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Convention

By | March 9, 2014

Likely to be of interest to Bother’s Bar punters, fans and crew of Knightmare are trying to put together a convention at the old Norwich studios the show was originally filmed, and includes a premiere screening of the extended version of the Geek Week episode and the chance to play one of the original rooms… Read More »

The burgeoning Japanese Puzzle Drama genre

By | March 7, 2014

I can’t really claim much credit for discovering this, thanks to Clavis Cryptica (webpage, Twitter) and long term FOTB Chris M Dickson (Twitter) for basically doing most of the research, but here I present it for more general perusal. Basically Real Escape Game TV has become a mildly popular occasional show in Japan over the… Read More »

Scream If You Can!

By | March 1, 2014

So the German version of Release the Hounds aired this evening on ProSieben, just shy of two hours long and with five contestants instead of three, and hosted by German The Voice host Thore Schölermann. It was filmed in the same location as the original. Main differences (I won’t go into too much detail in case… Read More »

Schlag den Baar – Das Spiel Beginnt

By | February 27, 2014

Alright, if you’re not participating keep April 12th free. And if you DO want to participate… Schlag den Baar Following the rampant success of Schlag den Brig, the same gang are back with 15 more wacky and unpredictable games – and this time YOU could be part of the action! Yes, reigning SdB champion Daniel… Read More »