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Pinball modding is growing up

The pinball mod-making scene radically transformed itself over the last twelve months or so. [...]
John Popadiuk: pinball’s Steve Jobs?

Pinball has come to a fork in the road, presenting alternative paths to the future. One path is for artists and aesthetes, another for technologist, scientists and engineers. [...]
Pinball 2000 – back from the grave?

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 [...]
A year in pinball: 10 things that made 2014 special

The year 2014 is over – and when it comes to pinball it was a biggie. Here are ten things that happened in the pinball world to make it one to remember 1. Pat Lawlor [...]
Play better! Pinball tips from the world’s top competitors

Here's how to win a major tournament. [...]

Wrestlemania and JJP’s new WoZ pindemption contraption

13th January 2015 // 4 Comments

January in London means EAG – an amusement and leisure show featuring arcade machines, Minions, and ride on toys. And pinball. Oh yes indeedy. The first point of call [...]
Low cost colour display

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Weird science: converting EMs to SS and creating replica machines

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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 [...]
How game rules come about

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Dutch pinball invasion, part 1

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Images from Expo 2014

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Dancing with the devil: the joy of tilting

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Pinball for hire: what people do to rental machines

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EM porn – electro-mechanical beauties

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Modding heaven

26th April 2014 // 0 Comments

3D printing technology is revolutionizing the world of pinball mods, and the good news is that means they’re going to be better and cheaper than ever. Tim Mezel uses a [...]
Bye bye incandescents: The Walking Dead is all-LED

5th September 2014 // 0 Comments

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 [...]
What’s the point of pop bumpers?

10th July 2014 // 7 Comments

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 [...]
How game rules come about

26th April 2015 // 0 Comments

Pavlov Pinball talks to Keith Johnson, coder of The Hobbit, LOTR and TSPP [...]

Pinball modding is growing up