Steve Kordek, inventor of the two flipper pinball machine has passed away at the age of 100. He also invented pinball games with multiball and drop targets. If you have ever been to an arcade, or even some restaurants or hang outs, you've probably played pinball. This guy is one of the innovators of gaming in any form. I can not count the number of hours (probably more like weeks, total time considered) I have lost playing pinball, whether it is a machine or in a video game. He built pinball machines and made games from the 1940's until about eight years ago, and was able to weather the changing landscape of the gaming world in every single era.
While not a hugely well known name, Kordek created and popularized many of the things we are so familiar with in pinball games, and seeing as how they are one of my favorite time wasters I felt it was appropriate to note his passing.
Farewell Steve, you'll be missed.
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