PG’s Playhouse: Puzzles, games, trivia, & general nerdery
PG’s Playhouse: Puzzles, games, trivia, & general nerdery
Podcast Description
PG’s Playhouse, a fun little getaway filled with games, puzzles, and trivia, followed by some general nerdery. Hosted by Peih-Gee Law & David Spira and published by RoomEscapeArtist.com.
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Content Themes
The show covers a broad spectrum of themes including gaming, pop culture, and trivia with episodes that dive into specific subjects like the history of minigolf, bizarre wartime inventions such as the bat bomb, and cultural phenomena like Y2K, often interspersed with unique games based on the topic being discussed.
I’D RATHER BE AT GAME NIGHT. If you’re like us, you’ve got puzzles on the brain and a hankering for trivia. That’s why we started PG’s Playhouse, a podcast designed to feel like a great game night laughing with friends.
Each episode of PG’s Playhouse invites a guest to play a mix of original word games, puzzles, and quizzes. Co-host David then explores bizarre bits of history and trivia from whatever rabbit hole he’s decided to dive down.
Hosted by Peih-Gee Law & David Spira of Reality Escape Pod.
Whatever you do, don’t listen to this episode. And definitely don’t read these show notes. Because if you do, you might discover that we’re talking about the Streisand effect: the phenomenon where trying to hide something only makes everyone more interested in it.
Our guest is puzzle and game designer Mark Larson, who has contributed to some of my favorite games, including the RECON convention game. (Seriously, his games are great). Mark also tells us about one of his wildest escape room projects: building a 15-minute escape room inside an actual ambulance for a medical convention. What could possibly go wrong?
David then dives into the Streisand effect. This was an attempt to suppress a photograph of Barbra Streisand’s Malibu home, which actually resulted in hundreds of thousands of people suddenly going looking for it. Before the lawsuit, only six views. After the lawsuit, over 420,000. Sometimes the best way to make something famous is to loudly announce that everyone should avert their eyes.
Today’s games include The Puzzle Effect, where players must find the missing word connecting two compound phrases, and an onerous round of Barbra Streisand trivia. Mark turns the tables on me with his game, Where’s the Break? In his game, two clues are crammed into a single sentence, and we had to figure out where one clue ended and the other began.
Production Credits
Hosted by Peih-Gee Law & David Spira
Puzzles by Peih-Gee Law
Produced by Theresa Piazza & Sheena Vira
Supported by Lisa Spira
Edited by Peih-Gee Law
Music by Matt Farthing
Logo by Theresa Wagner
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