With inches of snow on my car, I won’t be going anywhere tonight, lol! It’s New Year’s Eve and instead I’m just wrapped up in a warm blanket (with Heli on my shoulder), enjoying my coffee and looking back on this past year with a lot of gratitude for all the things that have happened. 2025 brought a lot of laser tag highlights and this is the time when I like to reflect on those cool moments that I’ve been fortunate enough to experience during the year. I call this my top ten

It’s Museum Collection Monday, so let’s check out Laser Duel. I always second guess myself on the spelling of this system from the early 2000s because, while “duel” makes perfectly logical sense, the “dual” lasers were a highlighted feature, so I think the name could have easily gone either way! :) Check out more laser tag history at LaserTagMuseum.com . Comments or Questions?  Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com   Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and www.phot

Did anyone else have this same conversation, talking to themselves? No? Just me? “Time to wrap the presents…where did I put them?” “You hid them where you couldn’t forget them this year.” “Where did I hide them? Under the laser tag stuff?” “No, they aren’t there.” (Turns out some of them were) With that, I think it’s time for the annual recitation of “Santa Plays Laser Tag”. Side note (now that I’m actually wrapping): David Huddleston remains the best cinematic portrayal of S

Am I the only one who sees Darklight and immediately thinks of Christmas lights? Such a merry system! :) It’s Christmas Eve and today I’m carrying on someone else’s holiday tradition. In memory of another laser tag elf, I’m doing what she used to do and passing out candy bars to store employees who have to work on Christmas Eve. I always admired that she did this. When I purchased my carrying pouch earlier this week I told the local store owner that I would be honored if she

It feels like Christmas 1986! For Museum Collection Monday, let’s compare the merchandise, television and book series that followed for the Photon and Worlds of Wonder Lazer Tag which were among the top home market laser tag toy lines to debut that year. Comments or Questions?  Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com   Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and www.photonforever.com and http://www.lasertagmuseum.com

It’s Christmastime at laser tag and tonight everyone was in the holiday spirit, including the Laser Tag Elf on the Shelf! This elf was baking all day to prepare the phaser cookies to thank the staff at The Fun Warehouse for another great year of tag adventures. Beanz had programmed special holiday colors for the free for all games, which were played with upbeat holiday music in the arena. And I must say, I loved how a couple of players even showed up wearing Grinch PJs during

This article is a first-hand account of the evolution of the Photon pods and phasers, as told by inventor George Carter III. The following notes about the various Photon pods and phasers were transcribed from a phone conversation with inventor George Carter III on December 13, 2025. (Photon first generation pod used in Dallas, TX Photon center) This pod was the very first generation, one of the ones built with a fiberglass helmet that was painted and well used. The scars and

This week on Laser Unfocused Tag Talk I am recapping some of my own personal laser tag highlights from 2025 as a precursor to my annual year in review blog article. Here I’ll share a few of the things I’ve been busy doing in this past year. ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213 ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/H9d9lS101F8?si=ftk6H3JvX1XVwrzq Comment

For Museum Collection Monday, let’s travel back in time nearly 40 years to the 1986 Christmas shopping season. Photon and Worlds of Wonder were leading the charge in their toy category that year and here is a look at a very rare (and still somehow working!) Worlds of Wonder Lazer Tag store display from around that time. Comments or Questions?  Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com   Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and www.photonforever.com and http://www.lasert

Last night some high school students walked into the laser tag lobby looking sharp and showing up straight from their West Genesee semi-formal. Love it! They had the idea to play “the guys vs the girls” while many of them were still rockin’ their dressy attire in the arena. I feel so underdressed (lol), but this team looked great! I can remember a handful of occasions when I’ve seen similar groups show up over the years. I always think this is a really great thing. First, the