To some extent playing pinball is hacking the machine. Nudging it just enough to not cause a tilt. Manipulating the ball to get a high probability of points.

To some extent playing pinball is hacking the machine. Nudging it just enough to not cause a tilt. Manipulating the ball to get a high probability of points. Etc. If you could manipulate the flippers to cause a stack overflow, would that be fair game?