Pinball in Pittsburgh – PAPA 14
pair Networks is one of the sponsors for the 14th Annual Professional/Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) World Championships. PAPA 14 will be held at the PAPA world headquarters in Scott Township, PA on August 11-14, 2011. Pinball lovers from all over the world will be competing for over $40,000 in prize money. The current reigning champion is Keith Elwin – watch him compete for a fourth year. You can get all of the details and register for the tournament here. You can also follow PAPA on Facebook.
A little Pittsburrgh pinball inspiration – check out this video from Carnegie Mellon University professor and muralist Douglas Cooper. Cooper’s mural of Pittsburgh comes to life with the students from Carnegie Mellon’s PigPen Theater.
Pinburgh from Douglas Cooper on Vimeo.
A short fantasy set into panoramic Pittsburgh industrial landscapes drawn by muralist Doug Cooper, Andrew Mellon Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University. A guy on a street car sees a dancer on city steps who then enters a bar where someone is playing pinball, and the game is joined with the entire city activated in a city-wide game. The film features CMU School of Drama’s PigPen Theatre as actors and as the creators of the score—Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi, Ben Ferguson and Dan Weschler. Ryan Woodring led the post production effort. 3d modeling was done by Shawn Cencer and Greg Tanski. Green screen filming was done at Pittsburgh Filmmakers by Gretchen Neidert and Matthew Day.
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