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.

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A selection of some of my favourites below:

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Selected Articles

GAME DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT

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• "6 Game Jams in 2 Months with Astra (& everything I learned doing them)" Medium September 2023

• "Resilience, Riddles and Reality: Why I Design Puzzles" - Safe in Our World June 2023

• "Marketing Tabletop Puzzle Games on Kickstarter" - Medium May 2023

• "Building communication into the heart of a puzzle game"​ - Unity Blog March 2023

• "So you want to be a puzzle designer?" - Medium February 2023

• "An Interview with Professor Puzzle" - The Escape Roomer May 2022

• "Meet Tomislav, one of Escape Simulator's Co-Creators" - The Escape Roomer January 2022

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TALES FROM HAZELWOOD POST DEV BLOGS​

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• December 2023 - Hazelwood Post Dev Blog Dec 23

• November 2023 - Hazelwood Post Dev Blog Nov 23

• October 2023 - Hazelwood Post Dev Blog Oct 23

• September 2023 - Hazelwood Post Dev Blog Sept 23

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SELECTED GAME REVIEWS

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• "The Medusa Report by Diorama Games Review" - The Escape Roomer May 2023

• "Detectiving at it's Finest in Case Closed, Edinburgh" - The Escape Roomer February 2023

• "An Anxious Mind, Struggling to Sleep, Listens to the Crepuscula Call of Birds" - The Escape Roomer July 2022

• "Step into a Sci-Fi Wonderland in the Heart of London" - The Escape Roomer June 2022

• "At the Tomb of the Wandering King I met a traveller from an antique land..." - The Escape Roomer May 2022

• "Professor Puzzle's ambitious new tabletop escape game: Curse of the Dark" - The Escape Roomer May 2022

• "Jersey Island: The Escape Room guide" - The Escape Roomer October 2021

• "It all began with memory loss, and I woke up in a spaceship" - The Escape Roomer July 2021

• "In an alternate universe where the internet was never invented... We Still Fax!"" - The Escape Roomer May 2021

• "The Balthazar Stone is sheer, treasure hunting pirate goodness." - The Escape Roomer May 2021

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SELECTED NEWS ARTICLES​

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• "Gather, Solve, Connect: The Guide to Global Escape Room Conventions" - Buzzshot Blog September 2023

• "ER Champ Begins Soon - Are You Ready?" - The Escape Roomer October 2022

• "EnigMarch, Like NaNoWriMo... But for Designing Puzzles!" The Escape Roomer February 2022

• "A List of all 2021 TERPECA Nominated Escape Rooms in the UK" - The Escape Roomer February 2022

• "We've Escaped 2021 - An Escape Room Round Up" Buzzshot Blog December 2021

• "Sea Hero Quest relaunches as new, research edition" Glitchers Blog October 2021

• "Find Satoshi - How a 14 year old online puzzle was finally solved in 2020" The Escape Roomer January 2021

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ESCAPE INDUSTRY NEWS

 

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  • February, January.​

• 2023

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• 2022

  • ​December November October September August July June May​ April March February January

• 2021

  • December November October September August

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JUST FOR FUN

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• "Top Christmas Gifts Ideas for Escape Room Enthusiasts" - The Escape Roomer December 2021

• "How long could someone ACTUALLY survive in an escape room?" - The Escape Roomer, August 2021

• "Doctor Who’s Hidden Treasure Hunt #FindTheDoctor" - The Escape Roomer, August 2021

• "30 before 30: My Escape Room Bucket List" - The Escape Roomer, June 2021

• "Here lies John Renie, a Puzzle from Beyond the Grave" - The Escape Roomer April 2021

• "20 things for Escape Room fans to do during lockdown" - The Escape Roomer November 2020

• "A brief guide to Geocaching" - The Escape Roomer September 2020

• "A brief guide to Randonauting" - The Escape Roomer September 2020

• "7 Lessons the Film "Home Alone" taught me about solving escape rooms" LinkedIn November 2019