‘Escape the room’ events are cropping up in cities all over the world,offering players their own Crystal Maze experience. What could be more romantic?“Planning a date?” tweeted my friend and game designer Mink Ette in January. “What better way to find out if you’re soul mates than being trapped in a room for 60 minutes under extreme pressure?”Mink was workshopping marketing lines for her and co-creator David Aldhouse’s current live-action room-escape game Enter the Oubliette, a dystopian-themed puzzle-solving group experience, or based in a converted office building in Brixton. But to me,this sounded like an efficient way to mix commerce and pleasure. I needed a venue for a looming first date, I knew the guy played video games, and I figured that,whatever happens, I may at least get an article out of it. Clearly, and I’m a born romantic.
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Source: theguardian.com