Skip to content
LoserKid Pinball Podcast
LoserKid Pinball Podcast
200 episodes tracked since 2019 about →
Copied!

Ep 117: Building Bonfires with Zizzle and Don Garrison

PodcastAnalysis updated 5d ago1 hr 10 min listen
From the creator

Don joins us to talk about his podcast, a new mystery pinball company, Stern's new move, and play some Flip, Bolt, Torch.

Listen on LoserKid Pinball Podcast

Highlights

  • Don Garrison started his podcast in January 2026 and has already released 66 episodes
  • Don currently owns 10 pinball machines and recently hit 500 followers on his podcast
  • Spooky Pinball is getting into streaming and was looking to stream a Rick and Morty machine
  • Spooky Pinball has stated they will not make another run of Rick and Morty but may create something new with the Adult Swim/Warner Bros license if there is demand
  • Scooby-Doo has been well-received on location and performs well with operators
  • A mystery pinball manufacturer is using Fast Pinball boards and revealing game details through partial images
  • There are at least two mystery pinball manufacturers that haven't fully revealed themselves yet
  • The pinball market has softened and is not as hot as the previous cycle
  • Chicago Gaming Company is sending out parts and providing support for Cactus Canyon repair issues
  • Don designed and 3D printed drum stick mounts for the Rush Neil Peart edition mod

Notable quotes

“Yeah, so I like listening to the podcasts. I love the speculation, like what game's coming out next? You know, who's the rumor developer? Who's doing the art?”
Don Garrison
“I decided about six months ago that I would just go ahead and try something. I was going to go on the next four Sterns, kind of no matter what they were.”
Don Garrison
“If I'm going to either troubleshoot a game or move something, I have to block out about two or three hours because otherwise it just gets gobbled up.”
Don Garrison
“The game that has my 12 year old daughter actually asking to play with me... she's like, come play with me, and she starts screaming when she gets the Captain Cutlass multiball.”
Don Garrison
“Anybody that they work at Stern... they received threats of not putting certain content into a machine... that's when you take fandom to a new level and probably a little over the top.”
Matt Scott Larson
“They're holding to their word. They're not making any more. But they've indicated they're in good with the licensing folks... if there's demand and we get a lot of people asking for it, they may just do another Rick and Morty game.”
Don Garrison
“I just kind of fell into that cadence... I wanted to get back into some kind of content creation... So I wanted to get back in. I don't know if video was right.”
Don Garrison
“The market has deflated. It's softening. It's not so it's gonna be interesting to see where this is all heading.”
Matt Scott Larson

Entities

  • Back Alley Creations· company
  • Chicago Gaming Company· company
  • Cointaker· company
  • Fast Pinball· company
  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Games People Hans· company
  • Haggis Pinball· company
  • Mystery Company· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Big Lebowski· game
  • Game of Thrones· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Rick and Morty· game
  • Rush· game
  • Scooby-Doo· game
  • Ben· person
  • Butch Pill· person
  • Don Garrison· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Matt Scott Larson· person
  • Nicole· person
  • Raven Davidson· person
  • Stumbler· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

More from LoserKid Pinball Podcast

→ All content from LoserKid Pinball Podcast
Contact us about this coverage