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Words I've written. From Game Design, to mental health, to the Escape Room Industry and beyond.

The Escape Room Enthusiast’s Guide to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the biggest and (in my totally un-biased opinion) the best Fringe Festivals in the world. It takes place ev

Resilience, Riddles & Reality: Why I Design Puzzle Games

I am a game designer. No wait, scratch that. More specifically – I am an escape room designer. I became a professional, full time escape roo

So, you want to be a ‘Puzzle Game Designer’?

There are many different traditional, and less traditional routes to becoming a 'puzzle designer', and even more debates raging as to what e

The Escape Roomer Does The Netherlands

Okay yes, so this is “The Escape Roomer” and yes, we almost exclusively review UK escape rooms. That is, barring the few awesome “play at ho