A cheesy reward awaits winners at this one-of-a-kind escape room.
If you miss theCheetos : The Other Hand Escape Game , in partnership with Thrillist , this past weekend , you miss a dangerously cheesy experience . Held atThe Escape Gamein DeKalb Market Hall in Downtown Brooklyn , the immersive multi - way puzzle gave chemical group just half an 60 minutes to unlock a vacation rental and quickly solve an ongoing mystery with the destination of finding a Cheetos stash before the clock runs out . And if anything actuate hoi polloi to solve maths problems , answer trivia , and get together as a squad , it ’s devoid collation .
The deputation started with each member of our six person group brood their prevalent hand with a shiny orange and spy Chester cheetah paw , inspired by Cheetos ’ iconic mascot . Since most people eat Cheetos with their rife paw , depart fingertips a spot powdery and sometimes unuseable , the plush paw mimicked this experience , stand for only non - dominant hands were available to whirl numbers on safe-deposit box , unfold map and hunting for clue .
What ’s risky ? The paw was not fit with e - tips , mean all scrolling had to be done with the opposite script . This was significant , as we had a limited grouping telephone set to help navigate clues and look up some essential Cheetos - conterminous information , such as the founding twelvemonth of the Ne pouf ( 1948 , in casing you were curious ) .
Photos by Dorothy Hong
The multi - room commission started outside a rental cabin in Cheddar Canyon , a mythical demesne where everything is Cheetos theme and , of course , we were locked out . Using confidential information around the room , we unlock box after box until finally cut up the codification to wiretap a tree in a limited pattern that unleashed the keystone to our make-believe weekend rental .
Once inside , cozy Cheeto - theme quarters greet us : Records lined the walls , an art deco elan cheetah print was ride over the fireplace , and , like any lease where misadventure continue , the WiFi was out . Our group had to employ an out-of-date physical object called a phone book to call the cable company , which asked us to solve more clues via a wireless ( this renting , though stylish , could be a bit more Gen Z inclined ) to readjust the net . Once online , instead of scrolling in the comfortable dig , we watched the timer count down the 20 minutes we had leave behind to figure out our next move . While there was a button we could push to ask the front desk for clues , we doubled down on the information we had available .
After trace strategically place Cheeto bag in four flavors , we unlocked a chest and discovered a tube slide , through which we could get at yet another way of the vacation renting .
Photos by Dorothy Hong
This space , furnish with an oversize lucullan beanbag ( a lure ! ) , a terrarium , hatful of artwork in which Chester himself posed in various vacation scenarios , plus a twist suspiciously exchangeable to what Chester uses for his infamous Cheeto rubble burst , it was open this was the last room .
The clock counted down as we connect the cable and all of a sudden , the curtain open with a celebratory soda pop and Chester himself promenade in , offering Cheetos to all . Photo opps in front of a neon signal spell out “ Dangerously Cheesy ” were offer and gloves were returned , so we could eat our cheesy rewards with our dominant hands , as it should be .
Photos by Dorothy Hong
Photos by Dorothy Hong
