After a marathon full length escape room Annekoos and Aled join Jon in the vaults of The Counting House. We pick over the bones of The Heist, delve into the affect that the medium of delivery has on the difficulty of different puzzles, reflect on the inherently self defeating nature of late stage capitalism and then talk about Anne of Green Gables.
Standard night out in your thirties, basically.

The first number two we've ever done.
Yep. Leaving that there. Couldn't be happier with it. I can feel your judgement, I can sense your grimace on the winds that whip around the earth and bind our experience together. And on that wind I can taste your dissappointment. And it tastes good.

SURPRISE, you're doing a real escape room, a full length one, that is real. Or was real. Once. In my mind. In your mind. Well, in my mind first, then in your mind. Minds are great aren't they. Aren't they? Do you care? Do you mind? I don't mind. Don't mind me. Mind out there, I'm doing my mindfulness.
Deep breath now. Mind the gap.
I may have gotten carried away with today's sponsor.

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

Join Jon, Jame and Ben as they take a sip of Margate Effluent at this underwater boozer. Topics include Why The Hard Things Are Easy and vice versa, the difficulties of puzzle design that doesn't involve numbers and why the "defeat" ending is a dying art. 
Also, Jon gives us a One time only performance of his hit parody "Unter Der Sea".
Enjoy!

Producer Ben marks his return to the show with this voyage beneath the waves. He joins Jamie as they patiently endure Jon's impersonation of a series of Germanic Mermen. Now. How does a Puffer Fish work? Do you know?
 
 
Special thanks this episode go to the following FreeSound.org users:
cAPSLOCK7 -  00001NoisevaultAlleyWater.
kernowrules -  Cornish River Estuary
thatjeffcarter -underwater loop 120bpm

 
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