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Lifting a trash bag out of the trashcan the other night, I was surprised to feel some severe soreness in my forearms, almost as though I had been working out for hours on end with a hand grip exerciser. I pondered what could have caused this condition for a moment, and then I realized “Oh yeah, Star Wars Pinball.” Indeed, every time a Zen pinball game is released, I find myself suffering from “pinball grip”. I’ve learned over time that my forearm pain is the result of constant trigger pulls on whatever controller I’m currently using, for ludicrously long periods of time. Most video game fans will understand; when a game is good enough, the fun you get from the experience is worth a little pain. And indeed, my trash bag experience simply served to remind me that I should be playing more Star Wars Pinball VR. ....
Star Wars Pinball VR Updates the Old Tables and Brings New Ones Too One of the more unexpected side-effects of VR was its effect on digital pinball. Pinball is one of the harder types of games to get right, and anyone who’s stood over a table and watched the ball bounce around knows that digital’s fixed viewing perspective is something to learn to tolerate. VR, however, has removed that particular issue, making it as easy to track the digital pinball as it is the real-world one, making the game come alive in a way that flat-screen viewing just can’t match. Not that Zen hasn’t done a good job of putting all sorts of visual flair into its tables, but being able to peek around a ramp to see the lanes it’s covering without having to think about camera angles always feels great, not to mention the free sense of 3D VR brings with it. So far Zen has only released a couple of tables as Pinball FX2 VR, but that’s all changing soon with Star Wars Pinball VR coming ou ....