MADE ON EARTH

Report from the world of backyard technology

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Hardcore Laser Tag

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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 ...

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