Wowza! I believe the new pinball tutorial for Transformers by Bowen Kerins for the PAPA Blog is the longest one yet. It clocked in at over an hour of video as Bowen plays Transformers two ways — as Autobots and as Decepticons. If you think Gomez’s latest title doesn’t offer...
Rumor Roundup: X-Men Pinball by Stern
posted by Rob
Predicting the next pinball title can be fun and stimulate good conversation between fellow pinheads. Heck, we even gave it a shot in the past. Lately we’ve heard a couple of titles being thrown around for Stern’s next release. There was the certainty of Men in Black, the no-brainer of Avengers, the who’s-the-whatsit of X-Men, the finally zombies hope of Resident Evil, and probably a few more that we missed. Out of all of those potential titles a couple rose to the top. First, there were some hints dropped by John Borg (who’s designing the next Stern title) who said it was a comic turned movie license (bye, bye RE)....
WOZ animations and u...
posted by Rob
Jersey Jack Pinball has released an update on the Wizard of Oz title. To start, JJP explains some of the recent delays due to insert production, playfield printing, and the curing process. According to Jack, all the production is steamrolling ahead and delays should be minimal from here...
Pinball 102 teaser
posted by Rob
Most pinball players are familiar with the Elwin brothers Pinball 101 video. Released in 2009, it featured Keith giving instructions on how to improve your pinball play with plenty of examples and game-specific tips. Now it looks like more knowledge is to be had with the sequel… Pinball...
Spooky Pinball Podca...
posted by Patrick
The Spooky Pinball Podcast has posted their 26th podcast. In this episode KT takes over the bulk of the hosting duties, and Blue Shirt nerds out with the guys from Skit B Pinball about their new Predator game, and a recovering Charlie (Get Better Buddy) heckles from the background. Team Heck...
Custom flipper butto...
posted by Rob
Cabinet wear around the buttons is always an issue when you put a lot of plays on your pin. There are a few products out there that help combat this inevitable condition, but few look as good as these. KLOV user Spacies showed off some of his custom-made protectors and they look excellent....
A new melting Wicked...
posted by Rob
Looking more like the molded pinball toys that we’re more accustomed to, the new Wicked Witch proto was unveiled in today’s JJP newsletter. The mold looks spot-on for the Wicked Witch in the profile picture below. We’re guessing that the final toy will have a cloth element to...
CGR enters the Black...
posted by Rob
As an owner of a Black Hole (hold the snickering, please) I was glad to see Classic Game Room has finally shot a review of the one pinball that can be seen in their own personal classic game room. No trips to PAPA for this one, Mark gets to take a staycation when filming this one. He does hit...
Gameroom Junkies goe...
posted by Rob
Gameroom Junkies always offers a good mix of arcade and pinball talk, interviews, and news. This time they’ve tipped the scales in favor of the pinball with an interview with Dan Nikolich from the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown. There’s a listener’s story of the often-heard...
AC/DC Premium video ...
posted by Rob
Last week was a doozy that was full of deadline work and travel at my Clark Kent job. Now to get back to the important pinball things that were missed… We’ll start with the Pinburgh 2012 round 10 video of the new AC/DC Premium. After putting some plays on an AC/DC Premium this...
A talk with ColorDMD founders
posted by Rob
ColorDMD burst out of nowhere last year with a mouth-watering video demo for those starved on orange dots. The video promised a color revolution and featured two titles on display: Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness. As of today, AFM is available for sale with Medieval Madness following soon. The ColorDMD display will cost $399 and includes the LCD display that mimics DMD dots, mounting bracket for your game (which uses the same holes as the speaker panel), and power cable that connects to your traditional 14-pin ribbon cable (although it pulls 5v and 12v). The screen itself is roughly the same size as the speaker panel and only the...
Spooky Pinball Podca...
posted by Patrick
The Spooky Pinball Podcast has posted their 25th podcast, where you here them explore and adventure to the 2012 Midwest Gaming Classic. In this podcast they speak with Roger Sharpe, Dennis Nordman & Melony, Dan Loosen, Ben Heck, Joe Balcer and the Jersey Jack Crew. In usual fashion, there...