The Resource Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball, Adam Ruben
Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball, Adam Ruben
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The item Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball, Adam Ruben represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Pinball's history is America's history, from gambling and war-themed machines to the arcade revolution and, ultimately, the decline of the need to leave your house. The strangest thing about pinball is that it persists, and not just as nostalgia. Pinball didn't just stick around--it grew and continues to evolve with the times. Somehow, in today's iPhone world, a three-hundred-pound monstrosity of wood and cables has survived to enjoy yet another renaissance. Pinball is more to humor writer Adam Ruben than a fascinating book topic--it's a lifelong obsession. Ruben played competitive pinball for years, rising as high as the 80th-ranked player in the world. Then he had children. Now, mired in 9,938th place--darn kids--Ruben tries to stage a comeback, visiting pinball museums, gaming conventions, pinball machine designers, and even pinball factories in his attempt to discover what makes the world's best players, the real wizards, so good. Along the way, Ruben examines the bigger story of pinball's invention, ascent, near defeat, resurgence, near defeat again, and struggle to find its niche in modern society"--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Contents
-
- Everything nobody needs
- Backglass to the future
- PAPA19: judgment day
- Admirable occupations for reasonable creatures
- A vicious form of amusement
- Come to PAPA
- "It's more fun to compete"
- How Josh and Zach's dad saved pinball
- Space invaders
- Come (back) to PAPA
- The day pinball died
- Isbn
- 9781613735916
- Label
- Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball
- Title
- Pinball wizards
- Title remainder
- jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Ruben
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Pinball's history is America's history, from gambling and war-themed machines to the arcade revolution and, ultimately, the decline of the need to leave your house. The strangest thing about pinball is that it persists, and not just as nostalgia. Pinball didn't just stick around--it grew and continues to evolve with the times. Somehow, in today's iPhone world, a three-hundred-pound monstrosity of wood and cables has survived to enjoy yet another renaissance. Pinball is more to humor writer Adam Ruben than a fascinating book topic--it's a lifelong obsession. Ruben played competitive pinball for years, rising as high as the 80th-ranked player in the world. Then he had children. Now, mired in 9,938th place--darn kids--Ruben tries to stage a comeback, visiting pinball museums, gaming conventions, pinball machine designers, and even pinball factories in his attempt to discover what makes the world's best players, the real wizards, so good. Along the way, Ruben examines the bigger story of pinball's invention, ascent, near defeat, resurgence, near defeat again, and struggle to find its niche in modern society"--Amazon.com
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- 10616223
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ruben, Adam
- Dewey number
- 794.7/5
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pinball machines
- Amusements
- Pinball machines
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- jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball
- Label
- Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball, Adam Ruben
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Everything nobody needs
- Backglass to the future
- PAPA19: judgment day
- Admirable occupations for reasonable creatures
- A vicious form of amusement
- Come to PAPA
- "It's more fun to compete"
- How Josh and Zach's dad saved pinball
- Space invaders
- Come (back) to PAPA
- The day pinball died
- Control code
- ocn978252153
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613735916
- Lccn
- 2017012377
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978252153
- Label
- Pinball wizards : jackpots, drains, and the cult of the silver ball, Adam Ruben
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Everything nobody needs
- Backglass to the future
- PAPA19: judgment day
- Admirable occupations for reasonable creatures
- A vicious form of amusement
- Come to PAPA
- "It's more fun to compete"
- How Josh and Zach's dad saved pinball
- Space invaders
- Come (back) to PAPA
- The day pinball died
- Control code
- ocn978252153
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613735916
- Lccn
- 2017012377
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978252153
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