Pinball News in Brief

Pinball News Website·article·analyzed·Nov 8, 2010

Analysis

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TL;DR

2010 pinball news: museum doc, history app, artist book, Iron Man home edition

Summary

November 2010 pinball industry news roundup covering a documentary about the Pacific Pinball Museum, a new iPad history app by designer John Popadiuk, a retrospective book by artist 'Dirty' Donny Gillies, and details on Stern's cost-reduced Iron Man Classic home version.

Key Claims

Pinheads is an 8-minute documentary about the Pacific Pinball Museum produced by 30 LBS Skunk, available free on Vimeo
high confidence · Article states film was completed and available to watch online for free, produced by Greg Winkler and Uwe Braun
The Pinball Scrapbook by John Popadiuk covers 200 years of pinball history and is available on iPad for $2.99
high confidence · Article confirms app is published by Zidware, available on iTunes store with free updates planned starting December
'Dirty' Donny Gillies has released a 160-page book containing over 400 illustrations of his pinball and design work
high confidence · Article states book is published by Gingko Press for $16.99, available later that month
Stern released Iron Man Classic as a cost-reduced home version of their Iron Man pinball game
high confidence · Article confirms Stern produced promotional flyer with details about changes designed for home buyers

Notable Quotes

“This first edition of The Pinball Scrapbook takes the reader through pinball's 200-year history, featuring high-quality photographs, examples of pinball art and an exploration of pinball's cultural impact and influences from a designer's viewpoint.”
Article describing John Popadiuk's app — Describes scope and approach of early pinball educational content for iPad platform

Entities

Pacific Pinball Museumorganization30 LBS SkunkcompanyGreg WinklerpersonUwe BraunpersonJohn Popadiukperson Zidwarecompany'Dirty' Donny GilliespersonWade KrausspersonTanio KlycepersonGingko Presscompany

Signals

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event_signal: Pacific Pinball Exposition 2009 featured as source material for documentary and continues as venue for custom conversion showcases
high · Article mentions PPE 2009 show and notes it as regular feature for custom conversion debuts
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announcement: Stern Pinball released Iron Man Classic as cost-reduced home version with specific feature modifications from Pro model
high · Article confirms Stern produced promotional flyer with features list targeting home buyers

Topics

Pinball documentary and mediaprimaryPinball history and education contentprimaryPinball artist/designer work and retrospectivesprimaryHome pinball versions and pricingprimaryPacific Pinball Museum and Expositionsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.75)— Content is informational and celebratory of pinball culture, highlighting new media, educational resources, and artist recognition. No negative commentary present.

Transcript

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Date: 8th November 2010 Pinball across three different media lead our round up of more silver ball news, and there's more news from Stern on their home version of Iron Man. PINHEADS - THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC PINBALL MUSEUM At last year's Pacific Pinball Exposition there was a production crew from 30 LBS Skunk who were making a short film about the Pacific Pinball Museum, their mission and some of the people involved in making it happen. Now that film has been completed and is available to watch on-line. And even better, it's totally free. Greg Winkler and Uwe Braun produced and shot Pinheads, with Greg directing and editing the 8 minute feature. The title for Pinheads It concentrates on the PPE 2009 show and seminar speakers Gordon Hasse Jr, Steve Ritchie and Richard Conger, while taking us inside the Museum's warehouse to speak with Michael Schiess, Larry Zartarian and Chris Nash. Michael and Larry in the warehouse You can view the film at Vimeo and find out more about the team behind it at the 30 LBS Skunk site. THE PINBALL SCRAPBOOK Game designer John Popadiuk has created a new pinball history app for the Apple iPad. Pinball Scrapbook This first edition of The Pinball Scrapbook takes the reader through pinball's 200-year history, featuring high-quality photographs, examples of pinball art and an exploration of pinball's cultural impact and influences from a designer's viewpoint. The Pinball Scrapbook is published by John's company Zidware and is available now from the iTunes store for just $2.99. New content is also expected to be added through a number of free updates, starting this December. MONSTER REVOLT! One of the regular features of the Pacific Pinball Exposition is the showcasing of the latest custom conversion from the skilled designers, artists and programmers Wade Krauss, 'Dirty' Donny and Tanio Klyce. 'Dirty' Donny Gillies (Dirty Donny)' work has been seen in games such as Hellacopters, Metallica and Rose and now he has released a book about his career. From creating designs for album covers and posters to toys, guitar picks and of course, pinball. Monster Revolt! His highly-recognisable style is explored in this 160 page Gingko Press publication, with contributions from Metallica and other 'Dirty' Donny aficionados. The book contains over 400 illustrations and will be available later this month from publishers Gingko Press for $16.99 in hardback form. IRON MAN LITE More details have been released by Stern Pinball about the home version of their Iron Man game. Dubbed Iron Man Classic, the cost-reduced model has a number of changes designed to make the price appeal more to the home buyer than the fully-fledged operator (or 'Pro') version. We detailed those changes in an earlier article, but Stern have now produced a flyer confirming them and appealing to the home buyer with features such as dual elevated lightening-fast (sic) ramps, multiple game modes and longer game play. The Iron Man Classic flyer The benefits for home buyers Anyone wanting to buy Iron Man Classic should head over to the Stern Pinball website for a video of the game in action, and further purchasing information. Back to the News page Back to the front page