Articles
Enigmarch Interviews Mairi Nolan Enigmarch February 2024
Which games provide safe spaces for LGBTQ+ Gamers? Safe in Our World June 2023
Putting together the pieces of a multiplayer game - Unity Blog March 2023
Game design, rainbow hair, kickstarter and a lack of sleep. Interview with Mairi Nolan - Escape Buzz March 2023
Toronto board game designers crush Kickstarter goal, raise over $680k - Venture September 2022
Our 5 Favorite Mystery Box Game Subscriptions - New York Times Wirecutter July 2021
This International Women's Day, Meet Jodie & Mairi - Glitchers Blog March 2021
Sleuthing Skills - The Week Junior October 2020
Talks
Freelancing in the Tabletop Games Industry - Tabletop Scotland September 2024
Live, Laugh, Logical Deduction: Mental Health and Puzzle Design - Games Leadership Network August 2024
Beyond the Screen: Thinky Games and Escape Rooms - ThinkyCon 2024 April 2024
Mimesis & Diegesis in Puzzle Design - Astra Fellowship Talk October 2023
Podcasts & Radio
The Museum Anti-Heist - The Infinite Escape Room May 2024
Mairi Nolan & Escape Industry News - The Cager Express: Escape Break March 2024
Pubisode: Bad Popes and Jeff Besoz - The Infinite Escape Room October 2023
Stop the Presses! - The Infinite Escape Room September 2023
What We Expect to See - Life is an Escape Room May 2023
Pubisode: Down the Rabbit's Hole - The Infinite Escape Room April 2023
Down the Rabbit's Hole - The Infinite Escape Room April 2023
008 - The History of Escape Rooms - Sipping Time Podcast March 2023
Escape Room - BBC Radio 4 May 2020
Interviews & On Screen
Episode 8 Puzzling - Channel 5 August 2023
Season 3 Episode 6 | Mairi Nolan - Psyched to be With You June 2023
The Escape Roomer interview! With Escape Room designer Mairi Nolan - Legacy Escape Box April 2023
Chernobyl: A Puzzle Septology Livestream - ESCAPETHEROOMers May 2021
Selected Media
Written by Mairi
I love writing about escape rooms and puzzle games! Over the years, I've been the Editor in Chief at The Escape Roomer, Escape Industry News, and written for a range of publications on the topic of escape rooms, puzzle design, and video games.
Selected Articles
PUZZLE GAMES
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"Peering through the keyhole: a deep dive into The Room series" - Thinky Games September 2024
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"Untangling the strange and compelling world of Rusty Lake" - Thinky Games August 2024
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"Beyond the screen: The interplay between video games and escape rooms" Thinky Games July 2024
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"6 Game Jams in 2 Months with Astra (& everything I learned doing them)" Medium September 2023
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"Gather, Solve, Connect: The Guide to Global Escape Room Conventions" - Buzzshot Blog September 2023
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"Resilience, Riddles and Reality: Why I Design Puzzles" - Safe in Our World June 2023
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"Marketing Tabletop Puzzle Games on Kickstarter" - Medium May 2023
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"Building communication into the heart of a puzzle game" - Unity Blog March 2023
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"So you want to be a puzzle designer?" - Medium February 2023
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"An Interview with Professor Puzzle" - The Escape Roomer May 2022
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"Meet Tomislav, one of Escape Simulator's Co-Creators" - The Escape Roomer January 2022
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"We've Escaped 2021 - An Escape Room Round Up" Buzzshot Blog December 2021
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"Sea Hero Quest relaunches as new, research edition" Glitchers Blog October 2021
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"Find Satoshi - How a 14 year old online puzzle was finally solved in 2020" The Escape Roomer January 2021
SELECTED REVIEWS
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"The Medusa Report by Diorama Games Review" - The Escape Roomer May 2023
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"Detectiving at it's Finest in Case Closed, Edinburgh" - The Escape Roomer February 2023
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"An Anxious Mind, Struggling to Sleep, Listens to the Crepuscula Call of Birds" - The Escape Roomer July 2022
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"Step into a Sci-Fi Wonderland in the Heart of London" - The Escape Roomer June 2022
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"At the Tomb of the Wandering King I met a traveller from an antique land..." - The Escape Roomer May 2022
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"Professor Puzzle's ambitious new tabletop escape game: Curse of the Dark" - The Escape Roomer May 2022
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"Jersey Island: The Escape Room guide" - The Escape Roomer October 2021
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"It all began with memory loss, and I woke up in a spaceship" - The Escape Roomer July 2021
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"In an alternate universe where the internet was never invented... We Still Fax!"" - The Escape Roomer May 2021
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"The Balthazar Stone is sheer, treasure hunting pirate goodness." - The Escape Roomer May 2021
JUST FOR FUN
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"Top Christmas Gifts Ideas for Escape Room Enthusiasts" - The Escape Roomer December 2021
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"How long could someone ACTUALLY survive in an escape room?" - The Escape Roomer, August 2021
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"Doctor Who’s Hidden Treasure Hunt #FindTheDoctor" - The Escape Roomer, August 2021
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"30 before 30: My Escape Room Bucket List" - The Escape Roomer, June 2021
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"Here lies John Renie, a Puzzle from Beyond the Grave" - The Escape Roomer April 2021
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"20 things for Escape Room fans to do during lockdown" - The Escape Roomer November 2020
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"A brief guide to Geocaching" - The Escape Roomer September 2020
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"A brief guide to Randonauting" - The Escape Roomer September 2020
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"7 Lessons the Film "Home Alone" taught me about solving escape rooms" LinkedIn November 2019