" This is quite neat! Doesn’t seem to rely on cheap scares in the same way a lot of other “backrooms” styled games do. Thank you for sharing it! "

" I don't really play video games but I do like to watch trailers and playthroughs of ones that catch my interest. I recently watched some videos on "The Exit 8" and it seems like one that Maze people might enjoy. "

" Happy new year, Ritz! "

" I was doing some room 33 cipher testing, and found that “pitcher signet” has lots of fun anagrams. Pitch integers is a coherent is specific musical phrase! When I found it, I was surprised, but all the other anagrams quickly showed how easy it was... "

" Happy new year! "

" No word here is boiled down to a single rebused object. Maybe that’s even why there’s a nun presented with the awl. Manson thought that “awl” was the easiest way to clue the word, but wanted to sprinkle in more difficulty. "

" It may well be that there is nothing to do but play around with different possible words and eventually find the solution, as impossible as that is. ELVI is *so* clearly an anagram of multiple common words, though, that it seems cruel even by Manson's... "

" I guess it simply must be process of elimination. Other symbols in this room can be anagrammed into multiple ways (shoe + n + u + i = heinous) but it’s hard to work them into logical sentences (“what will heinous evil all.”) "

" Yeah, the mere presence of "live" within "lived" seems implausible, for sure. The fact that "what" and "in" also appear in the text, but "house" and "will" don't, makes the incidental appearance of words in the text too scattershot to be meaningful. I still suspect... "

" wrong = evil careless = vile hidden = veil lived = live Sure, “live” is the only string that actually appears in the text, but if Manson wanted to use that to resolve the anagram, why didn’t he phrase it in present tense? “A careless... "

" "Live" does appear in the text, as part of "lived, but boy... That does mirror "all" also being in the text, given that both are clued in not just opaque but ambiguous ways. "

" Does anyone have an idea -- even a bad one -- what a priori justification might exist for taking "ELVI" to be "LIVE" instead any of the other possible anagrams? "

" We confabulate herein the foremost Trystero missive which we recounted into this Labyrinth, where Night is blind: “Reconnoiterer White Raven, I am a connoisseur of the atrocious. I wish to wax waywardly upon your zenethic achievement. Your exegesis of the odd is an obsequie of... "

" I enjoyed House of Leaves a lot when I read it, enough that I was very excited to read Only Revolutions, and then very disappointed in the little bit that I read, and then curious again to finish it, and then resigned to make it... "

" I finally read House of Leaves. I was aware of its daedalian-ness going into it, but I was surprised at its similarities with Maze. I think they’re pretty much trying to evoke the same things. Maze is accessible and often branded a children’s book. House... "

" Well, my opinion did shift slightly as I was explaining it, from ‘none shouldn’t be thrown out’ to ‘the fact that none is thrown out is relevant,’ so I don’t blame you. Maybe comparing the two riddles is relevant, or maybe the base choice itself... "

" Oh! I see what you're saying now. That's quite plausible and interesting. Sorry, I wasn't understanding what you meant. "

" No, I think that the fact that “all” is directly used in the text in relation to something being on a wall points to using it over “none.” A choice between “all” and “none” is implied, which would lead the reader to scan the page... "

" Do you the occurrence of "all" in the text to be irrelevant in this reading? (I don't intend that to sound skeptical, just curious.) (After all, "in" occurs in the text as well, and I don't think that is meaningful. I think there's good reason... "

" Good points. I generally agree with everything here, and that you’re supposed to insert “all” into the riddle’s INTENDED phrasing (‘all to see’ directly points to it, and your logic makes sense for taking that over a contrivance that might lead to none). However, I... "

" And, to belabor the point: The publisher solutions took the care to specify three different words that would be accepted as solutions to the Riddle of the Maze. If Manson intended alternate phrasings of the Riddle, it would only make sense to similarly list the... "

" Although, Manson's own contest clue says you have to choose between two pictures. If what Manson actually did was deliberately craft a riddle that implied the same answer even when phrased as its opposite, he pretty thoroughly pretended that he didn't do that. I think... "

" Hmmm. I still think that using the contest to filter out solutions may not be wise. “All” may be the official answer, but as we’ve recently learned there’s another intended riddle solution separate from “world.” "

" It's not clear to me from WR's recounting at what point in creation the various aspects of the contest were requested/demanded. Manson received an advance before the book was written/illustrated; the publisher seems to have been involved from an early stage. "[T]he publisher at Henry... "

" I’m not even convinced we have to choose. Yes, there’s all the official contest stuff, but remember that Maze was written without that in mind. "

" Oh, right. You know, I think we're supposed to pick "all" just because the word occurs in the text. I know the problem is that in the rest of the book there's no telling whether something like that indicates a good door or a bad... "

" The world. Eventually, there will be nobody left "

" Relates to the celestial sphere, which seems thematic... "

" An astrological "house," maybe? "

" It does remind me of the riddle.. a house where no one lives. I believe the answer could be something like a government building such as the house of commons or representatives. The word 'house' can mean other things. A house of worship? or house... "

" Hey, here's a question for everybody. So, it seems weird that we have to choose between "all" and "none" here, with seemingly little guidance. And, in fact, if we chose "none," we actually get something that sounds like a riddle . What's the best answer... "

" In terms of inter-room connections, I don't recall whether it has been mentioned that the theater masks connect with the theater in 26, giving the impression of a path if you came here from there. "

" Can’t quite remember, but try entering “pages” in the URL too "

" Some random observations and thoughts on room 45 that I don't think have been mentioned before. 1.The shadow cast by the table and its objects appears to resemble a house, complete with a roof and chimney. Additionally, the horseshoe in this context could be interpreted... "

" "For the first time in years..." what others have you found? "

" Not to my knowledge! Good work. "

" Oh, so it was real. Enter “marienbad” in the URL. (Maybe this is already known to be linked somewhere, though.) "

" Browsing history? "

" For the first time in years, I found one of White Raven’s hidden webpages, but I was half-asleep and didn’t save it… Maybe it was just a dream! I remember it was some sort of dialogue between two characters "

" Jokes aside, I actually have to disagree with you, Comenius! I think pulling “will” from IAM SHAKESPEARE and WOODROW is pretty straightforward, and any connection to the globe theatre or the Wilson quote serves more as dressing. Why suspend disbelief for the inclusion of Woodrow... "

" The Mansonian Superposition strikes again. Maybe reading the sign in 22 as both an “O” and a herring isn’t too unreasonable. (Kidding!) "

" Thanks to this website, this journey of dissatisfaction with the Riddle of the Maze took only two days to resolve instead of countless years. That’s progress! "

" But I see from the publisher’ set of six clues (which correspond to six words) that intended solution is indeed WHAT HOUSE WILL ALL [or NONE] LIVE IN? Oh well. "

" As someone coming to this relatively fresh, let me say what seems to make most sense to me: The riddle hidden in the room is “All live in what house?” The answer (globe, world, earth) is hidden in the room (specifically, on the table) and... "

" *********************** ***—If on a winter's night a traveler, *********************** Outside the town of Malbork, *********************** Leaning from the steep slope *********************** Without fear of wind or vertigo, *********************** Looks down in the gathering shadow *********************** In a network of lines that enlace, *********************** In a... "