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.
The Tournament Director is a vital part of the competitive pinball community. Those who choose to take on the mantle of TD realize they must show patience, consistency, and stoicism. This card doesn’t have much to do with those qualities, though.
This Ace (a difference of 0.364%) was livestreamed on one of pinball’s biggest stages, The Open World Pinball Championship.
See the close calls, the skillful saves, the simuldraineous events, the cash-ins, the scissors (me), the Commentators Curses (me again), the Lazarus bounce backs and much more exciting tournament action. Use this video to introduce someone to competitive pinball.
A special simuldraineous event where three balls drain at once: One down each outlane, and one down the middle.
Fox Cities Pinball Streaming provides coverage of the Pinburgh 2025 Championship.
Look! Here’s a time when I remembered how to play pinball well, consistently. Well … for most of it.
Coverage of Stars, FunHouse, Bad Girls, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Mystery Castle
Games: Star Trek Pro, Warlok, Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Volley, The Shadow, (a nice game of) Hoops, John Wick, Abracadabra, Avatar
The opposite of a Cradle Separation, this move is used during multiball to bring two balls together on the same flipper.
Quarterfinal round includes coverage of Volley, Arena (!), Pin*Bot, and Sky Jump (tiebreaker), Semifinals round includes coverage of Sky Jump, Volley, Cheetah, and Pin*Bot (3-Player tiebreaker). Finals round includes coverage of Viking, Bow and Arrow, Wizard
See gameplay on Sinbad, Quicksilver, Aztec, Prospector, Eight Ball Deluxe, and the Executioner — Stars.