The Infinite Escape Room

Disney horrors and frozen heads at the Haus of Maus

 
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
 

Maus Trap

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)

The Infinite Escape Room clip show! 2023’s best bits

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 With Demon Horses
Separating art from artist, escape toilets and a sexy duel at the Night Fever Club
A Bitter Pint at the Trusty Trowel
Gusset Gum and the Temple Of Mood
Falling Monks and Robotic Beer Tasting
The Bookie Nookie ft. Step Lockyer
Down The Rabbit's Hole
Let's Do The Time Loop Again
Oh the Humanity! - With Ctrl+Alt+Esc
RPG Special 2023 - The Bourne Kerfuffle Part 2: Chronofarce
 

PTSD, Egg Nog & Grog At Santa’s Drag Bar

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 Happy New Year you bloodsoaked monster.
Jon

Santa Slay.

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 opening of this episode.
 
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For those following this show closely, there's a puzzle element that is briefly described, but not in full. So, here it is in full, should you want to Solve-Along.
The picture is of Santa and his reindeer. Santa stands in the middle with the reindeer gathered around him for the shot. The reindeer have all been labeled with their names and some numbers: 
 
Cupid - DP70 L20 - White legs, grey body 
Rudolph - DP0 L0 - White, Red Nose
Vixen - DP20 L5 - Grey with white head
Prancer -. DP25 L10 - Brown
Blitzen - DP80 - L10 - Brown with white spots on hind legs 
Donner -- DP 10 L10 - Very dark grey 
Dancer - DP40 L30 - Brown with white fore legs   
Dasher - DP40 L30 Grey all over -
Comet - DP30 L70 Black all over - 

A cold pint at the Frost Mare with the Tales for Wales podcast

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 episode debrief
24:39 -  Q&A with Tales for Wales
39:07 -  Media recommendations
 
This week's Stuff You Should Check Out are:
- Mr Inbetween (TV show)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (TV Show)
- The 13th Warrior (Movie)
- Ice Nine Kills: Ex Mørtis (Band / song)
 
I had to cut a fair bit of good banter from this episode for time - if you're keen to listen to the full thing, consider joining our Patreon programme over at patreon.com/theinfiniteescaperoom.

Rap Battles With Demon Horses

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 Lwyd - a demonic horse skeleton hell-bent on breaking in and noshing on our solvers' souls.
Visuals attached if you want to play along:
 
Wreath
Code 1 - Lintel
Code 2 - Bowl
Ogham Alphabet
Summoning circle
 
 
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This week's solvers were Aled, Jack and Franks. Your host and puzzlemaker was Jamie Gibbs.

Ye Olde Locke Inn with Ctrl+Alt+Esc

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!