I reinstalled a podcatcher app, and Slam Tilt with Bruce Nightingale and Ron Hallett was the pinball podcast I added back on my list of subscriptions. I am pleased to say this episode of Slam Tilt did not make me sad. 🙂 By the way, have a nice time on that cruise, Bruce.
Tilt Trek visits the showroom of recently minted Stern Dealer / Distributor, Lock Is Lit Pinball, to discuss the process of becoming one. Learn what he needed to do to get started and a few numbers you need to have handled to get it done. That’s right … a couple of real-world numbers are used in this conversation.
With double-barreled action, this creature searches for coins with twice the efficiency.
“Not so fast, my friend!”
It’s a tutorial on my second favorite pinball game, Twilight Zone! What?! A stop-and-go game is among my favorite pinball games in the whole wide world?! Blasphemy!
The Tournament Director is a vital part of the competitive pinball community. Those who choose to take on the mantle of TD realize they must show patience, consistency, and stoicism. This card doesn’t have much to do with those qualities, though.
S1ckH4ndsRBN tours Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio. It’s the host of the upcoming Steel City Mega Match Play Tournament, one of the new Stern Pro Circuit Events for this year to be held March 27 – 29, 2026.
Be ready to defend or at least react to ball deflections, misses, even targets that you shoot on purpose. It’s a visceral translation of The Black Knight’s power.
You’ve seen these offenders. Often digging into coin slots, trying to find free money. Why don’t you just pay to play a game for a change?
If that sounds like an informercial, good! The difference here is this information is free and useful. Plus, no one is trying to upsell you anything, and it’s not behind a paywall.
(Who’s that guy on the far right side?!)
See what happened at the event and how the game was revealed to us. Scan the differences among the trim levels of the Pro, Premium, and Limited Editions. (Insert Pokémon pun here.)
Uh Oh! It looks like the Panhandler has leveled up! This one is a tad more aggressive with its attacks. Defeat it to continue having fun in the arcade.