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• At an escape room experience in Barcelona, Spain, participants are given 30 minutes to free themselves from a closed coffin, Reuters reports.
The puzzle, called Catalepsy (in reference to a medical condition that can be mistaken for death), requires gamers to collaborate with a partner in a neighboring casket to solve puzzles.
Game master Aurora Alvarino, who monitors the action via CCTV, calls the experience "a gym for the mind."
Players can customize their escapes, including choosing the type of casket or if they want to be "cremated" in a blaze of virtual fire and artificial smoke.
All for the low, low price of 44 euros for two people. [Reuters, 1/25/2024]