SnoutCast #25: “Puzzled Pint #1 Debrief”

In which we celebrate the success of the inaugural Puzzled Pint event in Portland, Oregon, and foreshadow the next event on August 10th!

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00:00 – Random Teaser™: a beastly insult
01:12 – “loving”
01:41 – what is Puzzled Pint?
02:53 – Curtis is a poor voice talent director, QED
04:12 – how it works, part 1: location puzzle on puzzledpint.com
05:28 – how it works, part 2: packet o’ puzzles to solve in the pub
06:05 – declaring victory (or not)
07:03 – the low-key GC experience
09:31 – “an interesting experiment in growing a puzzle hunt community”
12:18 – cf. Stumptown Challenge, Urban Challenge
13:32 – speaking of “conference room” puzzle hunts…
15:13 – DeeAnn’s favorite quote: “Weren’t these supposed to be puzzles you can solve when you’re drunk?”
15:41 – current slogan: Portland + puzzles + beer = Puzzled Pint
16:50 – as always, word-of-mouth is the best advertising
17:48 – hooking newbies, and Ian’s GC Summit talk
20:46 – but, you know, putting up some flyers couldn’t hurt
21:36 – yay for Puzzled Pint organizers Vic, Ana, and Matt!
22:29 – what Curtis and DeeAnn bring to the party (a hypothesis)
23:34 – Listener Mail x3
27:49 – The End

Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey” and “A Talk with George” by Jonathan Coulton

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