Episode 401 - Unlicensed Taxi
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, MXL, & JLW) discuss location pinball in NYC. On this episode:Ball 1: BCF, HIP, & MXL run down local competition results from the break.Ball 2: BCF, HIP, & MXL talk with...
Highlights
- Alex Jim Kelly won the New York State Open Pinball Championship and will represent New York at the North American Championship in Rochester
- Miriam Nadler won the New York State Women's Pinball Championship and will represent New York at the Women's National in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on March 28, 2025
- The Rochester Pinball Collective has five cooperating owners and will host both the North American Championship and Pinmasters Tournament
- The Valentine's Day pinball tournament raised $5,964 total ($2,916 for Transgender Law Center, $3,048 for Ali Forney Center) with corporate double match
- Six Valentine's Day/Brooklyn Pin Pride events have raised just over $24,000 combined across both charities since 2022
- As of February 21, 2025, there are 273 pinball machines in New York City at 82 public locations
- The Valentine's Day event featured 56 players and was the largest to date
- Benjamin accidentally walked into a private birthday party/grand opening at the Red Hook Pinball Museum while it was closed for a private event
Notable quotes
“So yeah, still just about 50/50. That's great. The Translights, do you mind if I ask, actually, about the Translights for Trans Rights and how that came about?”
“I saw no sign of retreat whatsoever from anybody in the pinball community. You know, all the pinball companies were like happy to donate stuff.”
“I will not last long here.”
“I was not just defending my right to be an introvert, but that I actually just like was completely oblivious.”
“There were just so many people in that tiny space, which is attached to an equally tiny bar.”
“I can do really well in a Bells and Chimes event because it's five games within like an hour and a half, you know. And because it's a relatively short amount of time, my adrenaline doesn't dump out.”
“And so I turned the card 90 degrees, just like the back half of the pinball table on Banzai Run, and I lean it against the glass of that part of the table. However, and this part isn't my fault, the distance between the edge of the glass and then the edge of the pinball table is not trivial, okay?”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Brooklyn Pin Pride Pinball· event
- Ali Forney Center· organization
- Barcade Brooklyn· organization
- Bells and Chimes· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· organization
- Rochester Pinball Collective· organization
- Transgender Law Center· organization
- Alex Jim Kelly· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Dante Oliva· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Madeline· person
- Miriam Nadler· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Match Play· product
- Pinball Map· product
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