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Silverball Super Showdown 5 Final Rounds

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Tournaments, FWB Appearances

Pictured in thumbnail: Me staring at the 2-point font showing how many hits to multiball, then me staring at the 2-point font about the instruments, knowing I’m going to ignore that entirely because everyone else does. Then me giving subtle disdain to “Tom Sawyer” showing on screen as I think about the orbit shots that the mode starts with … and how the “shot watcher” hates me when stacking Tom Sawyer mode with multiball. Then me realizing this is NOT the Tom Sawyer mode, it’s just the song choice. Then, me wishing I really could start “Tom Sawyer” by selecting the song on the plunge, …

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.

IFPA 21: “The Dog Fight at De Pere!” Jason Zahler vs. Eric Stone

Pinball, Video, Gameplay, Tournaments, FWB Appearances

We had “The Rumble in the Jungle” and “The Thrilla in Manila.” Now we have “The Match at District 82.”

Heartbreaker: Needed one more hole.

Pinball, Heartbreakers!

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Just needed to get in one more hole!

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.

The Unreality of UNHINGED Pinball

Pinball, Video, Gaming, Reviews

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.

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.

The Sanctum 24-Hour Battle Continues as: THE FINAL STAND!

Pinball, Arcades, Tournaments, Events

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.

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)

PinBetween: Pinball Dilemmas (Would you rather … ?)

Pinball, Bonuses

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.

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.