Jan. 23—The clicks, dings, chimes and buzzers from old pinball machines are music to Paul Hodges' ears — not only because they were the soundtrack to his childhood in Skowhegan, but also because for ...

When I read, it’s all or nothing. Either I don’t read books for months at a time, or I dive so deep into a series that it consumes my every waking second. Which is exactly where I’m at with the ...

A 64-bit port of 3D Pinball: Space Cadet encountered a physics/collision bug that caused the ball to fall through the table, so the game was cut from future versions of Windows. Microsoft only ...

Despite mobile devices in our pockets that deliver arcade-quality graphics any time you need a gaming fix, pinball machines, a seemingly antiquated form of entertainment, are still thriving, thanks in ...

A Phoenix repairman is making sure that vintage machines stay in play as collectors rediscover the tactile thrill of old-school pinball.

SUPERIOR — With his knees bent and one foot slightly in front of the other, Parnell Lutz, of Duluth, hunched over a pinball machine in Average’s Joe’s pub in Superior. The game he’s focused on is ...

IOWA CITY — With a bachelor’s degree in art history, Annie Fitzgerald was trained in restoring art pieces for museums and galleries. The work needed patience and attention to detail as she conserved ...

Paul Hodges, owner of Paul’s Pinball Palace in Newport, cleans and adjusts switches on a 1970s electomechanical pinball machine. Hodges has restored hundreds of pinball machines for clients from all ...