Pinball is a game about tragic inevitability. No matter how good you are at keeping the silver orb in play, inevitably gravity will win, dropping the ball down that stinking sink hole. Similarly, that’s also ...
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Over the past few years, Zen Studios has been converting entertainment properties into pinball form, with works like Star Wars, South Park, and Aliens all getting their own steel-orbed interpretations. But before adapting films and ...
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Few cinematic monsters are as fearsome as H. R. Giger’s Alien. Originally conceived for Ridley Scott’s eponymous film, the creature was a nightmarish amalgam of snake and skeleton, outfitted with lethal claws and a dagger-like ...
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For years, Budapest-based Zen Studios has cultivated a near-faultless formula. Beginning with 2007’s Pinball FX and continuing through Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball 2, the developer strove to simulate the steel-orbed pastime, with each ...
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Over the last few years, it seems like role-playing mechanics have seeped into every conceivable genre. From the inclusion of MyGM mode in the NBA 2K series- where players make decisions via branching dialog trees ...
Read More »Pinball FX 2 (Xbox One) Review
Since Pinball FX 2 first launched in 2010, the franchise has earned a fervent legion of fans thanks to its technical prowess. While eschewing a recreation of real-world machines, the series offered a mounting roster ...
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In 2008, Zen Studios released Pinball FX, a prodigious title which strove to adapt the nuances of the cherished pastime into video form. While most critics praised the game’s ball physics and online functionality, many ...
Read More »Zen Pinball 2 (PlayStation 4) Review
Although the PlayStation 4’s software library is still in an embryonic stage, Sony’s new system already has two pinball titles in its lineup. Remarkably, the two games take radically different approaches to the beloved pastime. ...
Read More »Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force Review
Amidst the craze of crowdsourcing neglected amusements, it’s a bit surprising that there isn’t more of a movement to bring back actual pinball machines. Undoubtedly, one of the key dissuaders in the endeavor is the ...
Read More »Pinball FX 2 PC Review
No doubt aficionados of all things pinball are already shaking their heads. “Pinball FX 2? You’re reviewing a three-year-old game!” To that I say: “Ah, but it hasn’t been released on Steam yet. When I ...
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