There was just enough time to make one more late night arena visit when I rolled in to Stars and Strikes in Huntsville, AL. Let me say, their staff is awesome and in spite of the late hour I got to play an awesome game of Lasertron free for all (so actually two games within the session) with Liz, K-Dot and Jessie. I look like Mandarr under the vesting room lights, lol! This is a fairly open, two story arena with grated barriers along the upper perimeter, giving way to a clear

Travel often requires flexibility and just being able to “go with the flow”. I boarded a plane to Huntsville, AL with a plan…then landed with an alternate contingency plan that led me to (for the second week in a row) Mar a beeline directly for a Main Event (Huntsville) in order to get in a game before the end of the evening. Sometimes I’m VERY appreciative of those late night hours they offer! Much of the theming I saw was the same (or very similar) to the subway theme I exp

As an ode to all this recent travel, this Museum Collection Monday is a look at some tag swag, aka merch acquired while on the road. This is a hardcover comic book by Laser Game Evolution that is all in French, as it was obtained during a trip I took to Montreal. For more laser tag history visit LaserTagMuseum.com . Comments or Questions? Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and www.photonforever.com and http://www.lasertagmu

After binge watching a dozen television shows featuring laser tag, I’m joined by fellow laser tag enthusiast Jason Helton to review and discuss Tag on TV on this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk. 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/hngtOsYOshQ?si=iBoaJlbwWXP0N9qz Comments or Questions? Contact:...

I spent a very enjoyable birthday complete with laser tag, sushi and an axolotl. :) I must say, my coworkers are great. I showed up at work to find my office had been under full birthday attack! And if you look closely, sitting there on my desk was a stuffed axolotl, a lovely gift from Kayla. He’s so cute! I spent the morning enjoying cake as my office sang a beautifully (and intentionally) off-key version of Happy Birthday before the axolotl and I hit the road. We met up wit

It’s Museum Collection Monday and this one is bit of a teaser for this week’s podcast, which will be dropping on Friday. Here is a Zone Helios pack signed by Nathan Fillion and Molly Quinn. It’s special because it was actually used in the filming of the tv show Castle, which is one of several television shows featuring laser tag that I will be discussing with my guest Jason Helton as we talk “Tag on TV” on the next Laser Unfocused Tag Talk podcast. For more laser tag history

The final stop for my Arkansas adventure weekend was to Malys Family Entertainment Center in Conway. I was looking forward to some Delta Strike Genesis played in their haunted arena. Get ready because something wicked this way comes…wicked cool that is! I was met by Xavier who led me to their vesting room to select my pack from the wall of rainbow choices charging up. Then we headed into the two-story game space featuring some BIG attention getters. The top floor has some ind

I had a chance to tag using Battle Company gear at Action Jacks in Conway, AR, but this was a completely different game experience! The theme of the arena was “space avengers”, which paints a picture of an otherworldly fantasy rather than the tactical battle that I typically experience when using this system. I loved the completely original take on the design of the arena and the game felt like traditional tag more than tactical. It was thoroughly fun! When I purchased my gam

For the last few years we’ve been seeing a lot more of the open air laser tag concept and Urban Air was an early adopter of this idea, so I take note whenever I see it in use at one of their locations. This is the first thing I noticed about the laser tag arena when I played at Urban Air in Benton, AR. The open air arena essentially boils down to not hiding the arena behind closed off windows or walls and allowing spectators to see the game from the outside of the arena area.

I headed over to T-Rex Fun Spot in Hot Springs, AR to see what their arena had to offer. This one had a few cool surprises! When I arrived my first thought was “this looks like a hotel”…which part of the property is. That’s a little different. I went over to the main building to purchase my game before being joined by Fisher for a game in the arena located in the second building, adjacent to the hotel lobby. I was struck immediately by the cool sign promoting laser tag out fr