SDCC 2024: Stern Pinball Pops Up at Comic-Con

Stern Pinball pops-up at Comic-Con

You can make Comic-Con International into the show you want to see. Like movies and TV shows? Of course you can hang out in Hall H or visit activations outside the convention center. Like comics? Of course they’re here. Like games? They’ve got all kinds. In the Marriott Marquis, Stern Pinball set up a pop-up arcade featuring the latest and greatest of their pinball machines and if you haven’t played pinball in a while, you haven’t played pinball.

I had, at both Revenge of… Comics and Games in Glassell Park and in San Diego at a place called Coin-Op, and I still didn’t know what was going on. I’m no pinball wizard, for sure. With video screens, movie snippets, and dynamic game play, pinball has evolved into gaming far beyond what used to cost me a quarter at the arcade.

My wife and I both got a fair amount of time on the new Godzilla 70th Anniversary and John Wick tables, and we can’t wait to find them out in the wild and play again.

Brief music clip from Godzilla – 1954 – Main Theme
℗ 2018 Geek Music
Released on: 2018-07-19
Composer: Akira Ifukube

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].