Yeah that's me! I'm 33 and I hardly ever played pinball as a kid. I couldn't shell out the 50 cents when I knew my game would only last a minute or two at best, so I was all about the vids at the arcade. I truly discovered pinball through a local game repair guy who replaced a monitor on my MK2 arcade game. He invited me over to a game party, and there I discovered his amazing room of a dozen of so B/W gems in mint condition. Fell in love right then and there and so did the wife.

Would I love a CV, MM, MB, etc? Hell yes! Can I afford those? Hell no! I have a RCT, and I'm so happy I could piss! Literally, I could piss all over with happiness! I hope beyond hope that someday I can add a POTC to sit next to her. I'm hoping that if I get two and they get along well, they may have babies...

That's cajun, not French!

Stern has been testing redemption pinball for a while now in the Chicago area. They had an AC/DC and a Tron set up to spew tickets at Gameworks in Schaumburg for a while, and just recently I was at another place in the area that had an X-Men that had actual ticket animations on the DMD. I found it annoying, but if kids like it, then whatever I guess. The wife and I earned enough tickets to get a pack of Starburst and a Kit Kat for the ride home, so I guess it's not all bad.