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PODCAST

The Infinite Escape Room

Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan

The escape room podcast where a bunch of friends make and solve homemade audio escape rooms. One part escape room, one part role-playing game, a sprinkle of point-and-click adventure, and a whole lot of laughs. New episodes every Sunday!Hosted by Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs and Mairi Nolan.

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All Episodes

47:31

A Series of Purrfectly Normal Rooms

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2026/04/12

The solvers find themselves in a series of strange caves deep underneath Nottingham. But they quickly realise these are no ordinary spaces as they seem to shift and transform on a whim.Jamie, how big is the space? Mike, where is the door located? Jon, what are the walls made of? The size of a key or the size of a football pitch? The door is on the ceiling and of course the walls are made of purrfectly normal materials. Right. Right?! Puzzle Maestro: Mairi Nolan Solvers: Mike Collins, Jon

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65:17

Foley Moley, what a drama!

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2026/04/05

*blip blip blip beeeep*Somewhere in the labyrinthine corridors of a recording studio, the solvers find themselves back and with a bigger challenge than ever: Find the cassettes and solve the puzzles to put on the ultimate BBC Radio 4 "kitchen drama". What else could possibly save the BBC from it's ten trillion pound debt, afterall? Also Jack Foley is locked in a cupboard. This is a room which just proves that in the end, everything really is just foley. Puzzle Maestro: Mike Collins Solvers: Jon

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3:35

The Infinite Escape Room Season 2: We're Back!

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2026/03/22

Howdy you bunch!The mead has been replenished, and we've finally remembered the password to log back into this account. Which can only mean one thing: The new season is right around the corner! Here's a little preview from Mike as to what to expect, when to expect it, and how excited we all are to be coming back. The Infinite Escape Room will return for the Patreon Feed at the end of March, and for all listeners in April. If you want to be the first to get those episodes, you can sign up to our

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43:05

Puzzle Creators React: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/11/09

In this new series, we put our professional puzzle design experience to good use and look at escape rooms in film and TV as if they were real escape rooms.In this podcast we're looking at the escape room episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "The Gang Escapes". Follow Mairi, Jamie, and special guest Alex Hylands-White as they put the room through its paces and discuss what improvements they'd make to make it a better escape room. Alex brings a wealth of escape room experience through his

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42:09

Horror in Escape Rooms? - At the Brush, Nose and Bone

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/11/02

The Witching Hour is upon us in this Halloween special, it's time to pull up a rickety, mouldy stool at the near-empty pub, the Brush, Nose and Bone. In this episode, we're joined by a master of horror, Keith Dozois of USB Escape to discuss all things horror in escape rooms. How does horror affect puzzles? What are our best (and worst) experiences with horror? And how do you make horror good in an escape room?As always, here are your recommendations for this month. Jamie - Ice Nine Kills (band), a

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55:53

VHS Nightmare - The Graveyard Smash

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/10/29

Safely returned from their doorless room, with a hairbrush in hand, the team are left with only one VHS tape, adorned with images of graves. It sends them to a London Garden Park, with a curious statue guarding the gate, it's amazing what they call Art these days... Puzzle Maestro: Jon Saunders Solvers: Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan Special Guest: Keith Dozois of USB Escape Episode Art: Dom Jordan -Dom Jordan Illustration Editor: Jon Saunders All links to our social media profiles and our

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66:37

VHS Nightmare: The Thing in the TV

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/10/20

After missing their one-flight-a-day from the Australian desert, the gang decide to shelter for the night in an abandoned shack deep in the outback. Inside they find a VHS player, and three tapes.Last week the team tried to play a VHS tape and were transported to a sinister sewer to face a laughing clown, this week they find themselves stood in a room with no windows or doors, lit only by the pale glow of a television showing static. Until it doesn't. With 999 possible channels for the team to

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52:41

VHS Nightmare: The Sobbing Shaft

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/10/12

After missing their one-flight-a-day from the Australian desert, the gang decide to shelter for the night in an abandoned shack deep in the outback. Inside they find a VHS player, and three tapes.But this is no ordinary VHS player, as the moment the tape goes in the world shimmers in static and we find ourselves transported to... A sewer. There's distant crying coming from the darkness and a creepy red balloon hovering in the air. But there's no time for clowning around when there's a puzzle to

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41:30

Puzzle Creators React: Inside No 9: CTRL ALT ESCAPE

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/10/05

In this new series, we put our professional puzzle design experience to good use and look at escape rooms in film and TV as if they were real escape rooms.In this podcast we're looking at the escape room episode of Inside No. 9, "CTRL ALT ESCAPE". Follow Mairi, Jamie, and special guest Alex Hylands-White as they put the room through its paces and discuss what improvements they'd make to make it a better escape room. Alex brings a wealth of escape room experience through his work as a designer at

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43:13

Are Escape Rooms Getting Easier - At the Toasty Post...

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/09/28

Pull up a stool in the Northern northern northern Australian outback! At this near-empty Pub the team wrangle over the concept of difficulty in Escape Rooms, what it is, whether it is simply a feature of good or bad design, whether it is changing and, inevitably, what even counts as an Escape Room anymore at all!As always we come to you with humble recommendations to ease you into Autumn. Jamie - Thank Goodness You're Here! Cartoon style Steam game set in Northern England in which you help out

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28:27

Outback Odyssey: The Tin Horse Highway

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/09/21

With just twenty two minutes and thirty seconds remaining before our flight from Australia Airport leaves, the team have no choice but to solve Jon's puzzle puzzle at the crossroads. Somewhere off Australia Road (which by the way, is the road in Australia, in case you were wondering), the airport awaits...But which way? "Struth Ruth, Bruce is coming babe." Puzzle Maestro: Jon Saunders Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs Episode Art: Dom Jordan Editor: Jamie Gibbs Visual handouts to play

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33:45

Outback Odyssey: There's No Place Like Gnome

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/09/14

With the team's outback getaway driver KO-ed outside the toilet, the team find themselves stranded in the outback, 45 minutes before their flight from "Australia Airport" leaves. Time is of the essence, and in this special the solvers will have a shared 45-minutes to solve across both parts of the Outback Odyssey arc.But before they can get back on the road they'll have to get through dozens and dozens of gnomes... in various state of undress (Jamie's exact words, not mine). Somewhere among these

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69:13

The Desert of Wee Reborn

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/09/07

This is the final week of our two-week summer break, where we recharge our puzzle batteries. But we won't leave you empty handed - here's a director's cut edition of a classic episode with new editing, music, SFX and commentary. This episode initially aired a little later than normal due to some technical gremlins, which meant it didn't get a fair shake before the following week's episode came in and pushed it out of the feed (people love that fresh content, yo). And it's a particularly fiendish

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01:01:14

GroundFarce Reborn

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/08/31

This is the start of our two-week summer break, where we recharge our puzzle batteries. But we won't leave you empty handed - here's a director's cut edition of a classic episode with new editing, music, SFX and commentary.Sometimes, an episode as such an impact on us that we talk about it months or even years later. Groundfarce is one of those episodes. What started out as a simple spatial puzzle quickly devolved into a mud slinging match with zingers such as "Left isn't a cardinal direction!" and

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50:51

Accessibility in Audio Escape Rooms - At The Consume...

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/08/24

Does adapting escape rooms to audio make them more accessible … or more exclusive? Join Jamie, Mairi and special guests Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast as we discuss accessibility in game design and what it means for creating escape rooms of the ears, the eyes, and all the senses.Why a hotel? Turns out Australia has an interesting drinking culture around hotels, but you'll just have to listen to find out more about that. As always, we come to you with some recommendations for the month

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53:22

No, YOU escape THIS Podcast: The Recording Studio...

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/08/17

In the most long overdue cross-over since Eastenders made a Bastard episode with Neighbours (true story), we finally welcome our natural ancestors from Escape This Podcast and take them... to their own studio. But all is not well, they are locked out, Jon has beaten them to it and is about to takeover the (podcast) world.Join Mairi, Jamie, special guests Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast and a very, very special cameo, as they try to take down the plummy giant, Lilliput style. Puzzle

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01:15:22

No, YOU escape THIS Podcast: Takeover the Tower feat....

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/08/10

In this episode, Jamie joins forces with two very special guests in order to take on a rogue Mike and Jon who are concocting a podcasting takeover of epic proportions. Their target - the enormous Escape This Podcast skyscraper that dominates the Sydney skyline. The date - the Australian national podcasting festival. Expect improv, terrible puns, and a cameo from a man pretending to be the Mayor of Sydney. In this episode we're joined by special guests Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast. Puzzle

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50:07

Live Actors in Escape Rooms? At the Straits Of Dover

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/08/03

Join us in the once watery depths of the former English Channel, now a desertified wasteland! The team discuss whether live actors have a place in Escape Rooms at all, chew over their best and worst experiences of this ever popular feature, and whether the rooms that feature them heavily even count as Escape Rooms at all. As ever, we come to you with some recommendations for the month ahead. Bailey - The Tiny Chef Show (Stop motion tiny chef. Adorable and wholesome in equal measure) Mairi - Jet

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54:05

Ice Cream Wars: The Burnt Beach

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/07/27

With water (for coolant) and petrol (for fun) secured, the team need only the ice cream van keys to see them on their merry way. Surely the Ice Cream Man will have them, and, oh look, he's just over there...Puzzle Maestro: Mairi Nolan Solvers: Jamie Gibbs, Jon Saunders, Bailey Episode Art: Dom Jordan Editor: Jamie Gibbs All links to our social media profiles and our Patreon programme over at https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom

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47:48

Ice Cream Wars: H2Oh No

The Infinite Escape Room ·

2025/07/20

On the hunt for some water to help power our only means of escape: an old ice cream truck, the team take refuge inside a toilet block.Again..? Yes! Look, we like toilet blocks on this podcast. But this toilet block turns out to be used for something quite unexpected. Get in, get the water, and get out. Just don't, whatever you do, use a black light in here. Puzzle Maestro: Jon Saunders Solvers: Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan, Bailey Episode Art: Dom Jordan Editor: Jamie Gibbs All links to our

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