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Pat Lawlor’s JJP game – latest

Pat Lawlor is, quite simply, a pinball design legend. He’s Pavlov Pinball’s favourite designer, and he is many other pinheads’ favourite as well. So [...]
Heighway Pinball’s Alien – update

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 [...]
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 [...]
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 modding is growing up

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

Five chinese pinball machines are GO!

19th June 2014 // 3 Comments

Mike Kalinowski is building a pinball factory in China, which is odd because Chicago is supposed to be the centre of pinball manufacturing. But then again pinball factories [...]
Pinball 2000 – back from the grave?

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Timeshock! Virtual pinball goes physical

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Does pinball licencing work?

10th August 2014 // 3 Comments

The pinball landscape is dominated by new machines with licences. There’s the recent Sterns: AC/DC, Metallica, Star Trek, Mustang. All licenced. And Jersey Jack [...]
Review: Monitor pins in storage – BlueMaestro Tempo

14th November 2014 // 1 Comment

Many pinheads have got more pinball machines than space to set them up in. It’s a simple fact of pinball life. One is never enough, and many of us go on buying them [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]

Pat Lawlor’s JJP game – latest