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 🪩...
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...
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 fifth issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on September 30th, the editorial is about the arcade classic Ice Cold Beer. In this game, you indirectly control a small...
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:...
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...
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...