The weekend long event took place at The Zed, a Southeast Portland food hall transformed into a museum of 1980s arcade culture — the golden age of arcades.

This weekend, Lents Pinball—which is housed in the ZED food hall—celebrates this golden era of arcade culture with the Oregon ...

Welcome to MichaelBtheGameGenie! 🎮✨ If you love retro gaming, classic consoles, and deep dives into gaming history, this is the place for you! From nostalgic reviews and hidden gems to collecting ...

Pins Mechanical Co. is officially open in the St. Elmo district of South Congress, ready to be your new go-to hangout spot! Silvia Mbadinuju spoke with Studio 512 about what Pins has to offer.

For years, a pinball renaissance has supported local pubs, pinball teams, and new machines fresh off the factory floor. Your ...

A pinball renaissance is happening across the Northwest, thanks to a fervent community (called Pinheads) that frequently gathers, holds tournaments, and keeps these machines flipping. Find out where ...

Fergus Falls artist Carl Zachmann is launching a mobile pinball arcade, built from scratch, that will debut at Summerfest and ...

When Houston’s first pinball machine maker, Barrels of Fun, debuted its initial game in 2023, it was a surprise hit. Well, maybe it was a surprise to the pinball collecting community ...

Portlanders love pinball. Venues here offer countless variations on the game, from old-school machines with simple motifs like rafting to modern digital tables themed after pop-culture figures like ...

There should be, like, a dozen different King Kong pinball games by now. Instead there are only two that you’re ever likely to play: Data East’s 1990 machine, and Stern’s new one.

The combination of electronic gaming with the tactile feeling of navigating a metallic ball around a field of obstacles. The lights, the sounds, the challenges. A good pinball machine can make ...

Usually that stuff is clothing, construction materials, and the like, but I managed to score a vintage electromechanical pinball machine playfield recently and it was one of my greatest junkyard ...