Pinballing it up in Pinball Town
This last weekend I finally broke down and purchased the XBox Live game Pinball FX. The combination of not enough sleep and the love of pinball caused me to purchase the downloadable title. I also picked up the Rocky and Bullwinkle and Street Fighter II Turbo tables at the same time.
I have to say that the game is pretty damned good. The first three tables are decent (though not super exciting) with the auto racing table being the clear winner, but the real standout is the extra pirate themed table. Both Street Fighter and Rocky and Bullwinkle are fun boards if you like pinball games. The biggest problem I’ve found is that Street Fighter seems to be a game that’s more skill based and as much as I love pinball, I really am not that great at it. I prefer higher scoring with not as much work.
Pinball games rule and unfortunately it’s disappearing off the gaming landscape. Kids aren’t growing up with pinball in their lives and therefore they won’t know how awesome it is. I’m not sure how you could overcome this, because pinball really relies on arcades and when those are completely gone, so goes beloved pinball machines, but somethings got to be done about this. Forget supporting causes like Aids research and beating cancer, support something truly worthy like pinball.
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