Category: Pinball Excuses

PINBALL EXCUSE #011 – This machine failed to act as I thought it should

“Larry Playfair missed several games that year as the result of an unusual accident suffered off the ice between contests in Chicago. When a pinball machine failed to act as he thought it should, he took out his frustration on it and some flying glass cut his hand quite severely.”

Pinball Excuse #010 – The Lag

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… crappy Internet service can cause you to lose the ball on a physical pinball game!

Pinball Excuse #009 – New Balls Needed

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Hey there, Daenerys Targaryen … What do you have there in your hands … BAO?

Pinball Excuse #008 – Luckbox

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Wait, you have heard it?

Pinball Excuse #007 – Lightning

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Sadism is putting lightning flippers on Xenon. Masochism is repeatedly playing Xenon with lightning flippers on it.

Pinball Excuse #006 – Dragonfly

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I’m so silly sometimes.

Pinball Excuse #005 – Gravity

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Gravity is a fickle mistress. Wait … what?!

Pinball Excuse #004 – Earthquake

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That earthquake tilted my game! Didn’t you feel it?

Pinball Excuse #003 – Crowded

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This is one of those “problems” I would like to see more often. It would be fantastic to see more crowded pinball halls with people lined up to play.

Pinball Excuse #002 – Hovering

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Try to keep your concentration. Focus. You know he’s still there … looking, staring…

Pinball Excuse #001 – I ran out of beer.

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Have you played against people who actually play better as they drink more? It seems as they get more buzzed they start hitting combos and trick shots that they never could do while sober.