thepinballblog.com - 4/13/2009
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Disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin was an “unremarkable” student – because he wasted his time at university addicted to pinball machines according to an article on Deadline Scotland. The vilified former-banking boss would “dodge lectures” while studying law at Glasgow University just to get in ...
11 year old Pinball Wizard
thepinballblog.com 6/2/2009 — Last mont h I told you to keep an eye out for Josh Henderson as he looks like a player for the future! Well, maybe the future is a bit strong as he's already beating some of the world's best pinball players at their own game. Just take a look at the Gameworks IFPA Tournament of Champions! ...
London's Pinball Wizard
thepinballblog.com 2/27/2009 — Another pinball article in a newspaper, this time on London 24 . Previously featured as one of our Pinball Heroes, Gary Flower gets his name online and in print around London. There might be a little bit of editorial license as I'm not sure Gary is STILL the world champion - maybe 2 decades ago ...
Is Realistic PC Pinball Worth $300? [Pinball Wizard]
kotaku.com 11/12/2008 — Now I've stated in the past that I am one of the world's biggest fans of video game pinball, from both a height and width and level of devotion standpoint, but I'm just not sure if I am ready for Nanotech Entertainment's Pinball Wizard Controller. Sure it features real flipper buttons, a real ...
Pinball Guitar
thepinballblog.com 5/1/2009 — Remember this "new concept" in pinball as displayed by Scott Hawkins at the 2007 UK Pinball Show? No, nor did I until about 5 minutes ago ;) Well, it looks like someone else has combined guitars and pinball - this time as a work of art . Not quite sure how you'd play it, but this is "Rock. . . ...
Pinball News' 24' Review
thepinballblog.com 4/14/2009 — The guys over at Pinball News have completed part one of their in-depth review of Stern's new pinball machine '24'. This part looks at the playfied layout with the game rules and more due in the imminent next part. The reviews are unrivaled in pinball-land and worth a read (they're quite ...
Slayers, sir… thousands of ‘em
wnw.blogwarhammer.net 3/23/2009 — With uncanny similarity to Bootae I had some quality Choppy Time on my Choppa during the weekend. Realizing that the end for tier 2 was drawing near I stopped doing PvE quests and really started enjoying the RvR while I had the chance. The Obliterator Tuff Chest had been lying in my bags for ...
Pinball Machines: Top 10
thepinballblog.com 4/10/2009 — It's Friday which means another Top 10 list of Pinball Machines. Today we've got Darren Ball who plays in the Northern region of the UK Pinball League, these are his Top Ten Pinball Machines...... - - - - - 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon. Love it, the best John Trudeau game ever, it must ...
Where to PLAY Pinball?
thepinballblog.com 4/16/2009 — I blogged the other week about how hard it is to find pinball machines to play in the UK. Somebody on the UK Pinball Group suggested having an application for the iPhone with pinball 'alerts' so you know you're close to a machine. Hmmm, I'm not sure about that as both pinball and iPhones have ...
Pinball News 24 Review
thepinballblog.com 5/12/2009 — The guys over at Pinball News have completed the 2nd part of their in-depth '24' pinball review. This one they look at " the rules, the objectives and the scoring, look at the display animations, the lighting and sound effects, the music and then bring you our summary and ratings on the overall ...
Josh Henderson. Mini Pinball Wizard!
thepinballblog.com 5/9/2009 — Take a look at this video of 11 year old Josh Henderson who looks like a bit of a Pinball Wizard! I had an email from Josh's dad about flying in to play at the European Pinball Championship! This puts a whole new spin on trying to get kids playing pinball! What happens if they turn out to be ...