{"id":8302,"date":"2023-10-13T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2023-08-21T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:23:13","slug":"wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2023\/10\/wizard\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizard!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

Wizard, Bally, 1975.<\/p>\n

There is a LOT going on here.<\/p>\n

The setting: a pinball playfield which appears to be on fire at its back edge. Jets fly overhead. There are a few mushroom clouds on the horizon.<\/p>\n

In the center, a man with a perm sits on a giant pinball bumper. It\u2019s lit. The man has reflective sunglasses on, and they appear to be reflecting a very bright window. He wears a necklace with a pinball on it. He also has neck bolts (think Frankenstein) with lightning coming out of them.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s wearing a sleeveless white teeshirt with a giant pinball on it, labeled \u201cBally Pinball Wizard\u201d.<\/p>\n

His belt is a green and white diamondback. Said snake appears to be coming out of his jeans, so this both is and is not a euphemism.<\/p>\n

A blonde woman with unrealistic breasts has her right arm around him. She\u2019s wearing a light blue negligee and has a light blue feather on her collarbone. On her left finger she wears an octopus ring. On her left leg, a shackle leads to a bowling ball sized pinball that has Tommy written on it.<\/p>\n

Behind them, to the left, a gobble hole<\/a> labeled \u201clove\u201d has a woman standing in it. She is wearing a green turban, green bikini covered in red hearts, and red and green stockings that go up to her thighs.<\/p>\n

To the right, a gobble hole labeled \u201cevil\u201d has a woman sitting on the edge. She\u2019s wearing a white turban, a red and white half jacket that has \u201cmemento mori\u201d written on the cuff. Her breasts are also unrealistic and barely contained. Her bikini bottoms have a center decoration consisting of black wings, a skull, and an hourglass on it.<\/p>\n

In the foreground are two more gobble holes labeled \u201c1-4 can play\u201d and \u201cball in play\u201d.<\/p>\n

My understanding is that Bally created this wizard game because they couldn\u2019t \/before they could license the actual musical.<\/p>\n

This thing is nightmare fuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wizard, Bally, 1975. There is a LOT going on here. The setting: a pinball playfield which appears to be on fire at its back edge. Jets fly overhead. There are a few mushroom clouds on the horizon. In the center, a man with a perm sits on a giant pinball bumper. It\u2019s lit. The man … <\/p>\n

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