Few analog amusements have continued to thrive in the digital age. Videocassettes are dead. So are landlines and cathode-ray televisions. (Well, nearly dead.) One delightful diversion of yesteryear ...

In this episode of American Obsessions, we take a look at the beloved game of pinball, starting with controversial history and days of corruption and then diving into the story of a family rooted deep ...

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 ...

Sunday the world lost a man who elevated a simple arcade game into an American obsession. Steve Kordek was Mr. Pinball. National Pinball Museum founder David Silverman talks to guest host Mary Louise ...

There is something fundamentally compelling about pinball. The basic idea of keeping a shiny, silver ball from draining down a trough, with only a couple of flippers at your defense, seems impossibly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants stand at pinball machines on the first day of a tournament in Germany. Once written off as relics of smoky pubs, ...

Despite the fact that a new company has risen to release all-new pinball machines, by and large, the pinball industry collapsed along with arcades a few years back. While you can still find machines ...