Hours after sunset, our team had finally decrypted the poems and exposed the nine oracles. With the traitor in our midst unmasked and the guardian revealed, the portal to the library began to open. Then my computer crashed, and I missed the climactic moments of the Secret Library, an online escape-room-style experience poised at the intersection of gaming and immersive theater. The Secret Library is one of dozens, maybe hundreds, of new events prompted by pandemic-related closures. Some have since reopened, though patrons remain wary of spending an hour or two in an enclosed and imprecisely ventilated space.

Source: New York Times November 05, 2020 15:00 UTC