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Shmee And Co Make An Escape!

People have been making a bunch of noise about Escape Rooms lately, so when Plumpy Thimble asked if I wanted to go on a triple date to Countdown Escape Rooms up in Abbotsford, I jumped at the chance.  If you have never done an Escape Room, and you like puzzles, you definitely should give one a try.

Our room was themed like an Egyptian tomb.  Which was pretty cool, even if the application of the theme was a little uneven.  The act of solving the room: rummaging around looking for clues, trying to make the logical leaps required to apply those clues, and just feeling the pressure of the clock, was a good time.

I don’t know if this is something I would do all the time, but it is a unique experience, and one well worth the $15.  There are a lot of Escape Rooms around these days, so finding one nearby shouldn’t be an issue, but Countdown Escape Rooms was pretty good.  Even if for some reason their Egyptian tombs feature constellations based on Greek mythology.

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We Finally Get A Look At Incredibles 2!

Pixar’s sequel to its best movie finally comes out this summer, and I am pumped.  Apparently Incredibles 2 deals with Mr. Incredible being a stay at home dad because Elastagirl is more marketable.  Which is an interesting idea.  Though I am guessing the family doesn’t stay on the sidelines forever.  Regardless of what happens, I know where I will be this June!

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Shmee Visits Hamilton!

After years of hearing that Hamilton was the greatest Broadway show of all time, Mrs. Shmee finally got to see the touring production in Seattle at the Paramount Theater, and of course she took me with her.  Living up to ‘the greatest show of all time’ would take some work, and Hamilton fell at little short of that, but it was very good,  and well worth checking out.  If you can.

Obviously Hamilton follows the life and times of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and while its historical accuracy is not always the greatest, it is much closer to the truth than fellow historical musical The Greatest Showman.  It is a fun way to learn about a founding father that doesn’t get a lot of love.  Well until now that is, because he has an entire Broadway Musical about him.

Hamilton is not a show you go to for the crazy sets or special effects.  The floor can rotate in two different directions and the stairs can move around and that is about it.  What they have built is nice, but don’t expect any giant floating objects or crazy canon fights.  What you go to Hamilton for is the music, and that lives up to the hype.  It is great.  The first act is a bit better than the second, but the first act is so good that everything else kind of pales by comparison.

At this point it is almost impossible for Hamilton to live up to everyone’s expectations, but the music is amazing, and King George III steals the show whenever there is a lull.  Honestly, I would love a musical just about a whiney and petty King George III.  Anyway, if you can get tickets to Hamilton you should go.  If you can’t, take heart because a movie adaptation in on the way.

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Venom’s First Trailer Forgot About Venom…

As you can see in the trailer above, we see Venom’s symbiote in a glass jar at one point, but we never see it on Tom Hardy, so the first Venom trailer is Venom free.  Tom is also doing some strange take on an American accent.  I don’t know if he is trying to be more New York or something, but it is not working.  I hope he gets a mask to mumble in to quick to straighten that out.  Anyway, it is not a great first impression, but they have until October to win me over.

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Bruce Wayne Digs His Hole Deeper In What Ails You!

It turns out the reason that Bruce Wayne spends all his time fighting crime as Batman is because he just screws things up as Bruce, or at least I screw everything up as Bruce, and since 80% of the people out there made the same decisions I did, we are all screwing up together.  I mean things have really hit the fan in Batman: The Enemy Within, Episode 4, What Ails You.

I guess I should have seen this coming.  Leaning on my father’s criminal past to infiltrate a group of crazy criminals was always a bad idea, and I hate Amanda Waller for making me do it.  Still, I have only myself to blame for the way things have turned out.  Which is not good.

Sadly since this is only Episode 4, I wasn’t able to go full Batman and finish things they way I should have from the beginning.  Which is the problem with all TellTale Games’ forth episodes.  They are short and don’t have satisfying endings.  They are pure setup for the finale.  That being said, I have not seen things get this out of hand in a TellTale game before either.

I swear that I have done everything right, but crap is still falling apart.  Which is why I have been loving this series.  Generally in a TellTale game, you do what you are supposed to do and things end up okay.  With The Enemy Within, I am not sure that is going to be the case.  Which is a far more interesting story than everything being just peachy.

If you haven’t got TellTale’s Batman: Then Enemy Within, you need to start playing this game.  You will have no regrets, other than the fact you will be terrible at being Bruce Wayne.  Which, if we are fair Bruce is usually pretty bad at being Bruce as well, so this is a faithful adaptation.