Steve Kordek, Pinball Designer Legend, Dead at 100.

February 19th, 2012

Steve Kordek designed 100 pinball machines during his illustrious career. He passed away this morning at a phenomenal 100 years old. We’ll miss Steve and his enormous contribution to pinball. You can show your support on Steve Kordek’s Facebook Page. You can see a list of Steve’s games over at the Internet Pinball Database. National Public Radio’s tribute to Steve Kordek Chicago Tribune obituary Washington Post obituary

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Toronto’s war on fun rears its head at the Pinball Cafe

February 17th, 2012

Pinball’s somewhat sketchy past is still haunting some present-day operators. Despite a Toronto Life report that Toronto’s first Pinball Cafe had its business license revoked, owner Jason Hazzard confirms that no such recall ever took place. Not everything, however, is peachy keen at the cafe. While the retro hub remains up and running, Toronto’s war against fun, it would seem, has reared its head. http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2012/02/torontos_war_on_fun_rears_its_head_at_the_pinball_cafe/

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Pinball didn’t die, it relocated to O.C.

February 16th, 2012

Nice local piece on Orange County folks Paul Anderson, Ron Burkard, and the Orange County Pinball League. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pinball-340541-says-belsito.html    

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Michael Jackson Asked Lawyer to Fix Pinball Machine

February 11th, 2012

All we can say on this is that we can’t confirm Whether Branca is one of our customers. From the article: Early on, Jackson called him and said, “John, we have  to talk about something very serious.” Branca grabbed a pen and pad to take notes. Jackson told him, “My pinball machine isn’t working.’  Full Forbes Article We’re going to speculate that this was the same pinball machine that surfaced on eBay a few years ago. The game itself was a customized Pepsi game based on a Data East Lazer War.  At the time, it was one of the early read more…

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