Why doesn’t DreamWorks have pinball?

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Anna Newman

Yesterday (and today) I worked out of the LA campus of the studio, and I started thinking why isn’t there a pinball machine?

The campus down here is even larger than the San Francisco area campus where I work, and there are ping pong tables, and arcade games, and video games, and even this amazing secret bar with (literally) a hidden doorway behind a bookcase. We have it all. But no pinball.

Does Pixar have pinball, I wonder?

I’ll have to talk to Matt Walsh when I get back. Maybe we can take the lead on correcting this oversight.

What Game Should I Feature?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Anna Newman

I need your help: in the finale, what machine should Matt and Julie play? Thanks to Gene Cunningham of Illinois Pin Ball Co., and Michael Schiess at the Pacific Pinball Museum, I can consider all the Williams/Bally/Capcom titles.

I’m considering:

pinbot
Black Knight
Black Knight 2000
Funhouse
Medieval Madness
Cactus Jack (thanks to Matt Walsh for suggesting)
your idea?

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photo by melanie nelson

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Meet Oasis, PBDG Makeup Artist

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Anna Newman

Meet Oasis, our young and very talented makeup artist. Oasis is a recent graduate of the film program at San Jose State University and already making a name for himself.

Photos by Audrey Daniel from filming of I WANT TO GET MARRIED, Director Billy Clift.