Hola Goofenbachers,
Look, let me just get this out of the way early: we don’t have a new article this week. It’s OK. Stop breathing that way. You’re freaking everyone out. The good news? WE have like six STACKED articles on the way over the next few weeks. The other good news? Nudge 3 is on track to come out in June. Just envision it: You, a fruity drink, and the greatest pinball magazine to ever exist. What a summer.
Just because we don’t have an article this week doesn’t mean that we didn’t have an epic ton going on. There’s even REAL LIVE PINBALL CONTENT here. But FIRST an advert. This is the LAST WEEK to be entered for a chance to win one of our fabulous No Days Off posters. All you have to do to enter is buy a subscription to Nudge Season 2! We’ll even put a button right here. Damn. Service.
This shoot was so fun in general. All the models bought into the concept and totally got it right away. Big ups to Ben Granger for letting us put his Hardbody in a forgotten gym inside of an old tire factory. Also thanks to the crew who shot and lit this thing. JRI’s smoke machine basically saved the entire shoot. So anyway, like I said, this one was so fun. We’ll be using it for some ads throughout the summer, but I thought I’d give y’all a couple sneaker peekers here first.
Models: Gigi Millz, Nikki Pfeiffer, LeeLee Cocodrie, Daria Mondeik
Photography by Matthew Mabis, Peter Eaton, and Doc Monday
Lighting: JRI
NO DAYS OFF
Oh, are you still looking for actual pinball content? Dope. Dope dope dope. Wel;l, Doc went back on the Pinball Party podcast this week and gave thanks for games 26-40something on the Pinside top 100. This is part of an ongoing series that those guys have concocted as a sort of torture for the hosts.
The premise: We’re only allowed to say things we like about every game. I’ll just warn you here that if language is as problem for you, you’re gonna want to steer clear of this one. On the other hand, if y ou’re down for a totally rad fuckin’ time with the wildest swingin’ bats this side of the… whatever. You get the drift. You’re gonna want to listen to it. You might learn something. I give a pinball buying profile of a potential serial killer.
Next week: vintage nudge
I wasn’t lying when I said we have a buncha good articles lined up. Next week we have a breakdown of why System 11’s are criminally underrated (and often available). The week after we track down one of the funniest, weirdest pinball salesmen I’ve ever come across on facebook. I mean seriously. These are the kinda pics we were dealing with (shout out reader, Matt, for turning us on to this guy)
So anyway. It’s good. Then Nudge 3 is here. Look how lucky you are.
Doc Monday
Editor in Chief, Nudge Magazine