Food and laser tag

Anyone who tells you that you aren’t going to work up an appetite playing laser tag is pulling your leg. You’re always welcome to bring food or have us provide food for you for a nominal charge. We saw this recipe for camouflage cupcakes, though, and figured we had to share. Continue reading

On the field: Domination arms (King of laser tag props!)

If you haven’t played Domination with us then you haven’t played with us in far too long. Basically, two teams compete to gain ownership of control points scattered around the field. These control points are represented by laser tag props that are brightly colored arms that flip back and forth, making this great “thwok!” sound. It looks something like this: Continue reading

On the field: Laptops

We recently completed work on a updated version of one of our favorite laser tag props and wanted to share the new, improved, in-game laptop. We always use the laptop in games of Intel, although it makes occasional appearances in other games, too. Continue reading

How to aim better, or: “I’m not hitting anything!”

If you’re regularly missing folks that you’re aiming at on the field then there’s one easy answer to your problems: you need to use the scope. All of the laser tag guns on our field have a real red-dot scope. All you need to do to hit someone is look through the scope, put the dot on your opponent, and press the trigger. Now, that said, there are a few small tricks you can use to really drive your accuracy up. Continue reading

Violence, Laser Tag, and Combat Sports

While this is coming a bit late, we do want to take a moment to respond to concerns that might arise in the wake of recent shootings, primarily those at schools.

It is not uncommon for us to receive questions about violence and school shootings in connection with our sport. Could a school shooter learn how to do what he wants from playing with us? Do we encourage a violent perspective? These questions are valid and welcome; we love to have the chance to discuss this topic! Continue reading