New Pinball Dictionary: Kill Shot
A dangerous shot that often leads to a drain if missed, but is often important to make in order do well in the game.
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Category: Features
New Pinball Dictionary: Postmaster General
During gameplay, The Player hits a number of posts, pins, rubbers and other non-scoring elements in a row for a noticeable period of time.
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New Pinball Dictionary: Maroon
“A ball being stuck on a part of the [virtual] play table without being stuck in any element or mechanic of the table.”
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New Pinball Dictionary: Dead Zone
“An area of a [virtual] table where you can commonly lodge a live [ball] in a way that requires a strong nudge to dislodge at the very least, … “
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Steven Bowden: Video Segment On FOX 29 News San Antonio
I was pleased to be interviewed by David Norris of FOX 29 News San Antonio at What’s Brewing Coffee Roasters.
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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.
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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.
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Steven Bowden: Feature article in the San Antonio Express-News
It’s a feature article today promoting pinball in San Antonio, and there will be a print version of this online article in this Sunday’s local San Antonio newspaper edition.
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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.
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New Pinball Dictionary: Tilt Karma
Occurs when the player makes a miraculous save of the ball that uses up all of their tilt warnings …
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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.
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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.
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