Tag: PINBALL

Unaware observers may expect a game with "significant saves," "skillful catches," "fadeaway passes," "failed traps," "flubbed shots" and "drains" to represent some thrilling new competition that combines various aspects of soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Those dramatic pieces of a recent play-by-play don't describe the craziest, most ridiculous sport since flickerball, though. This is ...

Just a few dozen miles north of the Switched headquarters, in Beacon, New York, lies the Retro Arcade Museum, a storefront on the corner of Main and Schenk Streets loaded with the sorts of vintage arcade goodies that would make even the most steel-willed nerd weep. But an archaic law, one that is more widespread than you might believe, has caused the life's work of Fred Bobrow to be shut down, at ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/07/07/nikes-world-cup-pinball-game-goes-digital-with-led-screen/'; Whenever we see a pinball machine in a bowling alley or movie theater lobby, we quickly drop in some quarters and play a round or two for nostalgia's sake. We say nostalgia, because, sadly, these classic machines aren't as prevalent as they once were. Nike, surprisingly enough, could give ...

When The Who's Pete Townshend wrote "Pinball Wizard," we bet he never imagined just how much influence technology would have on the classic game of flippers and steel balls. Tommy, the song's protagonist, sure could play a mean pinball, but he wouldn't stand a chance at the flippers if his opponent were wearing this brain-scanning device. According to io9, the device, which looks like a swim ...