What pinball skills or, more specifically, flipper skills are out there? How do you nudge the machine properly? Where can you learn all these things? In the 10th issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩...
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...
The freshest edition of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter is out! Published on August 31th 2024, issue #4 tackles the tense relationship between pinball in the wilds and in private homes. Also:...
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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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...
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…
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…
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…