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Little Miss Gamer’s take on pinball

December 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Low budget film company PBC Productions is behind a series of short films hosted by Little Miss Gamer.
Little Miss Gamer discovers that there are certain things that can’t be replicated on a home console - like pinball! Join LMG as she interviews Levi Nayman, a pinball wiz with a showroom filled with old and new […]

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Tags: Amusing · Film

If you find yourself inside a giant pinball machine . . .

December 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I guess you should drive a BMW Mini Clubman:

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Win Luther Vandross’ pin at auction

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

The estate of Luther Vandross is auctioning off all his stuff. Yeah, sure, you could bid on one of his platinum records, or a Versace coat, but my eyes are on the F-14 Tomcat pinball machine.
Fun fact: The Luther Burger, a bacon cheeseburger with donuts in place of the hamburger bun, was named […]

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Tags: Amusing · Innovation

Slash on Guns n’ Roses’ pin

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

 

Via Music Snobbery.

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Tags: Amusing · Innovation · Art

Roll your own pins: Ultimate Golf Ball Frenzy and Futurama: Space 3000

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Bored of your standard pinball machines? Customize!
PinPedia profiles a former No Good Gophers, now Ultimate Golf Ball Frenzy, and a Superman, now a Futurama: Space 3000.
The Golf Ball Frenzy machine is described thusly:
The 2007 custom pinball machine tells the story of three choppers being built in the basement of the Golf Ball Works factory […]

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Tags: Custom · Amusing

Crappy pinball of the week 8/15

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Mr Men Pinball

Activate multiple targets for bonus points in Mr Bump Pinball!

Play this free game now!!

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Tags: Crap · Amusing

Wrecking ball gets loose, behaves like giant pinball

August 14th, 2007 · No Comments

A three-foot diameter, 1500 pound wrecking ball broke its chain at Allegheny College and careened down Main Street:
As it gained momentum, the wrecking ball rumbled from the in campus along North Main Street, pinballing back and forth across the street, hitting nine parked cars and damaging curbs with each impact.
Over half a mile down the […]

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Crappy pinball machine of the week

August 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Something tells me it’s not designed by Pat Lawlor.

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Tags: Crap · Amusing

Liberté, Égalité, Flipper

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

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 […]

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