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Ep 30: Off The Rails with Jeff Rivera

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 18 min listen
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Seriously, there is a lot of tangents in this episode. Promise there is pinball talk but we also discuss a wide variety of different topics. You'll laugh, you might cry, but we hope most of all you...

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Highlights

  • Jeff Rivera sold almost his entire pinball collection (went from 17 machines to 2) to fund OCD treatment
  • Jeff has been separated since fall 2019 and has not seen his children or dog since December 7th
  • Zach Minney (Flippin' Out Pinball) reported that business has not slowed down significantly yet due to COVID-19
  • Deep Root's Robert Mueller has sufficient funds to weather the economic crisis
  • Smaller manufacturers like Spooky and JJP lack volume to weather economic downturns like larger manufacturers
  • Haggis Pinball representative Damien Kelt cannot travel to America due to airport shutdowns
  • Texas Pinball Festival and Deep Root launch have been cancelled/postponed
  • Josh Rivera attended a court date in California and subsequently developed a cough after contact with NBA player Donovan Mitchell
  • Stern's next major game announcement (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) timeline is uncertain

Notable quotes

“I sold almost my entire pinball collection to fund that. And then just, um, to take one more slap on the face and really not a lot of people know this yet, but, um, I'm going through a divorce on top of it all”
Jeff Rivera
“I have OCD and it's not like the wash my hands 500 times OCD. It's called intrusive thoughts. And I have things that hop in my head and I have no control over them at all.”
Jeff Rivera
“Your brain is another organ in the body. And so if people had issues with their liver, or if they had issues with their kidney or their heart. There's no sort of stigma with that.”
Josh Roop
“I don't see how a pinball is a complete luxury item. I don't see how people when they're having their decrease and the government's talking about giving everybody a thousand dollars to help them make ends meet... It's got to affect us in the next two to three months.”
Josh Roop
“Stern is the biggest company out there and they are dominating the market. So I think they will have to scale down a little bit, but the bottom line is they're the ones who are still manufacturing.”
Jeff Rivera
“Pinball is a weird thing. People expect a certain cadence of releases and announcements. I mean, yeah, time's coming to show the next game, but I don't know.”
Jeff Rivera
“Within 48 hours, it was a, yeah, I think we'll still be able to go forward. It's not global to, yeah, it's off. It's over.”
Josh Roop
“I'm all alone in a six bedroom house trying to make ends meet. Like it's really weird. It's been a, you know, for the past 10 years, been a pretty noisy house and lively.”
Jeff Rivera

Entities

  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Haggis Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP)· company
  • Pinball Life· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Deep Root Launch· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Hot Wheels· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
  • Twilight Zone· game
  • Christian Line (Dr. Pinn)· person
  • Damien Kelt· person
  • Donovan Mitchell· person
  • Jeff Rivera· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Robert Mueller· person
  • Rudy Gobert· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Zach Minney· person

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