by Andrew MacBain | Oct 5, 2019 | Pinball Buzz
BY Lindsey Quinn Chicago Has Become the Nerve Center of Competitive Pinball. If a baseball game is like a pot brownie—a bright, lackadaisical buzz—tournament pinball is an acid trip: sweaty, 12 hours long, and seemingly devoid of narrative structure. It’s not for...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 5, 2019 | Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
By Interesting Vancouver Robert Gagno is a world champion pinball player. At 4 years old, he played his first game at Wally’s Burger (a burger joint their family frequented in Vancouver). When he turned 10, his family got him his first ever pinball machine. Robert...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 4, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball News
Playing pinball on an iPad is fun, but it’s nowhere near as fun as actually mashing real buttons with both hands wrapped around your Transformers Pinball Machine. While the Duo Pinball iPad Controller doesn’t quite turn your tablet into a full-sized arcade box, it’s...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 4, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball News
We’ve already seen foosball and table tennis games done up entirely in cardboard, giving you the benefit of full-featured playroom games with the ability to fold up inside a closet. This time around, you can enjoy those same benefits in a full-featured pinball game...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 3, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Pinball News
By Adam Frucci – GIZMODO This is the Transparent Pinball Machine, a custom piece created out of a 1976 “Surf Champ” unit by Michael Schiess, owner of the Lucky JuJu Pinball Arcade in Alameda, CA (which looks like the coolest place ever). The...