Citizens of Pangram, You may be aware that this fall will be the 75th Annual Famine Game, and you are among the pool of possible tributes. As we like to do something special every Quarter Quell, we are excited to announce that for this year’s Famine Game, we will be selecting TEAMS of tributes instead of 24 individuals. We feel this change will result in the most exciting and thrilling Famine Game to date. For up-to-date coverage about this year’s Game, please visit http://www.thefaminegame.com/ Specific information about the event, such as how to volunteer to be a tribute, will be released…
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Friday Round-up
Things! Going on! Eight Masters & A Raven Race Think you’ve got what it takes to help write a Ravenchase race? Want to outwit the other teams with your own craftiness? Want to get your team into a race for FREE? The Eight Masters & A Raven on March 2nd is a celebration of local puzzle designers! The race will be made up of eight puzzles submitted by the teams playing! Each team that submits a puzzle idea will receive free registration for the event, even if their puzzle isn’t one of the eight chosen. Submit your puzzle soon! …
Friday Round-up
Just a few quick updates today, on the road! Don’t forget to try out my Christmas Gift Puzzle, it’s an easy/fun one 🙂 Have a great weekend! Ravenchase Holiday Events Ravenchase has three events coming up this month: The Quest for the Golden Grinch in Richmond tomorrow, a Pubs & Puzzles race in DC on the 22nd, and the Quest for Father Time in Richmond on New Year’s Eve. Escape from the Mysterious Room Starts Tonight! Best of luck to SCRAP as they debut Real Escape Room SF vol 1 in Japantown this evening. Uggh someone buy an extra…
The Secret World Goes Subscriptionless
Fans of this year’s modern MMO The Secret World have been expecting this kind of news for a while — the game is transitioning to a “Pay Once, Play Forever” model. Despite tons of hype and delivering a unique, high-quality game, TSW has struggled to compete with 2012’s other big MMO releases, Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2, both of which were free-to-play on launch. From what I’ve read, a lot of people feel that free-to-play is the “future” of all MMOs, and Funcom’s gamble of using a subscription-based model on the cusp of that change unfortunately hasn’t paid off. The…
A Very Brief Round-up
Only one week left in the LA Game Space Kickstarter. LA Game Space will be a converted warehouse featuring space for exhibitions, speakers/workshops, residencies, and research labs, all about exploring the potential of games. And it’s not just for people in LA, all the events will be livestreamed and archived online for free! A $15 pledge gets you a pack of about a bazillion (30) exclusive indie games by designers of games including Katamari Damacy, Hotline Miami, QWOP, and Unfinished Swan (and even Pen Ward of Adventure Time!). On Wednesday, I talked about the #1reasonwhy Twitter trend. Tweets from #1reasonwhy, #1reasontobe,…
Mini Round-up
Just a few bits of news. Real Escape Game is bringing Real Escape Room to San Francisco next month! This sounds like a more faithful interpretation of the online escape the room games, where you and up to 10 other people are actually trapped inside a normal-looking room and must find the clues to escape. Starts December 14th in Japantown, I hope someone goes and gives a full report! Via BoingBoing, the remains of a carrier pigeon from World War II were found recently, and with a coded message attached to the leg! So far, Britain’s cryptologists are stumped.…
Monday Round-up
Stayed up too late last night trying out Space Alert campaigns and visiting with a friend, low on energy, struggling to remain standing. Have some round-ups. Everything About Secret Bookcase Doors It’s a Tumblr, and it’s exactly what it sounds like. SPORTSFRIENDS This is a Kickstarter to package Johann Sebastian Joust and three other competitive, local multiplayer games for PS3 and PC. Really hoping to get a chance to try out JSJ at MAGFest this year! Good Reads (?) People have been posting some articles, and I haven’t had time to read them. Here are some: Dissecting…
Friday Round-up
Apologies for my absence on Wednesday, sick day unfortunately. But I’m feeling much better now, and there is much to talk about! Like events! And Halloween! And Mystery Hunts! Book of Cursed Souls Halloween Adventure Race The raffle is over, and the winner of the 4 free passes is Snooze, my good friend and the creator of Krazy Kitchen! Congrats! For the rest of you, there is still time to register for the event and solve my spooky puzzles next Saturday. I hope to see you there! More info and registration here. Laser Quest 20th Birthday Blast Tomorrow,…
Halloween Adventure Race Giveaway
I’m super excited to be running my second public Ravenchase event and my first ever Halloween event, The Book of Cursed Souls Halloween Adventure Race, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, October 27! I love Halloween so much and I’m hoping to make this event really special and really spooky. If you’re looking for something fun, adventurous, and puzzle-y to do on Halloween weekend and you’re in the area, I hope you’ll consider attending. And for those of you who are interested in going, I’m giving away 4 free passes to the event via the raffle below! (That is, 4 passes for…
Games and Such
Traveling today, but here are a few games and links and things I’ve been gathering up. Great American History Puzzle – a Smithsonian Magazine puzzle designed by Ken Jennings The Great American History Puzzle is “a multi-step, cryptographic history puzzle” that explores different codes and ciphers used throughout American history. It’s designed by famous Jeapordy champion Ken Jennings and has a grand prize that includes a trip to D.C. and a special Smithsonian tour. Sounds interesting! The Room – a mystery/puzzle game for iOS devices The Room describes itself as “a physical puzzler, wrapped in a mystery game,…