Episode 303: Sounds like a Euphemism
In which a panel discusses location pinball in NYC & nearby surrounding areas. This week:Ball 1: Competition ResultsBall 2: Barcade Brooklyn pinball venue reviewBall 3: Travelogue - HIP goes to...
Highlights
- Barcade Brooklyn has 14 pinball machines, among the highest collections in NYC alongside Single Cut (13), Jack Bar (15), and Sunshine Laundromat (16)
- As of September 14, 2024, there are 279 pinball machines in New York City at 85 public locations
- Game of Thrones at Midway has a persistent bug where the plunger spring shoots the ball up so fast it can auto-select House Stark before the player plunges ball one
- Barcade Brooklyn provides tech support during tournaments, with staff members trained in pinball maintenance
- Pulp Fiction LE was added to KCBC taproom in Brooklyn (operated by Sunshine Vending) and JAWS (Pro) was removed from that location
- Special When Lit has relocated to Boat Bar in Cobble Hill for Monday Pinball NYC matches (previously at Rolo's)
- Theater of Magic has been added to Sunshine Laundromat with enough machines now available for a good tournament
- Deluxe Horses beat Special When Lit 9-7 in Pinball NYC despite being predicted to lose
Notable quotes
“the Colliders are the cutest team, the Deluxe Horses are demonstrably the funnest team in Pinball NYC”
“I had a shitload of fun. Absolutely. I had fun. We were cute. And we went to bed early.”
“Ted needed about half a million to take the match and whoops.”
“Most modern Western games are mostly pseudo-gambling, and I have a significant issue with that morally.”
“TDing out of Barcade Brooklyn is one of my better experiences, I think particularly because of the tech support that we get.”
“I was chatting with him and I was asking so hey how does this work he's like well the new light bulbs you can do leds if you do the old incandescence you can solder them or you got to screw them in and replace them”
“I really appreciate the service i get there that's awesome i remember my first attending of a bell's event was at the barcade brooklyn and i remember seeing how uh one of the machines was being worked on”
Entities
- South Slope Strikes· event
- JAWS· game
- Colliders· organization
- Deluxe Horses· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Benjamin Buriga· person
- Eric Swedland· person
- Jose Garcia· person
- Madeline Lynn· person
- Matthew Grady· person
- Nint Hu· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Boat Bar· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Endless Life Brewing· venue
- Gebhardt's Beer Culture· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- KCBC Taproom· venue
- Owl Farm· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Single Cut Beersmiths· venue
- Solid State· venue
- Sunshine Laundromat· venue
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