'Special When Lit!'

Hey team,

First of all SORRY FOR POSTING THIS A DAY LATE!
Yesterday I had a gig, and rescued a baby bird (most likely a tui) who then died, so it was a big day.
However, in the last few weeks I've been travelling around central Wellington doing a bit of research... trying to find the best places to play pinball in Wellington

Le Rube on Elvira, my current favourite.

I've been a big fan of pinball since I was a preschooler. There was a games room at the chateau Tongariro which was around the corner from where I lived. Dad would take me there occasionally here, but there is a better list that I will post when I find it) including a couple of great ones at Black Coffee in Newtown. I also played the Metallica machine at Midnight Espresso, and there's two other's at MOON1 that I'm going to check out in the near future (oh what I'd do for infinite time to do stuff I like).  There's also a machine at Enigma (apparently it's a Jurassic Park themed one!) and apparently one at The Kensington Gentleman's Club (Go on... I double dog dare you!).

The machines available for play at Black Coffee (they also have 'Street Fighter')

with a pocketful of coins and let me play the machines, pinball was always my favourite. There was a box that lived in the games room, just so that bubba Rube could drag it to "Monster Of The Blue Lagoon" and play pinball for hours. I am by no accounts a pinball champion, it takes me a long time to get used to a machine (and a lot of $2 coins) and even then, I'm seldom on the score board (but if you ever see RUB, thats me). Since I've been in Wellington, I've been lucky enough to have access to screeds of new pinball machines (lists of them can be found online).

Take a trip into.... The Twilight Zone

'Black Coffee' in Newtown have two great machines to choose from, both in good condition. My favourite (and my favourite in Wellington, at this point anyway) is 'Scared Stiff, with your host, Elvira'. A very funky, 60s gothic style machine. Scary spiders, coffins to unlock and MULTIBALLS FOR DAYS! This machine is great for beginners (is that me??? kind of??? intermediate???) and it has lots of goals to complete / cool moves (ie, there'a a track that you can shoot again and again to get your points up). I highly recommend this if it's your first go at pinball! Also, Elvira has her girls out, so win-win.

Nice gals!

So there's a few machine's to get you started, but once you've had a go on these ones YOUR HUNT IS ON! Chuck us a comment if you know of any others!

Happy silly season,

Ruby xxx