France will be hosting the Rugby World Cup this year. They field a very good team, but have been drawn in the “group of death.” To help motivate them against a tough Ireland team (Six Nations Triple Crown winners) the team manager has promised them some perks, including permitting their wives and […]
Entries from July 2007
Liberté, Égalité, Flipper
July 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Amusing
Ready for “mechatronic immersion”!?
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Yes, that is a pinball machine.
Can you imagine a first person shooter combined with a *real* pinball machine (not a video game)?
It’s the Furminator (via Kotaku.com). Watch the video on the “fur” website!
Tags: Innovation
TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball
July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Remember Pinball 2000?
Remember how not soon after Williams released a couple Pinball 2000 machines (Revenge from Mars and Starwars Episode 1) they got out of the pinball business? TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball is a documentary about what happened.
Alas, I have not seen the film yet (though I just ordered a copy as […]
Pinball: Sesame Street style
July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
If you watched Sesame Street in the 70s, you’ll remember this pinball counting song and cartoon. Enjoy!
Tags: Art
Family Guy pin
July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Many of my friends think the Family Guy is the funniest thing on TV. I personally think they’re out of their minds.
And now Stern and Pat Lawlor Design have created a Family Guy pin.
Here are some of the features:
The FAMILY GUY pinball machine introduces a unique element to pinball—Stewie’s mini-playfield. Stewie’s mini-playfield is a […]
Tags: Pat Lawlor Design · Stern
From the pinball’s point of view
July 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Kevin Tiell takes beautiful photographs of pinball machines. That’s a small example on the left. He takes pictures of other things too, as you can see on his website: www.kevin.tiell.com
Portfolio 1, however, is the one you’ll want to check out.
There’s another batch of his photos here. This is from his artist statement […]
Tags: Photography · Art
Portland Pinball League’s pedigree
July 21st, 2007 · No Comments
An article appeared in the Portland Tribune the other day about the Portland Pinball League. Anthony Ramos, one of the owners of the Ground Kontrol Retrocade manages the league these days, and it sounds like the league is still going strong.
One small inaccuracy in the article, however, caught my attention. The article states […]