I have been playing pinball off and on since I was very young.  The first pin I remember playing was a Joker Poker EM imy uncle had in his basement bar/gameroom.  I must have been 6 or 7 and hogged that machine when I was over at his house.  Unfortunately he sold that a couple of years ago while I was overseas.

My father was also a big pinballer.  Whenever it was his turn to watch me he would take me to the arcade.  I would bounce between Seawolf,Donkey Kong and others while he played pins.  When "my money" ran out, I would go over and jump in on the machine with Dad.  Eventually, I started to play pins more and more as I was getting better at controlling the ball and I learned that you could get free games playing pins.  He was the kind of guy who believed that sweet talking to the machine would influence the ball and make the game last longer.  I'm sure there is a   ... Continued here »