It’s common to craft a song to be a hit, but it’s rare that one is written specifically to get good reviews from a single critic. Still, that’s exactly what Pete Townshend did with "Pinball Wizard," ...

World-ranked pinball champion Robert Gagno, the subject of new documentary Wizard Mode, talks about what it’s like to come of age with autism. World-ranked pinball champion Robert Gagno is the subject ...

Pete Townshend recounted the truth behind the story of how “Pinball Wizard” came to be part of the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy, forcing him to make the deaf, dumb and blind lead character into an ...

WASHINGTON — Local pinball wizard Stephanie Traub is competing in a really cool event this weekend: PinClash. An online arcade pinball tournament featuring 24 top ranked players from around the world ...

Editor’s Note: Colin Sartori, a systems engineering major, continues to play the Bally tables and serves as the 2025 meet coordinator for Club Swim at UVA. He even finds time to compete in the ...

The father of modern pinball, Steve Kordek, passed away Sunday with a high score of 100 years. In his honor, we present this special double-play Soundtrack of Pinball Wizard, presented by Sir Elton ...

Long before there were games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, there was a game that kids couldn't wait to get their hands on: pinball While the popularity of the games had gone down over time with the ...

HUNTERTOWN, Ind. (WANE) — Some local kids that are staying in the Huntertown area and surrounding areas have taken to the arcade. Fort Wayne Pinball Wizard’s World Arcade has been packed with ...

Frosty Pop revealed that they will be releasing The Pinball Wizard for both PC via Steam as well as Nintendo Switch on October 27th. The game has already been out for a while on Apple Arcade, giving ...

Mariana Juliano for Slate. The last guys who tried to save pinball bet all their quarters on a bunch of 3-D aliens. With sales of new machines dwindling in the late 1990s, the top execs at Williams, ...