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The Occidental Weekly : Echo Park bar/arcade mixes pinball and beer

The Occidental Weekly : Echo Park bar/arcade mixes pinball and beerhttp://occidentalweekly.com/ae/2015/11/10/echo-park-barcade-mixes-pinball-and-beer/There are moments of semi-adulthood in college, like lying awake until 3 a.m. worrying about student loans, that invoke a longing to remain young enough to play in the sandbox…

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Video: Crabtowne Pinball Club finishes inaugural year

Video: Crabtowne Pinball Club finishes inaugural year – Capital Gazettehttp://www.capitalgazette.com/multimedia/videos/cgnews-crabtowne-pinball-vid-20151109-premiumvideo.htmlJustin Day has been playing pinball most of his life, and for the past year he has been organizing the Crabtowne Pinball Club – a group of pinball players who meet weekly to practice at Crabtowne USA in Glen Burnie. The first year of tournament play will

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Jersey Jack’s pinball wizards dissect the state of their beloved games

Jersey Jack’s pinball wizards dissect the state of their beloved games | GamesBeat | Games | by Stephen Klecknerhttp://venturebeat.com/2015/11/08/jersey-jacks-pinball-wizards-dissect-the-state-of-their-beloved-games/view-all/The pinball industry has been riding a steady incline for the last five years, and one of the two manufacturers pushing it forward is a shop out of New Jersey.

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Jersey Jack Pinball and the man that sparked pinball’s revival

Jersey Jack Pinball and the man that sparked pinball’s revival | GamesBeat | Games | by Stephen Klecknerhttp://venturebeat.com/2015/11/07/jersey-jack-pinball-and-the-man-that-sparked-pinballs-revival/Jersey Jack Pinball promised that it was going to create a game the likes we’d never seen before. It would be based off of the Wizard of Oz, and would feature a…

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Jersey Jack’s pinball wizards dissect the state of their beloved games

Jersey Jack’s pinball wizards dissect the state of their beloved games | GamesBeat | Games | by Stephen Klecknerhttp://venturebeat.com/2015/11/08/jersey-jacks-pinball-wizards-dissect-the-state-of-their-beloved-games/I got a chance to talk with the team just as manufacturing and shipping of the first run of their latest game, The Hobbit, is in full swing.Jersey Jack’s pinball wizards dissect the state of their beloved

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ZapCon Arcade and Pinball Convention to Return to Mesa in 2016

ZapCon Arcade and Pinball Convention to Return to Mesa in 2016 | Phoenix New Timeshttp://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/zapcon-2016-dates-announced-for-arcade-and-pinball-convention-in-mesa-7798449Old-school video gamers of the Valley, please rip yourself away from Super Mario Maker for a moment and listen up. We’ve got some good news for you: the organizers of ZapCon recently revealed the dates for next year’s edition of the

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Yestercades in Somerville, NJ reopens with 11 pinball machines and more!

Mike Deak, @MikeDeakMyCJ 9:39 a.m. EST November 7, 2015 (Photo: Mike Deak) SOMERVILLE – Yestercades is back. After being closed for more than four months because of a ceiling problem, Yestercades, an arcade playground for people of all ages on Division Street, reopened at 6 p.m. Friday. “We’re super-excited,” said Christian Murray, the assistant manager. Yestercades is an

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