# TWIPYs 2025: Voting Open Now

**Source:** Kineticist  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2026-01-13  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.kineticist.com/news/twipys-2025-voting-open-now

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## Analysis

This is a brief announcement that TWIPYs 2025 voting is now open. The content primarily consists of a biographical note about Colin, the chief editor at Kineticist, detailing his background in pinball and media work.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist — _Kineticist article header/byline_
- [HIGH] Colin became enamored with pinball after a family copy of 1979 Joker Poker (EM version) — _Biographical statement in article_
- [HIGH] Colin has bought, sold, and repaired many pinball machines — _Biographical statement_
- [HIGH] Colin competes in tournaments and contributes to This Week in Pinball, NEPL, and Pin-Masters of New England — _Biographical statement_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Colin | person | Chief editor/pixel pusher at Kineticist, pinball enthusiast and contributor to This Week in Pinball and regional tournament organizations |
| Kineticist | company | Media/publishing outlet where Colin works as chief editor |
| This Week in Pinball | organization | Pinball industry news and media outlet to which Colin contributes |
| New England Pinball League | organization | Regional tournament organization Colin contributes to |
| Pin-Masters of New England | organization | Regional tournament/pinball organization Colin contributes to |
| Joker Poker | game | 1979 EM pinball game that sparked Colin's initial interest in pinball |
| TWIPYs 2025 | event | Annual pinball industry awards by This Week in Pinball; voting is now open |

### Topics

- **Primary:** TWIPYs 2025 voting
- **Secondary:** Community participation and recognition, Pinball community leadership and media

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0)

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** TWIPYs 2025 voting is now open, the annual pinball industry awards ceremony (confidence: high) — Article title and call-to-action
- **[content_signal]** Biographical profile of Colin establishes Kineticist's leadership and deep pinball community involvement (confidence: high) — Extensive biographical details about Colin's tournament participation, machine collecting, and contributions to TWIP and regional leagues

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## Transcript

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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 Robert Englunds Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New Robert Englunds. 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.

_(Acquisition: web_scrape, Enrichment: v4)_

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 8e5d7645-cf50-4e9a-9e63-e68e52431466*