In the lower level of Ron Barbagallo’s Smithtown home, a quick flip of a light switch powers on more than 25 pinball machines in a high-ceilinged showroom. Godzilla, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Elvis ...

At the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, the first blinking, brightly lit machine to catch my eye is “El Dorado,” a 1970s-era game, replete with bucking horses and cowboys, that once made an ...

It’s a Thursday night in Seattle’s trendy Fremont neighbourhood. Inside Add-A-Ball Amusements, women, nonbinary and trans competitors are hunched over the blinking lights and ringing chimes of new and ...

No matter how advanced video games get, there’s still something special about smacking a metal ball around a ringing, blinking maze of machinery. Celebrate the bliss of pinball with collectors, ...

USC advisor Allison Brillhard's love for pinball fuels her top 16 ranking in South Carolina, but pinball is about more than just the game. It's about the people. Eccentric nerds who always support ...

The Northern California Pinball Association has kicked off its 12th annual pinball festival, which will run from Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18. All proceeds from the festival will benefit a ...