After several months of tinkering and gradual updating, I’ve decided the time has come to pull back the curtain, as it were, on one of my recent projects: PinWiki: The Pinball Encyclopedia. It was three days before Christmas, 2006 when the idea popped into my head: the world needs a pinball wiki! Thoughout […]
On Sunday we took a trip to Athens for some good food and to visit with some old friends, and took some time to stop in at UGA’s Tate Student Center, particularly the game room (surprised?). They had seven pinball machines there! Medieval Madness — Filthy, absolutely filthy, broken bridge targets. Addams Family — Also ridiculously […]
On Saturday I awoke at the startlingly early hour of 7am in order to drive down to Griffin (over an hour) and attend the arcade auction put on by Super Auctions at Rushton Mill. For the uninitiated, Super Auctions is a traveling auction company that commandeers large spaces in order to create the biggest […]
Last night I gained new respect for a prior generation of pinball machines. We took part in John Schlarb’s Old School Pinball Tournament, which was played on four of his 1980-1981 era pins: Blackout, Black Knight, Black Hole, and Embryon. I certainly didn’t expect to win (and I didn’t), but Jessica whooped ass […]
Photographs of Stern Pinball’s new Family Guy pin have surfaced! It had been rumored to have a special toy, and indeed it does: Stewie’s miniature playfield in the upper right corner, with its own miniature pinball, ramps, slingshots, and flippers. Kinda cool! I mean, it’s not an iPhone, but… Now we just need […]
