Lament of the last pinball mogul

Opinion

Apr 25, 20081 min

“Everybody thinks of it as retro, as nostalgia. But it’s not. These are sophisticated games. Pinball is timeless.” Yet only one company still makes the machines. This morning the New York Times takes a look inside Stern Pinball.

Data Center

by Paul McNamara

News Editor

In addition to my editing duties, I have written Buzzblog since January, 2006 and wrote the 'Net Buzz column in Network World's dearly departed print edition for 13 years. Feel free to e-mail me at pmcnamara@nww.com.

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