Here are the standings for all participants in the 2010 JPA PinGolf Tournament. I look forward to doing it again next League season which starts in early September. Many thanks to all who played.

1st Jim Fordham
2nd Sanjay Shah
3rd Kevin Smigel
4th Ed Zeltmann
5th Paul Drabik
6th (TIE) Steven Bowden
6th (TIE) Frank Romero
8th Koi Morris 
9th Mike Field
10th Joe Oesterling

                          

Spring 2010 JPA season ends on May 26, 2010

                          

Click here for the complete standings [PDF]

Thanks to the recent sponsorship of the tournament by Jim F. and more entries, the PinGolf Prize Pool is now at $125.00 as of today. It looks like Whitewater is becoming the easiest game of the five to get a hole-in-one as Paul D. scores an “ace” in his entry. Updated standings can be found at the Jersey Pinball Association PinGolf web page.

Click here to go to the JPA PinGolf page

                          

Spring 2010 JPA season started on March 10, 2010

Click here for the complete standings [PDF]

The entries have started to come in for the Jersey Pinball Association’s Spring 2010 PinGolf Tournament. Plus two people have confirmed a sponsorship so the prize pool will increase again soon. We also saw the first hole-in-one which was achieved by Sanjay S. on Whitewater. Initially, players felt the target scores were to high to reach. Soon they found that, if they obtained and use their extra balls properly, the scores are in fact reachable. I will make an effort to post information on the JPA PinGolf Tournament on rec.games.pinball as well as on the 8 on the Break Facebook page and Twitter. Hopefully, this will foster more participation in this tournament.

Click here to go to the JPA PinGolf page

                          

Gauntlet Tournament by FunWithBonus
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Presenting… the official Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet Tournament T-shirt. The tournament sponsors will each receive one of these shirts at the beginning of the Spring 2010 league season. I would like to take time to congratulate the winners of the JPA Gauntlet tournaments: Andrew Drabik – winner of the Spring 2009 tournament, and Jim Fordham – winner of the Fall 2009 tournament. I also would like to thank those players who sponsored the tournament: Koi Morris, Jim Fordham and Ed Zeltmann. Next season there will most likely be a PinGolf style tournament in addition to traditional league play. I’m looking forward to next season’s competition. For those of you who are interested, the Jersey Pinball Association meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks in the Spring and in the Fall. The next season will begin in early March, and new players are always welcome.

                          

Interview with Captain Kirk – Owner of Castle Video

Nick from Arcade Hunters interviews “Captain Kirk” owner of Castle Video which is home to over 20 top-condition pinball games including the latest STERN games.
New STERN Investor

Stern Pinball Inc has a new investor and partner who hopes to turn the business around and halt the decline in sales over recent years.

Silverball Museum – Pinball Hall of Fame

One man working hard to bring pinball and other classic amusements back to Asbury Park is Rob Ilvento who built his business selling fried chicken under the Cluck-U-Chicken brand and French fries through the Jersey Shore Fries company. (Pinball News)
Michael Jackson, Sonic 3 Urban Legend Confirmed… Maybe
Urban legend confirmed! According to Michael Jackson’s composer, Brad Buxer, the King of Pop arranged the blips and bloops Sonic 3′s OST.

Unless, he didn’t.
Super Mario Bros. Series Unfair to Turtles

Tongue firmly in cheek, University of Pittsburgh student Ben Korman has penned a column decrying the way turtles are portrayed and treated in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. series of games.
Video Game War =/= Real Life War

“napalmstrikesback” uses his drug high to speak the straight truth about Modern Warfare 2 and other controversial games for nearly 9 minutes. If this is your brain on drugs, then I want what he’s having!
Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet

We have a winner!

The Onion Sends Up Modern Warfare 2

This will be the realest representation of real war ever!
Dr. Mario with Lyrics

Brentalfloss teams up with DarkV to produce a magnificent parody of Dr. Mario
Pin Wall

“How do you take a normal building face and turn it into something interesting? With Pinwall, of course! This project was designed by Urban Screen who have gone about creating similar projects in the past although this would mark the first time pinball is involved.” (Arcade Heroes)
Until We Win – Super Castlevania IV

SCIV was one of the best games made for the Super Nintendo. “Lordcat” provides a very detailed strategy review on how to beat the game.

The Nostalgia Critic

Reviews 2 of the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series: Adventure of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic SatAM.
Until We Win – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

That fact that he (Lordcat) beat TMNT for the NES is an achievement. This video review is another one. Damn that dam level.
Et tu, Mario?
“Murder, looting, pizza theft, and other hazards of cooperative video-gaming.” (Slate)

A Shmups Documentary
“This is a French documentary from Gameone covering the evolution of the shmup genre.” (YouTube)

                          

Arcade Hunters

8 on the Break

Castle Video Part 1 | Part 2

Before there was Grand Theft Auto there was… Death Race! Videogame violence indeed.

Star Fox in Iraq

Do a barrel roll! “Fighting terrorists is hard enough without a frog yelling at you.” (CollegeHumor)
Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet

The JPA Gauntlet jackpot increases again, and we have a new game replacing Fish Tales:  Whitewater. The goal for this game is 20 Million + Make a “Multi Millions” ramp shot for 4 Million.


Inside Akihabara

Videogame mecca of Japan


Once Upon a Pixel

“What if Katamari Damacy were a hard-boiled comic book?” (Destructoid)


Pacific Pinball Expo 2009

“Clips of the show, pin-tourneys, SF Bay area. For the best pinball tourney tips visit http://www.pinballvideo.com/”


Totally Rad Show

Time-lapse of The Totally Rad Show’s 24 Hour Gaming Marathon, benefiting the Texas Children’s Hospital, fighting pediatric cancer.


Video Game Dioramas

“Video game geeks are a creative bunch — especially those capable of creating artwork depicting characters and places most people over the age of 40 would never recognize. How do you take your game to the next level (pun intended)? Build fantastic dioramas of scenes from the best games ever made.” (Bitmob)

                          

Kirby Mario?

Mario image parodies!

Bowser’s Inside Story

Zero Punctuation reviews the newest Mario and Luigi RPG saga.
JPA Gauntlet news

The JPA Gauntlet Jackpot increases again!

Also, thanks to KOI for his sponsorship.
R. I. P. Captain Lou Albano

“Captain Lou Albano, the WWE Hall of Fame inductee who parlayed his wrestling career into becoming the live-action face of Mario in “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!” died Wednesday at age of 76.”
The but satisfier

Satisfying all your buts!
MaRiO’s WoRsT NiGhTmAreS

Dude… that’s messed up!
Sonic has Pink eye?

You cannot un-see it now!

                          

Jersey Pinball Asoociation Gauntlet

The Jackpot has increased, and Jack*bot replaces ST:TNG.  The Jack*bot target score is 800 Million + 4 Jack*Bots.
Pacific Pinball Expo 2009 Coverage

Pinball News – “This is the third annual Pacific Pinball Expo show and like the previous two, it is being held at the Marin Center in San Rafael, California.”
Special When Lit

A Pinball Documentary
Pinball on a Stick

IFPA 6 Coverage from London England

More IFPA 6…

Knuckles Briefs

From the same people who brought you “Sonic Shorts.” Knuckles finally gets some props… sort of.

The Highest Pinball Tournament in the World?

Dory Hill campground Pinball Tournament walk-around

Also… young [EJL] shows us how to kick @$$ on getaway

Bleep Bloop: Pinball

“ClassicPinball.com repairs, sells, and rents pinball machines. Team Bloop went outside for the first time in weeks to investigate.”

Luigi Finally Snaps

Yes, it’s old… I don’t care.