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...
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…
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 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,...
One of the biggest pinball tournaments is Canada’s YEGPIN, named after the airport code of Alberta province’s capital Edmonton and, of course, pinball. Robert from The Ball is Wild 🪩 took part in this year’s...
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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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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…