Robert Glashüttner

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Seduction of the silver ball.

#5: Interview with Gerard van de Sanden from Dutch Pinball Museum

November 25, 2022
Tagged as: dutch, flipper, gerardvandesanden, museum, pinball, rotterdam

I have been to Dutch Pinball Museum in Rotterdam (Netherlands) recently where a big tournament took place – the Dutch Pinball Open 2022 from November 11th to 13th. Although I like taking part in tournaments,...

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#4 Videopins Mr. Flipper + Flipper Volcano

June 7, 2022
Tagged as: flipper, mr flipper, pinball, videogames, videopins, volcano

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Do you like video pinball? Well, we here at The Ball is Wild really do because it’s creating a whole new possibility space for the (virtual) silverball. You aren’t restricted to the rules of real-world...

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#3: The new Pinball FX

April 6, 2022
Tagged as: epic, flipper, fx, fx3, pinball, simulation, videogames, videopins, zen

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In this new episode, Robert talks about the newly released Pinball FX video pinball hub over at Epic Games Store. This is the newest release of Zen Studios from Hungary who are specializing in pinball...

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#2: Interview with Chris Friebus from BlahCade

May 16, 2021
Tagged as: flipper, pinball, videogames, videopins

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In this second episode, we talk to Chris Friebus, one half of BlahCade Pinball Podcast. BlahCade is an unusual podcast as it caters not just to pinball in general, but specifially talks about video pinball...

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#1: Interview with Márk Pataki from Budapest Pinball Museum

May 16, 2021
Tagged as: budapest, flipper, hungary, museum, muzeum, pinball

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Let’s start it off with our first guest! His name is Márk Pataki and he is from Hungary where he and a very motivated team is in charge of the wonderful Budapest Pinball Museum or...

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Introduction: What is this podcast?

May 16, 2021
Tagged as: flipper, introduction, pinball

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In 2014, Austrian radio editor and game culture journalist Robert Glashüttner started a little blog called The Ball is Wild where he tried to come up with unconventional stories and interviews, and also topics that...

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Inside Yoku: Interview with Mattias Snygg from Villa Gorilla

July 30, 2018

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…

Classic interview: Jack “Jersey Jack” Guarnieri

May 5, 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…

Video pinball: Class of 2017

December 31, 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…

Archer Plays Pinball

November 16, 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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