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Inside the Stern fun factory

There’s been lots of news surrounding Stern and its factory over the last week or so, what with the announcement that the company is looking for new premises and the [...]
A very bizarre pinball Nitro Ground Shaker story

There’s a Bally Nitro Ground Shaker in England with a very peculiar history. The pin was built in Chicago in 1980, and it now sits in a house in Farnborough, one of [...]
Pinball for hire: what people do to rental machines

On the scale of risky things to do with your pinball machines, few things rank higher than dumping them off at the house of a complete stranger who’s planning a wild [...]
Is pinball about to stage a recovery?

Twenty years ago it was almost impossible to avoid the sounds and flashing lights of pinball machines in pubs, student bars and amusement arcades. Competition from electronic [...]
Pinball culture: Astonishing things you didn’t know about Novus

Question: What do salad bar sneeze guards, tanning beds and pinball playfields have in common? Answer: All of these things can be cleaned and polished with Novus, the very [...]

Keeping pinball alive in the land of fire and ice

25th June 2014 // 0 Comments

Iceland is a spectacularly beautiful country, but it’s a tough place to live if you happen to be a pinball nut. Who plays pinball in a pond? Crazy Viking dudes. Photo: [...]
Thunderbirds Pinball – May 2015 update

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How game rules come about

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Does pinball licencing work?

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The amazing story behind Roadshow’s “Red”

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Revealed: the most significant pinball machine ever

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Pat Lawlor’s JJP game – latest

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Dancing with the devil: the joy of tilting

17th November 2015 // 3 Comments

Tilt mechs stop cheating and machine abuse - but they also affect tournament strategies [...]
Exclusive sneak peak at Kill Bill pinball

2nd December 2014 // 1 Comment

If you’re a fan of Quentin Tarantino, you’re probably dying to get your mitts on Pinnovating‘s Kill Bill pinball machine. Kill Bill is based on a World Cup [...]
Phantasmic pinball creations

9th June 2014 // 1 Comment

Gobsmacking things in the world of pinball that make you go “nghuuuuurrrr?” are like buses: you wait ages for one and then three come along together. But what [...]
Pinball modding is growing up

19th June 2015 // 0 Comments

The pinball mod-making scene radically transformed itself over the last twelve months or so. [...]

Inside the Stern fun factory