{"id":160446,"date":"2025-06-10T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=160446"},"modified":"2025-05-30T00:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T04:29:34","slug":"repod-s9e9-olden-days-escape-rooms-amanda-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2025\/06\/10\/repod-s9e9-olden-days-escape-rooms-amanda-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"REPOD S9E9: Ye Olden Days of Escape Rooms with Amanda Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"S9E9: Ye Olden Days of Escape Rooms with Amanda Harris\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=gmcps-18c1ab3-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Tahoma&#038;skin=1b1b1b&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=60a0c8\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><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\/66UpKB0p4v4?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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It was like a laser tag basement with Party City decorations.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Escape rooms? What are those? Well, it says here that you&#8217;re locked in a room, and if you can&#8217;t solve the puzzles fast enough, a zombie will get you! According to Trip Advisor, it&#8217;s the top rated activity in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year is 2014. Amanda Harris has just discovered her first escape room&#8230; and her life was changed forever. Since that fateful day, she has gone on to play well over 1,700 escape rooms. She is currently one of the most experienced escape room players in the country, if not the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"161358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/hero-repod-s9e9-amanda-harris-early-years\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hero REPOD S9E9 Amanda Harris Early years\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"hero image of woman with shoulder length brown hair, boths arms up and pointing over her head, wearing a shirt that says &quot;puzzle harder&quot;. text reads &quot;ye olden days of escape rooms&quot; over image of people holding escape room signs\" class=\"wp-image-161358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hero-REPOD-S9E9-Amanda-Harris-Early-years.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amanda joins us to talk about the escape room era of yore, when most rooms were festooned with cheap locks and even cheaper furniture. The puzzles were mostly bad, and many of the games were created and run by slightly sadistic gamemasters who guarded hints like dragons sitting on their hoards. Yet she played game after game after game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite how terrible many of the early escape rooms were, she still loved them, and played as many as she could find. Indeed, even finding the games themselves was a challenge back then, let alone finding the gems. Those few gems, however, were absolutely incredible. That&#8217;s a large part of the reason why David and Lisa created Room Escape Artist all those years ago. Tune in to this episode to hear David and Amanda reminisce about the bad old days and trade war stories about &#8220;the early days of \u200acompletely bananas, insane escape rooms.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"534\" data-attachment-id=\"354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2015\/04\/15\/scrap-escape-from-the-walled-city-review\/img_1028\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1028.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"492,534\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Escape from the Walled City Room Escape Artist\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;David and Amanda&amp;#8217;s first games together.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1028.jpg\" data-id=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1028.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"373\" data-attachment-id=\"93598\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/amanda-and-drew\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amanda-and-Drew.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"504,373\" 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;1619467476&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=\"Amanda and Drew\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amanda-and-Drew.jpg\" data-id=\"93598\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amanda-and-Drew.jpg\" alt=\"three men and 2 women are posing with giant prop keys in an escape room lobby\" class=\"wp-image-93598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amanda-and-Drew.jpg 504w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Amanda-and-Drew-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"80019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/escape-from-the-6-room-escape-artist-optimized\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,576\" 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=\"Escape From The 6 &amp;#8211; Room Escape Artist &amp;#8211; optimized\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized.jpg\" data-id=\"80019\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda, Drew, David, &amp; Lisa post-game at Escape From the 6. Each is wearing costumes and props from their games.\" class=\"wp-image-80019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized.jpg 800w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Escape-From-The-6-Room-Escape-Artist-optimized-685x493.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"70225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2018\/10\/02\/first-guinness-world-record-escape-room-attempt-interview\/moscow-record-team-pre-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Moscow-Record-Team-Pre-Photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,413\" 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=\"Moscow &amp;#8211; Record Team Pre Photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Left to right: Amanda Harris, Dan Egnor, Ana Ulin, Rich Bragg all wearing GoPro cameras at the start of their attempt. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Moscow-Record-Team-Pre-Photo.jpg\" data-id=\"70225\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Moscow-Record-Team-Pre-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"The team before their record attempt.\" class=\"wp-image-70225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Moscow-Record-Team-Pre-Photo.jpg 550w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Moscow-Record-Team-Pre-Photo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" data-attachment-id=\"352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2015\/04\/15\/scrap-escape-from-the-walled-city-review\/img_1031\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1031.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,666\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SCRAP crap Escape the Walled City\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Drew after playing a crappy game.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1031.jpg\" data-id=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_1031.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drew at a crappy game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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: Weldwood Marketing, Buzzshot, and COGS. 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 aligncenter size-full has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weldwoodmarketing.com\/repod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"158628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/weldwood-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" 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=\"weldwood logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo.png\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo.png 400w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weldwood-logo-100x100.png?crop=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size has-custom-lineheight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0\" id=\"morty-app\" style=\"line-height:1;font-size:51px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weldwoodmarketing.com\/repod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weldwood Marketing<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0\">Maximize your online presence with Weldwood Marketing. It&#8217;s a one-stop shop for digital marketing\u2014specializing in web design, SEO, online ads, and best business practices. They can even manage all your integrations so you can track the customer journey from clicking on an ad to booking your game. Let Weldwood help unlock more money for your business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special offer exclusively for REPOD listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weldwood rarely offers discounts, but they did for us. REPOD listeners get 15% off Marketing Services for the first 3 months, PLUS $750 off escape room websites. Schedule your Discovery Call and mention REPOD in the notes! 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