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Sonic Spinball by Ryan McQuaid [The Tutorial]

Let’s get the emeralds!

This game is packed with features, layering, and strategies. I caught myself smiling a good number of times while watching this. I did not want the video to end.

Video description by Backhand Pinball:
“After restoring his grail machine, Twilight Zone, Ryan decided to move onto his dream project of designing and building his own pinball machine. A year and six months into development we filmed this tutorial and explanation video as the next step in the Sonic Spinball timeline.”

Pinball on ESPN [THE OCHO]

Pinball, Tournaments, Events, Bonuses

This Friday, August 6th, 2021 at 2:30 pm Eastern, there will be a pinball competition broadcast on ESPN [The Ocho], The Stern Heads-Up Pinball Invitational.

Pinball tournament fanatics, and especially enthusiastic competitors already know the result of this competition. But, give it a repeat watch or a stream anyway to add to whatever watch numbers are relevant here, and to help support the players and organizers who put on the event.

I am interested to see how the gameplay gets edited down into the half-hour time frame, along with any profiles that may be added to give flavor to the broadcast.

Evil Grogu [Hurry Up Challenge]

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Stern

So in the Mandalorian Season 3, Grogu is going to team up with the newly resurrected Paul Bearer.

They will negotiate ways to split up the empires of World Wrestling Entertainment and Star Wars so that they rule over both with an iron fist.

Their first move will be to perfect the sneaky hex on pinball players to demonstrate their power to hex anything else that they want. Scout and Beck have already been recruited as apprentices.

Down the Pinball Rabbit Hole with IFPA President Josh Sharpe

Pinball, Video, Podcasts, Tournaments, Interview, IFPA

Get the behind the scenes, behind the music, behind the flippers look at the who, what, where, when and why of those WPPR pointed pinball tournaments and leagues.

Rochester City Newspaper: Rochester Pinball Collective

Pinball, Arcades, Locations, Articles

“On a recent Thursday evening, the lights at RPC, as the place is known for short, were more than just on. They were flashing amid a cacophony of clacking flippers, buzzers, and bells caused by silver balls rocketing and ricocheting off blinking bumpers under glass on their playfields.

Casual players tend to view pinball as a frenzied series of random zigs and zags that are more at the mercy of luck than skill. The couple dozen players at RPC knew better.”

HUP challenge: Freedom

Pinball, Video, Gameplay

‘MURRRICAAAH!

Freedom is the only way, yeah!

So much freedom and winning! Freedom always wins in the end, which means many mean and nasty drains for people who play it. Will HUP Challenge be able to handle such explosive amounts of Freedom?

Kentucky Pinball Museum Opens

Pinball, Arcades, Locations, Articles

WDRB Louisville spotlights a new pinball museum that opened last Sunday in Corbin, Kentucky.

“Owner Jim Bruso got the idea for an arcade-like museum after seeing similar businesses around the world. There are hundreds of pinball machines, some dating back to the 1940s.”

Steve Ritchie hired at Jersey Jack Pinball

Pinball, Jersey Jack, Articles, Manufacturers

Press release: “Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP) adds legendary pinball designer, Steve Ritchie, to their growing team of talented designers. Ritchie’s illustrious career spans 47 years in the gaming industry starting in 1974 with Atari Inc. ”

“Steve is not joining the JJP team because of what he has done, but for what he will do. We believe his best games are ahead of him,” said Jersey Jack Pinball founder Jack Guarnieri. …”

Marco TV: The Pinfest Interviews

Pinball, Video, Events, Interview

Marco Specialties set up an interview booth at Allentown Pinfest 2021 where they interviewed many from “The Pinball Community”.

Including:
Dr. Pin & Mrs. Pin – Pinball Podcasters
Todd Tuckey – TNT Amusements
Tim Roth – TNT/Twins Arcade
Corwin Emery – Spooky Pinball
Larry Rosenthal – Starship Fantasy
Jody Gontero – Ramp-O-Matic
Allen Cihak – Pinball Operator
Rob Kahr – Kahr.US Circuits
Brielle & Gianna – Earth Support Club
more …

Get the Super EXCELLENT! [Terminator 2]

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Williams

Two-time IFPA Georgia State Pinball Champion, Dalton Ely loads two balls into the skull with one shot! What does that mean?

Will a ball get stuck? Will the game get confused? NO! Everything is fine. Even better, he gets two, 50-Million point Super Jackpots in under 40 seconds.