A competitive player, builder and part-time technician of pinball machines, Kalyn Smith edges toward 150,000,000 points on Stern's 2021 "Mandalorian" during a June 15, 2023 tournament.

Although bar arcades may be on the rise, some 70% of pinball machines are now sold directly for players’ homes —as long as they can afford a price tag of between $7,000 and $12,000.

At the end of April, Cooke will leave his job as an audio-visual tech at King's University College to pursue the art of repairing pinball machines from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s on a full-time basis.

It seems simple, but crack open a real pinball machine and you’ll probably find a lot of similarities, like the use of simple electrical circuits that the metal ball completes as it rolls around ...

The number of companies making pinball machines has also grown, from just one—Stern, which stood alone for more than a decade—to about 20 firms around the world.

As arcades become more and more rare, plenty of pinball enthusiasts are moving these intricate machines to their home collections in basements, garages, and guest rooms. But if you’re not for… ...

I've never bothered using Stern's Insider Connected app before, mostly because I'm lazy — but if there's a Dungeons & Dragons machine near me I'll probably give it a shot. While you can easily ...