This is pretty cool. It’s a vest you wear that’s filled with pneumatic air capsules that “simulate” being hit by bullets or punches while you play a game. I realize it’s not for everyone, but I like the idea of feeling some pain when I’m shot/punched/stabbed/etc in a game. It’s one reason I like paintball but dislike laser tag. I’m not sure how strong this really is though, as the sales pitch does point out that, “The jacket won’t bruise you but you’ll certainly know you’ve been tagged.” Bummer!
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October 4th, 2008 at 1:27 am
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October 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Matchu
Looks very painful, but very out of the box. I would love to try it out once.
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Eric Lamy
Chris, Jeremy and I saw this at PAX this year. It’s pretty interesting, I tried it out a bit and I wouldn’t mind using it on occasion but I’m not sure I’d want to have it on in any sort of competitive environment. It was definitely strong enough to realize what was going on, and while not really strong enough to cause any discomfort, I’d definitely be more distracted than entertained by it in a lot of circumstances.
I was on a national laser tag team for a while though, so maybe I just don’t appreciate this sort of thing enough.