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5 Reasons Why Escape Rooms are the Best Team-Building Activity

1. It’s safe, cheap, and comfortable Going to an escape room is an inexpensive team-building activity, compared to the other options out there. Our escape rooms are located close to city centers with good access regardless of transportation means, so it shouldn’t be an issue for your associates to get there. The one-hour game time…

The Four (+1) Most Famous Prison Breaks

In the escape room industry, one of the most common themes is the prison break. Here at PanIQ Room, the Jailbreak unit is consistently one of the favorites. Players have one hour to escape from a room modeled after the cells of Alcatraz or the halls of Fulsom Prison. That’s a far cry from the…

Escape Room Game Masters Share Their Most Memorable Stories

When you’re working in an escape room, anything can happen! Unlike a typical boring job where you see the same thing from day to day, every single group that comes through your doors is totally unique. Whether a group turns out to be terrified of the room, takes an unusual approach to a clue, or…

The Best Escape Room Puzzle Ideas

Who doesn’t love a good puzzle? Especially escape room puzzles! While some certainly exhibit it a bit more than others, there is a spirit of competition and conquest in all of us that needs to be fed every once in a while, and puzzles offer that opportunity within a pretty comfortable space. And they’re actually…

How to Start an Escape Room Business

A Step-By-Step Guide to Opening Your Escape Room Franchise Owning your own business can be tricky, but entrepreneurial spirits can find some much-needed help by joining up with proven companies to open a franchise instead. It comes with all sorts of extra incentives, from startup support to employee training to marketing.The escape room business is…

The 10+1 People You’ll Encounter in Escape Rooms

Maybe it’s something about the puzzles. Maybe it’s something about the environment. Maybe it has something to do with the unique microcosm of human society that develops between a group of people in isolation over the course of one hour.Whatever the reason is, escape rooms seem to attract certain escape room personalities, and anyone who’s…

Must-See Movies and TV for Escape Room Fans

Escape rooms may be relatively new, but their elements of these things have been in place for some time now. You may be surprised to know that these types of games were initially inspired and created by video games. As video games grew in popularity, designers wanted to create a similar experience in real life.…