Steven Winn of the San Francisco Chronicle has a review of the recent First Annual Pacific Pinball Exposition, in San Rafae, California a couple weekends ago.

He had this to say: "I played a few of the machines I remembered and some I did not. I watched the other players take the timeless pinball stance, back hunched, hips still, one foot forward, arms straight, eyes intently trained on the field of play. The sense memories, untapped for decades, came pouring back.

The spring of the ball shooter in your right hand. The satisfying feel of planting your palms on the side rails and settling your fingers into the concave flipper buttons. The rising arc of the ball. The helter-skelter adventure of bumpers and slots, targets and rollovers. The snap of the ball hitting the cover glass. An inspired combination flip that would make your nerves hum. A deflating drain. The gratifying tock of the machine registering a free game. The beguiling, maddening, addictive illusion of control."

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