In the second episode of our special, in-person London series, we took a quick break for a drink at the Dirty Dicks - yes, that really is it's name, and it's great!

In this episode we do Two Truths and a Lie, discuss Cold vs Hot openings in escape rooms, and give our recommendations for this month.

This month's recommendations are:

Jamie - The Code Book by Simon Lehna Singh Jon - Notes From an Execution by Danya Kukafka Mairi - The Electrifying Incident (2025) by Draknek & Friends Mike - Slow Horses by Mick Herron, and Prey (2017) by Arkane

Note: There'll not be an unedited version of this recording, as there wasn't a lot we cut out!

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In this special episode, we're reporting from our first all-producers, in-person trip to London! For the first time, all four of The Infinite Escape Room hosts were in the same space at the same time.

Over this and the next few episodes you'll hear all about our puzzle thoughts on some of the games we played, including:

• The Emerald Phantom at Secret Studio
• Phantom Peak
• Escape Arcade at Enigma Quests
• Clays Bar

Listen out in this episode, where we've also got a very special interview with two of the excellent creators of The Emerald Phantom, Oscar and Andrew, who you can find out more about at Secret Studio.

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You have been eaten alive by an irradiated Koala. What a day. But don't worry, there's a pub in here! Join Jamie, Aled, Mike and Bailey as they reflect on a question that should haunt the dreams of more Escape Room designers than it probably does - What is a puzzle?

AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A prize draw. A real one. With a real prize. Well, two, actually, but one of them will probably go a bit funny before it reaches the winner.

Also, our recommendations for this month:

As always, we closed out the episode with some handpicked recommendations from the team:

• Bailey – TreeApp Plant a tree a day for free by watching short ads—an easy way to support global reforestation.

• Aled – Piper Alley Bagpipe covers of metal songs. Yes, it's weird. Yes, it's brilliant.

• Mike – Hardspace: Shipbreaker A relaxing puzzle-like space salvage sim with corporate dystopia vibes. Great on Steam Deck.

• Mike – Slow Horses by Mick Herron A witty, gritty spy thriller about MI5’s least wanted. Also a TV series starring Gary Oldman.

• Jamie – Maniac (Steam) GTA-style, top-down bullet hell chaos. Perfect for blowing off steam in 20-minute bursts.

• Hosts: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes
• Editor: Jon Saunders

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This week's episode is Round 3 of The House of Death Games. Jamie opens the episode by strapping a ball gag into his mouth, the team re-enact the Vicar of Dibley soundtrack but substituting The Lord for Cocaine and Bailey cracks her knuckles and absolutely slaughters the rest of the team. But will it be enough to bring her victory?

Pop another Koala on the Barbie Bruce!

• Puzzle maestro: Jamie Gibbs

• Solvers: Mike Collins, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes

• Episode art: Dom Jordan

• Editor: Jonathan David Charles Saunders III

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This week's episode is Round 2 of The House of Death Games. Here, Bailey has us playing a sadistic game of celebrity Obama Llama to get points in Ozman Richards' (similar to but legally distinct Richard Osman) post-apocalyptic House of Death Games .

Who's in the running to escape with their life? And who's destined for the digestive tract of a radioactive koala?

• Puzzle maestro: Emma Bailey

• Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Aled Hughes

• Episode art: Dom Jordan

• Editor: Jamie Gibbs

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The gang has been kidnapped! Again.

This time, Australia's post-apocalyptic warlord Ozman Richards (similar to but legally distinct from Richard Osman) has challenged our puzzlers to compete in his House of Death Games.

To the winner? Their life is spared.

Everyone else? They pass through the digestive tract of a radioactive koala.

This episode covers Round 1 - Just A Minute - where contestants have to speak on a topic for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Easier said than done when your lives are on the line ...

• Puzzle maestro: Mike Collins

• Solvers: Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes

• Episode art: Dom Jordan

• Editor: Jamie Gibbs

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In this new series, we put our professional puzzle design experience to good use and look at escape rooms in film and TV as if they were real escape rooms.

Our inaugural episode looks at the escape room episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Karen Peralta (Season 3 Episode 14).

This is the episode where Captain Holt, Gina, Hitchcock and Scully 'work' together to escape a nuclear bunker.

Follow Mike, Jamie and Mairi as they put the room through its paces and discuss how they'd make it a better escape room experience

Hosts: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan

This week, Jamie and Mairi are joined by author and game designer Eloise Corvo who chats with us about her new book, Off the Beaten Path, as well as her love of Michigan, cozy murders and designing mystery games.

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• Website

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