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.
The comprehensive, “Definitive Review” of video pinball games (as in ALL of them!) by Indie Gamer Chick (AKA The Pinball Chick) is imminent.
In anticipation of that review series, here is a warmup by YouTuber “i am a dot.” called The Unreality of UNHINGED Pinball.
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.
UPDATE:
Registration (Round Zero) begins on July 11 at 11am. There will be 100 open spots to grab. Good Luck.
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It was thought that the 24-Hour Final Battle was over when the announcement hit that there would be no event this year at The Sanctum.
“Not so fast, my friend!” —Lee Corso
The Players who have competed in all 10 years of The 24-Hours at The Sanctum, the New England Pinball League, and Funspot Arcade have announced a continuation of the spirit of the Final Battle, now called THE FINAL STAND! The setting will now be at the legendary Funspot Arcade in Laconia New Hampshire.
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)
AAARPinball has created PinBetween, a site where you make a snap judgement between two random pinball games to play. These pinball “would you rathers” can be from the Dot Matrix Display era on up (1990’s to the present), or you can filter them by era.
As soon as you visit the site, you will see the backglasses of two pinball games. It’s simple, select the one you would rather play. Don’t take too long! You only have about 15 seconds to decide.
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.
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.
IFPA Pin-Masters – a tradition unlike any other. This year, the tradition was held at ORD Pinball near Chicago, Illinois. A site where many pinball Players, including State Pinball Champions, dared to navigate the most sensitive slingshots known to mankind and the toughest PinGolf target scores.
As Roger was making quick work of the electromechanical game Wild Card, it malfunctioned. That gave us the opportunity to have a conversation with him about Pin-Masters and competitive pinball in general while the game was being repaired.
Grownup Adjacent Pinball Livestream interviews Jake Danzig of Killdozer Studios about his game, Monster League Hockey. The game was shown at Texas Pinball Festival 2026.
After the festival, Jake Danzig provided an update on progress with the game, what was learned and potential shipping timelines.
“My first game” is an experiment where I try to avoid as many spoilers or marketing material as I can, when a manufacturer releases a new pinball game, before I get to play it myself.
Activate Cat Mode on a character by placing this card on top of it. A cat jumps down on top of them to block their vision, mobility, and concentration. The character’s Dexterity, Intelligence and Charisma are all reduced by 25%.