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Perfect Pinball Playing Parameters
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 18 min listen
Six of us outline our ideal and less than ideal pinball playing situation. Who likes to play on location holding hands with their neighbor? Who plays in the morning with a glass of orange juice and...
Highlights
- The sticker machine pilot is going to land at Quarter Up this week or next week with four columns: Quarter Up location stickers, Fresh Pinball Podcast stickers ($1 each), random pop culture/premium stickers (3 for $1), and random pinball-related stickers.
- Barrels of Fun's Labyrinth game had a non-functioning backbox display screen that was initially missed by multiple people; the HDMI cable came unplugged from the core.
- IFPA North American Women's Championship is scheduled for March 29-30 at Port City Pinball in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- A new arcade/pinball venue is opening at Atwood Lake by March 21st with 5-6 pinball machines, basketball, air hockey, and arcade games; it's owned by Desmond (who runs The Scratch steakhouse in Louisville) and located on state land formerly known as Lighthouse Bistro.
- A new barcade is opening in Lakewood, Ohio (one building over from where 16-bit used to be) with an April opening target, featuring pinball, skeeball, air hockey, and classic arcade games; being sourced by Mad Pinball.
- Flip for the Cure charity event was held at Wildside in downtown Toledo, Ohio with pinball machines, an auction including playfields from Stern, Jersey Jack, and Barrels of Fun, and a Guns N' Roses upper playfield piece.
- Playing pinball at home with friends in a quiet environment allows players to hear every nuance of the game, which is drowned out in location settings by ambient noise and other machines.
- Glass-off play (playing with the glass/top removed) provides performance advantages that Kyle is frequently accused of but denies.
Notable quotes
“The sticker machine is my sticker machine number one. The pilot sticker machine is going to touch down at quarter up either this week or next week.”
“I have loaded it with... Okay, there's four columns, right? one column is going to be all quarter up stickers just strictly location based.”
“Every time someone's picking something up, I have to spend ten minutes explaining to them what the heck the game is, where it came from. We should just make a sign next to it.”
“I really like playing at our houses with our friends... when we go to Corbin's, I'm like, I've got to turn all these fucking games up because they're so quiet.”
“I think that is one of the big advantages to being able to play at home or someone else's home is so much is drowned out on location by other machines that are going, ambient music, conversations, whatever else.”
“I shopped Zombie the other night. I put $70 million on it. You're really good with the glass off.”
“I think Bucky's trumps all. I've never been to Bucky's.”
“It's like, oh, we're just running through the driveway. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to fund my pinball addiction with a drive-thru JoJo spot in all of the southern states.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Mad Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Flip for the Cure· event
- Labyrinth· game
- Pony Factory· game
- Atwood Lake· location
- Lakewood, Ohio· location
- Fresh Pinball Podcast· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Port City Pinball· organization
- Quarter Up· organization
- The Scratch· organization
- Wildside· organization
- Corbin Angeli· person
- Desmond· person
- Jason (Naps)· person
- Keith Nesbitt· person
- Krista Liam· person
- Kyle· person
- Phil· person
- Stacy· person
- Zach Angeli· person
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