Escape rooms hit that perfect balance between “Zelda” and “Saw”
October 9, 2017
2:58 am
Dust is still settling from Wasteland Weekend, but at least photos like this exist of me now (Before anyone asks; Yes that is my bike, it’s a Triumph Thunderbird Commander)
(Thanks to my bro Murphy for his stellar photography skills)
This photo is really cool :D
Triumph Thunderbird “Commander?” Is that liking to The Commander here intentional?
;)
If so, then https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8e9b8242fa55099660b926c954193f0586f6e28686ed9cf54e0a1bb39cefa871.gif
Seriously though, I’d like to see a photo of a side-view of your bike (You with it, of course!)
Yeah you want Sean Connery if you want a escape artist or maybe Houdini.
You’d need a Channeller or a Medium to talk to Houdini, unfortunately.
The commander must know a few Medium, with all the thing going on in his workplace.
I don’t think he knows many Mediums, he mostly knows Larges.
…And some Extra Larges & more than a few Super-sized…
Considering how hard Houdini worked in life to debunk mediums, I can’t imagine he’d be too happy to talk to one after his death.
I believe he wanted to be convinced. I read somewhere that he and his wife had a code phrase that he would tell any medium that actually managed to contact him for her.
Time travel.
Also, cloning. Just dig up his coffin and take a DNA sample, and you can have all the Houdinis you want!
Poor Ganondorf is just so peeved that this is yet something else he probably won’t beat Link in. Hard to beat decades of experience, after all.
To be fair he has more experience setting them up.
Your bike is beautiful.
Love the getup too, the chainmail is a nice touch.
Hrmph… I guess there is no chance I can compete with the coolness of that photograph… my scooter looks more like a toy under my 170 kg.
In the old days we used to call triumphs “trumpies”, I guess times have changed. That looks like a pretty mean trumpy.
No way – “trumpy” and “trumpies” are still very much in use in my neck of the woods (that said, Aus can be behind the times…)
I always assumed Trumpy was something of a UK-inherited englishism. Either way, they’re fantastic bikes!
Use to be Trumpies and Beezers (and Nortons).
In the UK “trump” was/is slang for farting so probably wasn’t used there much. :)
Up in the NE they’re still “Trumpets”. I haven’t seen a Norton on the road in YEARS. Got a thunderbird sport myself, and a Rocket 3 for long hauls.
Now, to be fair, it’s a lot easier to get outta one of these when they don’t even confiscate your hookshot. Or brick up the tiny escape tunnel, or tell the guards not to move around in predictable patterns, etc.
0_o I can’t imagine riding around on a bike with that massive. I can baraly handle 50 Hp
Years ago, there was one of my neighbors who designed & built his own motorcycle. When it was finished it was about 13′ long, a Buick 6-cylinder engine & a 3-speed transmission from a Volkswagon Beetle. Needless to say he had to be careful to never let it get dumped on its side; he would’ve needed at least the equivelent of an engine-winch just to upright it again.
Damn Squid, you’re a badass! o7
…You must be new here, to not know that already?…
;)
I like that your bike has Commander in the name
you actually made a comic from my twitter reply to you thank you.
My husband asked for Plissken in an escape room so I combined both hahaha
works for me
How hot was it there?
Not too bad, like 80’s/90’s
So I remember when you were rocking around on a little 250cc Yamaha and you’ve moved all the way up to a Baby Rocket and I’m still banging around on a Honda Shadow old enough to drink.
I did an escape room a couple weeks back. It was Submarine theme. We almost escaped it. We were on the very last step when time ran out.
You made me read about escape rooms. I thank you.
That pic is awesome. On a note about the comic, I have escape rooms in my area, now I need to find a group to go with.. and a job to pay for said fun.
was Ganondorf always that big? I kinda rememeber him and Lobster being the same around height.
Naw, he’s like 8 feet+
The perspective makes it look like Ganondorf is standing in front of Commander, but Commander isn’t behind Ganondorf.
Yep. Link can actually be measured in OOT using the diving chamber at the lab, and comparing models Ganondorf is like 250 cm. Twilight Princess keeps those proportions pretty closely.
Did Jared become “more” trapped?
“I got confused when you said trap room.”
Ganondorf needs to buy and operate that escape house, so he can put his dungeon design skills to good use.
nah..
i mean, this is the guy who got stumped by a sliding block puzzle hiding the triforce. who sticks the keys to locked doors inside accessible chests on the otherside of the building.
he is terrible at both puzzles and dungeon design.
Hot damn lady, you know how to pick a bike. If it wasent an heresy to desecrate such a beauty, i’d almost suggest you “mad max” it for extra badass points.
Jared just put that cage thing on himself, unprompted, didn’t he?
One hell of a badass photo. Nice.
You look Badass, Squid
She be Bad to the Bone: http://www.lolpix.com/pictures/2017_4/Bad_To_The_Bone.jpg
Ganondorf’s problem is that all of the puzzle rooms *he* has built were ones that he thought were inescapable, even though they weren’t.
Kind of surprised there aren’t more requests for more pictures of the bike. That’s a beauty.
Now i got Bad to the bone stuck in my head from seeing your sick ride.
Though thats prolly Orange County Choppers fault for over using the song.
Ganondorf calls him “Plissken”, and he doesn’t retort “Call me Snake”? Aww… missed opportunity! :P
I suppose you could add it in as a little extra word bubble if you wanted.
clearly only his Friends get to call him Plisskin.
Or he’s spent enough time in the Kurt Locker that he prefers the more unique part of his name.
“Hey, Snake!”
Two dozen hoarse whispers reply, “What?”
Mmm. Commander. Chains. Manacles. Cages. More please. ;)
….. is it like uncomfortable quantities of TMI for me to look at that pic and go HOLY SHIT I’M QUEER? Because while I’m pretty in tune with that side of myself, every once in a while I get blindsided by a vision of such potent charisma that it brings that sentiment crashing to the forefront of my brain. If the look you were going for is “badass enough to make less-butch people swoon” then by golly, friend, you’ve nailed it!
Anyway, those puzzle rooms are super fun; I’ve done a few of them. Never one as…. confining? as this one, though…..
We did a Ghost ship one that started with all of us manacled to a wall and locked in a 3×5 cell so I was drawing from that hahaha
Whoa, Coelasquid, you’re a badass!! O.O
I’d actually be more surprised if it wasn’t; I automatically assume that any bike I see you on is yours.
Is anyone else just sitting there, staring at the picture, and actually trying to figure out how to solve the Room?
Yes.
There must be a lot to go yet if they haven’t even found the blacklight.
Why does jared have a cage on his head? Also Jones and pilskin don’t seem to be restrained at all . The commander has the escape route covered with the sun roof being open the question is how to get the commander, Gandorf and Jared out of their restraints since they seem to be the only ones restrain.
I’m with you about the restraints. My gut reaction is to say use the swords, but Plissken said the aren’t allowed to break anything so…
Maybe jonesy can repurpose the hook Commanders using to open the sun roof, to a makeshift lock pick? Does that work? Never even heard of this game/thing before so IDK.
It’s funny that this was posted when it was, because I was listening to a movie podcast that talked about Escape From New York.
Also I love the Cube Escape games. 10/10, and would love to see the Commander interacting with those charactersThere was also Escape from LA (as in, Los Angeles). It was pretty much like Escape from New York: Snake gets shot in the leg…Again.
;)
Huh. Might actually be a good way to get Link and Gannon on better terms, put them in one of these together.
What? You think Link would want to show Gannondorf his mad-skills for escaping from death traps? No way, Jose!
Well maybe Ganondorf can show link how to pick locks so he won’t run around the dungeons all the time looking for keys.
I am SO INSANELY JEALOUS of your RADASS picture. And Wasteland weekend – I’ve always wanted to go.
Another year, another wasteland I didn’t get to explore… was the pancake gimp there?
Can I just say I love your Gannon so much?!? I know I say something like this every time he shows up, but I just love the way you’ve characterized him so much!! He fits in incredibly well with his official game depiction and makes him so deep and interesting. Plus that magnificent mane of his is so good. I honestly consider your Gannon to be the canon Gannon when not acting as the villain, which you can explain as that weird evil spirit constantly reincarnating with him and slowly increasing his anger and ambition to villain levels. And the fact that he has an easier time than Link actually adjusting to life outside of the games makes some really dark sense. Gannon is always well into his adulthood before becoming an actual villain. But Link, while the hero, is essentially a child soldier. Link is always either a kid or a teen when he gets thrown into this giant mess of monsters, warfare, and the end of the world. I don’t think Link has ever had a canonical appearance over the age of 20. Link probably has a ton of issues as a result. So logically Gannon can build a new life for himself easily while Link struggles.
I also like to think (and this is just headcanon) that Gannon, while annoyed by Link does try to help Link adjust outside of the games. Especially since they do hang out together on occasion, like seeing Mad Max Fury Road at the theaters.
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Damn it. Now I just got the idea of a Zelda game where Gannon is reincarnated but isn’t the bad guy, but instead serves as either a mentor or father figure to Link. Maybe even have a non-evil Gannon be Link’s adoptive father. I want a game like that so bad now. And it would make sense if set in the timeline following from Breath of the Wild, since Calamity Gannon was essentially Gannon exorcising himself of his demons when you really think about it.
I believe Link was depicted as an adult in some versions of the official artwork for Link’s Awakening; http://www.neoseeker.com/linkdx/concept_art/
Also, I’m so sorry for this, but I’m going to have to Gannon Ban you.
The Link in that game is 15 at the time it takes place. He’s also the same Link as in A Link to the Past and the Oracle games, where he’s a little younger. It’s weird how animation makes us think that teenagers are supposed to look so much shorter and younger than they do in real life.
I’d play that game. If anything, Super Mario’s RPGs set a precedent…
“Now I just got the idea of a Zelda game where Gannon is reincarnated but isn’t the bad guy, but instead serves as either a mentor or father figure to Link.”
Wellllllll…Not quite, but check out a webcomic by the name of A Tale of Two Rulers: http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/post/118008187027/part-1-of-a-tale-of-two-rulers-new-comic
Gannon is still the villain there (but *trying* to get better by confronting all of that baggage forced on him by the reincarnations), but he does get a start on trying to raise & train Link when he’s still a child, several years *before* the spirit is likely to possess him. The comic is still on-going.
That bike is the second sexiest thing in this picture.
Oh my god you’re too hot to be real.
This is awesome. I work for Portland Escape Rooms as an actor and puzzle designer/builder/fixer. You’d be surprised (or perhaps not) at how often people completely ignore the “don’t break shit” rule. I had to replace an entire door one time because someone couldn’t handle our Trapped in a Room with a Zombie event. If you’re ever in the Portland, Oregon region we’d love to lock you up!
Man I’d love to try an escape room sometime. That looks super fun.
I almost did an escape room in Vegas over the summer. My wife and I backed out last minute. We would be paired with 4-6 strangers to break out. We thought that might ruin the fun a bit. We are both misanthropic.
I regret not doing it. I think it would have been fun nonetheless.
Oh cool! Is this based on a real escape room?
Now that I started working at one (Mastermind Escape Games in KC!) I’ve started to be really interested in them.
Did you know there’s a Jojo one in Japan? I really wish I could have gotten to do it while it’s still up.
That’s a pretty great picture and an excellent choice of bike. I ride a Triumph too. One day I’d like to make it out to wasteland – I’ve had a long-running plan to build a rat rod to take out there.
They recently opened an escape room in my town. I haven’t had the chance to try it yet. I kind of worry that it’s going to be janky as hell given where it’s been placed.
I can’t decide if the motorcycle is hotter, or you HEART EYES MOTHERFUCKER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho_Women_with_Guns
I heard about this on a different webcomic and wondered if youd like to see it Coelasquid
Damn, you look so cool in that photo. I can almost see the field of fallen foes just off screen
I have been encountering a bunch of Escape from NY references lately, including this comic. Somebody made the Lifeclock One watch into a smart watch. Thought you might be interested: http://lifeclockone.com
Couldn’t Ganondorf just reach up and open that attic door?