{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Short Game","title":"289: Project Avatar & Escape Rooms","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/46127596\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4880,"description":"This week The Short Game played an online escape room experience called Project Avatar, in which we commanded an “avatar”, a real live human person in a warehouse in Ukraine, through a series of puzzle challenges. It was a supremely weird and wildly entertaining experience. We also discuss escape rooms generally, including online and at-home escape room experiences.\n\n\n\nHere are Laura’s links and resources for this episode:\n\n\n\nMain review — Project Avatar: Stalker\n\n\n\nhttps://projectavatar.fun/\n\n\n\nGames Mentioned\n\n\n\nTrapped Takeout: https://www.trappedpuzzlerooms.com/trapped-takeout/\n\n\n\nThe Emerald Flame (PostCurious): https://postcurious.myshopify.com/\n\n\n\nColby’s Curious Cookoff https://curiouscookoff.com/\n\n\n\nSCRAP’s Escape From the Science Lab of Scifting Rules (the Baba Is You-y one) https://roomescapeartist.com/2021/04/02/scrap-escape-science-lab-shifting-rules-hivemind-review/\n\n\n\nBluefish Games: https://www.teambluefish.com/\n\n\n\nBox One: https://store.theory11.com/products/boxone\n\n\n\nGuides to finding good at home games\n\n\n\nMy favorite reviewers, cause they do hiveminds where multiple people review the same room (and they ran the conference I liked)\n\n\n\nhttps://roomescapeartist.com/\n\n\n\n2020 Online Escape Room Awards https://terpeca.com/2020/#onlinerooms\n\n\n\nAn index for at home game reviews:\n\n\n\nhttps://escapethereview.co.uk/location/play-at-home/\n\n\n\nA flowchart\n\n\n\nhttps://www.escapethereview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PlayAtHomeFlowchart.pdf\n\n\n\nWhich Room in a Box should I buy?\n\n\n\nhttps://escapethereview.co.uk/which-room-in-a-box-should-i-buy/\n\n\n\nMeta list of lists of at-home games https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1anO0NQhwwOFZLmydCuoY4cd4R6x52KnxOAfAxZCGt1c/edit\n\n\n\nPuzzle Hunt Calendar http://puzzlehuntcalendar.com/\n\n\n\nWant to know more about Escape Rooms?\n\n\n\nRECON Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvtiar8OygeaCKLog9ff_TBmJKuW-b8ZZ\n\n\n\nEscape Room Design Links:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CxYZwjjs_4iLjyLDzLnaaznbL5170eSsi-gM7hls96Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzFm/ZGZmOGU2NDYxOTZl/YzAzNTU2NWM4MzJk/NzBmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}