May 2007
Intermediate to advanced
190 pages
7h 58m
English
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MADE ON EARTH
Report from the world of backyard technology
Hardcore Laser Tag
Photography by Steve Lodefink
Mike Yates plays laser tag. But we’re not talking about the kind of game you might find down at the Family Fun Center or around your neighborhood using some toy.
Yates is at the center of a group of hardcore laser tag players who prefer to play their games in warrens of bunkers below abandoned military bases, using highly modified custom taggers.
From his home base in Washington state he’s been hacking laser tag gear for a decade or so, and ...