Pinball Face-Off #1

Brenda and I have been talking mad $hit over Facebook the last week or so regarding our mini-pinball tournament at Shorty's. Friday night the tourny finally came to fruition! We carb loaded beforehand at Mama's on 2nd Ave, tacos and margaritas are the pinball fuel of choice. When we arrived, I decided to juice up with probably the worst gin & tonic I have ever had in my life. It was like drinking straight bottle shelf gin. Ugh, still trying to get the taste out of my mouth. Needless to say, I drank about two swallows and abandoned it. After cashing in a $5 bill in to quarters, we were ready.....game on! As you can tell from our facial expressions, we were pretty excited about the event.
First we hit up Addams Family. That game hates me. Seriously. Brenda wiped the floor with me, 3 for 3 for Brenda. Then we moved onto some Medieval Madness, Star Trek, Family Guy, and finally Indiana Jones. Dr. Jones can suck on it because not only did it cost 75 cents per game, but the game destroyed both Brenda and I. Not a good showing for either of us with regards to the Holy Grail.

Brenda definitely ended up winning Pinball Face-Off #1! But if we would have been playing Family Guy and Arabian Nights, I would have taken the trophy hands down!! Brenda pretty much dominates when it comes to Addams Family, Star Trek, and Medieval Madness. I think Family Guy is more my speed because they have a "Fart Multiball". How funny is that?

Tinner and Mike met up with us for some pinball tom foolery. Chris managed to destroy Brenda and I on Medieval Madness.

That is a picture showing my distain of Indiana Jones. Not sure if you can see the scores in the picture but they are as follows: Brenda 15.2 million, Jess 1.7 million. Thumbs down is right. And here is the picture that Brenda had been waiting to take all night........

That is me standing next to the nasty hotdogs under the heat lamp. We had been joking all week that loser of the tournament had to eat a stale hotdog from under the lamp. Luckily Brenda loves me and didn't make me eat one of them, I just had to have my picture next to it. I'll let you know how Pinball Face-Off #2 goes, let's just say I'll be training for this round!

Mayhem, madness, and destruction were never so much fun!

A few nights ago, I met up with Mike and Chris at Shorty's in Belltown. Shorty's is known for their pinball arcade in the back, past the bar, as well as their clown art abundance.....creepy.

My love affair with pinball started back in the mid-to-late 90's when I was living in Bellingham, going to Western. Brenda, Russ, and I used to meet up for lunch a few times a week in the Viking Union and then go play pinball in the arcade on campus. Nerd alert! Loved it!

My favorite pinball game of all time? Attack from Mars. This pinball game is awesome. My second favorite pinball game? Addams Family. Shorty's didn't have the original Attack from Mars game, but they did have a newer version called Revenge from Mars. Not as fun as the original game, a little too high tech for me. The video screen in the actual game is very distracting.

At some point in my life, I would love to own a pinball game, and I would love that pinball game to be Attack from Mars. Do you know what IPDB stands for? Neither did I until about 5 minutes ago.....Internet Pinball Database. A website that lists pinball games. Double nerd alert! I found the listing for Attack from Mars....apparently it has an "average fun rating" of 8.3 (out of a possible 10). Not too shabby!

New Years resolution #5,382 for 2009.....play more pinball.....it is good for the soul.

Attack from Mars promo video

Super cheesy, love it!