Flip City Redux: PDX Pinball Odds and Ends

By Casey Jarman
WW
Flip City cover story
(Image: Tom Patterson)
1. SAVE THE ARCADES!
2. PINBRAWL RESULTS
Portland Pinball Map
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3. PHOTOS FROM PINBRAWL (By Sachi Arakawa)
4. JACK LEWIS INTERVIEWS AUSSIE PLAYER / MUSICIAN DARREN HANLON AT SLABTOWN
Darren Hanlon Talks Pinball (East Side Buffet)
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5. EMAIL Q&A WITH RYAN GRATZER (Co-creator of the Portland Pinball Map website and iPhone app)
When did you start the pinball map? Why?
What's your favorite machine? Why?
Was your PPM idea based on anything you saw elsewhere?
To what do you attribute the high concentration of machines in Portland?
It's a cliché question, but do you think pinball has a future, or is it destined to die out?
6. A SHORT STORY
7. EXTENDED VIEWING
Special When Lit
TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball
Special When Lit
Pinball 101
8. WHAT'S NEXT?
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