2009-07-04 23:44
Time for another Pinball Heroes guest and this week it's the man behind Cirqus Voltaire, Theatre of Magic & Tales of the Arabian Nights!John Popadiuk.Let me start by saying John has been… Read More
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2009-06-13 17:43
Maybe not a name some of you are familiar with, but if you like your pinball books, then you must know the work of today's Pinball Hero. Pictured to the left with pinball designer Mark Ritch… Read More
2009-05-30 16:03
Pinball Heroes: Greg KmiecThe Pinball Blog: So you're Greg Kmiec. You designed 30+ games including EM, solid state and dot matrix in a career spanning 3 decades. Is there a particular machin… Read More
2009-05-24 21:42
We've interviewed machine designers, authors, historians and players here on The Pinball Blog for our series of Pinball Heroes. But what about people who collect the things and play a part i… Read More
2009-05-16 13:49
OK, so Todd MacCulloch might be better known for playing basketball than pinball, but he's hoping that's all going to change. With NBA being Stern's next pinball machine and with Todd coming… Read More
2009-05-11 08:11
When I started Pinball Heroes, I didn't really know how far I'd get, how many people I'd find, or how many people would be willing. Sure, there's been a couple of weekends when I haven't had… Read More
2009-05-04 15:39
With 50+ years in the industry and more than 100 pinball machines under his belt, it's no surprise that many of our Pinball Heroes named one man the most influential to their careers. Of cou… Read More
2009-05-03 22:45
Yesterday I posted up the Pinball Heroes interview with Steve Kordek and it seems most people enjoyed it. Jim Schelberg, who kindly interviewed Mr Kordek by telephone for me has also sent me… Read More
2009-04-18 14:14
Steve Epstein created PAPA, the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association in New York. When he retired, he sold the name and assets (magazines, shirts, trophies etc) to the guy who was or… Read More
2009-04-11 10:13
There aren't many guys who still design pinball machines in the 21st century, but The Pinball Blog tracked down John Borg who can make that claim.The Pinball Blog. So you're John Borg, one o… Read More
2009-04-04 10:34
This week we're interviewing a guy who helped pinball fight back against the popularity of video games in the 1980s.Ladies and gentlemen, The Pinball Blog proudly presents.Pinball Heroes: Ba… Read More
2009-03-31 12:13
We recently interviewed PinGame Journal editor Jim Schelberg for Pinball Heroes. As with much of the blog writing, the interview was done very much on-the-fly. Jim was interviewed on the 'ph… Read More
2009-03-31 10:41
UPDATE: Some belated pictures to accompany the interview.If you think keeping a pinball blog is hard work, you should probably try and produce a pinball magazine. I've attempted both and the… Read More
2009-03-07 22:27
When we first approach pinball designers we don't expect to get a response starting "I've been following your blog for some time and really enjoy it", but that was the case with this week's… Read More
2009-02-28 16:25
We interviewed Rob Berk, the man behind Pinball Expo for Pinball Heroes a few weeks ago, but Rob doesn't work alone. His partner in crime is Mike Pacak and The Pinball Blog tracked him down… Read More
2009-02-21 13:15
This week we've nailed pinball designer and fellow blogger Dwight Sullivan to be one of our Pinball Heroes.The Pinball Blog. So you're Dwight Sullivan. You've designed some great pinball mac… Read More
2009-02-08 17:21
I interviewed Bryan Kelly as a bit of fun for Pinball Heroes and it proved to be a very popular item on The Pinball Blog. Pinball attracts a great diversity of characters into the hobby and… Read More
2009-02-07 12:32
Whenever we're talking to random pinball guys around the world there are two words that keep popping up. These same two words also appear several times in our Pinball Hero interviews, so we… Read More
2009-01-31 10:48
I can appreciate there are guys with their place in the decades of pinball history, like last week's Pinball Heroes interview with Roger Sharpe, but what about something for us new kids on t… Read More
2009-01-29 21:17
After some light relief provided by the very funny Bryan Kelly, we're back google-stalking industry legends to feature as our Pinball Heroes.The existence of this blog might even be down to… Read More
2009-01-24 17:22
When we started this Pinball Heroes thing, it was a smoke-screen to snare a particular industry legend. One man, whose contribution to the pinballing community stands head and shoulders abov… Read More
2009-01-20 00:49
When we speak to some of our Pinball Heroes there's one place that keeps coming up as a 'must see'. You probably don't need to be a rocket surgeon (or brain scientist for that matter) to wor… Read More
2009-01-19 00:07
Steve Ritchie made some classic pinball machines in a career spanning 4 decades, and we're really looking forward to welcoming him to the UK as the special guest of the UK Pinball Show in J… Read More
2009-01-17 02:29
If you've ever searched a technical question about pinball machines on the internet, then it's quite likely you would have come across an answer/solution posted by LTG :) on Rec.Games.Pinbal… Read More
2009-01-17 01:05
John Trudeau was the first ever guest speaker at the UK Pinball Show in 2008, becoming the inaugural inductee into the UK Pinball Hall of Fame and certainly made an impact on the UK pin-head… Read More
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