One of the best things about playing laser tag all over the country is the great people I have met along the way. On my last trip to California a few years ago I met some wonderful guys and hardcore Zone enthusiasts including “General Nicolas, grand master of Infusion” (who couldn’t join us last night, but shout out to him anyway), Noah, Ricky and Josef. I guess you can say I’ve got friends in Zone places (pause for the groan for my terrible pun)! Well, when Josef heard I was

If I had been looking to spend the day at a mini-amusement park I would have found plenty to do at Fiesta Village Family Fun Park in Colton, CA. However, since I was only looking to play laser tag I had only a fraction of the experience of what this place had to offer. I actually usually skip the arenas that are located inside big amusement parks because it’s generally more hassle to get in and out for just one attraction. However, the Orange Julius sign lured me in (as they

I found my visit to Lazer Legacy in Yucaipa, CA to be a real delight on a lot of levels. This was a good reminder of how laser tag can transcend differences and challenges and bring people together in the sheer enjoyment of the game. When I arrived I purchased a game with a small group. I was placed on a team with two young boys, one of whom was non-verbal, perhaps autistic, but who did not need words to express how excited he was about getting to play the game. We were joine

I left Las Vegas to spend a couple of days in California and my first stop was to the Monarch Fun Zone in Victorville, CA where I met the owners, Brian and his son Bailey. They told me this business only re-opened a week and a half ago. They are new owners who took it over from the bowling alley next door and they had been renovating the arena a bit during the shutdown, which hit California laser tag businesses particularly hard and kept them closed longer than sites in other

I remember a few years ago the guys I know in Syracuse were talking about the recent installation of Laserforce at a site in Las Vegas called the Rex Center with a larger than life dinosaur theme. It sounded like a really cool site, so I looked it up the last time I was in Vegas, which was prior to the pandemic, but at that point I learned that the business had closed down. But when I returned to Vegas this week leading into the Laser Tag Convention and Amusement Expo I did a

The catalyst for my trip to Tennessee (as Memphis was the easiest point for me to fly into to get me to my primary destination in Kentucky) was to head north to compete in a high score laser tag competition that was being put on by Patriot Games Mobile Laser Tag at the Murray-Calloway County Fair in Murray, KY. Spoiler alert…the trophy went home with me. I had seen photos from previous events that Patriot Games (formerly Red Dragon) Mobile Laser Tag had put on, the most recen

I went to one site that definitely stood out to me, but not for the reasons you would want. Let me just say it was a site where they were running Lasertron and the experience left me feeling…meh. I had actually stopped twice to visit this center (no need to name name’s) that claims to have “Memphis’ Largest Laser Tag Game” and that is probably correct. The first time I dropped by it was during the daytime (but also it was during regular hours when they were open for business)

The City Forum is well named and well worth a visit if you find yourself anywhere near Clarksville, TN. I had a few choices in front of me as I decided which direction I should go for my next laser tag game and I definitely picked the right one. :) I walked into the entrance and before I purchase my game I was already smiling at the dad joke posted on the wall! Then when I made my way into the entertainment area I was blown away by what I saw. This place is massive, but with

Most of the time a game of Lazer Runner played in a bowling alley is pretty much exactly what you expect, but I did find a couple of interesting things during the game I played at Jackson Bowling and Skating Family Fun Center in Tennessee. Two other women showed up at exactly the same time I did, not to bowl, but specifically to do something different. It was their first game of laser tag, so the game we played was light and fun. We were handed our vests and one of the women

My next stop was to the Memphis Incredible Pizza located in Cordova, TN. I was curious about what I might find here and there were a few surprises compared to my visits to other Incredible Pizza locations. The best surprise was that I did not have to order pizza. No disrespect to the food, but that was not why I was here. One of my previous stops to a different Incredible Pizza a while back required me to buy the whole package in order to gain entrance to the laser tag, so I