My local arcade, getting some pub. We need to promote pinball more here so that a video like this might be made about the pinball side of the arcade.
Quarter On A Ledge – Eight On The Break
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New Pinball Dictionary: Chemical Warfare
To distract an opponent during play by passing gas in the immediate vicinity of the action. Usually, chemical warfare is done surreptitiously via a silent but deadly fart.
New Pinball Dictionary: Scottified
To set up a game for tournament play with all options set to ‘extra hard’ and tilts not only set tight, but polished with brasso, so there’s no chance of a hit without a warning or a tilt.
Dude, do you have fifty cents I can borrow?
It’s time for me to get all bloggy-ranty now, so here I go. Hey this is a blog after all. Some time ago I visited my sort-of local arcade to practice up on some pinball games…
Pic of the Day: Maddow Pinball 2
This is the second time that I’ve seen the show use a pinball background. There seemed to be no real reason to use it. Rachel didn’t relate “tilting” to any part of the segment intro. It was just up there for no reason, which makes it even better.
New Pinball Dictionary: Late Night Beat Down
A period in the qualification round of a pinball tournament that occurs late at night and can last until early the next morning until the qualification period closes. During this period, pinball competitors are frantically playing many entries in an effort to qualify for the tournament.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bleeder
A score on a PAPA-style tournament entry set that, at the time, scores some ranking points. However, as the qualification period wears on, the score gets passed by many players and becomes worth fewer and fewer ranking points.
Pinball Fails
I’m so sorry … No I’m not. ^_^ — [Re-posted for the lulz, such as they are.]
Pic of the day: That’s Pinball – Attack from Mars
Yes, this happened. AFM was the only game not working that day. A rare day when Beatmania was silent, and I might actually hear the audio goodness of the pinball games.
James Brown vs Sonic – Sex Machine(Pinball remix)
“It’s a celebration!” The WPPRs were adjusted for the Middletown Open Championship. Many members of the Jersey Pinball Association crew including SBS, EDZ, ALS, VKJ, ZAP and FLR all saw some WPPR point increases.
Pic of the day: That dastardly Terminator 3 question mark target
If evil exists in the world, this target from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines has certainly got a dose of evil sprinkled on it.
Mitt’s up next.
The shadow mainstream media left-wing conspiracy has deduced that Mitt Romney is weird, awkward, and not in touch with the common man.