Cross Roads Escape Games. Sinister Pointe. The 13th Room.  These escape room experiences are well-known to fans in southern California, and their owners/creators came to Midsummer Scream to talk about the phenomena of escape rooms, and their own experiences creating one. Madison Rhoades from Cross Roads (The Fun House and The Hex Room) said she [...]

You are locked in a room, and you have 60 minutes to find a way out. Circus music plays (and plays and plays) as your friends search the room for clues or keys or secret messages that will then lead you to other clues or keys or secret messages, which will in turn lead you [...]

The timer was counting down our last 30 seconds. I stood in front of the door, ready to get out. “What are the numbers?!” I yelled, and patiently (or as patiently as I could) typed them into the keypad as someone recited them to me. When I was done, I hit the enter button, ready [...]