A little competition and a whole lot of fun – pinball machines in children’s hospitals inspire kids to have a good time! That was the vision of Project Pinball Charity, a registered 501c3 organization ...
I fondly remember a wasted youth cozying up to glass-topped boxes of flashing lights, strange sounds and steel balls flying around an angled assault course. But, apart from helpful nudges from mates, ...
Rochester Institute of Technology students can sure play — and create — a mean pinball. As part of an interactive games and media course, 12 RIT students made cardboard and digital pinball machines ...
K’Nex has been around for less than 30 years but has already become the building toy of choice for elaborate creations that are impossible to build with Lego. Tyler Bower just demonstrated the ...
The history of pinball has a long and storied past. The first commercially successful pinball machine was introduced in 1931 by Gottlieb and it didn't even have the now-ubiquitous flippers. In fact, ...
Some people are just insane, and do crazy projects that make everyone wonder what they're really doing with their life. And I am one of those people! There were multiple custom-built pinball machines ...
Wesley Hospital added some equipment Thursday morning to their pediatric unit. It may not be the obvious choice to help a patient heal, but if you talk to the kids, it's good medicine. The teen lounge ...
Earlier this month, Montrose bar Poison Girl celebrated its 19th anniversary with the usual bells and whistles: special cocktails, live music and food for purchase on the back patio, T-shirts for sale ...
McLean, Illinois, has a population of 750 people and 100 pinball machines. The town square looks like something out of a Western: brown brick buildings baking in the summer sun, surrounding a single ...