When I decided I wanted to play my 700th laser tag arena on Laser Tag Day I was speaking a goal out into the universe and I believed I could make it happen. However, when I said it (about six weeks ago) I was about 30 arenas away from that number with Laser Tag Day quickly approaching at the end of March. The goal was a bit daunting, but I made and executed a plan. If you’ve been counting down with me you know I have been steadily edging towards that milestone number with rec

I’ve been preparing for a BIG laser tag adventure that got underway with a travel adventure first! The shortest version of the story involves me making some “creative” choices with my travel route between New York and California that resulted in me taking four, yes FOUR flights to get there (from SYR to DFW to ABQ to PHX to LAX). This was partially a solution when Inhad to regroup because I had planned to be in Hawaii at the start of this trip, but they are currently getting

There are two things that I will remember about my most recent trip through Tennessee. The VERY unique travel circumstances and some terrific tag at Tenn Pin Alley in Columbia, TN. I arrived and chatted with the manager who encouraged me to take note of the original artwork on the walls when I went into the arena. Ok, I’m intrigued! I purchased my game pass and got in line for the next game. This began with me discovering Zone Helios CE in the vesting room and me getting suit

It’s awesome to have friends throughout the country that I am able to visit during my tags trips, so it was an extra bonus to meet up with Raven to play some Delta Strike Genesis while at Urban Air in Huntsville, AL. Our thanks to GM Alexis for providing an opportunity for us to play an early morning game and catch up a bit as we explored this rockin’ arena decked out in bright neon colors, the really cool “Trapper Keeper” theming that Urban Air has started implementing and v

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