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The Spinner Is Lit -Episode 42 - Shows, Road Trips, And Queso Cheese
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago3 hr 11 min listen
we review expo, the rocky Mountain show, pin a go go, and cax. talk about all the fun new games. and learn about cheese.
Highlights
- Steve Bowden was hired at American Pinball and started on the day the speaker visited the factory during Chicago Pinball Expo
- 'Goonies' was the code name for Stern's Stranger Things game
- Chicago Pinball Expo had approximately 20 Godzilla machines on display
- Steve Bowden said he had no knowledge of what was happening at Deep Root and became suspicious when no games shipped after a long period
- Rocky Mountain Pinball and Game Room Expo had roughly 100 pinball machines and 60-75 video games
Notable quotes
“we're out of cheese cheese, but we got cheddar”
“I had no clue what was going on, but I started thinking things were getting really fishy when we were getting no games out after this long period of time”
“Even in his first day, he could just feel the vibe and it was like, oh, I really like working with these people. We're going to do some amazing things.”
“Goonies was the code name for Stranger Things”
“George Gomez is a great presenter. He really has a good tone in his voice, very knowledgeable in his things, but speaks in simple terms.”
“everybody else is like, we love this show, but we're looking forward to Golden State”
“It's all about the people”
“to all of you who are putting on these shows, a huge thank you”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- California Extreme· event
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Pinnagogo· event
- Rocky Mountain Pinball and Game Room Expo· event
- Brad Grant· person
- Brian· person
- Dan· person
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Greg Ong· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jason Cummins· person
- Jeff Choles· person
- Josh Kugler· person
- Mark· person
- Michael Grant· person
- Nicole· person
- Rob Anthony· person
- Spencer· person
- Steve Bowden· person
- Tim Mezle· person
- TJ· person
- Zach Maney· person
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