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Let the BATTERY begin!
After a wait that seems to have pushed pinheads to their Frayed ends of Sanity, it looks like Stern Pinball is getting ready to released a new video which shows us some detailed gameplay and gives us a little more insight into how the game will actually play and as importantly, sound. We will keep you updated with the news as it comes in. Let the BATTERY begin! While we are still waiting for an official video that is in production this week Stern has posted a couple of pictures on Facebook showing both the progress of the filming as well as James from Metallica enjoying his own personal game.
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Pinball Craze
The 1950's is called the golden age of pinball but over the years the popularity of the game dropped with the creation of video games. Tonight in the Emmy award winning J.B.'s Journal, J.B. Smith shows us how pinball is bouncing back right here in Texas. "Right now it is experiencing the biggest resurgence that we've seen in years." Lights….bumpers…flippers…all part of a classic American game. "Pinball changes all the time, you have to understand the game, you don't just keep banging the flippers and hope you score something. Once a year, thousands of players gather at the Texas Pinball Festival. "When it started 13 years ago, the people on the floor were mainly guys like me, you walk through this hall today, see half women, a lot of kids." Over 400, pinball machines to play; from the old electro-mechanical…to this latest creation, with an LCD monitor, themed after the Wizard of Oz. Butch "Get pinball back on the map again start a new renaissance, think we're doing that." "But finding a pinball machine to play at a local business, can be difficult, that's why more players are buying them for their homes." "As it turns out when you put out a high quality item like this, the home market steps forward says I got to have one in my home." George "I think the collector's market has been incredibly active and impactful in the last five years." Manufacturers are targeting new players with innovative machines like --- The Avengers. "The character comes to life, you fight the Hulk, he's batting the ball back at you, he's talking trash to you, he's a real life thing your interacting with." A form of entertainment that is constantly evolving. "Pinball survived all the things its been through the past 50 years, I think pinball will continue to thrive." Pinball has remained popular in Texas. "Once you understand what you have to do to the machine then you can use some skill." For CBS 19, I'm J.B. Smith "Pinball is definitely here to stay." and that's my story. The Texas Pinball Festival is held each March inDallas. Besides playing hundreds of pinball machines, the event also includes tournaments, lectures and a chance to buy your own pinball to take home. via http://www.cbs19.tv/story/22005976/jbs-journal-pinball-craze The man who keeps the more than 100 arcade games in top-top shape at Crabtowne USA was featured in a seven-minute documentary on Maryland Public Television this week.
Tom Hintenach explained why he prefers to keep the games in working order for customers, as opposed to preserving or selling them. The video, directed by Maryland filmmaker Jeff Krulik, is entitled "The Real Pinball Wizard" and waspart of MPT's Chesapeake Week. via Glenburniepatch Performancepinball.com in cooperation with Jersey Jack Pinball is proud to release an exclusive video for the new pinball machine based on beloved classic movie, the Wizard of Oz by JJP. Performancepinball was in attendance at the 2012 E3 Expo and produced this exclusive video news release with the team behind the game.
Watch the video after the break and stay tuned for more exclusive content from www.performancepinball.com and JJP including exclusive, in-depth interviews with Jack Guarnieri, Keith Johnson and more. From the same guys who brought us video of a street-legal Porsche 962C driving through the streets of Japan comes this latest video showing Le Mans-winning pro driver, Seiji Ara, lapping Fuji Speedway in aBugatti Veyron Grand Sport. Most of the video centers around Ara's impressions, but there is plenty of great video showing the supercar carving up the track's numerous turns and blasting along its lengthy front straightaway.
Ara says this is the most powerful car he's ever driven, so we imagine it was as much for fun for him to drive as it is for us to watch. During the drive, the camera provides a sense of what it's like to pilot the Veyron on such a challenging track, and you can hear its turbos and wastegates getting a workout. Scroll down to watch this well-shot, well-edited video of Ara and the Veyron lapping Fuji Speedway. Oh, and be sure to stick around for the end, as there's a bonus three-way drag race you won't want to miss. Read more via Autoblog Paint colors are a big deal for any automaker, and choosing hues for a specific brand can take as much fretting and focus as nearly any other aspect of vehicle design. For SRT, that means finding colors that cooperate with everything from the high-performance Grand Cherokee SRT8 SUV and the Chrysler 300 SRT8 sports sedan, to the wilder Charger SRT8, Challenger SRT8 and Viper. That range requires more than a little breadth, and Jim Parker, Head of Exterior Color at Chrysler, recently took the time to sit down for a little video to talk about what goes on in the SRT Color Kitchen.
What start out as computer-generated images move to paint samples from a supplier, which then get sprayed on more complex shapes. From there, SRT may spray a whole car to see how the color looks in the flesh before ever giving the hue the nod for production. You can check out the video below to see how it goes for yourself. Read more via Autoblog Camaro Marketing Manager John Fitzpatrick gives an exclusive walkaround of the track-inspired 2014 Camaro Z/28. The new Camaro Z/28 features an LS7 427 V-8 engine, weight-reducing enhancements and unique exterior styling.
View the walkaround video at the following LINK via Camaro5 New Pin News! Stern Official details of Metallica Pinball : Update, Info and more pics added!4/11/2013 ***UPDATE*** Unbelievable. Stern pinball announces the sell out to distributors of the Mtallica Master of Puppets Limited Edition pinball machine. "Dear Ladies & Gentlemen, Our US allocation for Metallica Master of Puppets has sold out within the first hour of our detailed announcement. The export allocations are selling out quickly. Working together we will have tremendous sales and success with all versions of ths great Metallica game." Gary Stern President Stern Pinball, Inc I have been in the pinball hobby / business for many years and have never seen any game sell out this quickly. It's just like selling out concert tickets in record time. If you did not get one pre ordered it might be tough. Congratulations Stern on your success! Song list for the game will be: Creeping Death For Whom The Bell Tolls Fuel Master Of Puppets The Unforgiven Seek And Destroy Battery Sad But True Enter Sandman One Fade To Black The End Of The Line See new pics after the break It's the news that Metal Heads everywhere have been waiting for. The cosmic forces of pinball have converged once again with the heaviest pinball machine of all time, Metallica Pinball by Stern. Designed by John Borg and Lyman Sheats, with original hand drawn art by Metallica artist Dirty Donnie, and of course, shredding metal by James, Lars, Kirk and Robert of METALLICA.
This game also featuring one-of-a-kind custom molded interactive playfield toys, custom speech by members of the band, shredding riffs and fast-as-hell double bass, this pinball machine is looks to Kill 'Em All! Ultimate Metallica collectors will want the special Limited Edition Master of Puppets model with unique artwork, powder coated legs and hardware, apron and more..... Three editions include the following: Pro Version: $4,995 Premium Version (road case): $6,995 Limited Edition Version: (Master of Puppets) $7,595 Read the Stern Pinball press release and see images of all 3 models after the break. Rollers of the Realm is a new Steam video game by Phantom Compass that incorporates RPG elements into classic pinball play. The group has created some videos to show how the combat works.
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