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What it’s like to be a pinball operator

Barcades, arcades, pubs, and even the odd laundromat – pinball machines are slowly reappearing in public places. Sometimes that’s down to proprietors who are [...]
Revealed: the most significant pinball machine ever

Here’s a question: what is the most culturally, historically or aesthetically significant pinball machine of all time? Humpty Dumpty? Nip It? Gorgar? The Addams Family, [...]
What’s the point of pop bumpers?

Pop bumpers, jet bumpers, thumper bumpers – call them what you will: you’ll find them on machines of pretty much all ages. They certainly look good and photograph [...]
Bye bye incandescents: The Walking Dead is all-LED

So it’s farewell to the humble incandescent bulb, it seems. In a very illuminating message to the world earlier this week, Gary Stern announced that Stern Pinball is to [...]

Why colour is vital to pinball’s future

17th September 2014 // 1 Comment

Younger pinball players never had to put up with black and white televisions or monochrome computer monitors and Palm Pilot screens. So can pinball manufacturers seriously [...]
What’s the point of pop bumpers?

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Book review: Santiago Ciuffo’s “Pinball”

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Heighway Pinball’s Alien – update

22nd November 2014 // 6 Comments

Heighway Pinball dropped a bombshell at Expo last month when it announced that it had secured the license to Alien. It plans to release an Alien-themed pinball machine next [...]
Inside the Stern fun factory

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A very bizarre pinball Nitro Ground Shaker story

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21st century pinball

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Images from Expo 2014

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Virtual games bring pinball to new audience

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Pinball licencing 101: how much, why – and Harry Potter

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Original themes and women’s titles from Stern?

5th February 2015 // 1 Comment

Why do all Stern pinball machines have licenced themes? Wrestlemania, The Walking Dead, Mustang, Star Trek, Avengers, X-Men – well you get the idea. The company is [...]
Is pinball about to stage a recovery?

16th April 2014 // 0 Comments

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 2000 – back from the grave?

1st June 2014 // 1 Comment

Pinball 2000 was meant to make it easy for operators to change the game in a pinball cabinet from one title to another. There was just one problem: in 1999, after the [...]
What’s the score with women’s tournaments?

20th March 2015 // 3 Comments

Women – usually scantily clad women – have long been a staple of pinball machine artwork. But plenty of women enjoy playing pinball too: go to almost any league [...]

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