NEWS: On Location at Tilt Studio!

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We finally had a few hours to go check out the new pinball mecca in town, Tilt Studio at Arizona Mills mall in Tempe. Check out our montage!

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Tilt opened around two weeks ago, taking over the former Game Works location on the north side of the mall, by the theater and the food court.

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Folks we know have been most excited about this part of the arcade: The beautifully long row of pinball machines on the second story of the 40,000-square-foot building.

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When we got there on Sunday, a group of hard-core players was just finishing up Tilt’s very first pinball tournament.

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Soon enough, we were nearly alone with this row of beauties. Tilt has 20 pinball machines on the floor, a nice blend of not-too-old and nice-and-new.

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Of course, everyone has someone in their family who’d actually rather play something else than pinball. Max was drawn to Luigi’s Mansion, one of around 150 other games at Tilt.

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We played this one for quite a while, smashing pies into the faces of Japanese office workers in a plot we didn’t quite follow.

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Tilt has lots of crane games too!

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As soon as he won a Pikachu, Milo deemed Tilt an awesome place.

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Max and his Pikachu agree!

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We especially liked this display. Tilt basketballs appear a little confused as to their actual purpose in life.

Now don’t you want to get yourself down to Tilt, too?