Pinball: a Resurgence In Retro Gaming From an Unlikely Place

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @03:25AM from the shiny-and-physical dept.

woohoodonuts writes "The Professional & Amateur Pinball Association is creating a webchannel that will livestream content from their national circuit of tournaments ranging from Southern California to New York City. The most recent circuit tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sold out of all 400 tournament openings in less than three weeks, months in advance of the event. With several new companies in the process of creating machines and hundreds of new competitive events springing up worldwide at a record pace, is the retro silverball rising to prominence once again?"

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Re:will machines be more common? by Dins · 2013-04-30 03:41 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't know about you, but I go to bard to get drunk and get laid, not to play pinball.
For me I guess it would depend on the bard in question...
Re:will machines be more common? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-30 03:49 · Score: 5, Funny

How can you expect to get laid without showing off your pinball prowess?
Re:Um...what's the "unlikely place"? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-30 04:03 · Score: 4, Funny

The back of a volkswagon?