A pinball arcade has a particular kind of sound. There are the mechanical dings and bells of any arcade, lilting up when a player does something good—you’ve defeated the bad guy! And there’s the ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Long before Pinball Pete’s was a cultural landmark next to the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, the arcade had humble beginnings in a rival college town. “I started when I ...

Oregon has scored a win in the world of gaming: Hillsboro’s Next Level Pinball Museum has been named “Best Arcade in America” by Newsweek. Already recognized as the second-largest arcade in the world, ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – In an era of digital gaming, a Brunswick arcade is proving that the classic appeal of pinball is far from game over. Pinball Palace, recently named Brunswick’s Small Business of the ...

The Utah State Pinball Championship is the crowning event for a community of pinballers. Here’s what the sport means to them ...

Co-founders of The Pinball Basement, Fred Freimark (left) and Jason Good (staff photo by James Jarvis) A new pinball arcade on Columbia Pike is putting a spin on the traditional pay-per-play arcade ...

Gamers of the Valley, start limbering up your wrists. ZapCon, the retro arcade game and pinball convention, is returning after taking last year off and promises two days of joystick-jostling action ...

In 2014, five friends who collected classic arcade and pinball games wanted to spread the love outside of their basements. They invested $20,000 into hosting the first Southern-Fried Gaming Expo, the ...

Belles & Chimes, a pinball league “run by women, for women,” makes some noise in a pastime where women were once consigned largely to the display cases. By Peter Kujawinski When Rachel Karlic and her ...