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Robert Glashüttner

Seduction of the silver ball.

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Let us flip: Champion Pub

  • November 4, 2014

I grew up in a time when pinball was already a narrative driven experience. Everyone who has seen or played a pin pre 1978 knows that this has not always been the case. Machines up…

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Sensory overload

  • October 29, 2014

The sensation of playing pinball lies in indulging in a beautiful mess of fast ball movement, colorful blinking lights, illuminated surfaces and a neverending symphony of sound effects, ranging from the ringing bumpers and slingshots to…

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Let us flip: Space Shuttle

  • October 20, 2014

Everybody loves pinball machines from the 90ies onwards. Tables like “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Twilight Zone”, “Lord of the Rings”, “The Addams Family” or “Medieval Madness” are much sought-after because of their complex features,…

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Welcome to Xenon

  • October 14, 2014

Note: There is now (April 21st, 2020) also an Italian translation of this text, courtesy of Federico Croci. If Sir Peter Ustinov invites you to “playful experiments of electricity”, you should probably accept. Digital entertainment…

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A Night at the Pinball Hotel

  • October 14, 2014

Ever thought about residing in a “High Speed” single room, a “Medievial Madness” double room or spending a night inside the “Captain Fantastique” suite? Well, this is not made up – you can actually do…

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The Ball is Wild – a blog about pinball culture

  • October 7, 2014

Modern pinball as a hybrid between a mechanical and an electronic game is exceptional. Controlling a silver ball within a confined space, inside a small, coherent little world and telling a story with it, is…

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