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Pinball is my big one. I play competitively, in tournaments and a league, and have my own machines at home. It's such a different dimension than any other kin
by vikingerik 3y ago
Pinball is my big one. I play competitively, in tournaments and a league, and have my own machines at home.
It's such a different dimension than any other kind of video game, with the size and physicality. As a WFHer since Covid, pinball is huge in giving me something to do that isn't sitting on my butt staring at a screen. It's not a cheap hobby, for sure, modern machines run around $6k and up, but then again they can be resold and traded for close to what you paid.
- edanm 3y agoOoh fascinating! Money for the machine aside, don't they just take up a lot of space? I can't imagine having even one machine in my apartment, let alone multiple if it's a serious hobby.
- vikingerik 3y agoOne machine isn't all that big, the size of a large desk or small sofa. It's 2.5 feet wide by about 4.5 long, plus a couple feet of space for you to stand in. One machine would fit in all but the tiniest apartments (assuming you can get it up any stairs into there), although the big problem in an apartment is really noise bothering the neighbors. I have an unused bedroom as my pinball room (in a spacious suburban house), which fits five machines side by side. Most commonly people do it in a converted garage or full sized finished basement rec-room kind of setup, often big enough to fit 10 or 20 machines.