There was no way I could have anticipated this: During a stroll through one of the many piers in Bergen, Norway’s second largest city at the west coast of the country, my girlfriend and I...
#9: Press the button
- June 15, 2025
- Tagged as: buttons, culture, flipper, gambling, pinball, seattle, videogames, videopins
Have you ever thought about what happens when you press buttons on a pinball machine? It seems trivial to bring that up, but there is more to button pressing than you might think. Issue #9…
#8: Pin and Pong
- April 7, 2025
- Tagged as: arkanoid, book, breakout, brickbreaker, culture, flipper, pinball, videogames, videopins
Bring out your paddles, because in the eighth issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on April 7th, it’s all about brick breaker videogames. The reason for this coverage is that…
It’s not everyday that three trained musicians meet for an improv session in order to record a pinball album. Under normal circumstances this perhaps wouldn’t have happened. But because of COVID, all of us had...
#7: Marvellous Marble Machines
- December 3, 2024
- Tagged as: academia, culture, flipper, marblemachine, marbles, pinball, rogersharpe, videogames, videopins
Marbles abound! In the seventh issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on December 3rd, presents a deep-dive into the wondrous marble machines and how they came to be. We also…
#6: Spooky Silverballs
- October 30, 2024
- Tagged as: balloween, culture, flipper, pinball, spooky, stopmotion, videogames, videopins
The sixth issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on October 30th, is all about Balloween! The editorial is about vertical pinball stacking, meaning virtual pinball playfields stacked on top of…
Rolling and flinging through a pixelated dungeon, accompanied by a mysterious but always friendly score, and discovering an enigmatic tower. When I first encountered Pinball Spire at the online gaming showcase Steam Next Fest last...
In the fifth issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on September 30th, the editorial is about the arcade classic Ice Cold Beer. In this game, you indirectly control a small...
The freshest edition of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter is out! Published on August 31th 2024, issue #4 tackles the tense relationship between pinball in the wilds and in private homes. Also:...
In the third issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on July 28th 2024, the editorial is about nudging and tilting. Other stories are about basic pinball skills, a crowdfunding campaign,...