Going Full Tilt for Bill Paxton

(Image courtesy benheck.com) I learned early on that no good can come from slagging Bill Paxton, and none too soon. Shortly after I dismissed Paxton as no more than a guy who played a surfer dude in every single movie, I became a late-blooming fan thanks to his portrayal of polygamous everyman Bill Henrickson on HBO's "Big Love." So it is with pleasure that I present the Bill Paxton pinball machine, a labor of love for gamer and modder Benjamin J. Heckendorn who we should all thank for not being unduly enamored of Jeremy Piven or Pete Wentz. But why Paxton? Explains Heckerdorn who, in a blog post, says he always wanted to build a pinball machine from scratch: Well it's as good a theme as any -- I guess I could have gone with a more obvious geek choice like Bruce Campbell but to be honest, Paxton's more


Published 8/19/09 by


Celebritology

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