Why No One Really Knows How Escape Rooms Started

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Introduction: 0:00
Chapter 1 - Video Games: 3:38
Chapter 2 - Television & Film: 10:35
Chapter 3 - Puzzle Hunts: 14:49
Chapter 4 - LARPing: 18:39
Conclusion: 24:50


Research on escape rooms by Dr. Scott Nicholson:

Emergence or Convergence? Exploring the Precursors of Escape Room Design: https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/03...
Peeking Behind the Locked Door: A Survey of Escape Room Facilities: https://scottnicholson.com/pubs/erfac...
Full list of Dr. Nicholson’s publications: https://scottnicholson.com/pubs/index...

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Music used in this video:

Arthur Benson / Through Dark Gardens / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
VELDA / 8-bit Win (A Nice Final Boss) / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Josef Bel Habib / A Dolphin Serenade / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Jon Bjork / Flight of the Pixies / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Colors of Illusion / Desert Mirage / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Etienne Roussel / Siren’s Dance / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Howard Harper-Barnes / Mysterious Forest / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Spectacles Wallet and Watch / Stay Another Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
[Tavern Loop One] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
[Gates of Glory] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Jerry Lacey / Fruity Juice / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

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Wikimedia images:
Team Codex solving a puzzle during the 2007 MIT Mystery Hunt. Picture by Barak Michener. Creative commons license
Joe Belfiore shares news about MIX10. Creative commons license.

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Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
Stock footage licensed from Videvo and Storyblocks

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Special Thanks:
Jeff Martin, creator of True Dungeon: https://www.truedungeon.com/
Tom Buehler, director of The MIT Mystery Hunt: A Documentary:    • The MIT Mystery Hunt: A Documentary