A few months ago we were guests on the Escapuzzled podcast with Corey and Helena. The original, booze filled episode was over 2 hours long (the recording was twice that again!). Here's the second half of that interview, where we go into the puzzle making process, designing games for audio and generally how we embrace chaos in all we do.
Enjoy!
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This week, Mike poses the question: Is player cognitive load a help or a hindrance when designing escape rooms? 
We also chat about Mairi's secret connection to the Chocolate Orange fortune, and round out the night with our recommendations for books, games and other podcasts.
 
Hosts: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan, Emma Bailey
Editor: Jamie Gibbs
 
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It's America's Got Talent meets Crufts in this week's escape room from Mairi.
Mike, Jamie and Bailey don their sequined leotards and prove that you can teach an old human new tricks as they puzzle their way to the stage to impress the intimidating Simon Howl.
 
Puzzle Master: Mairi Nolan
Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey
Episode art: Dom Jordan
Editor: Jamie Gibbs
 
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It's Planet of the Apes! Except with dogs instead of apes. They wear clothes and have jobs and everything.
This week, Mike, Mairi and Bailey are confined to the People Park before their imminent destruction for crimes against the Canine Imperium. But one of their fellow humans has left a clue that could help them make their escape...
 
Puzzle Master: Jamie Gibbs
Solvers: Mike Collins, Mairi Nolan, Emma Bailey
Episode art: Dom Jordan
Editor: Jamie Gibbs
 
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Having narrowly escaped the opening and closing scenes of Gravity, the gang sit down for a lovely chat at the pub with Corey and Helena from Escapuzzled.
They'll show us how to answer quick fire questions quickly and on fire, talk about the Escapuzzled project, and chat puzzles and escaping in their experience and the wider industry.

We're joined once more by Corey and Helena from Escapuzzled, as we try to get through Mike's shonkily equipped lab to the AliExpress ISS escape pod.
Can the gang figure out Mike's fiendish pollution based puzzle, and uncover the true identity of PunPun the Panda? Not without some EditorMike apologies along the way...enjoy!

In this week's episode, Jamie hosts an interstellar disaster movie as we tackle an escape room set on the AliExpress International Space Station, post invasion of intergalactic Lutoners.
We're joined by the fabulous Corey and Helena from the Escapuzzled podcast, who are inexplicably still  speaking to us after we gave them twenty seven hours of editing on their own podcast. 

Shrug off your double denim and join us for a cold brewski at The Ski Pad, where we chat about designing the rooms in our Ronald's Revenge series:
1. Great Scott!
2. Yippee Ki-Yay, Mr. Falcon
3. E.T. Get Clue
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Hosts: Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey