It is a Wednesday night at The Neighborhood Sports Bar and Arcade. It smells like beer and French fries, and neon lights from arcade games splash the walls with red and blue. Paul Sanders slides four ...

It all started when Don Thompson’s father brought home a Ding Dong pinball machine in 1972. At the time, Thompson and his sister, Tammy Cameron, recalled the only places to play on one were gas ...

Every summer, the annual Golden State Pinball Festival is held in Lodi and attracts characters as colorful as the machines they came to play. Attendees travel the country, sharing their games with ...

Within this digital city we call Seattle, more and more people are turning to analog entertainment, at least when it comes to pinball. Pinball, however, hasn’t always been as accessible as it is today ...

Fifty years ago this month, the rock band The Who made rock and roll history with a rock opera called “Tommy.” The concept album introduced a “deaf-dumb-and-blind kid” who would become the world’s ...

The International Flipper Pinball Association lists 38 leagues, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada, Germany, Spain and Japan.Wright is one of the founders, along with Phoenix residents ...

Pinball has been described as a playable work of art that provides a jolt of adrenaline, a consistently unpredictable challenge and a welcomed return to a simpler time in life. And it is love of and ...