Pinball lizards (Sorry, I'm in a rush and that's the best headline I've got)

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I got to the end of the week, and I was still bursting with items I wanted to bring you. But writing on this Saturday, my goal was to get this edition of Slayed done in under an hour, .Let’s see how I did.

You played ever since you were a young boy? I don’t think so …

South Carolina’s pinball community is booming, enthusiast Sarah Lindsay brags. Hundreds of players showed up last year to play at dozens of tournaments and league nights, and pinball arcades are popping up across the state from Simpsonville to Myrtle Beach.

There’s just one problem: Thanks to an old law deep in the state legislature, it’s illegal to play the game if you’re under 18.

“When I found out here, I was like, ‘You’re kidding me?’” Lindsay said. “It doesn’t make sense.”

The rule, a holdover from a time when pinball was more associated with gambling than nostalgia, is rarely enforced and hasn’t stopped pinball from suddenly taking off in the state, several hobbyists told The Washington Post. But they still want the rule repealed so kids can chase their high scores without technically breaking the law.

I know the obvious play here is “Pinball Wizard,” but it’s got more of a “Footloose” feel to me. “Flipperloose?” I’ll keep workshopping it.