The Electric Bat hosts crazy pinball parties with 70+ people every single week. We had them shoot some shots and explain the debauchery.

Gina Collecchia is our fave Nudge photog. What happens when she teams up for a double exposure roll with one of our other big faves, Gene X of Orange Photography? Welp, it turns out as cool as you think.

Pinball AWARDS

Got someone in your league who’s a little too serious for their own good? Rick Brewster tells you your countermove.

Quarters, cards, or tokens? Not all arcade currency is equal. Here’s how to know what’s equalest.

Big Guns is THE best game from 1987, and Ii a world where pinball prices can be more than $20,000 for a machine — it won’t cost you much more than 3k to make it yours.

Here’s the best of pinball locations in the Northeast and South

On location pinball is better than it’s ever been in our lifetimes. Here are the people makin’ it happen in 2022. Midwest + West Coast addition.

The state of pinball streaming in 2022? Good as hell. Thanks to Deadflip, Hot Nudge, and a whole buncha others.

What is a free game noise called in pinball? We break it down by region.

Sure it gets dark at 5 pm? So WHAT? Daylight Savings Time is meaningless here. Time to Rage.

Chicago Pinball Expo 2022 was an insane, debauched time. We give you the blow by blow. Feel the sweat. Smell it. Drink it? Don’t drink it.

Multiplier-based games: fun, high stakes and cool or terrible and lame? We did the deep dive.

Ok, so you can identify them, but what can you do? Use your big brain, you nut! Here’s how to prevent a pinball jinx.

Pinball jinxes are real. You ignore them at your own peril. So don’t be a dick and figure it out.

Doc has a secret. JRI is exposing him. It’s that simple.

Favorite callouts? We asked. You answered.

World Cup Soccer is a top tier game and Rick Brewster doesn’t care WHO knows it.

Could this be Iggy’s last correspondence from earth? Only time will tell. At least it’s metal as hell.

Got a machine hog on your hands? Well, there’s no two ways about it. It’s Time to get dirty, bud.