Hall and friends opened their first escape room in “a small building in the industrial district”, and it came with some pros that would be cons in any other business. We opened, I think, the first one in Portland, maybe the first one in Oregon.” “On that drive back, my group of friends and I were like, we have to try this, right? And so we did.
The potential of these games was so obvious to us as a fun team-based thing, in a physical space around you that tells a story, but has puzzles that can be really fun and challenging. “We agreed that we were already puzzle people we like narrative, we make video games, we do theatre… we should do something like this. Such an impact, in fact, that on the drive back home from the venue Hall and her friends made the decision to launch their own. That very first escape room had a huge impact on her. We played it and we’re totally blown away, you know?” “We’d just been doing one in Seattle and we heard about this thing called ‘escape rooms’, it was brand new. From there, Hall’s passion for puzzles spiraled into bigger, “more intensive” team-based puzzles. The event was a turning point for Hall, who found that this “was sort of the first time I did think of myself as a puzzle person, though in truth I’d been solving puzzles for years”. That perception changed when she moved to Portland in 2010 and was introduced to a “puzzle pint” event where “you show up to just drink a beer and solve puzzles”. That was the thing I really liked about it, but I never really saw myself as a puzzle person.” The thing that I thought was really interesting about those was that they’re time-based, right? It’s a community coming together to solve this game, but the narrative is interactive and responsive to the audience. Hitting fast-forward, she explains that “in college, I got super into alternate reality games which introduced me to the puzzle genre. Sitting down to chat with NME, she explained that she’s always been “a puzzle and mystery lover” – all the way back to her passion for Nancy Drew at a young age. READ MORE: ‘Total War: Warhammer 2’ at four: from humble beginnings to one of the greatest strategy games ever createdĪdmittedly, Hall has carved out quite a specific niche.The book in question, Planning Your Escape, aims to pass on some of her escapist expertise to anyone looking to polish up their skills in the field (or room). She’s been there, done that, and quite literally wrote the book on it. Licensed by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.On the topic of escape rooms – the mysterious venues that have popped up seemingly everywhere over the last few years – there are few as informed as Laura E. Nancy Drew is a registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. HER INTERACTIVE and DOSSIER are trademarks of Her Interactive, Inc.The HER INTERACTIVE and DARE TO PLAY are registered trademarks of Her Interactive, Inc. Play fun mini-games such as Bul, Skull and Bones, and Jigsaw puzzles.Ĭopyright © 2006-2013 Her Interactive, Inc.Explore an enormous English mansion with hidden passages and mazes.Solve puzzles based on heraldry, astronomy, and alchemy.Is she hiding from something or someone, or is a more menacing threat stalking her? Face your fears to find the truth in Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor!Ĭombining great puzzles, non-linear gameplay, and a dark, ominous story, this is the most mature Nancy Drew adventure game to date. A mysterious malady keeps Linda hidden behind thick bed curtains. You, as Nancy Drew, embark on your first international adventure to visit Linda Penvellyn, your neighbor's daughter and newlywed wife of a British diplomat. All is not well in Blackmoor Manor, a 14th century English mansion haunted by a tragic past.
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