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Blog posts from 2014-2018

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Pinball in the public

  • August 2, 2015
I just came back from a pinball tournament in Lower Austria. It took place inside an old barn, beautifully restaurated, which is host to about 15 playable machines. They are not in perfect but overall...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Interview with Mark Steinman from PAPA

  • May 30, 2015
Mark Steinman
If you are in any way interested in pinball outside your own machines or those you play at a local bar once in a while, you have to be familiar with PAPA. The Professional and...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Neglected machines

  • April 16, 2015
I just came back from a visit at one of the few game arcades that still exist in Vienna. I went there after watching a film. Both the movie theater and the arcade are located...

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Catwalk beauties

  • March 8, 2015
Pinball machines have always been eye-catcher. In fact, a lot of people use them primarily as decoration objects. It makes sense: A pinball machine is big and colorful, features a lot of artwork as well...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Top Trumps Pinball

  • March 3, 2015
When I was a kid in elementary school, I loved playing Top Trumps. I remember an old pack with cars where the cards were smaller than usual. I held that one very dear and still...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Always on top! An interview with videopin master Tarek Oberdieck

  • January 30, 2015
If you look at the highscore tables of the “Pinball Arcade” games, chances are that you will see one name in the top 10 quite often: Tarek Oberdieck. At the time of publication, he actually...

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Let’s get ready to rumble – the Mexican way!

  • January 18, 2015
I stopped being interested in wrestling at about age 14 when I started the Austrian equivalent of high school. This was connected to a change of scenery as I moved from the suburbs into the...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Interview with pinball designer John Trudeau

  • January 9, 2015
Welcome to 2015! The new pinball year had a good start so far, with the recent announcement of Stern’s new table “WWE Wrestlemania”, designed by industry legend John Trudeau (“Creature from The Black Lagoon”, “Judge...

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Robert Glashüttner
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Interview with Phantom Compass who did “Rollers of the Realm”

  • December 13, 2014
Less than a month ago, a very unique videogame that is a mixture between pinball and a roleplaying game was released: “Rollers of the Realm”. The Ball is Wild did a review about the game...

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Let us flip: Back To The Future

  • December 3, 2014
“Back To The Future” has been and still is one of my favorite movies. The magic of time travel is accompanied by striking characters that have a slapstick and comical vibe surrounding them. The movie...

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