The Hivemind Escape Podcast

Curious to know more about your hosts? In this episode we dive into the 20 questions we've gotten from listeners. We cover topics from our frustrations in escape rooms with each other, to our funniest escape room fiasco! Tune in to catch the winner of the giveaway, and hear all about your hosts!

#Escaperooms #EscapeEnthusiasts #EscapeRoomJunkies #HivemindEscape

In this episode we are lucky enough to be able to review The Escape Game Adventures books, The Mad Hacker and The Last Dragon. These children's books were sent to us by our friends at Schiffer publishing. We absolutely loved playing these books and would recommend them to anyone with younger players on their team! Details for our Giveaway are located at the end of the episode!

Melanie Vives

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Remi Prieur 

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Disclaimer: This Episode was created after being asked to review these books by the publishing company.

https://www.schifferbooks.com/

Escaping from home is easy with so many options. In this episode we talk about the two home escapes we have done this week, as well as how to access a list of more! Don't forget to send in your questions to be featured on our 20 questions mini-sode this week! 

Links:

Unlock Disney

https://tinyurl.com/UnlockDisneyWorld

Enthusiasts Escape List

https://tinyurl.com/EscapeFromHome

Nancy Drew escape and more

https://www.mysteryescaperoom.com/copy-of-online-business-games

#escaperooms #escaperoomenthusiasts #quarantinelife #escapefromhome #disney #escape #hivemindescape

On this weeks episode, we cover the digital experiences we've been using to fill the void! Please check out these games, as they're a fantastic substitution for our beloved hobby.

Games include:

The Room 1 2 & 3

Tales of Escape

The Escaper

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

#escaperooms #escapeenthusiast #socialdistancingtips #quarantinelife #hivemindescape

Hello everybody! This weeks episode goes over the craziness that is happening in the world with COVID-19 and what you can do to break the monotony. We explain what really did happen to Episode Twelve, and offer up a fun way for us all to give back to the community we love so much. 

Make sure you send us your favorite local games on Twitter and Instagram, as well as show us/tell us what you're doing to keep sane during quarantine! 

#escaperooms #escapepodcasts #escapeenthusiast #escapethisvirus

With the COVID-19 Pandemic sweeping the world, we thought it would be a good time to address some concerns enthusiasts are having. We feature a brief interview with a local Escape Room owner and the steps he's taking to provide a safe clean experience to his patrons. 

https://riddleboxescape.com/

In case you need the lyrics for a fun hand washing song :)

https://genius.com/Tlc-no-scrubs-lyrics

In this Episode, we cover our top 5 favorite rooms inside the city, and just outside the city. We hope this list will help everyone find some good rooms, and if traveling be able to enjoy our great city and the rooms it has to offer!

In the City

Zodiac - Fox in a Box (01:14)

Railcar - Escape Artistry (04:10)

Save the Queen - Team VS. Time (07:45)

Escape the 90's - The Quandary (10:10)

Gold Rush - The Escape Game (14:30)

Outside the City

Gameshow - Escape Factor, Forest Park (18:25)

Cabin of Dr. Bishop - Southside Escape, Oak Lawn (21:53)

High Noon - Escape hOur Room, Bolingbrook (26:49)

Towering Inferno - Odyssey Escape, Schaumburg (30:25)

Puppet Theater - Escape the Room, Oakbrook (35:00)

Top rooms inside/out (38:31)

Hopefully these recommendations help!

#escapegame #chicago #escapechicago #escaperooms #puzzles

In this weeks episode we talk about our trip to C2E2 in Chicago, and the amazing Escape Rooms in Education panel discussion we were able to attend. 

Check out the links below for some of the content we talked about and the panel provided today. 

https://www.breakoutedu.com/

This weeks episode brings us a special guest! Errol from the Room Escape Divas joins us for a wonderful conversation about himself, and his upcoming PUZZLE HUNT! Tune in to learn all about Errol's beginnings as well as behind the scenes on the making of and administration of a puzzle hunt.

https://myneighborerrol.com/

The 2020 Cryptex hunt can be found at this website, register and get ready to read!

http://www.cryptexhunt.com/2020/

You can hear more from the Room Escape Divas by visiting their page below.

http://www.inversegenius.com/roomescapedivas

In this weeks episode we take a trip down memory lane and talk about all those lovely games that made us who we are. We throw it back to books we read as kids, and segue into some of those guilty pleasure point and click games from our younger years. This weeks episode was cut short for time, but you can count on us thinking of more games and nostalgic T.V. shows/Movies we loved growing up (and still love today)