LOTRTTT Today!!!! Am I going ... nope. Friday... more later...
Way back when, I used to be addicted to Photon, what is that? Photon was the first Laser Tag style game out there. It was basicaly a franchise started by some guy in Dallas. It was done very well... from the moment you walked in to the place you were in another world, everything was themed like you were in space. Lot's of blacklights and fog machines. Lot's of computers hanging from the ceilings showing you progress of games that were active. Our Photon in Houston had two fields. It was a team based game that was capture the flag, but the flag was just something you shot once. It did not end the game. If you yourself were were shot you would be disabled for 4 seconds making it very hard to return fire. Being disabled meant get out of there quick or you're gonna be target practice, allowing them to rack up points. Everyone had a code name and a special ID that had to use to pass into to the game adding to the realism. The playfileds were elaborate with ramps, multiple levels, hideyholes, bunkers, all kinds of things, plus during the middle of the game a the cool soundtrack would countdown to an explosion and if you did not take cover a strobe bomb would disable you. Another cool thing was the scoring was kept realtime for everyone not platying to see, plus there was an obersvation deck that had gun stations on them so observers could put in a quarter and join in the fray, although those had no bearing on your game and did not disable you. It was like living in Tron or something, the thing I remember the most is how a 7 minute game could shatter you. I would walk out just dripping wet with sweat, and higher than a kite on addreneline... I guess kids today just play Quake and Unreal and the likes... we didn't have those back then so we made our own...
For those who remember... try this or see some pics at this site and for those who played there... listen to the soundtrack! how cool is THAT!!!! All of the soundtracks can be found here!
In honor of the opening day of LOTRTTT here is what happened when AOTC opened and the Late Night Show got a hold of the nerd line... I had tears watching this! Star Wars Nerd Line...
one more thing... I am aware of the slow condition of my blog and I am trying to have the provider look into it for me... please be patient!
i.am.sam
