REVIEW: Going Nutty in The Psych Ward
Standing in a room full of my friends – or were they? – it dawned on me that we all looked insane. If I had been a fly on the wall looking down, I would say we looked straight out of a scene from One Flew O...
Black Market Escape Rooms Flips the Kill Switch on Murder Co
Billed as the nation's first r-rated escape room when it opened in March, Black Market Escape Rooms did not let us down. With professional design, acting and lots and lots of gore, its first game theme – Murder...
I Was Trapped In A Mayan Pyramid
I am Indiana Jones for the next 60 minutes. Sort of. Well, me and six other people. Regardless, this is a thrill. Mayan-themed puzzle pieces are hurriedly turned this way and that in a cramped little room. W...
Escapade Games’ Zoe Will Freak You Out and Leave You Wanting More
Darkness engulfs us. There’s no discernible way out. And the clock is ticking… If we don’t figure out the next clue soon, we may get paid a visit from one creepy-ass little girl. Fullerton’s Escapade Game...
How to Get Slaughtered in Hollywood
We were hopelessly stuck among the rotting (plastic) remnants of cows, pigs and humans. Well, probably all human, but now we know why. The Escape Hotel Hollywood's Slaughter was hard. Especially after smu...
Escape Hotel Hollywood’s The Exorcist Room Sets the Escape Game Bar High
Courtesy of Escape Hotel Hollywood This is a theme park, not just another escape room. That’s what the owners of Escape Hotel Hollywood want you to know. Seconds after you walk off Hollywood Boulevard and i...
The Dead to Walk Long Beach at the Zombie Fest
The Long Beach Zombie Walk has morphed into something bigger than we ever imagined. The Zombie Walk exploded into the Zombie Fest – a Halloween carnival that includes zombie walks all three days (free makeup...
The Escape Bus Mobile Escape Room Opens in Orange County
Jonathan Katz and Tyler Russell, The Escape Bus co-founders / Photo by Jessica Peralta It’s 2033 and we’re hackers in transport to maximum security prison to spend the rest of our days tech-less and very sa...
Fox in a Box Orange County Offers a Fun Night Out in Fullerton
Fox in a Box Orange County has three different room themes. As the minutes pass, the pressure in the room rises. We move around a little faster, frantically sticking our hands in containers, randomly trying...
Can You Survive Cross Roads Escape Games?
Straight out of William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill, a small group of both friends and strangers walked into Cross Roads Escape Games in Anaheim not really knowing what to expect. The six of us would form...