The second issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter is published on July 1st 2024, with an editorial about the nature of the pinball itself and many other topics. IN THIS SECOND...
The Ball is Wild 🪩 is kicking off its new pinball culture newsletter on June 10th 2024! It approaches its subject from social, artistic and overall curious angles. It’s also inclusive in a way that...
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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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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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The Ball is Wild talks 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 and...
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It’s interview time! The Ball is Wild has been talking to Márk Pataki from Hungary where he and a very motivated team is in charge of the wonderful Budapest Pinball Museum or “Flippermúzeum”, as the...
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…
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…
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…
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…