legacy P all wizard b in Showing the g’kids a pre-vid world By J. Mike krivyanski s O rlando Carlino haS had to learn patience in teaching his grandchildren how to play pinball. “They have a habit of using both flippers without the ball there. I always tell them to wait until the ball comes down; then you work the flippers. Now that they’ve learned that, they do much better. When they play the big pinball machine, they know just what to do.” Orlando has been an avid pinball player since he was 11, and today he and his family happily play pinball for hours. “When I was young, we used to pick up the pinball machines and put them on our shoes to keep the ball from coming down too fast so we could get more points and play more games.” Orlando’s son, Douglas Carlino, developed his father’s love of pinball and bought the first full-size pinball machine for Orlando’s home. The father and son would play for hours, each bragging about his score. Today Douglas lives in another state but also owns a full-size pinball machine. They often call each 32 GRAND SEPTEMBER 2009
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