Happy International Laser tag Day! Today is a day to celebrate the entire laser tag industry on the anniversary of the date when it all began 41 years ago with the grand opening of Photon in Dallas, TX in 1984. It is amazing that over four decades later laser tag continues to be loved and played all over the world, literally making this an international reason to celebrate! Wherever you are on the globe today, I am sending you my thanks on behalf of all laser tag players worl

Amusement Expo International proved once again to be a wonderful opportunity to check in with the industry leaders in the world of laser tag and amusement attractions during the two days of trade show activity taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Wednesday morning began with the opening ceremonies and cutting of the ribbon to open the show floor. Once the show was officially underway, visitors from literally all over the world entered the event with booth spaces s

Tag 4 A Cause returned to Battle Blast Laser Tag in Las Vegas with a successful evening of fun, fundraising and fitness to support the local Las Vegas dog rescue organization, A Path 4 Paws. I love that this is a way to use laser tag as a catalyst for raising donations to help wonderful causes like we did on this special event night! After visiting one of A Path 4 Paws’ dog adoption events over the weekend and seeing their volunteers’ good work in action, I was especially ple

I heard through the grapevine that Spy Ninjas HQ in Las Vegas had ZTAG available to play in their Ninja Tag arena, so I had to check this out! I had never played ZTAG before (other than trying demos at the trade shows), so I was intrigued to see what this game was really about. Originally it was marketed as a phaser-free laser tag game, but to my mind this is better described as “proximity tag”. It works and “tags” when wrist units are in close proximity to one another. I loo

On this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we hear from Noah Kim, the new owner of Ultrazone Portland, about his experience taking over a legacy laser tag center with a 30 year history in Oregon. 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/aRWsU-YcZ3g?si=VgrdjchXOthGYf61 Comments or Questions? Contact: Tivia@tivia

This year I found myself being part of a planning team to put together the Laser Tag Summit. Essentially, this is a fresh start and a new name for maintaining a presence for laser tag education to happen via three discussion panels during this year’s Amusement Expo International in Las Vegas. In the past this has been done under the umbrella of the Laser Tag Convention, but for the Laser Tag Summit, this is a new day, new name, new team and new start. The three laser tag pan

Tag 4 A Cause will be happening once again this Wednesday (March 19th) from 7-9 at Battle Blast Laser Tag in Las Vegas. Donations from this event will benefit A Path 4 Paws, a local dog rescue organization in Las Vegas. I wanted to see their good work for myself, so upon my arrival in Vegas I headed over to one of their adoption events that they hold every weekend. I arrived at the event to see volunteers walking the dogs, playing with them outdoors in front of the indoor ken

When I was deciding which laser tag arena to choose to be my milestone 600th arena played I knew it had to be something special. I was hoping to play somewhere unique and that’s why I chose Ultrazone Portland (formerly known as Clackamus Ultrazone) in Milwaukie, Oregon. At the beginning of this year my friend (and former Zone Nats teammate) Noah had taken over ownership of this site, which further sealed it that this would be my choice. However, the fact that this arena is an

In honor of it being expo time…This is a vintage Q-Babes model’s outfit from the 90s, as was worn by a group of women (known as the Q-Babes) who served as trade show and event models to promote Q-Zar laser tag equipment. I have seen photos of a group of about 14 or so Q-Babes models wearing this very outfit at events including the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA where the Q-Zar IQ packs were demonstrated and played at the Olympic Village that summer. Only 16 IQ packs were

If you’ve ever wondered “What To Post?” to promote your last tag, on this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we get some ideas from Christopher Rokosz about exactly that. Enjoy! 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/yIyjA93Smdo?si=lAF2XxvMfueOoyVM Comments or Questions? Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag