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David Spira

David Spira

Jul 22, 2026

21:14
What's the overlap between video games and escape rooms at this point in time?
21:19
I mean, they're different things fundamentally, but I do love the comparison.
21:24
I gave a talk years ago where I used the first few seconds of Super Mario Brothers from the Nintendo Entertainment System to explain this very idea of the game starts.
21:36
You move left, you can't move.
21:38
You move right, there's an enemy.
21:40
If you walk into them, you die.
21:42
If you jump over them, fine.
25:11
And in that magic, that's what I would really love your insight is why is that fun? Why is an escape room fun? Why doesn't it just feel like terrifying labor under a clock that you've paid for the privilege of?
SabrinaHOST
50:32
Nice.
50:33
What's your favorite escape room where you had a really good time? My favorite game right now is not shocking to escape room fans.
50:41
It's a game called Magnifico Circus.
50:44
It is at a company called Escape Arium in Laval, Quebec, Canada, just outside of Montreal.
50:50
And it is currently the top ranked game in the world.
50:53
It is two and a half hours.
50:55
It has three actors in it.
SabrinaHOST
52:49
What are the other two?

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