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Barrels of Updates from Barrels of Fun

Highlighting a few small updates from the Barrels of Fun team coming out of Texas Pinball Festival 2025.

Colin Alsheimer

March 27, 2025

Pinball Market

A Tale of Two Launches: How Portal Upstaged Merlin and Revealed the Limits of Original Pinball Themes

Why did Multimorphic's Portal pinball gain mainstream attention, while Turner Pinball's original Merlin's Arcade stayed niche? We break down how licensed themes amplify coverage, audience reach, and marketing impact.

Colin Alsheimer

March 27, 2025

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Barrels of Updates from Barrels of Fun

Highlighting a few small updates from the Barrels of Fun team coming out of Texas Pinball Festival 2025.

Colin Alsheimer

March 27, 2025

Pinball Market

A Tale of Two Launches: How Portal Upstaged Merlin and Revealed the Limits of Original Pinball Themes

Colin Alsheimer

March 27, 2025

Reviews

D&D is the Necessary Evolution of Pinball and RPGs

Stern's new Dungeons & Dragons pinball blends RPG mechanics with approachable features like saved progress, aiming to draw in both casual gamers and dedicated fans. While not flawless, it's an exciting step forward in pinball design.

Matt Owen

March 26, 2025

Interviews

The Electric Playground Reveals Pulp Fiction “Double Tap” Topper (plus an interview with Rob Rath)

Learn more about the latest release from The Electric Playground, plus an interview with co-founder Rob Rath.

Colin Alsheimer

March 20, 2025

Dutch Pinball

DPX Releases Early Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Rules

DPX published an early draft of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland code. Did you see it?

Colin Alsheimer

March 19, 2025

Pinball Tutorial

Critical Hits: Learn to Play Stern's Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye

Learn to play Stern's new release, Dungeons and Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye.

Noah Crable

March 19, 2025

Turner Pinball

Turner Pinball Launches Merlin's Arcade

Learn more about the latest release from Turner Pinball, Merlin's Arcade.

Colin Alsheimer

March 18, 2025

Multimorphic

Multimorphic Launches Portal Pinball

Portal Pinball is the latest full game kit release for Multimorphic and their P3 platform. Learn more in our detailed rundown.

Colin Alsheimer

March 17, 2025

Multimorphic

Jamie Burchell Reacts to Multimorphic’s Next Game

Jamie Burchell of The Wormhole reacts to seeing Multimorphic's next game before anyone else!

Colin Alsheimer

March 14, 2025

Pinball Award Shows

Weekend Watch: The 4th Annual Pinball Degenerate Awards

Tune in Saturday, March 15th at 8pm ET for the 4th annual Pinball Degenerate Awards.

Colin Alsheimer

March 12, 2025

Products

Review: Inclusive GameWerks' Adaptive Flipper Controller Opens Pinball to More Players

Getting hands on with the Inclusive GameWerks adaptive pinball controller.

David Hutchison

March 12, 2025

The Score Card

Competitive Pinball Roundup: The 2025 Season Begins

Kicking off a new regular series on tournament pinball with a look at the end of the 2024-2025 season and the start of the 2025-2026 season.

Matt Owen

March 11, 2025

Travel

Where to Play Pinball in Columbus: Arcades, Bars, and Breweries with Machines

Columbus has developed into one of the stronger pinball metros in the Midwest, with machines spread across downtown entertainment venues, suburban breweries, and neighborhood barcades. The region hosts regular leagues and tournaments, drawing competitive players from across Ohio.

Colin Alsheimer

March 5, 2025

Pinball

An Open Letter to the Pinball Community: How Toxicity is Draining the Fun from Pinball

An open letter from Enzo La Pegna to pinball fans everywhere.

Enzo La Pegna

February 27, 2025

Barrels of Fun

Barrels of Fun Factory Photos From the End of the Labyrinth Run

This past Monday following the TWIPY Awards, I was fortunate to go back out to the Barrels of Fun factory to run around and take photos with workers on the line.

Colin Alsheimer

February 27, 2025

Pinball Award Shows

A Night at the 2024 TWIPYs: Winners List and Recap

Recapping the 2024 Pinball Community Awards (aka The TWIPYs).

Matt Owen

February 24, 2025

Tournament Pinball

Hybrid Best Game: How to Play the New IFPA Tournament Format

Learn how the new IFPA tournament format, Hybrid Best Game, works.

Matt Owen

February 19, 2025

Tournament Pinball

Behind the Scenes at INDISC 2025 with Scorbit

Behind the scenes with Scorbit from the 2025 INDISC pinball tournament. See how Scorbit made a difference with the tournament's score tracking, plus some interesting data crunching from multiple days of competition.

Ron Richards

February 18, 2025

Pinball Tutorial

Modern Kiss: Learn to Play Stern’s 2015 Refresh of the Classic Kiss Table

Learn how to play Stern's 2015 release, Kiss pinball.

James McFatter

February 12, 2025

Pinball Tutorial

Classic Kiss: Learn to Play Bally’s 1979 Rock-Themed Pinball Chart Topper

Learn to play 1979's Kiss pinball machine by Bally.

James McFatter

February 12, 2025

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