{"id":106601,"date":"2022-04-12T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=106601"},"modified":"2024-03-23T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:01:27","slug":"s3e9-mailbag-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/04\/12\/s3e9-mailbag-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"REPOD S3E9 &#8211; The Mailbag Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"S3E9 - The Mailbag Episode\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=zpi7n-11f8c7e-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Tahoma&amp;skin=1b1b1b&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=60a0c8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxt8p-d_T_A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Season 3, episode 9 of REPOD, David and Peih-Gee are joined by David&#8217;s wife and REPOD producer Lisa Spira, along with Steve Ewing, the REPOD editor. We take questions and comments from listeners who have called in with voicemails or sent us emails. We had some really thought provoking questions, some lovely compliments about listeners&#8217; favorite episodes, and of course, some hilarious prank calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"106868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/landscape1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"landscape1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-1024x585.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"man and woman in glasses laughing in a dining booth, asian woman wearing a costume of the &quot;this is fine&quot; meme, and man peeking out with only the upper half of his face showing\" class=\"wp-image-106868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1-685x391.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/landscape1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also got to play some hilarious games designed by Steve and Peih-Gee, themed on our past guests. We absolutely loved hearing from our listeners and had a blast going through our mailbag. I hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"support-room-escape-artist-s-mission\">Take A Short Survey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"support-room-escape-artist-s-mission\">As we plan for Season 4, please help us learn what&#8217;s working and what&#8217;s not by sharing your feedback anonymously through this survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/repod-season3\" style=\"background-color:#009dd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take Survey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thank-you-to-our-sponsors\">Thank You to Our Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are immensely grateful to our sponsors this season, Morty App and Virtual Escape Games. We truly appreciate your support of our mission to promote and improve the immersive gaming community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"mortyapp.com\/repod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" data-attachment-id=\"103024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/asset-264x\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x.png\" data-orig-size=\"1174,869\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x-685x507.png 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asset-26@4x.png 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"morty-app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortyapp.com\/repod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Morty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morty is a free app for discovering, planning, tracking, and reviewing your escape rooms and other immersive social outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Badge for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/MortyApp.com\/REPOD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MortyApp.com\/REPOD<\/a> to sign up and get a special badge for our listeners (works for existing users also). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualescapegames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" data-attachment-id=\"104001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/virtual-escape-games-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/virtual-escape-games-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/virtual-escape-games-logo-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/virtual-escape-games-logo-685x295.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/virtual-escape-games-logo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"morty-app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualescapegames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Virtual Escape Games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual Escape Games specializes in virtual team-building adventures for teams anywhere around the globe, 24\/7. And now introducing brand-new non-hosted games for 1-6 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discount Code for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>REA20 for 20% off a non-hosted game for 1-6 players<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TB20 for 20% off a team-building adventure for any size team!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-discussed-in-this-episode\">Topics Discussed in this Episode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David talks about the snail mail letter he received from Alex and Sandor from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.logiclocks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Logic Locks<\/a> in Amsterdam that inspired our mailbag episode. [1:45]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brett Kuehner, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatguywiththepuzzles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">That Guy With the Puzzles<\/a>, left a voicemail telling us he likes how we give our guests room to speak. [3:58]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, we got pranked with a voicemail that is not dissimilar to the types of emails that Lisa gets regularly in the REA inbox, where REA is mistaken for an escape room company. [5:40]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haley and Cameron Cooper, creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/strangebirdimmersive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strange Bird Immersive<\/a> in Houston, left us a voicemail talking about some of their favorite episodes (<a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2021\/06\/22\/repod-s2e2-nick-moran-escape-games-structures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Moran<\/a>) and favorite topics like \u201cstructure is content.\u201d They also talk about the new structure of our Spoiler\u2019s Club episodes. [7:52]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We get a voicemail from Mitchell, an escape room enthusiast and previous owner. He expresses frustration about gamemasters that aren\u2019t fully attentive or that don\u2019t give good hints. [16:25]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathaniel Segal,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.segalmagic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> a Los Angeles based magician<\/a> who appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=an7mZPGBU8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Penn and Teller\u2019s \u201cFool Us,\u201d<\/em><\/a> calls in with a question about managing the scheduling of REA\u2019s blog content. [21:52]&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ben Rosner wrote in telling us his favorite episode is <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2021\/09\/28\/s2e8-cinematic-delusions-jon-braver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jon Braver talking about <em>Delusion<\/em><\/a>, and asks us to talk about our wishlist escape rooms. [24:52]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some of our top wishlisted games include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/escaperoom.nl\/en\/the-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Dome<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2019\/06\/27\/escape-room-nederland-dome-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REA review of the Dome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/the-room-berlin.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Room Berlin<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/category\/company\/the-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REA reviews of The Room<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maytokingdom.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u00da TAMBI\u00c9N FLOTAR\u00c1S [YOU&#8217;LL FLOAT TOO]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crimerunners.at\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crime Runners, <\/a>Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thechamber.cz\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chamber, <\/a>Prague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.locurio.com\/the-storykeeper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The StoryKeeper<\/em>, Locurio,<\/a> Seattle, WA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexitgamesfl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Servants of Sleight<\/em>, The Exit Games<\/a>, Clearwater, FL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We talk a little bit about what the <a href=\"https:\/\/terpeca.com\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TERPECA<\/a>s are. [27:00]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riley Stock, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7dtTemjK0TAMJRf7EN0l2q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board Game Community Show<\/a>, calls in and asks about our favorite themes for escape rooms. David wants more dreamscapes, Peih-Gee wants comedic horror, Steve wants more funny games, and Lisa loves magic-themed rooms. [28:37]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christina, co-author of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47bXYm3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Life is an Escape Room<\/em>,<\/a> calls in to talk about how escape rooms can be great for personal development, but can be quite an expensive hobby. [33:37]&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peih-Gee talks about how much time, manpower, and resources goes into a quality escape room experience, and David mentions the need for more diverse price stratification. [35:17]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/03\/29\/s3e7-adrenaline-mapping-escape-room-design-tommy-honton-stash-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tommy Honton<\/a>, a podcast guest from Season 3, episode 7, calls in to tell us how much he appreciates the variety of guests we have on the show. [37:40]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peih-Gee and David play Steve\u2019s game <em>Name That Guest<\/em>. Steve plays clips from past guests backwards, and the contestants need to figure out which guest it is. [39:21]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott Olson writes in and asks us to talk about how and when our approach to playing escape rooms changed from winning in a competitive time to playing for the enjoyment of the experience. [56:46]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Anderson, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ARGNet<\/a>, calls in and asks us what non-escape room experience we would recommend to enthusiasts to broaden their horizons. [1:01:26]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We get another very funny parody prank call from Bill. [1:04:14]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We got a voicemail asking us to discuss some of the political issues surrounding themes and stories in escape rooms. [1:05:37]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We play a word game created by Peih-Gee, testing knowledge of escape room terms and past guests. [1:09:44]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jared and Zack from<a href=\"https:\/\/puzzlingcompany.com\/our-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> The Puzzling Company Podcast<\/a> call in to ask about incorporating traditional board game mechanics into escape rooms.&nbsp;They also ask Peih-Gee what she thinks of David\u2019s chances as a Survivor castaway. [1:17:50]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon Edwards from the UK calls in with a question about examples of mimetic and diegetic designs in escape rooms. [1:19:35]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Dixon writes in asking about separating creators from their games, and asks about the problem of playings games created by people with known patterns of toxic behavor. [1:23:53]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auggie, who designs the ARG played at <a href=\"https:\/\/realityescapecon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RECON<\/a>, calls in to gush about the editing of REPOD. [1:28:54]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"91709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/reality-escape-pod_round-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reality-escape-pod_round-web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png\" alt=\"Reality Escape Pod mission patch logo depicts a spaceship puncturing through the walls of reality.\" class=\"wp-image-91709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web.png 600w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/reality-escape-pod_round-web-100x100.png?crop=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources-mentioned-in-this-episode\">Resources Mentioned in this Episode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logiclocks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Logic Locks Escape Room, Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatguywiththepuzzles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">That Guy With the Puzzles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2022\/03\/14\/escape-room-design-that-guy-with-puzzles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Escape Room Design Links from That Guy With The Puzzles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/strangebirdimmersive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strange Bird Immersive, Houston<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/terpeca.com\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TERPECA, Top Escape Rooms Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.argn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ARGNet, Alternate Reality Game blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/puzzlingcompany.com\/our-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puzzling Company Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecodex.ca\/mimesis-vs-diegesis-in-escape-rooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Errol\u2019s article on mimesis vs diegesis in escape rooms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xDPzZkx0cPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube video investigating creators of indie games<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-guest-name\">About David &amp; Lisa Spira<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"106873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/david-and-lisa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"david and lisa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"man in black cap, glasses and goatee smiling, with a blond woman smiling, wearing sunglasses and hair pulled back.\" class=\"wp-image-106873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-685x457.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa-342x228.jpg 342w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/david-and-lisa.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa and David Spira founded Room Escape Artist in 2014. There they publish daily well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room reviews, design tips, player tips, and industry commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their professional expertise includes User Experience and Speech Writing (David) and Language Technology and Data Analytics (Lisa). They have experience managing projects, teams, and products in different areas of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are best known for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Golden Lock Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual Escape Room Industry Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comprehensive Escape Room Directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Escape Immerse Explore Tours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RECON: The Reality Escape Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Reality Escape Pod, a podcast exploring immersive gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaking Engagements &amp; Media Appearances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa and David have been featured as industry experts in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on a CBS Sunday Morning segment. They are the escape room industry\u2019s most prolific leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roomescapeartist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@roomescapeartist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roomescapeart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@roomescapeart<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Peih-Gee Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"106875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/pg-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,1100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pg (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"asian woman in a safari jacket and hat with a pink scarf and pink flower in her hair, smiling and holding a machete\" class=\"wp-image-106875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-685x685.jpg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pg-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peih-Gee is most well known for being a fan favorite contestant on the reality show Survivor, where she played first in Survivor China in 2007, and again in a returning All-Star season Survivor Second Chance. She calls Survivor \u201cthe greatest immersive game in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peih-Gee is co-host of the Reality Escape Pod, a podcast exploring immersive gaming, escape rooms and interactive theatre. Peih-Gee is also a contributor to Room Escape Artist as a Hivemind writer, reviewing virtual escape rooms.&nbsp;Loves: narrative-driven games with lots of player interactions, wordplay. Hates: Math puzzles and poor functionality that distracts from immersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When not talking about or playing escape rooms, she runs a fine jewelry business and enjoys jigsaw puzzles, watercolor painting, and playing board games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peihgee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@peihgee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peihgee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@peihgee<\/a>     <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jewelry: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loradorjewelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lo Rador website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Steve Ewing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"106874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/steve\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1616699402&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"steve\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"black and white photo of man smiling holding a microphone and headphones\" class=\"wp-image-106874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-900x1200.jpeg?crop=1 900w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-600x800.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-300x400.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-150x200.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-685x913.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steve-2000x2667.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve is passionate about all things audio-visual. A childhood &#8220;King&#8217;s Quest&#8221; compulsion became a zeal for escape rooms. A high school NPR habit evolved into a podcast addiction. And in his most fortunate turn of fate, a lifelong love for PBS science shows became a career filming and editing short documentaries for National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights include: petting wild grey whales in Baja California, coming eye-to-eye with Gal\u00e1pagos giant tortoises, and rough-housing with young orangutans in Borneo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is thrilled to lend his talents as an editor and occasional guest on the Reality Escape Pod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/standinsidemedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stand Inside Media<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/standinside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@standinside<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steveblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@steveblog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-recommended-podcasts\">Other recommended podcasts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"95003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/etp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/etp.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"367,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;PEIH GEE Law&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1623680527&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"etp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/etp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/etp.jpg\" alt=\"escape this podcast logo, microphone with a puzzle\" class=\"wp-image-95003 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/etp.jpg 367w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/etp-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"escape-this-podcast\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumethismedia.com\/escape-this-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Escape This Podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Escape This Podcast<\/em> is a show that\u2019s a mix between tabletop roleplaying and escape room puzzles.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2.jpg\" alt=\"stylized logo of the letters &quot;N&quot; and &quot;P&quot;, logo for the no proscenium website.\" class=\"wp-image-96859 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2.jpg 909w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nopro-2-685x558.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"no-proscenium-podcast\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noproscenium.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>No Proscenium Podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your guide to the ever-evolving world of immersive art &amp; entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"support-repod\">Support REPOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/roomescapeartist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/PerplexorsPuzzles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perplexor\u2019s Puzzles<\/a>&nbsp;and REPOD by using our affiliate code \u201cREPOD\u201d for 10% off purchases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please rate and review our podcast!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support Room Escape Artist&#8217;s Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are lots of ways to support Room Escape Artist, like buying from <a aria-label=\"Amazon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/roomescapeart\" target=\"_blank\" 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