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Ep 29: Life Lessons from Kiddie Gambling Games

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Scott and I talk about life lessons with kiddie gambling games in our new episode 29! With TPF around the corner and all the news floating around, we dive head first into the most recent pinball news...

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Highlights

  • Spooky Pinball podcast is celebrating 10 years of continuous operation while most other early pinball podcasts have ceased production
  • Spooky and CGC may be collaborating on a game to optimize use of acquired licenses before they expire
  • Pinburgh sold out in approximately 2 seconds and capacity increased to around 1,200 people this year
  • Shaker motors on pinball machines can physically shorten machine feet through vibration, affecting playfield pitch and playability
  • Haggis has developed proprietary acrylic playfield protection with superior scratch resistance and top-down serviceability without full hood removal
  • Deep Root claims to have developed a playfield protection process resistant to dimpling damage
  • Lord of the Rings has linear rule set challenges where equal-value shots reward volume over skill consistency
  • Josh successfully tracks and negotiates Lord of the Rings location play at a bowling alley, averaging 1-2 games per hour

Notable quotes

“it's a when, not an if. And if it's not that one, it will be another one. So I don't feel like I missed out.”
Josh (Loser Kid host)
“every time you make a shot on stern star trek the shaken motor shakes the cabinet and...it seemed like i just was having a hard time hitting shots because...the motor would shake shake shake.”
Scott Larson
“I don't know of anybody who's ever said a bad thing about Charlie and his passion and with what's going on. So again, it's one of the bright lights in our hobby.”
Josh
“if you have a game that you put a dollar in and you can play for a half hour, that's a lot of wear and tear on the machine”
Scott or Josh
“the tenacity that they've had to be able to transition their passion into a company is still just remarkable”
Scott Larson
“if there's 200 people, they all hop in, boom, they put five in the cart, it's gone”
Josh
“what you said what Steve Ritchie said and just kind of seeing my games that I really enjoy...I'm being a little more lenient on it”
Josh
“It's Mark Rober...He does a video on amusement games...one in every 30 plays actually wins the jackpot”
Josh

Entities

  • Chicago Gaming Company (CGC)· company
  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Haggis· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Pinburgh· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
  • Attack from Mars· game
  • Lord of the Rings· game
  • Monster Bash· game
  • Revenge from Mars· game
  • Shrek· game
  • Star Trek Pinball (Stern)· game
  • Stranger Things· game
  • World Cup Soccer· game
  • Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Ben Heck· person
  • Brad (Lit Frames)· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Johnson· person
  • Mark Rober· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Jurassic Park LE· product
  • Shaker motors· product

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