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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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Robert Glashüttner
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“Rollers of the Realm”: When pinballs take on an adventure!

  • November 26, 2014

Playing on a pinball machine is an experience you can never completely simulate as a videogame. But as someone who grew up in the 80ies and 90ies, I got to know both pinball tables and…

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Robert Glashüttner
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Ride the Comet

  • November 13, 2014

I am sure most of you have followed the landing of “Philae” yesterday, the mobile science lab of space probe “Rosetta” sent out by the European Space Agency in 2004. Aside from this groundbreaking scientific…

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Robert Glashüttner
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Pinball in the palm of your hands

  • November 9, 2014

Electronic handheld and tabletop games were a big thing back in the late 70ies and early 80ies. Home computers and game consoles were already around at that time, but nothing could beat the impressive fact…

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Robert Glashüttner
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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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Robert Glashüttner
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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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Robert Glashüttner
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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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Robert Glashüttner
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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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Robert Glashüttner
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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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