Fixing the past: The art of collecting pinball machines
From the archives: Pinball is a dying art, but as it dies it has spawned a new art in its place.
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Ben Kuchera
bkuchera@meincmagazine.com
Ben Kuchera is the gaming editor for Ars Technica, where he plays and writes about as many games as he can fit into a reasonable work day. Covering reviews of games and hardware, previews of upcoming titles, and attending events such as E3, GDC ,and CES, he may not hit everything, just everything that matters.
He has been called bad words and nasty things by both Jack Thompson and Bobby Kotick, which has to mean he's on the right track.
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