvertently told them not to bother taking notes). Topics of digression then include Overengineered Light Switches, Corporate Flunkies, The Rise of Clickbait Journalism, The Capabilities of The Scorpion and The Death Of Se...
Mike's back! And what an absolute hellscape he's returned to! He joins Annekoos, Aled, and Bailey as they wrangle another Jon shaped disaster of misdirection. Tune in and listen to them slowly go mad as they try to figure out who's on top, and what top is, exactly.
Join us at The Golden Streak where Dom, Ben and I chat about last week's episode, try to name a Jason Statham film Ben's actually seen, and chat about the current trend for bullshit documentaries.
This week's recommendations (gods help me)
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Stainless steel (you heard that right)
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The act of swimming (yup, it's one of those episodes)
After a marathon full length escape room Annekoos and Aled join Jon in the vaults of The Counting House. We pick over the bones of The Heist, delve into the affect that the medium of delivery has on the difficulty of different puzzles, reflect on the inherently self defeating nature of late stage capitalism and then talk about Anne of Green Gables.
Standard night out in your thirties, basically.
The first number two we've ever done.
Yep. Leaving that there. Couldn't be happier with it. I can feel your judgement, I can sense your grimace on the winds that whip around the earth and bind our experience together. And on that wind I can taste your dissappointment. And it tastes good.
SURPRISE, you're doing a real escape room, a full length one, that is real. Or was real. Once. In my mind. In your mind. Well, in my mind first, then in your mind. Minds are great aren't they. Aren't they? Do you care? Do you mind? I don't mind. Don't mind me. Mind out there, I'm doing my mindfulness.
Deep breath now. Mind the gap.
I may have gotten carried away with today's sponsor.
Whoo boy do we go on some tangents with this one. From Cockneys to Wombles to Batman and back. And for those of you not from the UK - this is the wombles.
Ben and Dom were stellar pub friends, keeping the banter flowing when my internet connection went down ... several times.
Make sure you comment or send us a message with your answer to our Cockney rhyming slang challenge!
Here are some links to the cool things we talk about durin...
Join Jon, Jame and Ben as they take a sip of Margate Effluent at this underwater boozer. Topics include Why The Hard Things Are Easy and vice versa, the difficulties of puzzle design that doesn't involve numbers and why the "defeat" ending is a dying art.
Also, Jon gives us a One time only performance of his hit parody "Unter Der Sea".
Enjoy!
Producer Ben marks his return to the show with this voyage beneath the waves. He joins Jamie as they patiently endure Jon's impersonation of a series of Germanic Mermen. Now. How does a Puffer Fish work? Do you know?
Special thanks this episode go to the following FreeSound.org users:
cAPSLOCK7 - 00001NoisevaultAlleyWater.
- 00:45 - Who's drinking ...
Well well well. After 95 years, the OG Mickey Mouse is in the public domain. So of course we see just how close we can get to bringing the fury of the House of Mouse upon us as quickly as possible. What a way to start 2024.
Anna and Bailey were excellent solvers, and it was great to have them back on the pod after so many months.
If you want to support the show, don't forget to check our Patreon where you can:
- Get early acces...
Let's take a look at some of ours and your favourite episodes and moments from 2023, and I say a few thank yous.
Thank you all so much for your continued support!
We'll be taking a 1-week break for the start of 2024, so you'll get your next episode on Jan 21st.
Here's to 2024 and to more escaping!
Episodes featured in this roundup:
The title says it all, really.
Merry Christmas
Jon
Special thanks to a few Freesound.org users for some crucial sound effects used in this episode:
2kool4school - BattleScene backing track, used for Today's Sponsor.
qbodup - Tomahawk missile launch, self explanatory
mikhalin1992 - Plane Crash
And finally Noisecollector - Jingle Bells, which, which a little pitch edit, absolutely made the opening of this episode.
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This week, Jamie and Aled are joined by Jack and Franks from the Welsh history podcast Tales For Wales to chat about last week's episode Rap Battles with Demon Horses. We also get into some weird and wonderful Welsh folk traditions and have a little Q&A with Jack and Franks about their passion for Welsh history.
Time stamps for your pleasure:
00:40 - What's everyone drinking?
04:55 - Last episode debrief
24:39 - Q&A wit...
Jon sits down with Sarah, Mark, Colin and Jeff from CTRL+ALT+ESC and chew the proverbial cud within spitting distance of their very own Escape Room Bar. Topics include Why notes Are Important, Knowing your Puzzling Weaknesses, Pet Hates, Disastrously stupid customers and a Five Year Plan (that doesn't involve a failed agricultural revolution leading to the starvation of millions). It's all here!
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