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Robert Glashüttner

Seduction of the silver ball.

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Inside Yoku: Interview with Mattias Snygg from Villa Gorilla

  • 30. July 2018
Mattias Snygg

New pinball videogames with original ideas can show off a lot of innovation. Throughout the last years, we have seen wonderful games such as “Rollers of the Realm” or “Momonga Pinball Adventures”, games that perfectly…

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Classic interview: Jack “Jersey Jack” Guarnieri

  • 5. May 2018

When Jersey Jack arrived as a company in early 2011, it was the start of the pinball renaissance that we are experiencing today. After many years of Stern Pinball being the sole manufacturer of new…

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Video pinball: Class of 2017

  • 31. December 2017

In addition to new physical tables that this year has brought us – Star Wars, Dialed In! and Guardians of the Galaxy spring to mind immediately -, 2017 was also a good year for video…

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Archer Plays Pinball

  • 16. November 2016

This story was written during Transatlantic Storytelling Summer School in Portland in August 2016, made possible by FJUM Vienna in cooperation with University of Oregon (School of Journalism and Communication). Archer approaches the machine, always…

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Pinball Outreach Project – Interview with Greg Dunlap

  • 25. July 2016

Before I was visiting Portland, Oregon, for a few days in late March this year, I wasn’t aware of how friendly and diverse this city is. I just heared and read about the unusual vibe…

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“Goldmind”: A pinball story in a music video

  • 28. March 2016

At first glance, pinball appeals to non-pinheads through its rich visuals and sounds. This is the reason why you see many press/media, film and sometimes also fashion people to become interested in pinball – if…

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The Pinball Assistant

  • 13. December 2015

There is still few exchange between the dedicated pinball community that focusses on physical tables and casually interested people who know pinball primarily through software of the likes of “Pinball Arcade”, “ZEN Pinball” or older…

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Europe’s biggest Pinball Museum

  • 5. December 2015

I have always suspected that Hungary is a place with a special pinball community. Apart from the fact that you come across Hungarian players almost every time when you take part in tournaments all over…

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“Momonga Pinball Adventures” – Interview with Paladin Studios

  • 27. September 2015

I am always excited when a pinball videogame comes out that is not first and foremost a simulation of physical pinball but instead brings in a creative take on the established silverball formula. This works…

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“Ausgeflippt” – A pinball exhibition in Wolfsburg, Germany

  • 31. August 2015

Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, has quite a strange history. The small city did not grow over the years. It was invented, if you will, by the car manufacturer Volkswagen in 1938. Therefore, Wolfsburg is…

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