Bit of a fun diversion for the pinball and arcade fans out there.
I'm working on editing an interview with "Pinball" Geoff Harvey, and in the course of research, was introduced to an obscure 1982 short film he starred in, directed by Mike Wallington.
It begins as an achingly familiar pinball/arcade documentary that pits two real-life characters (Geoff Harvey as the Pinball Wizard and Stephen Highfield as the Video Defender) as each makes a case for why their chosen arcade game is superior.
The story builds as it slowly transforms into pure retro absurdism as the Video Invaders (from Space Invaders fame) come to life and launch a multi-staged world invasion. Enter the Silverball Heroes, (seemingly led by the Alien from Alien Poker) who emerge from Pinball Machines to take on the Invaders.
An epic battle ensues. Who emerges victorious? Does anybody win in an arcade-game civil war? Watch to find out!
Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist. He's a lifetime gamer who became enamored with pinball after taking in a family copy of the 1979 classic Joker Poker (the EM version). Since then he's bought, sold and repaired many machines, competed in all kinds of tournaments, and contributes to This Week in Pinball, the New England Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New England. Previously, Colin spent over a decade working in marketing for agencies and tech startups. He also started and ran a music blog, happy hour website, and wrote a regular craft beer review column for Central Track in Dallas. Once aspired to be an artsy film director.
