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LoserKid Pinball Podcast: Future Endeavors
After being wished well in his future endeavors, Butch Peel found another opportunity very quickly. Onward and upward!
Pinball Profile: Jerry Thompson
“Stern Pinball sound designer Jerry Thompson discusses his latest work on TMNT and how this Texan got to create audio to several pinball machines.”
Elvira HOH: VUK fix by Hurry-Up Pinball
“This updated tutorial will show you how to fix issues related to the VUK on Elvira’s House of Horrors”
Backbox Pinball Podcast: Hot Nudge
“Hosts Anna Neal and Rebecca Hinsdale talk about how their stream came together, the challenges and wins of creating pinball content, and of course all the Hot Nudge goodness!”
Pinball News Magazine: July 2020 Recap
Jersey Jack Pinball is hiring – Spooky Pinball is hiring – Dutch Pinball is hiring
The Pinball Show 24
What is going on with these topic sentences?
Pinball Expo 2019: Brian O’Neill vs. David Riel
Brian O’Neill vs David Riel
Pinball Expo 2019 Women’s Finals
“Watch the top 16 women battle it out in head-to-head matches for Women’s Tournament title from Pinball Expo 2019!”
Virtual Pinball Back in the Day
Look at those Intellivision numbers! That’s how it was back in the day, and we liked it! Uphill, both ways, with strange little signal boxes that had wires with prongs at the end and maybe a toggle that chose from channels 3 and 4. And we were thankful to get it!
Marco TV – Various Interviews from SFGE2019
Remember conventions? With lightsabers and interviews and vendors and stuff? I ‘member.
TMNT Pinball: Powder coating options
“Time for Cary to start thinking about potential colors for powder coating.”
Steve Ritchie – The Mullet Years
It’s another edition of Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron.
“How I built a pinball machine”
It’s Jack Danger’s California Extreme 2020 seminar on his custom machine.
Pinball Nerds podcast: Pinburgh
Reminiscing about Pinburgh
Pic of the day: Roger Sharpe Birthday Re-creation
For Roger Sharpe’s Birthday and National Pinball Day, we have this inspired re-creation of Roger Sharpe proving to the court that pinball is a game of skill.
Sharpin Video Pinball Cabinet
FamilyGamerTV and Forbes present another perspective on digital/physical pinball.
Elvira HOH: VUK fix by Hurry-Up Pinball
“This updated tutorial will show you how to fix issues related to the VUK on Elvira’s House of Horrors”
Pinball Expo 2019: Brian O’Neill vs. David Riel
Brian O’Neill vs David Riel
Pinball Expo 2019 Women’s Finals
“Watch the top 16 women battle it out in head-to-head matches for Women’s Tournament title from Pinball Expo 2019!”
Virtual Pinball Back in the Day
Look at those Intellivision numbers! That’s how it was back in the day, and we liked it! Uphill, both ways, with strange little signal boxes that had wires with prongs at the end and maybe a toggle that chose from channels 3 and 4. And we were thankful to get it!
Marco TV – Various Interviews from SFGE2019
Remember conventions? With lightsabers and interviews and vendors and stuff? I ‘member.
TMNT Pinball: Powder coating options
“Time for Cary to start thinking about potential colors for powder coating.”
“How I built a pinball machine”
It’s Jack Danger’s California Extreme 2020 seminar on his custom machine.
Sharpin Video Pinball Cabinet
FamilyGamerTV and Forbes present another perspective on digital/physical pinball.
Exploring Turtles 1.10
Owlnonymous and Dead Flip explore 1.10
Guardians: Plan? What plan? Let’s just go random.
Team Rocket Raccoon just goes HAM and takes on the modes at random.
PinTip: Slingshot switches
Make sure to keep those slingshots active!
IEPinball – At World’s End Wizard Mode
Karl DeAngelo utilizes James Norrington to make lottery numbers show up during the “At World End” Wizard Mode. Don’t ask me. I don’t know what’s going on here.
This Week in Pinball – June 2020 Recap
The pilot episode of TWiP TV is ready with your host Kacee.
TMNT Final Battle Challenge
Arcade & Pinball Talk takes on the Final Battle on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Everybody in the pool!
It’s time for Pool Sharks. Which means it’s time to light extra balls. And they just keep coming.
Mario Shop World 2: Droppin’ a Yoshi
When you’re out here on these streets, stomping Goombas and Koopas and Troopas, sometimes sacrifices have to be made.
Pic of the day: Roger Sharpe Birthday Re-creation
For Roger Sharpe’s Birthday and National Pinball Day, we have this inspired re-creation of Roger Sharpe proving to the court that pinball is a game of skill.
Jay Rupe does a thing.
She tried on all of her pinball T-Shirts.
Gets your pins here (lapel pins)
Literal pins, not pinball games. Pins based on pinball games like Galaxy, Meteor, Stars, The Machine, WWF Royal Rumble, and more. Lapel pins.
Dog Tournament Mode
On “The Flip Side”, Cat Mode becomes Dog Mode.
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Super Stars! [Stars 2020]
What’s better than STARS? Well, nothing much really. EXCEPT … what if STARS had stages and a wizard mode? Well … now this exists. And the market value of STARS just went up.
Coin-Op Carnival wins Graphic Novel S.P.A.C.E. prize!
Ryan Claytor and Nick Baldridge, co-authors of the 64-page Coin-Op Carnival #1 have just received top prize, 1st place in the Graphic Novel category in the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.) annual awards.
TomCat mode
And now … another type of TOMMY mode. A merging of TOMMY mode with Cat Mode to become (dun, dun, dun) TomCat Mode!
TWiP Pinball Promoters Database!
Here is a convenient place to see many of the people and places that are promoting pinball.
Pics of the Day: Total Nuclear Birthday Cake!
When the world is in dire straits, and you need to destroy the future, you are going to need a proper amount of sugary carbohydrates to complete your mission.
Rolling Ball Contraption by Steve Ritschdorff
“Steve Ritschdorff, retired from the pinball industry, spends his days making magical contraptions all from spare pinball parts.”
Speed inking with Brian Allen
From Brian Allen: “I wanted to share this video I posted of creating the line work for my Attack From Mars alternate Translite with my Wacom Cintiq tablet.”
Gaming Pinball cabinet Projects
Two videos from separate builders. One with a mini cabinet and one with a full size cabinet.
Cat Mode: Tap Pass
Pay attention to the first lesson on how to play Harlem Globetrotters from an internationally ranked pinball cat.
Cat Mode: Cat vs. Dinosaur
Only the playfield glass separates these ferocious creatures!
Pic of the day: The comfort of pinball
One for the meme folder. Pinball is there for you.
George Gomez: Pinball Design
While the rest of us were about to frolic along at Pinball Expo 2019, Dead Flip was with George Gomez as he gave a presentation about pinball design at Chicago Ideas Week.
“How I built a pinball machine”
It’s Jack Danger’s California Extreme 2020 seminar on his custom machine.
Pinball Alps 2020
Coverage of the Pinball Alps event and tournament. | Day 1 with Daniele Acciari & Jeff Teolis | Day 2 Tournament Final Rounds
Pinball Pros(e) v0.9.6 | Top Ten Things I love about Pinburgh by Matt Wall
Matt Wall presents a list of the reasons why we pinball competitors will miss going to Pinburgh this year. I trust I will see many of you next year when the pinball family reunion returns.
Jurassic Park International Invitational
Jurassic Park goes International. We will never escape.
Pinball Profile 257: Doug Polka, Pinburgh & PAPA news
Keep finding those silver linings, as silver as the silverball.
Deadpool battle royal
Is this the future of tournaments? Maybe not in “THE” future timeline but it could be a part of “A” future timeline when we re-emerge from the attack of the beverage bug.
Steamboat Willie
With Disney borrowing so much money, billions and billions, let’s go back to a time when Disney didn’t have the cache to be able to borrow billions of dollars and assume it might be paid back.
Silverball Showdown Event postponed
From Shawn Lee, Tournament Director:
Throwback Thursday: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Are we still doing Throwback Thursdays or Flashback Fridays or Slapback Saturdays … (Slingshot Sundays?)
TWiPY Awards LIVE!
TWiPY awards LIVE!
Remember to watch the TWiPY Awards! Saturday 3/28 7:30 PM Central
… with Imoto Harney and Cary Hardy, on the Cary Hardy YouTube channel.
Appointment Streaming tonight… Bros and Devils
Tonight at 7 PM eastern: Remote Bro | Tonight at 8 PM Eastern: Rage Tilt faces the Devil
Women’s International Pinball Tournament (WIPT) registration postponed
The registration period for the Women’s International Pinball Tournament (WIPT) that was scheduled to start on March 21st at 12:00 PM Eastern Time has been postponed to a later date to be determined.
NYCPC Statement from Never Beef Productions
Statement From Never Beef Productions Regarding the NYC Pinball Championships 2020
Pinball Profile: New York City Pinball Championships canceled
“Levi Nayman talks about the difficult decision to cancel this year’s pinball events in light of recent coronavirus precautions. He explains what the next steps will be and looks into the future.”
Support the Texas Pinball Festival (GoFundMe)
“We are starting a GoFundMe me to assist Ed, Kim and the TPF crew to help assist with the expenses they incurred and are not able to recoup due to the unforeseen circumstances of this events cancellation. “
New Pinball Dictionary: Bricklayer / Bricklaying / Brickhouse
A series of unsuccessful shots occurring over an extended period of playtime. This can result in extreme frustration, colorful language or skyrocketing levels of near insanity as play continues.
New Pinball Dictionary: Warden
An advanced flipper technique which involves slightly moving a cradled ball to leave enough room to also capture another ball that is incoming, so that both balls are on the same flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: Tilt Karma
Occurs when the player makes a miraculous save of the ball that uses up all of their tilt warnings …
New Pinball Dictionary: Straitjacket
The invisible force that can be felt by a player when pinball games are staged as close as possible. Especially when games are right next to each other, with active players on each side, and/or behind them.
New Pinball Dictionary: Pocket Entry / One in the Pocket
Keeping a tournament qualifying entry either unfinished or purposefully not starting one you’ve purchased as the qualifying time moves onward throughout the day.
New Pinball Dictionary: Unicorn
An entry submitted during a ticket-based format that contains a number-one ranked score on every game played within that ticket.
New Pinball Dictionary: Threading
Barely flipping a very fast moving ball that is heading for a drain down the middle, such that it goes off of the center post, under the opposite flipper, up the outlane and back into play.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bathroom Stall / Restroom Stall
A “strategy” that can be used during the Final Rounds of a tournament where there is a stipulation that the player choosing a game to play MUST choose a game not currently being played by someone else.
(AKA “no waiting for games”)
New Pinball Dictionary: Icarus Round
The Pinburgh round where a player gets owned after previously performing well above their own perceived level of competition.
New Pinball Dictionary: Final Destination
When you pull off an amazing save, only to experience a swift and irretrievable death with the ball’s next action.
New Pinball Dictionary: Disco-Balling
When a pinball has worn symmetrical flattened areas around its surface, especially when …
New Pinball Dictionary: Palette Swap
A machine that is physically identical to another, previously released machine of a different name, but has different artwork, and where applicable, different audio. It might also have different rules.
New Pinball Dictionary: Play It Forward
To start a session on a game that someone has left a credit for you to play, and perform well enough to leave a credit for someone else, without paying any money yourself.
New Pinball Dictionary: Moonwalk
A frustrating drain that results when the ball lands in the inlane from a ramp shot …
New Pinball Dictionary: Airball / Air Ball
A ball hitting an object, more often a target that causes it to launch off of the playfield and into the air.
New Pinball Dictionary: John Plunge
This is the ghost player that gets plunged out when only players 1/3 are played (most often in early SS games for the IFPA WC).
Virtual Pinball Back in the Day
Look at those Intellivision numbers! That’s how it was back in the day, and we liked it! Uphill, both ways, with strange little signal boxes that had wires with prongs at the end and maybe a toggle that chose from channels 3 and 4. And we were thankful to get it!
pinballwiz45b vs. The Avengers Survival Challenge
The goal of The Survival Challenge is to push the envelope and your score as far and as quickly as possible, all the while being pressured by an ever-present timer.
The SwitchPin for the Nintendo Switch
Sometimes you need the buttons to be in the proper place. Pinball especially works better when the buttons are in the right place. The SwitchPin helps get those Nintendo Switch buttons to be in pinball position.
Nintendo Entertainment System Pinball Games
Pin*Bot, where the game took an approximation of the physical Pin*Bot game and put a green monster, missile shooting planes, ball robbing planes, and outlane snakes
The Pinball Chick reviews The Pinball Arcade. All of it.
This is it, digital pinball fans! The Pinball Chick presents the most comprehensive review of The Pinball Arcade. Ever.
DEMON’S TILT!
The spiritual successor to Alien Crush and Devil’s Crush, Demon’s Tilt is here and ready for you to challenge the occult.
Zero to Fleet Admiral (Space Cadet)
pinballwiz45b advances ranks from Space Cadet to the highest rank in the game, Fleet Admiral. But, can he conquer the Maelstrom?
Game Apologist – Sonic Spinball
Advanced additional apologies for the incoming ear damage.
Animal Crossing 90 Degree Slide Save Cancel!
Tom Nook: “I’m giving you a yellow card for that.”
Gotta go FAST Pinball! (Sonic Spinball)
Sonic Spinball update 7 has many new editions including an attract mode and more things that can be considered “best practices” when making pinball games. Soon, this will be a real game!
Virtually every little thing …
pinballwiz45b challenges Road Show from Pinball FX3.
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (code update 6)
The new Sonic Movie is fun. See it. This game looks like it will also be fun when it is finished. Check out what’s new in this update:
pinballwiz45b vs. Wild West Rampage (Pinball FX3)
It’s time to go to the Wild West … and own it! Well, pinballwiz45b owns it. This is one lap of the game, so SPOILER warning.
Austin Mackert vs. Attack from Mars – The Pinball Arcade
Since Austin is a master at this game both in the real and virtual worlds, things are looking grim for those Martians.
pinballwiz45b vs. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Since this is a pinballwiz45b game ownage video, this is your SPOILER warning. This is one lap of the game.
New Pinball Site: The Pinball Chick
From the creator and admin of IndieGamerChick.com, The Pinball Chick is a site dedicated to digital pinball gaming. She produces detailed reviews, ratings and analyses of many, many virtual pinball games …
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Loops and combos
This Week in Pinball
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Mrs. Pin’s Pinball Podcast 83
"Episode 83 - Covid can't keep us down! ..."» More »
Exploring Turtles 1.10
Owlnonymous and Dead Flip explore 1.10» More »
^_^ … what’s under here? … ^_^
Guardians: Plan? What plan? Let’s just go random.
Team Rocket Raccoon just goes HAM and takes on the …» More »
Pinball Profile: Legends of Valhalla
"Riot Pinball’s Scott Gullicks discusses the first reveal & live …» More »
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