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Nudge Playlist: Home(sick) for the Holidaze
The new playlist is here. Tyler the Creator? Billy Nomates? Your scores literally won’t be able to get higher.
American Homebrew: Our Plan to Save American Pinball
Can embracing the Homebrew community help American Pinball become the great company they long to be? WE THINK SO.
Chicago Pinball Expo in Four Games
Chicago Expo’s 40th was wild. Here’s what happened in just four games.
Love and the Arcade Part II: THE FLIRTENING
Part II of Love and the Arcade: The Flirtening! What is an acceptable level of flirt at the arcade? We asked, women answered! The world NEEDS TO KNOW
Northstar Pinball Collective: Making Competitive Pinball Weird Again
The Northstar Pinball Collective in Savage, MN is doing things a little differently. Is this the sea change for arcades that we've been waiting for?
LOVE at the Arcade Part I
We asked actual women about dating and pinball. Here are the results. Yes, they actually talked to us.
Good But Not Great: The Melancholy Existence of the 200 - 600 Million Player
You’re good at the arcade. You’re not great. What comes next may define your pinball legacy. Here’s what to do.
Harder! Faster! … Shorter? Why Pro Pinball Might Look a Lot Like SGDQ
We went to SGDQ. Here’s what it talk us about what pro pinball might someday look like.
IFPA 19 - The Recap
IFPA 19: Jason Zahler, Escher Lefkoff, Dalton Ely, Arvid Flygare… and Rick Brewster? Rick went absolutely bazonkers giving you play by play of the WORLD IFPA Championships
Split-Flip Tips: How to Win Friends and Influence Playfields
Split Flipper Style tourneys are taking pinball arcades BY STORM rn. To beat the best, you gotta develop some chemistry — and according to all your hinge matches, you’re gonna need this guide first.
STERNFLUENCERS! Nudge Crashes Stern Media Day
Yes, Stern opened their doors to Nudge. No, we don’t know why. Yes, John Wick is awesome. No, nobody barfed
NUDGE Tunes XI - All Summer, No Drains
It’s here. The long-awaited Nudge Mix XI. At this point, Roman numerals are starting to feel a little pretentious, tbh.
Pretty Fly For an Ely: An Interview With Pinball’s Nicest Stone Cold Tournament Player
Dalton Ely is one of the best competitive pinball players in the world. He’s also a super nice guy. Here’s how he flips pinzzz
Midwest Gaming Classic: The Sequel
One absolutely insane day and night at Midwest Gaming Classic, the biggest gaming convention in the midwest.
Born to Lose, Live to Win: A Motörhead Pinball Design Journal
Motörhead Pinball was the surprise hit of TPF, tho it wasn’t a surprise to the people involved in creating this homebrew. For them it was the product of hard work, dedication, and a vision. A vision of LEMMY. Brad Albright shows us how it happened.
NudgeMatch: Headphones Vs No Headphones in Pinball
Are headphones blocking you from reality or are they an integral part of the pinball experience? Who frickin’ knows, but Rick and Doc are sure gonna argue about it!
Part IV: One Last Trip Around Planet Pythonia
The fourth and final part to Joe Ciaravino’s epic hagiography of Python Anghelo
Part III of The Unauthorized Hagiography of Python Anghelo: Yes, The Part With The Pinball Sex
Part III in Joe Ciaravino’s epic tail of Python Anghelo, the mad pinballer. Yes, this is the one with Zingy Bingy, the pinball sex game