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Check Out This Weird Semi-Legal Punk Pinball Machine From 1982

Check Out This Weird Semi-Legal Punk Pinball Machine From 1982 — Kerrang!http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/copyright-punk-pinball-sex-pistols-clash-joy-division/The machine’s design obscures letters from the bands’ names – so “Sex Pistols” becomes “X PIS”; “Dead Boys” becomes “EAD BO”; “Depeche Mode” turns into “PECH MO” and “Joy Division” becomes “OY DIVISIO”.

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Stern Pinball Arcade – Ghostbusters Review

Stern Pinball Arcade – Ghostbusters Reviewhttp://www.thisisxbox.com/stern-pinball-arcade-ghostbusters-review/Pinball is something I have never really been good at. Going to the arcades at Hunstanton as a child was a regular occurance and I was always faced with a 3 way decision of where I would spend my pocket money. Slot Machines, Video Game cabinets and Pinball were all

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Exploring the physics of pinball at the Chabot Space & Science Center

Exploring the physics of pinball at the Chabot Space & Science Center – Local: In Oaklandhttp://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2017/10/03/exploring-the-physics-of-pinball-at-the-chabot-space-science-center/Melissa Harmon, a co-curator for the Pacific Pinball Museum, stood in the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, smiling as she talked about teaching children using one of the world’s oldest…

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New bar will open in Connor’s Plumbing storefront

New bar will open in Connor’s Plumbing storefront – The Occidental Weeklyhttp://www.theoccidentalweekly.com/news/2017/10/03/new-bar-will-open-connors-plumbing-storefront/2889116The Connor’s Plumbing building — a historic site built in 1928, according to landowner Jim Kimball — will be home to a new bar in its storefront, on the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Westdale Avenue, by the end of the year. The bar will be

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Stern Pinball teaches us how to make a pinball machine from start to finish

Stern Pinball teaches us how to make a pinball machine from start to finishhttps://www.avclub.com/stern-pinball-teaches-us-how-to-make-a-pinball-machine-1819046902The A.V. Club took a trip to Chicagoland’s Stern Pinball, the “oldest and largest designer and manufacturer of arcade-quality pinball games on the planet,” according to its website. In the video above, we follow the pinball machine manufacturing process from start to

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Ghostbusters table arrives for Stern Pinball Arcade on Xbox One

Ghostbusters table arrives for Stern Pinball Arcade on Xbox Onehttps://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/09/ghostbusters-table-arrives-for-stern-pinball-arcade-on-xbox-one/Fans of Stern Pinball Arcade will be excited to hear that the Ghostbusters table is now available on the Xbox One, we’re talking about a table based on the good Ghostbusters not the dodgy rem…

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That Bend kid sure plays a mean pinball; Teen may be Central Oregon’s youngest champ

That Bend kid sure plays a mean pinball; Teen may be Central Oregon’s youngest champhttp://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/5624256-151/that-kid-sure-plays-and-fixes-a-meanGabe Schendel, 14, remembers when he fell in love with a pinball machine. It happened when his parents took him to Pappy’s Pizzeria in Bend. Eleven years old at the time, Gabe was intrigued by the solitary pinball machine called Fun

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Pinball FX3 launches on Windows 10 & Xbox One, supports all old tables

Pinball FX3 launches on Windows 10 & Xbox One, supports all old tables | On MSFThttps://www.onmsft.com/news/pinball-fx3-launches-on-windows-10-xbox-one-supports-all-old-tablesPinball FX 3, the latest pinball simulator video game from Zen Studios, is now available on Windows 10 and Xbox One, and the free-to-play game supports Xbox Play Anywhere. Even better, the game lets you unlock all previous Pinball FX2

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