The Escape Room craze has really taken off (especially here in Los Angeles) and I couldn’t be happier about it. Getting a group of my friends together, locking ourselves in a room, and solving a ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Escape rooms have become hugely popular in recent years, especially attracting millennials looking for unique evenings ...

For a fee, you and a handful of friends, or coworkers, can escape from a medieval torture chamber, or a CDC laboratory, or “The 80s.” The question is, why do we look for situations to escape from? In ...

Classic games like Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit will always have a treasured place on the list of reliable game night options. But sometimes you want to step into the 21st century with a digital ...

With black hoods over their heads, five people trapped in a chain-link enclosure listen to an ominous monologue. “Hello, my delicious friends,” the voice purrs. “I’ve lived here for five years, and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 10: “The Heist” room at The Escape Game in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Puzzle-filled escape room games ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Being locked in a room and challenged to complete a series of devious puzzles created by a an all-seeing, all-hearing mastermind doesn't really sound like heaps of fun. In fact, numerous horror films ...

IT WAS undeniably tragic when five teenage girls died in an escape-room fire in the Polish city of Koszalin on January 4th. But many in the industry thought it was an accident waiting to happen. Most ...

Doors of Divergence is a new immersive, time-travel-themed escape room in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood. Why it matters: ...