The Infinite Escape Room

Well well well. After 95 years, the OG Mickey Mouse is in the public domain. So of course we see just how close we can get to bringing the fury of the House of Mouse upon us as quickly as possible. What a way to start 2024. Anna and Bailey were excellent solvers, and it was great to have them back on the pod after so many months.   If you want to support the show, don't forget to check our Patreon...

Let's take a look at some of ours and your favourite episodes and moments from 2023, and I say a few thank yous. Thank you all so much for your continued support! We'll be taking a 1-week break for the start of 2024, so you'll get your next episode on Jan 21st. Here's to 2024 and to more escaping!   Episodes featured in this roundup: Britain's Finest Knob Tugging Hour And 1,2,3,4 ... Rap Battles W...

Join Annekoos, Jamie and Jon as they pick over the bones, blood and guts of last week's Christmas Special. Topics include Back To The Future style predictions of how our Christmas's went, Jamie's former career as a Discontent-Sparking Egyptologist, that time The English stole Christmas traditions from The Dutch and, of course, the legend of St Nicholas raising the dead.   Merry Christmas, and a Ha...

The title says it all, really.   Merry Christmas Jon   Special thanks to a few Freesound.org users for some crucial sound effects used in this episode:   2kool4school - BattleScene backing track, used for Today's Sponsor. qbodup - Tomahawk missile launch, self explanatory mikhalin1992 - Plane Crash And finally Noisecollector - Jingle Bells, which, which a little pitch edit, absolutely made the ope...

This week, Jamie and Aled are joined by Jack and Franks from the Welsh history podcast Tales For Wales to chat about last week's episode Rap Battles with Demon Horses. We also get into some weird and wonderful Welsh folk traditions and have a little Q&A with Jack and Franks about their passion for Welsh history.   Time stamps for your pleasure: 00:40 - What's everyone drinking? 04:55 -  Last e...

This week, Aled and Jamie are joined by Jack and Franks from Tales for Wales - a Welsh history podcast where they love their beer as much as their history (they're a couple of guys after our own hearts). Give them a follow, give them a listen and say hi from us.   With a full Welsh contingent and it being almost Christmas, the gang find themselves trapped in a winter cabin and up against the Mari...

Jon sits down with Sarah, Mark, Colin and Jeff from CTRL+ALT+ESC and chew the proverbial cud within spitting distance of their very own Escape Room Bar. Topics include Why notes Are Important, Knowing your Puzzling Weaknesses, Pet Hates, Disastrously stupid customers and a Five Year Plan (that doesn't involve a failed agricultural revolution leading to the starvation of millions). It's all here! C...

Join Jon as he ventures out into the real world for a sit down with CTRL+ALT+ESC of Margate, one of our favourite rooms! Apologies for the tardyness here, folks, editor Jon has spent the last few days intensively rehearsing, and then being Andy Warhol at a charity Gala Ball. Why? No idea. But someone offered him money to do it. So he did.   Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and...

This week, Jamie and Mike are joined by Anna and Lisa of Scarlet Envelope to have a little chat about last week's episode - Let's Do The Time Loop Again! - where we chat about how difficult time loops are to pull off, discuss the entirety of Wales's contribution to rock music, and a short interview with Anna and Lisa about the highs and lows of running a puzzle-by-mail company.   Time stamps for t...

Featuring Anna Lysova & Lisa Levina of Scarlet Envelope   This week, Jamie and Mike are joined by Anna & Lisa of Scarlet Envelope - a Canada-based puzzle company that offers mysteries by mail.   Check out their Christmas puzzle cards!   The gang find themselves trapped in a time loop, and need to get themselves out of this particular jam before they get themselves Spaghettified.   Featurin...

Join Mike, Bailey and Annekoos as they lick their wounds after commiting manslaughter in Jon's room last week. Topics of discussion include the nerve wracking diatery advice surrounding pregnancy, the human need for causality, everything bad that Alan has ever done, and of course, the ease with which Escapees can be distracted from what's really important... Come and chat to us on Facebook , Insta...

In the words of Admiral Akbar - It's a trap! But can the team find it, hidden in plainsight, in a maelstrom of simple but time-restricted tasks. Can they spot the Nasty in the Noise. Join Mike, Annekoos, and Bailey as Jon leads them by the nose. Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The...

Spoilers ahead! If you haven't already, hop back and listen to our two part RPG special, The Bourne Kerfuffle. Or don't, we're not your handler. As well as the debrief, we're talking TTRPG mechanics, and some red hot media reccos. Also...it's the last episode I'm producing before going on parental hiatus! Still going to crop up in some episodes as a guest, but I'll be taking a few months off produ...

And here's the second and final part of this year's RPG special - stay tuned for a pubisode next week, and then back to our normal format :D Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escap...

It's our annual RPG Special! Mike, Tony, Jamie and Anna are GM'd by Dom - who's put together a lightweight RPG system to lead us on a madcap sleep agent adventure.   This is part 1, and it'll conclude next week with, you guessed it, part 2. We had a lot of fun with this - everyone went to Mike's house for the day, sat around the dining table, had a lot of beer and all of his mead and whisky, giggl...

This week, Jamie ,Mairi, Mike, Tony have a little chat about last week's episode - Stop The Presses! - where we briefly discuss why medieval popes were literally the worst, as well as exploring whether Jeff Bezos trapped in an Egyptian tomb is an immersion-breaking anachronism. Time stamps for those who like to skip ahead: 00:43: Who's drinking what? 06:40: Chat about last week's puzzle episode 26...

Join Mairi ( @mairispaceship ), Mike and Tony as they have to create history's first tabloid newspaper and escape Gutenberg's printing press workshop!   - Marvel at how Mairi and Tony seem to have the entire periodic table memorised! - Stifle your giggle at Mike's squirty toot into a pneumatic tube - Roll your eyes in fake surprise at the custom shape they create to personalise the paper   A map o...

After last week's disaster in the Desert, we descend on The Golden Draught - the only pub in the The Infinite Escape Room metaverse that's carbon neutral, and connects the privvies to the pumps. Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podca...

Jon, Jamie, Anakos and Dom are stuck in Mike's horrid team building desert, and with a well researched and perfectly mimicked celebrity guest... Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio e...

Join the team as they reflect on last weeks Creepy Mansion puzzle, a room that felt very nicely polished so long as you don't look at it too closely. The discussion then moves on to consider the English weaknessfor morally corrupt but charming upper class charlatans, chat about rifling and what it did for the musket and the bizarre impact that banning cycling helmets might have on the roads. And a...

Another month, another cheery show by Jon. Themes for this week: Death, Murder, Eternal Rest in the Grave, Grammar Pedantry and disastrous International Relations. Featuring, Dom, Aled, Annekoos and eventually an Estate Agent called Connor. Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infi...

The conversation took a few turns, starting from a recommendation for French radio and taking SEVERAL left turns to end up with the line, "I bet Jeff Goldblum's got more cum in him."   In context, it makes perfect sense I swear.   Also, hit us up if you fancy going head to head on Escape Simulator some time. Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon p...

This week, Dom, Mike and Laura are trapped in glass cases of emotion, armed with only their wits and a convenient aux cable.   Marvel at how badly Jamie can butcher several popular songs (deliberately) and the Australian accent (not deliberately).   And see the whole thing unravel as he commits several goofs in the design.   Stick around until the very end to hear a cheeky little bit of audio from...

It's the pubisode, where Mike and Jamie are joined by James Charnock and Nic Whitton to: debrief last week's Home Guard room chat about why working in Universities is weird discuss the best kind of conference (spoiler, it's Playful Learning) It's a good natter, grab a brew and join us. Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , BlueSky and LinkedIn . Or join our Patreon programme for perks, ear...

Crumbs, jingo and flippery! It's Dad's army, and he's only gorn and bladdy locked some time travellers in a hut! This week Jamie is joined by Nic Whitton and James Charnok in escaping Mike's frightfully patriotic take on the Home Guard, Britain's finest armed militia. There's a lot of assets in this episode, you'll find all of the visual ones below: Come and chat to us on Facebook , Instagram , Bl...