History of Pinball: How the Game Survived Bans, Video Games, and Near Collapse

TLDR Pinball used to be called dangerous, corrupting, and a nickel-stealer. That sounds absurd now. But it tells you something important right away. The history of pinball is not a smooth nostalgia story. It is a survival story. If you only know pinball as the loud machine in the corner of a barcade, or the … Read more

The Harry Potter AI Pinball Controversy, Explained

TLDR A pinball machine is not just a game. At the high end, it is also industrial design, sculpture, animation, sound, illustration, and collectible object all at once. That is why the Harry Potter pinball controversy became bigger than a niche hobby argument. It hit a fault line that artists and collectors already care about: … Read more