The first UK Pinball Party opens with over 100 machines to play, numerous tournaments including the UK Pinball Open and an awards dinner with several special guest appearances.

When you combine all the latest Stern pinballs with a handful of classic pins and a large collection of bingo machines, you get Bingovit's OpenGameRoomWeekend.

Running a pinball museum and a massive show needs games and lots of them. Jon Olkowski tracks down the Pacific Pinball Museum's secret warehouse and finds out what happens inside.

It's the end of summer so what better time for a picnic - a pinball picnic? Todd Andersen visits SS Billiards to play in their $250 prize tournament with free food and much more.

In our first interview with the world's top players, Jon Olkowski talks to Neil Shatz to find out what got him into pinball, which techniques and tactics he uses and what makes him nervous.

More fun at SS Billiards as the Crazy Joe Esposito mid-week tournament takes place. Todd Andersen is there to tell us all about it.

We get our first look at Stern's new Avatar with the first video of the game. Based on the 3D cinematic blockbuster, Avatar won't be unobtainium for much longer.

For our exclusive second report on the IFPA World Pinball Championships we get the full story direct from the man who hosted the event.

Meanwhile, 4,600 miles away in Milan it's the Torneo Italiano Flipper 2010, or TIF for short. Ad Jonker joins his fellow Dutch players in braving the heat and reports for Pinball News.

When your balls start becoming attached to each other, errors in your game won't be far behind. John Higgins examines the problem, shows us ways to measure it and looks at the solutions.

Billed as the World's Tallest Pinball, this 28 feet high Space Race amusement machine ensures every player leaves with a prize.

Four months on from our initial report about the Pinball Hall of Fame, Dug pays them a visit to see how their new home is progressing.

What's even better than a star post? An illuminated star post. Ivan Durneen takes a look at new star post LED lighting boards now available from Great Lakes Modular.

Dan Marquardt visits two places to flip out in northwest Indiana and finds some top quality games to enjoy.

Following our previous report about the impending demolition of the former Bally building in Bensenville, Bruce Bis pays one last visit before the bulldozers move in.

Stern start selling a cut-down version of their Batman machine at a lower price. Our fully-featured report brings you all the facts at the same low price - free!

We've got a brand new selection of reports from Pin-A-Go-Go in California, IFPA 7 and Launch Those Geese in Minnesota, as well as the Swavesey meet near Cambridge in the UK.

Everything you wanted to know about Stern's Iron Man game is right here in the second part of our exclusive in-depth review. All the rules, the displays, the lights, the sounds along with our final ratings.