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Pinburgh 2026 World Matchplay Championship Grand Final

Pinball, Video, Bally, Gameplay, Tournaments, Gottlieb, Stern, Williams, FWB Appearances

It’s the Pinburgh 2026 World Matchplay Championship Grand Final, presented by Fox Cities Pinball Streaming.

Featuring the Players of all time:

‣ El Presidente, Josh Sharpe
‣ The Administrator, Brian Shepard
‣ The Italian Stallion, Daniele Celestino Acciari
‣ The Champion, Jason Zahler

Also Featuring the games of all time:

‣ Aerosmith with the Borg outlanes of all time.
‣ Swing Time with the Plunge Test of all time.
‣ Space Shuttle with the spinner/sweepable target bank shot of all time.
‣ Future Spa, the Spa from the Future with the drains of all time.

Stern Reclamation Day! [FALLOUT Release Day!]

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Stern, Reviews, FWB Appearances

Overall, Keith Elwin and the Team have done it again! If I had the bottle caps for it, my wallet would be out of a Premium Edition.

Fortunately, The Pinball Capital will be getting a Limited Edition soon to join their 130+ other pinball machines. Thank goodness, I can put my capless wallet back in my pocket and play it there, where it will likely be available in the Grand Champion Lounge.

Iron Man at The BEAST! One spinner. One target. One ANYTHING!

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Tournaments, Heartbreakers!, Stern, FWB Appearances

Here’s another one I had the privilege(?) to observe live.

Raymond Davidson is charging his way toward taking over first place in this game of Iron Man.

He is ramping out, taking down Bogey awards along the way. As he reaches the boundary, the pinball has other plans.

Summer Games Done Quick: Total Nuclear Annihilation by Ryan McSquid in 18:45

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Events, Spooky, FWB Appearances

A genre-crossing milestone in pinball has been reached: The first ever speedrun of an arcade pinball game on the main stage!

Ryan McQuaid (McSquid) went to Game Done Quick in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and absolutely CRUSHED the speedrun of Total Nuclear Annihilation (TNA)!

LIVE, in front of an auditorium audience and with 35,000 livestream viewers watching, he posted a time of 18:45 for destroying all nine reactors.

Karl DeAngelo earns entry into the Keefer Invitational!

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Stern

IE Pinball’s Karl DeAngelo mines for and takes another piece of pinball unobtanium, The Keefer Invitational on Stern Pinball’s World Poker Tour.

The pressure builds as the shots count down to what ends up being much less of a victory, and much more of a relief.

Content Creators React to Transformers by Stern Pinball

Pinball, Video, Events, Interview, Stern

Stern Media Day is in Optimus Prime’s rear view mirror. Here is what Players though of it:

Featuring: Grownup Adjacent, Retro Ralph, COOLTOY, Andrew Retro Gamer, Vic VP, “Chad the Bird!”, Dirty Pool Pinball, James Fremont, Lead Game Designer, Elliot Eisman, Lead Software Developer, Elizabeth Gieske, Software Developer, Mike Kyzivat, Game Designer, Jack Danger (Pokémon, Uncanny X-Men, Foo Fighters)

Total Nuclear Annihilation Speedrun attempt ACCEPTED for Summer Games Done Quick!

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Events, Spooky

Real, physical pinball will make it’s first appearance ON THE MAIN STAGE at the next Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ)!

The full schedule is set to be released on or about May 15th. However we have the confirmation now that pinball, with its real-life level of “RNG”, will get the full spotlight at this year’s charity event.

Stern Pokémon Gameplay Tutorial Demonstration at Texas Pinball Festival

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Stern, FWB Appearances

I had the privilege of playing a live tutorial of Pokémon by Stern Pinball, with Software Developer Tanio Klyce and Game Designer Jack Danger, in front of an audience at Texas Pinball Festival.

While Tanio and Jack were representing Stern, I was an independent representative of … well … myself. So, like the seminar attendees, I wanted to know what updates were being planned for this game.

Total Nuclear Annihilation Masterclass [SGDQ Speedrun Candidate]

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Spooky

Ryan McQuaid (YouTube: McSquidification) records a submission for the upcoming Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning event.

I hope we see this on the stage at Summer Games Done Quick with Game Designer Scott Danesi “on the couch” for commentary.

5-7-3 Take Highest Score! [Police Force]

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Tournaments, Williams, FWB Appearances

Here is a time when I could definitely say I was “LOCKED IN” or “IN THE ZONE” while playing pinball. At District 82 Arcade, it’s me vs. Police Force with the “TAKE HIGHEST SCORE” challenge set to 8 ramps in a row. Also, JACKPOT is lit. 8 consecutive ramps needed to win the game.

Slam Tilt Podcast Episode 265 did not make me sad.

Pinball, American, Podcasts, Tournaments, Stern

I reinstalled a podcatcher app, and Slam Tilt with Bruce Nightingale and Ron Hallett was the pinball podcast I added back on my list of subscriptions. I am pleased to say this episode of Slam Tilt did not make me sad. 🙂 By the way, have a nice time on that cruise, Bruce.

So, you wanna be a … Stern Dealer?

Pinball, Video, Interview, Stern

Tilt Trek visits the showroom of recently minted Stern Dealer / Distributor, Lock Is Lit Pinball, to discuss the process of becoming one. Learn what he needed to do to get started and a few numbers you need to have handled to get it done. That’s right … a couple of real-world numbers are used in this conversation.