All is not dead... there are people out there trying to elevate pinball and start "the next generation" of games.
My mate Dan Kramer ( Atari legend and inventor of the track ball) forwarded on this link to me after an email discussion regarding Sterns yawn of innovation... seems this lady got literally kicked out of Garys office. Tanio... the other half of the pinball controller board did the audio programming for the METALLICA pin... both heavily involved in pinball... both very innovative
heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth