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Every Dennis Nordman Pinball Machine, Ranked
With Dennis Nordman in the news lately, we sit down and formally rank all of his major pinball releases.
Chris Krentz
The Score Card 13: Women's Championships and More March Madness
Jack Revnew takes the Texas Wizards, Sterling Mitoska picks up his first Stern Pro Circuit win at Steel Valley, and Emily Reilhan caps a historic run with the Women's North American and World Championship titles.
Matt Owen
Pinball Capital Opens as Chicago’s Largest Public Pinball Location
James Fremont covers the grand opening of The Pinball Capital in Stone Park, Ill. — Chicago's largest public pinball location at 131 games. Roger Sharpe re-enacted his famous 1976 "called shot" demonstration on its 50th anniversary, and Brian Weisberg swept both opening weekend tournaments.
James Fremont
Nutter’s Pinball Restoration Spotlight: Leebo’s Pinball
Michael Swanson profiles Leebo's Pinball, a YouTube channel dedicated to teaching pinball restoration one task at a time, from metal polishing and cabinet repainting to wiring repairs and connector upgrades.
Michael Swanson
One More Dollar, One More Game: Inside Project Pinball with Daniel Spolar
The pinball community keeps asking questions about Project Pinball. We sat down with Daniel Spolar for three hours to get answers.
Colin Alsheimer
Noah Crable on His Surprise Run to the 2026 IFPA National Championship Final
The rulesheet writer talks his path from NH States to the IFPA Nationals final, tournament strategy, and VHS tapes.
Matt Owen
I Choose You! The Pokémon Pinball Trainer's Survival Guide
Learn to play Stern's 2026 release, Pokémon Pinball in our latest expert tutorial.
Noah Crable
TEP's Rob Rath and Nick Neitzel Join American Pinball's Growing Team
TEP co-founder Rob Rath and product engineer Nick Neitzel are joining American Pinball as Product Director and Product Designer — the latest in a string of moves under new owner Bryan Vincent. TEP will continue independent operations while becoming a key AP vendor.
Colin Alsheimer
The Pinball Music Video Leaderboard
Eight contenders. Bonus tallies. An Annie Lennox penalty. Only one takes Grand Champion. Who will it be?
Brian Saa
Get Ready for a Dungeon Crawler Carl Pinball Machine
Someone has the license for the massively popular LitRPG franchise. We don't know who — but we have thoughts.
Colin Alsheimer
The 2025 TWIPY Pinball Awards: Full Winners and Recap
The 2025 TWIPYs looked nothing like the eight shows before it. Seven categories, no sponsors, four arcades, and real conversations with the people who make the games. Here are the winners and what happened.
Colin Alsheimer
Melvin Williams Joins American Pinball as Creative Director
Melvin Williams has been named Creative Director of American Pinball, just over a week after splitting from Dutch Pinball. Here's what it means and why the history is wilder than you'd think.
Colin Alsheimer
Stern Pinball Reveals Pokemon Pinball
Stern Pinball has revealed their next cornerstone title, and it's the one everybody's been waiting for: Pokemon.
Colin Alsheimer
RUMOR: Dutch Pinball Partnering with Stern Pinball to Produce Back to the Future
Back to the Future might still be happening — and it could be coming alongside a major international partnership.
Colin Alsheimer
The Pinball Bet
The Pinball Capital of the World doesn't have a world-class place to play. Francis Wisniewski thinks he can fix that.
Colin Alsheimer
Dutch Pinball Exclusive (DPX) Is No More
DPX is shutting down and Melvin Williams is out at Dutch Pinball. Here's what we know and what it means for Alice owners.
Colin Alsheimer
American Pinball Partners with Planetary Pinball Supply to Produce Classic Williams and Bally Games
American Pinball is getting into the classics business—and they're not just doing straight remakes.
Colin Alsheimer
IFPA Announces Updates to Mission Statement & Leadership Team
Three new members join the IFPA leadership team, the mission statement gets a complete rewrite, and the organization commits to new TD resources and continuing the Women's Championship series.
Colin Alsheimer
14 Questions with American Pinball President Ron Lindeman
Ron Lindeman answers questions on the JB Vincent LP acquisition, what's next for product development, and how American Pinball plans to rebuild trust.
Colin Alsheimer
American Pinball Under New Ownership
American Pinball and Orbit Games were officially acquired by JB Vincent L.P. Here are all the details we know so far.
Colin Alsheimer
Is IPDB Dying? Visualizing the Slow Death of a Pinball Institution
IPDB.org has been the pinball community's go-to database for over two decades. But the data tells a troubling story: database updates are down 93% since 2020, 71% of major pinball releases since 2020 are missing entirely, and search visibility has collapsed.
Colin Alsheimer
A Chat with Pinball Prodigy Sterling Mitoska
On the surface, Sterling Mitoska is your average teenager, that is, until he starts playing pinball.
Matt Owen
TWIPYs 2025: Voting Open Now
It’s time! 2025 TWIPY pinball awards voting is officially open.
Colin Alsheimer
The Best Pinball Machines of 2025 Ranked
The best pinball machines of 2025 wowed us with their innovation, fine-tuned flow, and excellent layouts, producing some truly standout experiences. In celebration of this year's best release, I've whipped up a list of the best pinball machines of 2025.
Matt Owen
The Score Card: Season's Endings
On this edition of The Score Card, we're recapping the final SPC tournaments of the year, jumping from Florida's biggest arcade expo to a cozy convention in Ohio, before crossing the finish at a beloved arcade in Illinois.
Matt Owen
A Resident Evil Pinball Rumor, and the Swiss Company Behind It
A new pinball rumor began circulating today via French pinball influencer Paris Pinball Addict, pointing to a potential Resident Evil–themed machine developed by a previously unknown European manufacturer based in Switzerland.
Colin Alsheimer
Walking Dead Remastered Shuffles Out of the Gate
Gameplay streams, cabinet changes, licensor delays, and a still-forming code roadmap point to a launch that still hasn’t fully settled.
Colin Alsheimer
2025’s Best Black Friday & Cyber Monday Pinball Deals (Updated Live)
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here, and we’re tracking every 2025 pinball-related deal we can find.
Colin Alsheimer
Marino Zaccaria, Co-Founder of Zaccaria Pinball, Has Died
Marino Zaccaria, one of the three brothers behind Italy’s most recognizable pinball brand, Zaccaria, has died at the age of 89.
Colin Alsheimer
IFPA Women's Advisory Board Resigns; Issues Statement
Last night, November 19th, in response to the ongoing controversy around the OBX Fall Flippers Tournament and the response to it by the IFPA, the remaining members of the Women's Advisory Board, Crystal Cory, Karyn Kiser, Kim Martinez, and Zoë Vrabel, officially resigned.
Colin Alsheimer
New Information and an IFPA Statement on the OBX Fall Flippers Incident
Internal IFPA Slack discussions reveal new details about the OBX Fall Flippers incident and the organization’s response.
Colin Alsheimer
An Update on the IFPA and the OBX Fall Flippers Event
Providing more information and context around the handling of the harassment incident at the OBX Fall Flippers tournament.
Colin Alsheimer
Spooky Pinball Reveals Beetlejuice Pinball
Everything we know so far about Spooky Pinball's latest pinball machine release.
Noah Crable
Developing: What’s Going on With the IFPA and the OBX Fall Flippers Event?
Tracking a developing story coming out of the recent OBX Fall Pinball Tournament held at Flippers Arcade in Grandy, NC.
Colin Alsheimer
Stern Pinball Reveals The Walking Dead Remastered
Everything we know so far about Stern Pinball's latest remastered pinball machine release.
Noah Crable
Photo Dump: Scorbit x Kineticist Pinball Media Mixer 3 in Photos
All our favorite photos from the film cameras used at the Scorbit x Kineticist Pinball Media Mixer 3.
Colin Alsheimer
So Fun, They’re Scary: Elvira Table Reviews on Pinball FX
Getting hands-on with the latest Bally/Williams recreations for Pinball FX, Elvira and the Party Monsters, and Scared Stiff.
Noah Crable
Rock Monster: Learn to Play Williams Monster Bash Pinball
Learn how to play the 1998 Williams release, Monster Bash pinball.
James McFatter
Walker Bait: Learn to Play Stern's The Walking Dead Pinball
Learn to play Stern Pinball's 2014 pinball machine, The Walking Dead.
James McFatter
Pinball Expo 2025: A Year of Mystery and Magic
Now that Pinball Expo has wrapped up, let's take a look back and reflect on all the hot topics of conversation that the show had to offer.
Matt Owen
Over Ten Years in the Making, Scorbit is on the Verge of a Breakout
A conversation with Jay Adelson and Ron Richards of Scorbit on the latest iteration of their connected pinball platform.
Colin Alsheimer
Barrels of Fun Reveals Winchester Mystery House
Everything we know about the surprise new game reveal from Barrels of Fun.
Colin Alsheimer
May the Force Be With You: Learn to Play Star Wars: Fall of the Empire
Learn to play Stern's Fall of the Empire pinball machine in our detailed tutorial.
Noah Crable
Diving into Dune Sound Design with Jeff Dodson
A conversation with sound designer Jeff Dodson about his work on Dune from Barrels of Fun.
Noah Crable
The Score Card: From Chicago to London
On this edition of The Score Card, we're looking back at three standout events of September, where players pushed their flipping to the limit in pursuit of big WPPRs and Stern Pro Circuit points.
Matt Owen
Every Pinball Machine of 1995, Ranked
To celebrate the collective 30th anniversary of the pinball release class of 1995, we're putting forth our definitive ranked list for your consideration.
Matt Owen
Get a Clue: Crack the Case with Bally's 1995 WHO dunnit
Learn how to solve the murder mystery at Tony's Palace on this unique story-driven Williams / Bally machine.
Noah Crable
Learn Bally’s Gilligan’s Island in 10 Minutes!
Learn to play Bally's Gilligan's Island pinball machine from 1991 in our expert tutorial.
Noah Crable