SAN RAFAEL, California--You might not think of pinball as an educational tool, but to some devotees of the age-old arcade favorite, that's exactly what they can be. That's because pinball machines ...

It all started when Don Thompson’s father brought home a Ding Dong pinball machine in 1972. At the time, Thompson and his sister, Tammy Cameron, recalled the only places to play on one were gas ...

We had so much fun at Modern Pinball NYC in Manhattan. We met Steve Marsh, a patent attorney and scientist who works there, and Steve Zahler, the owner of Modern Pinball NYC, who taught us about ...

Rochester Institute of Technology students can sure play — and create — a mean pinball. As part of an interactive games and media course, 12 RIT students made cardboard and digital pinball machines ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Saratoga Regional YMCA was packed with many gaming enthusiasts for this weekend’s Saratoga Pinball and Arcade Show. During the two-day event, guests could play one of the ...

It was the dream of every child who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s to have an arcade machine in their room, just like the ones at the video arcade. Thanks to Arcade1Up, a company that makes arcade ...

Pinball has a history that stretches back to France in the 1600s. Over the centuries, the game has certainly evolved, but at the end of the day, the mechanics and gameplay remain largely the same. You ...