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Long before there were games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, there was a game that kids couldn't wait to get their hands on: pinball While the popularity of the games had gone down over time with the ...

The Who gave the world many unique rock ‘n’ roll songs. For example, one of the only hit songs about a game is The Who’s “Pinball Wizard.” In his autobiography, Pete Townshend explained how the words ...

The father of modern pinball, Steve Kordek, passed away Sunday with a high score of 100 years. In his honor, we present this special double-play Soundtrack of Pinball Wizard, presented by Sir Elton ...

Portland's Pinbrawl tournament is coming this weekend, and it's a chance for pinball pros and amateurs alike to fight for the title of pinball champ. (Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian) There are pinball ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It's time to celebrate Father's Day once again. While a card is great, what's really meaningful is the relationship. As CBS2's Steve Overmyer reports in this week's Snapshot ...

It’s common to craft a song to be a hit, but it’s rare that one is written specifically to get good reviews from a single critic. Still, that’s exactly what Pete Townshend did with "Pinball Wizard," ...

It's the indirectness of control that makes pinball so uniquely rage-inducing, isn't it? I love pinball, but it also makes me angrier to play than almost anything. And that's because while the ball is ...

WASHINGTON — Local pinball wizard Stephanie Traub is competing in a really cool event this weekend: PinClash. An online arcade pinball tournament featuring 24 top ranked players from around the world ...

The pinball game came about through the evolution of bringing outdoor ball games like croquet and bocce inside. Table games like billiards and shuffleboard paved the way and by the late 18th century ...