The Pinball Show Ep 42: Slap Save Pinball Show
The Pinball Show Ep 42: Slap Save Pinball Show Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohost: Jason Fowler - Jason Fowler joins the show following a year long hiatus from podcasting - TPN: The Early Days...
Highlights
- The Pinball Network faced organized opposition from influential community members prior to their reveal, including someone taking their company logo without permission
- Jason Fowler actively worked behind the scenes to recruit female and people of color for the Pinball Network, contradicting accusations of exclusivity
- Fowler reduced his personal collection from 23 machines to 6, kept Meteor, Flight 2000, Jurassic Park Premium, Guardians of the Galaxy Pro, Deadpool Premium, and The Hobbit
- An unnamed influential person in pinball was encouraging to newcomers until they became 'too big' and then would 'lash out and try to take them down'
- Dwight Sullivan designed a board game that Jason Fowler purchased on eBay
- Led Zeppelin is Stern's final cornerstone title for 2020, designed by Steve Ritchie with Tim Sexton on code
- Slash praised Eric Meyer as 'one of the most amazing people I've ever worked with in any capacity' in a Consequence of Sound interview
Notable quotes
“I miss more than anything else. I miss the contacts and the people that I always talk to when we did the show regularly.”
“There's certain people in the hobby that are hyper-competitive, and they count numbers and listenership as their priority at the expense of everything else. Burning friendships, burning relationships. I'm not that way.”
“If you've got to pay me to do it, very likely it's work I don't want to do.”
“If you're doing it the way you want to do it, you're doing it the right way. Because if you enjoy it and you think it's entertaining, other people will too.”
“I'm above the fray, as my son likes to say. He's a very wise, wise man.”
“one can only assume that the King of Flowham Stealth, Steve Ritchie, got the nod as lead designer, with Tim Sexton leading on code.”
“It's human nature for people to try to poke holes in things. Just talk to Stern and their advertising department. They know that people just want to be disruptors.”
Entities
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP)· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Network (TPN)· organization
- Chris· person
- Crystal Gimnick· person
- Dennis· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Eric Meyer· person
- Greg Bone· person
- Jason Fowler· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Kaneda· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Slash· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Zach Manning· person
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