Jason Bracelin | Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS) LAS VEGAS — A joystick with a pulse, that’s what we’ve become. An orb of light shoots our way, heading toward our toes. Kick it! Contact made, it rockets back in the other direction, where a team of four returns fire.
Back and forth it goes as we volley the pulsating sphere, trying to boot it past each other in order to score a goal. It’s a Friday afternoon, and we’re engaged in a quick session of “Light Hockey.” Related Articles Travel | Rewards, points, miles: A primer on travel credit cards Travel | US cities where you’ll pay more or less for hotels versus Airbnbs Travel | 10 theme brunches in Las Vegas you need to try Travel | Are national seashores summer’s best kept secret? Travel | Is there a right way to exit an airplane? The game — which is kind of like playing air hockey while standing atop the table; also, you’re in cyberspace — is one of dozens featured here at the Electric Playhouse, a high-tech new attraction that opened in June at the Forum Shops at Caesars, where nearly nearly surface pulses with visuals so brightly colored and enveloping, it feels like our eyeballs have been swallowed by a herd of hungry rainbows.
The 10,000-square-foot venue, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination,” is designed to be a bridge between digital and physical realms, one that poses the question: Instead of merely playing a video game, wouldn’t it be more fun to inhabit one? “You can get lo.