SnoutCast #212: Lindsay Morse & Nate Martin

This month, we talk to Lindsay Morse and Nate Martin, co-founders of the Puzzle Break room escape games in Seattle and San Francisco!

Fun fact: we actually recorded this interview last month, and astute listeners will be able to determine from clues in the conversation exactly what the date was. :)

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Show length: 44:27
File size: 42.7MB

Stuff and things:

• the Puzzle Break web site
• Coffee Talk!
• Nate's Reddit post
• grimdark

Follow @PuzzleBreak on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Dan Egnor's Escape Room Directory (and Puzzle Hunt Calendar)
• Chris Dickson's Exit Games UK
• Rich Bragg's ClueKeeper

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Mandelbrot Set" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #211: Anna McCleary

Continuing our conversations with some of the women behind Puzzled Pint, this month we talk to Anna McCleary in Chicago! (Sorry about the audio weirdness toward the end of the show. I blame Skype and/or Microsoft.)

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Show length: 41:53
File size: 38.3MB

Stuff and things:

• DASH
• Shinteki Field Trip: Disneyland 2014
• Takenoko
• Flash Point: Fire Rescue
• Cards Against Humanity (and their "Holiday Bullshit")
• Bohnanza

What Else?

• Dan Egnor's Puzzle Hunt Calendar
• Rich Bragg and company's ClueKeeper
• You can still get in on JoCo Cruise Crazy 5!

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "I Crush Everything" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #210: Laura E. Hall and Mink Ette

This month, we talk to Laura E. Hall and Mink Ette, two of the six creators behind Spark of Resistance, Portland's first live, interactive room escape game! (No spoilers herein. You can see some mildly revealing photos of the room in the recent Oregonian write-up.)

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Show length: 53:50
File size: 49.2MB

Stuff and things:

• 60 Minutes to Escape: Spark of Resistance
• Cuppa Quest at IndieCade
• "Mutant Giant Spider Dog"

Follow @lauraehall and @mink_ette on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Exit Games UK
• Escape Room Directory
• ClueKeeper
• Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "A Talk with George" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #209: Yuan Niu

This month, we talk to Yuan Niu, who's been running DASH in the Bay Area for several years and Puzzled Pint there since July!

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Show length: 39:52
File size: 36.4MB

Follow @hungrynerd on Twitter for more!

What Else?

Team lowkey's spoiler-filled Shinteki Decathlon 9 (SD9) recap video. LOOK AT IT!


http://youtu.be/kwDB5NKACfg

• Larry Hosken's SD9 write-up
• Hey look it's ClueKeeper
• As you know Bob Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #208: Annie Percik

This month, we talk to Annie Percik, who ran a pirate-themed puzzle hunt at Manorcon in July!

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Show length: 32:04
File size: 30.8MB

Stuff and things:

• Pirate-themed puzzles from Puzzled Pint, September 2010
• Tales of the Arabian Nights on BoardGameGeek
• Galaxy Trucker on BGG
• Kickstarter for a new board game café in London: Draughts

What Else?

• Read Brian Enigma's debrief of this year's ARGFest FestQuest
• Play one of several ClueKeeper public hunts in cities across the USA (requires Google Account login)
• There's some other stuff on Puzzle Hunt Calendar I guess

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #207: The Last Six Months

It's been half a year since we changed up our podcast format. How do we think it's going so far? (And what do you think, listeners? Contact us!)

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Show length: 34:17
File size: 32.9MB

The women of SnoutCast 2014 (so far):

• Ana Roeszler
• Erin Rhode
• Stacy Costa
• Andrea Phillips
• Catherine Hagan
• Andrea Blumberg

Follow @teamsnout on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Review SnoutCast on iTunes or Stitcher
• You too can write a hunt for ClueKeeper
• Talk to Dan about Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "A Talk with George" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #206: Andrea Blumberg

Did you enjoy Puzzled Pint, May 2014: The Princess Bride? Well, you have Portland's own Andrea Blumberg to thank for those fine puzzles!

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Show length: 30:42
File size: 29.5MB

Andrea's favorite room escape games online:

• Escape Men
• Tesshi-e
• TomaTea
• Robamimi
• Hottategoya
• Kotorinosu
• Cute and easy find-the-chicks

What Else?

• The New York Times: "In Escape Rooms, Video Games Meet Real Life"
• Look for ClueKeeper public hunts in your area
• Find more event listings on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "My Monkey" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #205: Catherine Hagan

This month, we talk to Dr. Catherine Hagan, who recently ran a puzzle hunt for her colleagues in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at the University of Missouri!

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Show length: 42:15
File size: 38.7MB

Stuff and things:

• Ian Tullis' GC Summit talks: "Reflections on Puzzling" and "Advice from (and for) a Puzzle Snob"
• Who is Dr. Hagan?
• All about the Hagan Lab at Discovery Ridge
• "comparative and integrative approaches to understanding neuro-immune interactions"

What Else?

• Blah blah blah ClueKeeper
• Yada yada yada Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #204: Andrea Phillips

This month, we talk to @andrhia—the creator of Captain Lucy Smokeheart—about ARGs, the state of transmedia, some guy named Satoshi, spiders, and more!

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Show length: 45:39
File size: 41.8MB

Stuff and things:

• Andrea's web site
• The Daring Adventures of Captain Lucy Smokeheart
• A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling
• Andrea's Wikipedia page
• People are still trying to Find Satoshi

Follow @andrhia on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• DASH 6 is coming (if you're not playing, consider volunteering!)
• Have you heard about ClueKeeper?
• What about Puzzle Hunt Calendar?

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Skullcrusher Mountain" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #203: Stacy Costa

This month, we talked to the world's only female enigmatologist, Stacy Costa at the University of Toronto, who helped create the recent "Research Matters" Virtual Scavenger Hunt!

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Show length: 49:49
File size: 47.8MB

Our conversation topics included (but were not limited to):

• The Puzzle Instinct, a book by her mentor, Marcel Danesi
• The variety of Clues in the "Research Matters" Virtual Scavenger Hunt
• How this may or may not be the company which hired Stacy to write puzzles for their cereal boxes
• That guy who cheated at a sudoku competition (and was eventually disqualified)
• "Memory & Imagination: The Role of Enigma," a University of Toronto Continuing Studies class Stacy will teach this fall
• The Toronto Star's That's Puzzling! magazine, compiled weekly by Danesi & Costa

Follow @Stacy_A_Costa on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Sign up to play DASH 6 on April 26th in a city near you
• Check out Puzzled Pint on April 8th in Portland, Seattle, London, Missoula, or Chicago
• Find more events on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #202: Erin Rhode

This week, we talk to Erin Rhode, leader of the writing team ("Alice Shrugged") for the 2014 MIT Mystery Hunt. See also: Erin's Q&A from the recent GC Summit!

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Show length: 51:50
File size: 49.8MB

What Else?

• Go watch all the GC Summit 2014 talk videos
• Play DASH 6 in a city near you
• Find more events on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Tom Cruise Crazy" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #201: Ana Roeszler

Kicking off our year of interviews with women who make puzzle games is Ana Roeszler, one of the co-founders of Puzzled Pint and a core GC member for WarTron PDX!

Show length: 26:39
File size: 25.6MB   [Download mp3]

What Else?

• Game Control Summit 2014: get ideas on how to run your own puzzle game!
• Learn about more events from Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Tom Cruise Crazy" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #196: Mastermind Hunts - Nikolai Lokteff

This week, we chat with Nikolai Lokteff, one of the masterminds behind Mastermind Treasure Hunts!

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00:58 - "mindful"
02:17 - Why Tuesdays for Mastermind Pub Hunts?
13:45 - biggest event so far: "Rogue Agent"
26:18 - making puzzles for "experts"
31:24 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #195: Capitol Gamemakers (Part 3 of 3)

Gamemakers Todd Etter, Phil Dasler, Natalie Parisi, and Sam Freund tell us about Lincoln Logs and more as we conclude our extended conversation on The Famine Game!

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What Else?

• Puzzled Pint arrives in London, England!
• Curtis is presenting at Ignite Portland 12
• The Octothorpean Order debuts Saturday, November 16th

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #194: Capitol Gamemakers (Part 2 of 3)

What did Gamemakers Todd Etter, Phil Dasler, Natalie Parisi, and Sam Freund decide to leave out of The Famine Game's Friday night activities? Find out as we continue our conversation!

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What Else?

• Still online: Ghost Patrol: Reconstructed
• Also still online: Elevate Tutoring Puzzle Hunt 2
• Puzzled Pint is coming to London, England!
• You might see Curtis and DeeAnn at OryCon 35

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton

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