Flavoured beers, stolen artefacts and Mike's new book [Pubisode]

This week, Jamie is joined by Helen and Mairi - two of our wonderful Patreon subscribers - to smuggle a few historical objects from the British Museum.
Fictionally sponsored by Mammoth Meat, this episode features much chewing, pocket lint theft, dodgy accents and a surprise cameo.
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Check out Mairi's previous episodes:
Down the Rabbit's Hole
Stop The Presses!

Gather ye round, settle down, grab a beer and listen in as I chat with David Spira and Peih-Gee Law of Reality Escape Pod about last week's episode - The Wicker Plan.
We also touch on why David and PG enjoy leaving one another for dead, we chat about the difficulties of switching you brain between game mode and story mode in an escape room, and we get a little insight into how they make REPOD.
Check out Reality Escape Pod and say hi to David at @roomscapeartist and Peih-Gee at @peihgee.

We're joined this week by David Spira and Peih-Gee Law of Reality Escape Pod, where they have to work their way out of a burning wicker man where everything is designed to kill them.
Fire in the feet
Bees in the arms
Pollen in the head
It's a nightmare.
Here's a handout if you want to play along:
Wicker man schematic
Check out Reality Escape Pod and say hi to David at @roomscapeartist and Peih-Gee at @peihgee.
 
And remember - don't snort bees, kids. It'll mess you up.
 
Your solvers this week were David Spira and Peih-Gee Law.
Game design and hosting by Jamie Gibbs.

This week, Dom crafts a delightful puzzle where Ben and Jamie have to escape from Nitflex - the streaming service with a delightful set of portals we can jump into.
 
Dom also did a fantastic job at hosting this one, too. Tell us if you think he should host more often :) His alliteration skills were also on point.
 
Visuals for your delight
 
 
SFX used in this episode
Trombone sound - https://freesound.org/people/HootOwl/sounds/468909/
Jump scare = https://freesound.org/people/TheSoundFXGuy_YT/sounds/534218/

Whoo boy do we go on some tangents with this one. From Cockneys to Wombles to Batman and back. And for those of you not from the UK - this is the wombles.
Ben and Dom were stellar pub friends, keeping the banter flowing when my internet connection went down ... several times.
Make sure you comment or send us a message with your answer to our Cockney rhyming slang challenge!
Here are some links to the cool things we talk about during the episode:
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Margate Fhtagn
Mastadon social network
Master and Commander: Far side of the world
Evil Genius podcast

'Ello Guv'nor!
 
Ben and Dom find themselves in the midst of a dastardly Cockney plan to summon the Great Cthulu, Spawn of the Stars, at Margate Water Treatment Plant.
 
How will they fare? Will Jamie's AWFUL connection be the death of them? Fear not, dear listener - where there's a will there's a way.
 
Handouts attached if you want to play along:
Star chart
Sigil
Door sign
 
Music used in this episode from FreePD.com:
Patron Saint of Heists by Brian Teoh
Bavarian Seascape by Anonymous
Hidden Truth by Rafael Krux
SFX used:
Squeaky Scrap 41 by Department64
Shower(ernie)05.wave by kokopetiyot
Bathtub Water Turn On Run and Drain.wav by bbrocer

 
In this pubisode we go down the rabbit hole with pitches for Disney films that could be remade into horror films. We also get into modern showings of older Disney movies showing content warnings due to dodgy stuff from way back when. And we address certain urban myths about old Walt himself.
 
Timestamps if you want to skip ahead:
00:45 - Who's drinking what?
08:26 - A debrief of last week's episode, Maus Trap
24:08 - Disney horror remakes
32:39 - Recommendations for cool stuff you should check out
 
Here are some things we recommend:
Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (book)
Barbarian (film)
Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens - David Mitchell (book)
SIX (musical)
Headlock escape rooms - Keeper and the Fungus Among Us (virtual escape room)
 
Enjoy!
Jamie x
 

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.
 
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Game design by Jamie Gibbs (@armchairescapist)