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

Ep 19: The Busiest Man in Pinball, Zach Meny

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 18 min listen
From the creator

On episode 19 we had a chill conversation with the busiest man in pinball, Zach Meny! Join us as we discuss different aspects of the pinball hobby including how to grow it, virtual pinball, and how...

Listen on LoserKid Pinball Podcast

Highlights

  • Pinball is currently in a golden age with multiple manufacturers releasing 4-6 machines per year
  • Virtual pinball apps have 5-10 million downloads per app on Android/Apple, with new Williams app exceeding 100k downloads
  • Virtual pinball acts as a gateway to physical pinball, citing examples like Buffalo pinball players discovering physical machines through Pinball Arcade app
  • Industry faces generational gap risk: younger people unfamiliar with physical pinball unless exposed early
  • Zach acquired Flip N Out Pinball distribution business from previous owners with wife Nicole
  • Distributor networks reduce burden on manufacturer customer support by handling first-line troubleshooting
  • Jurassic Park Data East preferred over Wizard of Oz JJP due to better gameplay in shorter increments despite WoO's deeper ruleset

Notable quotes

“I'm a pinball guy with a family and some friends. That's who I am.”
Zach Minney
“Everything I do, I put way too much into it, and I get very obsessive.”
Zach Minney
“We are in one of the golden ages, if not the golden age of pinball. We have some of the best rule sets that have come out ever in pinball.”
Zach Minney
“This is one of the greatest games ever made. It just always kicks my butt. It always frustrates me.”
Zach Minney
“If not, if it's not people like us that have podcasts that do promotional videos that do these events, if it's not people like us, then we're left with documentaries like that to the rest of the world.”
Josh
“It's a gateway drug.”
Zach Minney
“We're one generation away from vanishing because all of us, like our generation, we remember pinball on location.”
Josh (referencing Josh Sharp interview)
“You're not driving a race car. That's an iPhone game.”
Zach Minney

Entities

  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Keto's· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Twippies Awards· event
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • The Wizard of Oz· game
  • Bud Somerville· person
  • Chaz· person
  • Greg Bone· person
  • Jeff Patterson· person
  • Josh Sharp· person
  • Schmitty· person
  • Zach Minney· person
  • Pinball Arcade· product
  • Special When Lit· product
  • Straight Down the Middle· product
  • The Way of the Puck· product
  • This Week in Pinball· product
  • Zen Pinball· product

More from LoserKid Pinball Podcast

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