Returning home from the Cleveland Guardians game Friday night, I began wondering how I was going to waste my rare free Saturday afteroon. Then it hit me. While sitting at the stop light in Burbank, ...

In recent years, niche and quirky items like vintage pinball machines have soared in popularity (and value). But what makes these retro machines so special? Aside from the arcade nostalgia, some ...

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 ...

Pinball lives, and it was never on life support either. With home video game consoles driving people away from arcades, you might think pinball machines started collecting dust during the ‘90s, but it ...

To my surprise, there’s no shortage of pinball fun around Seattle. While I don’t think it ever went away, there was a lull. Stepping into the Seattle Pinball Museum in the International District, a ...

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Your grandparents might have joined a bowling league. Today, you can join a pinball league. A pinball renaissance is happening across the Northwest, thanks to a fervent community (called Pinheads) ...

SUPERIOR — With his knees bent and one foot slightly in front of the other, Parnell Lutz, of Duluth, hunched over a pinball machine in Average’s Joe’s pub in Superior. The game he’s focused on is ...