Hola Goofenbachers,
This week is our super bowl, The Midwest Gaming Classic. That’s not actually true at all — or it is if your experience of the super bowl was as an observer calmly walking around and taking pictures. Then yes, it is most def one of our super bowls.
Anyway, as such I’m prepping for all that — so y’all are getting the abbreviated version. That said, I was so psyched about the pictures that long-time reader, Amber Lee sent us of their Belles and Chimes tournament at PizzaJ in Providence, RI from Feb 20th of this year (2024 if you’re someone from the future).
If YOU ARE from the future, there’s only one sure way to fit in to this time period. It’s with a piece of clothing that is both ubiquitous and also wholly stylish and perfect in every way. You want that? You got it.
OK, back to the Belles and Chimes Tournament at PizzaJ. For those of y’all who aren’t familiar, Belles & Chimes is an international network of inclusive women’s pinball leagues run by women, for women. It was founded in 2013 in Oakland, California, but now there are chapters all over the damn place. You should peep their website if you want to start a chapter.
OK, that’s as informative as I’m gonna get on this, I promised no real reporting this week and guess what? YOU GOT IT. I have nothing for you except to regurgitate all the details that Amber gave me when I asked her if there was anything else important she’d like to say about these pictures.
Her response was, “If you want to mention that we meet the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm that would be awesome - we post details on https://pvdpincubator.com/upcoming-tournaments/, The big thing was that I needed to give a shoutout/thanks to Aaron for taking the shots for me so he gets credit :)”
So allow me to reiterate
They meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM.
They post details on that PVDincubator website linked above. Not my favorite portmanteau, there. Am I supposed to say PV-Dincubator? Because that’s really what I want to do.
Shoutout/thanks to Aaron Ciardullo. You a real one.
What follows is a vibey set of pictures. Imagine yourself transported to an early Spring evening. It’s after work and you’re feeling pinbally. There’s the smell of, uh, crust and stuff. (Because of the Pizza) OK, you know what? Let’s stop painting a picture with words and paint a picture with paint. Or paint a photo. You get the idea. Here’s the pics.
Thanks Amber! These rule! Hopefully you got a big-ass trophy!
Next Week?
IDK, but the good news is that Nudge 4 keeps barreling down the dang tracks. It’ll be here before you know it (but definitely after 4/20. I mean, who didn’t see that coming?) Around here? We have a couple stories in the hopper that might make their way over into the ole newsletter. Only one way to be sure: bug me. Bug me a ton. Bug me on instagram. Hound me. Make my life untenable. Just kidding.
Please don’t hound me or Bmoen or any of our beautiful writers.
Or even the ugly ones.
Doc Monday
Editor in Chief, Nudge Magazine