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

There is some clever ingenuity inside the laser tag arena I experienced at Funtrackers Family Fun Park in Hot Springs, AR. This place is an excellent example of how to revitalize an existing arena to keep things fresh! I enjoyed a game of CyberBlast where a couple of cool things caught my attention…and the expression on my mini-rubber chicken’s face pretty much mirrors my thoughts, lol! The rubber chicken has become something of a mascot since first appearing at Tag 4 A Cause

It’s no joke that southern hospitality is a real thing, and I experienced it as soon as I arrived in Arkansas. I made a beeline straight for Main Event in Little Rock as soon as my flight landed, timing out perfectly to tag with this awesome group, made up mostly of students from Arkansas State University. I’ve been around a Main Event or two (or actually 26 of them) before, so I’m quite familiar with what to expect, so I was looking around for the counter to buy my game pass

I had planned to meet up with Emily for one more game at Jack and Jill Lanes in Lehi, UT. However, I arrived and waited for a bit, but I didn’t see her…or the laser tag, for that matter. It turns out there are actually two bowling alleys called Jack and Jill’s in the area and I ended up at the wrong one! Once we got that figured out (and I ended up in Lehi about ten minutes later) I realized that, while this was up a different hill, it really had a spectacular view of a few l

Rad Tag in Pleasant Grove, UT has a really impressive arena and is very aptly name because it was, in fact, really rad tag! You can tell immediately when you walk through the doors that this is a really cool Lasertron arena. You know because the ob deck here consists of a giant picture window giving a full-wall size view into the two-story arena. This is so smart because it grabs the eye with the brightly lit sectors, it allows a spectator to observe and engage with the game

I was excited to visit Coin Crazy Family Fun Center in Spanish Fork, UT, where we got to play some Laserforce Gen 7 in their city apocalypse themed arena. Emily (aka Dwan) met up with me for a game. We vested up and were ready to go 1v1 in a with literal “full Force”. She has played tag here before and told me ahead of time that she really liked this arena. I wholeheartedly agree! We tagged around the central focal point, this singed building, that anchors the theme. You can

I was able to visit two Rush Funplex locations while in Utah. The first was in Orem at the start of the day and the other was in West Jordan at the end. The unique circumstances of this day made both stops very literally a rush! Due to a last minute change in travel plans I had to complete visits to five arenas before 3:00 in order to catch my new flight, so I first headed to Orem and walked in the door bright and early when they opened at 10:00. I am very appreciative that t