WASHINGTON — In the Oval Office, the red phone is ringing. We freeze, wondering which member of our mismatched crew should pick it up. Charisse shrugs, grabs the receiver, and nods once. “He says we ...

The lights are turned off. Smartphone flashlights are forbidden. You’re instructed to walk down a hall, arriving at the entryway to a home. Through set dressing, we are transported to a rickety porch.

Puzzle and movie lovers will have a new place to congregate in Georgetown when Escape Room Live opens later this summer. The company, which specializes in “escape room” games, in which teams of ...

WASHINGTON — Escape Room Live owner Ginger Flesher-Sonier got a chance to pitch her business expansion plans to the self-made millionaires on CNBC’s West Texas Investors Club, and walked away with a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dental lab technician Jon Choi and his friends celebrated his birthday this month under pressure: they were locked together in a small "escape room" and had to solve a series of ...

He’s the all-knowing “Game Master.” Jack Black hosts the premiere of “Celebrity Escape Room,” debuting tonight on NBC. Black puts some of his A-list celebrity friends to the test as they work together ...

Nine strangers enter a room with no idea what their purpose is, nor how to exit after the door locks behind them. A countdown begins: They have 45 minutes to “solve” the room and find the key to ...

I really need a hint. I’m locked in a room that I can’t figure out how to get out of, and the whir of a timer by the door reminds me that valuable minutes are ticking by. “I think we should ask for ...

Blue Prince has been making the rounds at physical and virtual conventions like EGX, Gamescom and the PC Gaming Show, and it’s already high on the puzzle community’s figurative list of most ...