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• n  a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets

• In the make-believe world of the penny arcade, pinball was once a game without peer.
• A decade ago, a thriving pinball company could ship 5,000 to 10,000 machines a year; this year, Stern Pinball is shipping "significantly less.
• Thawks, thwengs, thonks, thwocks, chings, chungs and bings In the 1940s pinball machines and stellar striptease were expelled from New York City by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.

• pinball game

News & Articles

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• Jose Valverde designated for assignment by the Tigers
  Good night, Jose Valverde. Parting is such sweet sorrow. Mostly for opposing hitters: This was inevitable. Valverde appeared in 20 games this season. His ERA is sitting at 5.59. He’s got nine saves but three blown saves and two day ago he was lit up like a pinball machine while doing mopup duty in a…
  June 21, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk
• Man wants to create arcade paradise
  Limber up those flipper fingers, pinball wizards! A new attraction coming to Allentown will be a feast for your senses. "Well it becomes an illness, I can tell you that," laughed Joseph Shiller. The Bethlehem man is not satisfied with just collecting arcade games. "About five years ago I saw an advertisement on criagslist for a pinball machine," explained Shiller. "And it just took off from ...
  June 20, 2013 - WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey
• Game review: If you like tower defense games, give 'CastleStorm' a look
  Zen Studios, known for their numerous pinball titles, recently released "CastleStorm" on Xbox Live Arcade, which is a unique hybrid of Angry Birds and tower defense games.
  June 18, 2013 - The Oakland Press

Quotes

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• Jodi Rell in BusinessWeek
  They want an end to the theatrical histrionics of political press conferences and partisan pinball,said Rell, who is not seeking re-election. "They want us to act like adults."