SHOWS TMAP 2017 We haven’t visit Madrid for a pinball tournament since Spain held the European Pinball Championship there back in 2012…
SITES MANUEL’S TAVERN “One of the best bars in the U.S.” – Esquire Magazine Manuel’s reminds me of how neighborhood bars u…
SITES MAIN STREET AMUSEMENTS Report by Rob Wintler-Cox For a place that’s bordered on three sides by states with lots of locations, it used to be relativ…
SHOWS MIHIDERKA PINBALL & FOOD FESTIVAL 2 After last year’s inaugural Mihiderka Pinball & Food Festival – the world’s only combined pinball and …
SHOWS DUTCH PINBALL MASTERS The Dutch Pinball Masters is one of the major European tournaments and can generally expect a healthy turnout from many of t…
SITES PINBALLZ LAKE CREEK When the original Pinballz Arcade opened in Austin, Texas, in 2010, we were one of the first to tell the world about the ama…
SITES MEGA PLAY In the ancient days, back when dinosaur poop was still warm (the 1980s), nearly every shopping center in the part of the cou…
SHOWS 8BITFLIP 2017 As a change from our usual reporting style, this look at the annual 8BitFlip tournament weekend will be done as a personal b…
SHOWS TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL 2017 Welcome to the start of our coverage of the Texas Pinball Festival 2017. We have been regular attendees to the TPF for many …
SHOWS ITALIAN PINBALL OPEN 2017 A new event in a new location, and both dedicated to sports pinball. It is the Italian Pinball Open (IPO) – the Italia…
SITES REPLAY BEER AND BOURBON In the early 1930s, my grandparents lived in one of Chicago’s southern suburbs. My grandmother has always been fascina…
SHOWS ARCADE EXPO 2017 Last year we paid our first visit to the Museum of Pinball in Banning, California, for the second ever Arcade Expo show. Thi…
GAMES MAGIC GIRL: FIRST LOOK It was just under two years ago that we brought you our exclusive report on the prototype Magic Girl game from Zidware when …
SHOWS DIALED IN! LAUNCH PARTY As the European Jersey Jack Pinball Master Distributor, Alfred Pika, aka Freddy, hosted the European launch of JJP’s latest …
GAMES CAPTAIN NEMO: IN-DEPTH REVIEW Welcome to the latest in our continuing series of In-Depth Reviews, and today we are delving deep into Quetzal Pinball’…
NEWS KINGS & QUEENS: PINBALL, IMAGISTS & CHICAGO An exhibition that begs the question ‘Is Pinball a Legitimate Art Form?’ In recent years, there have been several art exhibi…
SHOWS IFPA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FINAL 2016 Each year, a single tournament in each of fifteen different European countries is selected as that country’s qualifyin…
COMMENT PINBALL POPULARITY: CLASSIC vs. CURRENT POP CULTURE THEMES Back in the early 1970s to the early 1990s, you could find pinball machines everywhere. You would see them in your local bar…
NEWS NEW PINBALL-THEMED BEER Two Brothers Artisan Brewing in Warrenville, Illinois, just launched their new pinball-themed craft beer called Pinball Juic…
GAMES THE JETSONS The next game to be built by Spooky Pinball was announced today. However, The Jetsons is not Spooky Pinball’s own titl…