A pinball arcade has a particular kind of sound. There are the mechanical dings and bells of any arcade, lilting up when a player does something good—you’ve defeated the bad guy! And there’s the ...

Adam Wurtzel went to the Classic Arcade and Pinball Museum to play games from the 1960s through today. The museum features ...

A few weeks ago, I was catching up on an older episode of the Android Faithful podcast when host Ron Richards mentioned a new Android game that’d been ported from Windows by an indie dev — the famous ...

Pinball has a history that stretches back to France in the 1600s. Over the centuries, the game has certainly evolved, but at the end of the day, the mechanics and gameplay remain largely the same. You ...

The game of pinball got its start right here in the State of Illinois, and has roots dating back to the 1930s in Chicago. Now ...

It’s deceptively simple. Pull the plunger by its flying-saucer-shaped handle, and hear that satisfying clack. Watch the silver marble roll around the playfield, and wing it with your flippers. Come up ...

The Lodi Grape Festival Grounds will be filled with the sounds of bells ringing, paddles flipping and silver balls colliding with bumpers when the Golden State Pinball Festival returns next ...

Call it pinball for peace. The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada offers a step back in gametime amid the high-priced neon glitz and schlock of Sin City — and does it all for good causes.

If you’re looking for some indoor activity this weekend, the New York City Pinball Championships might be just the event to hit. Starting Friday, hundreds of competitors will pack an abandoned gym in ...

The X-Men is one of the highest-grossing superhero franchises of all time, with hundreds of millions of comics sold, over $6B in Box Office earnings from films to date, and the critically acclaimed ...