P inball wizards (and would-be wizards) are invited to Propeller Brewing Company‘s Propeller Arcade Room (2015 Gottingen Street) beginning at 4pm on Friday, January 31, for the arcade’s first birthday party, featuring balloons, $5 beers, $10 t-shirts and lots of ball-flipping action. Since opening last January with a modest collection of pinball and video games […]
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Halifax’s pinball wizards
“It all started with a wrestling belt,” says Danny Baldwin, owner of Halifax Vintage Arcade in his corner store, Daily Sweets (2860 Oxford Street). Two years ago, he traded his WWF belt on Kijiji for a videogame, which turned into a pinball machine, which turned into a small business. Now he’s one of a few […]
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Great Pinball Store opening on Quinpool
John Greatwich is a pinball wizard. He’s got a love for the game so serious that he’s opening up a shop on Quinpool Road dedicated to the machines. Because of strange zoning restrictions surrounding arcade-style “amusement centres” (ie: “a commercially operated facility providing more than three amusement machines”) Great Pinball Store (6148 Quinpool Road, above […]