Escape rooms are portals into alternate realities. They can tell powerful stories, dazzle with special effects, and place players in the center of it all with creative puzzles.

Over the past decade, I’ve played 900+ escape rooms in 20 countries. I’m a frequent contributor to Room Escape Artist, with over 300 reviews and dozens of articles on interactive experience design. I also teach workshops on escape room design.

In a puzzle hunt, puzzles can take any form, from a cocktail recipe to a papercraft sculpture to a strange audio file. These puzzles often don’t come with instructions; it’s up to the solver to notice patterns and peel back layer after layer of hidden meaning.

My team won the MIT Mystery Hunt in 2021 and 2025, and I’ve designed hundreds of custom puzzles for private clients.

I love experiences that blur the lines between fiction and reality, prompting participants to view the world through a lens of wonder.

Under the alias Mu, I’ve found 6,000+ letterboxes — a real-life treasure hunt meets public art exchange. I’ve fallen down deep rabbit holes of countless ARGs and armchair treasure hunts, both as a participant and a creator.