Nudge is the product of deranged minds addled by pinball.
Doc Monday - Editor in Chief
Detroit based. Jump Shot, bon vivant. He currently holds high scores on several machines in the Detroit metro area.
JRI - Writer
JRI is a prolific substitute teacher and avid disc golfer . In his free time he moonlights as a musician, actor, and general romantic deviant.
Gina Collecchia - Photog
Gina Collecchia is an audio software engineer, author, and photographer, all of which goes to support her pinball habit since 2019.
Evangelized by a Sopranos machine above a pizza place in Oakland, CA, she quickly realized that pinball is about more than the points.
Now she resides in Brooklyn, NY, and is bringing some West Coast energy to the scene here. You can follow her pinball related content on Instagram, @ginapins.
Matt Keil - Writer
Matt Keil is a washed up musician based in Minnesota. He aspires to also be a washed up writer.
Iggy - Writer/secret millionaire
Traveled a bit, lived here and there, met people, made some mistakes, gained useless knowledge. Now telling you things your parents should’ve.
Charlotte Fillmore-Handlon
Charlotte Fillmore-Handlon fell under the allure of pinball in 2014 when she traveled around the US and Canada, attending pinball events and meeting incredible new people.
In 2015, she helped co-found North Star Machines à Piastres, the first pinball bar in Montreal, legalizing pinball in Montreal in the process. Today, Charlotte is a co-owner /operator of North Star Pinball, a pinball operating business that aims to bring pinball to the people. She also is the guardian and technician of the last colour chemistry photobooth in Canada.
Ida Kreutzer - photog
Moved to NYC from Austria in 2016. Fell in love with Theatre of Magic and Getaway in 2019. Keeps extending her artist visa because pinball in NYC is just that, magical.
You can see her portraiture and custom embroidery over at @madebyida on instagram
Z. Martin Brown - writer
Freelance nerd from the soggy Pacific Northwest, currently drying off in the Valley of the Sun while creating extraordinary nonsense inside air-controlled spaces.
Contact Zach @ www.zacharymartinbrown.com
Rick Brewster - writer/photog
Pinball-fried since 2017. Enjoys playing in dive bars and large tournaments equally. Ruleset and flipper skill enthusiast. Uncanny knack for breaking games on location. Does an okay job role-playing as a functional adult.
Loren Silverman - writer
Loren Silverman is a native New Yawker (I’m walkin’ here!) transported to Scottsdale, AZ where his love of pinball and arcade games was reignited by the super cool arcades (shout out to The Electric Bat!), the amazing pinball folks and culture as well as his introduction into competitive play (he’s still very much a work-in-progress; currently ranked 7,692nd on IFPA).
Cale Hernandez - designer/artist
Puzzled by pinball still being a thing. As long as a few off-color remarks don’t bother you, he’s great company.