SHOWS 8BITFLIP 2017 As a change from our usual reporting style, this look at the annual 8BitFlip tournament weekend will be done as a personal b…
SHOWS TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL 2017 Welcome to the start of our coverage of the Texas Pinball Festival 2017. We have been regular attendees to the TPF for many …
SHOWS ITALIAN PINBALL OPEN 2017 A new event in a new location, and both dedicated to sports pinball. It is the Italian Pinball Open (IPO) – the Italia…
SITES REPLAY BEER AND BOURBON In the early 1930s, my grandparents lived in one of Chicago’s southern suburbs. My grandmother has always been fascina…
SHOWS ARCADE EXPO 2017 Last year we paid our first visit to the Museum of Pinball in Banning, California, for the second ever Arcade Expo show. Thi…
GAMES MAGIC GIRL: FIRST LOOK It was just under two years ago that we brought you our exclusive report on the prototype Magic Girl game from Zidware when …
SHOWS DIALED IN! LAUNCH PARTY As the European Jersey Jack Pinball Master Distributor, Alfred Pika, aka Freddy, hosted the European launch of JJP’s latest …
GAMES CAPTAIN NEMO: IN-DEPTH REVIEW Welcome to the latest in our continuing series of In-Depth Reviews, and today we are delving deep into Quetzal Pinball’…
NEWS KINGS & QUEENS: PINBALL, IMAGISTS & CHICAGO An exhibition that begs the question ‘Is Pinball a Legitimate Art Form?’ In recent years, there have been several art exhibi…
SHOWS IFPA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FINAL 2016 Each year, a single tournament in each of fifteen different European countries is selected as that country’s qualifyin…
COMMENT PINBALL POPULARITY: CLASSIC vs. CURRENT POP CULTURE THEMES Back in the early 1970s to the early 1990s, you could find pinball machines everywhere. You would see them in your local bar…
NEWS NEW PINBALL-THEMED BEER Two Brothers Artisan Brewing in Warrenville, Illinois, just launched their new pinball-themed craft beer called Pinball Juic…
GAMES THE JETSONS The next game to be built by Spooky Pinball was announced today. However, The Jetsons is not Spooky Pinball’s own titl…
SITES KAUA’I ISLAND BREWERY & GRILL You could possibly be forgiven if you mistook the low-profile building in the off-harbor area of Port Allen for a warehouse …
SITES JAPAN GAME MUSEUM UPDATE The Japan Game Museum (JGM) was the final destination of my Osaka-Nagoya trip in September 2016. Major changes had been taki…
SHOWS EAG INTERNATIONAL 2017 The first major trade show of the year is traditionally held in London and now goes by the name EAG International. It is hel…
LEARN PIN-‘UINO What is a pin-‘Uino? The term is a portmanteau of the words pinball and Arduino. As you are probably reading this article in…
LEARN INTRO TO ARDUINO WHAT IS AN ARDUINO? Great question! There are several versions (different board configurations) of the Arduino. An unofficia…
GAMES AEROSMITH PINBALL ANNOUNCED Stern Pinball today revealed details and pictures of their next rock band-themed pinball, Aerosmith. Like earlier Stern Pinb…
SITES PINBALL IN THE ‘ZOO After doing a self-guided tour of the majority of the locations in the Kalamazoo, Michigan metro area, I came away with the …