In a departure from my usual practice of providing you with a soundtrack for a room or area in the Maze, this month’s playlist is dedicated to the Guide. “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones “Pleased to meet you/ Hope you guess my name/ But what’s puzzling you/ Is the nature of my … Read more
In delay there lies no plenty; Then come and kiss me, sweet-and-twenty, Youth’s a stuff will not endure. One of the things that keeps me interested in MAZE is the way it acts as a departure point for enjoyable free association. This can be a worthwhile result in itself, but Room 5 is an example … Read more
I came up with some MAZE-y song titles and Greg made the songs to go with them. (“Horns and Strings” is actually doing double duty as an anti-mathematics song, requested by another one of Greg’s Patrons.) As usual, his wonderful lyrics are surreal but also full of concrete details, creating a response that shifts between … Read more
Looking for a fun way to enjoy MAZECAST with friends? Love the thrill-a-minute adrenaline rush of Bingo? Of course you are. Of course you do. That’s why we made MAZECAST Bingo just for you! Here’s how to play. You will need paper a printer Bingo dabbers an Internet connection a device for streaming video friends … Read more
So this happened. I got this edition of MAZE from my sister about 10 years ago. She saw it at a secondhand store and bought it for me as a birthday gift, remembering how much we’d both enjoyed looking at it as kids when it first came out. Not sure where that original copy went, … Read more
Farewell to Jareth, the Goblin King. Your 13 hours were up too soon, but your power over me will remain undiminished.
Room 4 is a tricky one to pin down-there is a lot going on here both in the images and in the text. It’s unique, because it’s the only room on the Path that you have to visit twice-once on the way in, and once on the way out. If you look at one of … Read more
Greg and his son, Wren, took some time out of their busy schedules to compose and perform an exciting and creepy song about Wren’s favourite room, Room 26. Love this choice, Wren! An important room that’s full of action and cool weird scary stuff. http://mazecast.com/wp-content/uploads/wrenscheesy26.mp3 Mine, mine, mine, mine My guy up in the sign … Read more
Eat less. Exercise more. Go to bed earlier. No more counting bricks. Who am I kidding?! Solve the Riddle of the Guide. Figure out Room 3. At least contribute to the solving of the Riddle of the Guide… We are way overdue for another MazeCast. [01/01/2016: I can already cross this one off-check out the … Read more
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Maze The lightbulbs were glowing; the candles, ablaze. I’d passed by the gate, wasn’t thinking of stopping- Then realized I could do some last-minute shopping. The place looked intriguing; I thought I might buy Some nice fish to fry up, or a vial for Aunt Vi. … Read more