Room Escape Divas - Inverse Genius
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Room Escape Divas - Inverse Genius
We discuss the industry of escape rooms and escape room design
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100 þættir148 - Farewell and Thanks
Hello, friends. We have a somewhat sad announcement to make. This week will mark the final episode of the REDivas podcast. You may have noticed Mike,...
147 - Escape IF with Scott Nicholson
This week I am joined once again by the esteemed Doctor Scott Nicholson to talk about his latest project with mEducation Alliance, EscapeIF! It’s a st...
146 - Book of Dreams with Lee Ballan
This week I discuss The Book of Dreams, an anthology puzzle book, headed up by Lee Ballan and including entries from an all star puzzle design team! A...
145 - Adventuron w/Chris Ainsley
This week we get nostalgic about text adventures with Chris Ainsley, creator of Adventuron and a guest star appearance from Errol! If you are interest...
144 - Ciphers and Treasure Hunts with Mike Augustine
This week I am joined by Mike “Auggie” Augustine to discuss the world of ciphers and many tangents on treasure hunts and ARGs! Much fun ensues.
143 - Planning Your Escape with Laura E Hall
This week I am joined by Laura E Hall! We discuss her book, Planning Your Escape, which both teaches the history of escape rooms (going alllllll the w...
142 - Wild Optimists
This week I am joined by the powerhouse that is The Wild Optimists! Ariel Rubin and Juliana Moreno Patel discuss their experience designing Time Drift...
141 - Year in Review with Reality Escape Pod
I am joined this week by the brilliant David Spira and Peih Gee Law of Reality Escape Podcast to reflect on 2021 and go down as many tangents as possi...
140 - Constructed Adventures
For the last episode of 2021, I am joined by Chris Waters, the creator of Constructed Adventures! We talk about his epic adventure creating business,...
139 - Props with Haley Moore
How can props help enhance an experience? What stories can they tell? And how awesome are animatronics? This week Haley Moore shares her passion for p...
138 - Mechanics with Next Level Escapes
This week I am joined by Leanne Yong and Aaron Hooper of Next Level Escapes to discuss our non-escape room inspirations when creating designs! There a...
137 - Redesigning Your Game with Diorama's Ruud Kool
Apologies for the delay!
This week I talk with Ruud Kool of Diorama Games! We talk about the experience of translating and redesigning his first...
136 - VR with James Cobalt
This week Manda is joined by James Cobalt to discuss the wonders of VR and their impact on puzzle games and escape rooms. Manda might talk about Beats...
135- Rita Orlov and Non-linear Game Design
Manda is back and kicking off the REDiva season with the ever so talented Rita Orlov to talk about nonlinear game design and her upcoming Kickstarter...
134 - Forensic Accounting and Escape Rooms with Leah Wietholter
Manpans and Errol talk to Leah Weitholter, a fraud investigator who made an escape room inspired game to help teach forensic accounting and fraud inve...
133 - Rants about Online Immersive Escape Rooms
Sorry, it’s been a long time since the last update! Manda and Errol are joined by Lee-Fay and rant about a particular immersive adventure. Totally liv...
132 - REDivas Discuss Online Horror Escape Rooms
Manda, Ruby, Mike, and Errol are back together! At least while the baby sleeps. We talk about how escape rooms can help prepare for parenting, horror...
07 - Designer Spotlight Video: The Enigma Emporium
In this designer spotlight, we only have Errol because he left it until the last minute and no one else could make the time he booked! However he has...
131 - Matthew Stein on Empathy-driven Puzzles
Manpans and Errol talk with professional puzzle designer Matthew Stein about empathy-driven puzzles and puzzle design in general. Huzzah! This is a pr...
06 - Designer Spotlight Video: Society of Curiosities
Manda and Errol have a wonderful chat with Michelle and Yacine of Society of Curiosities! Listen in as they tell us about pivoting from an Escape Room...
130 - Escape Rooms and Art with Tommy Honton
Manpans and Errol talk to Tommy Honton! Originally, it was going to focus on Stash House and his creations but then we started talking about art! So n...
05 - Designer Spotlight Video: Miss Jezebel
The Divas interview Brian Corbitt, who designed Miss Jezebel of 60out Escape Rooms. Miss Jezebel is rated as one of the top three online escape rooms...
129 - Room Escape Artist: Year End Reflections
The Divas chat with Lisa and David Spira about 2020 in escape rooms, and what's in store for Room Escape Artist in 2021!
This was recorded in fr...
128 - The Infinite Escape Room Podcast!
Now, before you listen to our podcast, you should check out The Infinite Escape Room Podcast which we reference all through the episode! We have a won...
127 - Escape Rooms on Mobile
In today's episode, we talk about escape games you can play on your phone with Tammy Dorn and Andrew Ow. They both work at the indie-game company Haik...
04 - Designer Spotlight Video: Agent November
Manpans and Errol have a fun chat with Nathan Glover of Agent November! We go into all sorts of behind the scenes details and discuss the design of ga...
Engin hljóðskrá126 - DASH: Different Area, Same Hunt with Debbie Goldstein
In our 126th episode, Manpans and Errol have a fun time chatting to the founder of DASH, Debbie Goldstein! Listen in to learn all the secrets of start...
03 - Designer Spotlight Video: Scarlet Envelope
Hello! We released two videos this week! Our latest designer spotlight is with Scarlet Envelope, and we chat to Lisa Levina & Anna Lysova about their...
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02 - Designer Spotlight Video: An Escape Room in 18 Cards
Allo, enthusiasts! Here’s our second video as we focus on designers.
Today, we have Jonathan Chaffer who has create an escape room in only 18 ca...
125 - A Critical Look at Online Escape Rooms
Manda and Errol are joined by Lee Ballan, designer of The Pyramid, and they talk about all the things they like and don’t like about online escape roo...
01 - Designer Spotlight Video: Nick Moran of "Spectre & Vox"
We have something new we’re starting, enthusiasts! We are going to do youtube Designer Spotlights focusing on specific games!
Our first one is w...
124 - Survivor and Escape Rooms with Peih-Gee Law
In our latest episode, Manpans and Errol chat to Peih-Gee Law about Survivor (which Errol knows nothing about) and escape rooms (which Errol knows too...
123 - Escape Jams with Jeb Havens
Manpans and Errol talk to Jeb Havens (jebhavensgames@gmail.com) about Room Escape Jams! Listen in to learn about creating an escape room in a day.
122 - The World of ARGs with Michael Andersen
Today’s podcast is all about ARGs! The Divas talk with Michael Andersen of ARGn.com.
A great intro to the world of Alternate Reality Gaming.
Room Escape Divas Play - Escape the Eldritch Garden
Allo, everyone! This isn’t a podcast, but a video of us playing an audio escape game.
The game itself was first featured on Escape This Podcast,...
121 - Cultural Bias in Escape Rooms
Huzzah! Manda and Errol interview Shannon McDowell, a researcher at the Brantford Games Network Lab, about her latest paper on Cultural Bias in Escape...
120 - RECON: Running an Online Escape Room Conference on Discord
Manda and Errol talk to Theresa Piazza about the Escape Room conference Reality Escape Con.
They discuss being an exhibitor and a sponsor...
119 - The ASPMC: An Interview with Kellian Pletcher
All of the Divas are present as we interview Kellian Pletcher of Green Door Labs about her latest successfully funded Kickstarter that was just made a...
118 - Chicagoland Survey of Escape Room Players
Manda and Errol talk to Vincent Rubino of Fox in a Box - Chicago and Maren Rosenberg of Escape Artistry about their Chicagoland Escape Room survey and...
117 - Scooby-Doo!™: Escape from the Haunted Mansion - An interview with Sen-Foong Lim and Jay Cormier
Oh boy, that’s a long title. Manda and Errol talk to Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim about the newest escape room board game, Scooby-Doo!™: Escape from...