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The Super Awesome Pinball Show - S1-E1
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 23 min listen
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Episode 1 of the pinball podcast you have been waiting for. Pinball Artist Christopher Franchi, along with Ed VanderVeen from Texas Pinball Festival and "Dr. Pin" Christian Line...
Highlights
- Christopher Franchi is responsible for artwork on Batman 66, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Munsters, and The Beatles pinball machines
- Ed Vanderveen is one of three organizers of the Texas Pinball Festival
- The show was teased almost a year prior but delayed; Ed was running for mayor and didn't want negative podcast content affecting his campaign
- Ed Vanderveen ran for mayor of Midlothian, Texas and planned to offer tax incentives to pinball companies; he did not win
- Deep Root's Raza game was displayed at the Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo as an early prototype for data collection purposes
- Raza features a spinning lamp feature (called a 'dipsy-doodle') similar to Avengers' spinning cube
- One of the two Raza prototype machines at Houston show appeared darker/had lighting issues compared to the other
- Pinside Secret Santa program has grown to 150-200 participants in its third year
- Ken Cromwell from Flippin' Out Pinball (Special Unlit) sent Sarah a Yeti microphone as her Secret Santa gift last year
- Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo is considered 'the party show' with a more relaxed atmosphere compared to TPF
Notable quotes
“I did podcasting for four years, and it was sort of a morning show on the weekends in the afternoon. So it's kind of like a morning show for slackers is basically what we called it”
“I'm going to try and bring the hobbyist and just the general enthusiast vibe and viewpoint to the podcast. And hopefully I'll balance out some of Chris's cynicism and have a healthy and positive outlook on the hobby.”
“there's a whole segment devoted to a little bit of toxicity at Pinside. But there's one thing at Pinside that I have to say is the best part of Pinside. And it is once a year. It's the Pinside Secret Santa program.”
“I was told – I'm going to name drop here, but I talked to Robert... he made it pretty clear that this you know they were just there to collect data”
“My whole goal is to shoot the blinking lights and keep the ball on the play field.”
“I decided to leave it in so you could see what a dick Jack Danger really is. Seriously. Love you, Jack.”
“If one podcaster buys another podcaster a Yeti microphone, isn't that like a polite way of saying, your podcast sounds like crap, so here's a nice Yeti.”
“Sarah does her entire podcast on her phone. So there's no microphones at all. It's not like – there's not even like a cheapo Microsoft Win 95 microphone that comes with your operating system.”
“It's just me. I have an amazing collection of pinball machines, and I love working on them, and I do like to play... I'm just personally not a tournament player.”
“IAAPA, it is truly a trade show. It's not like a pinball show... Stern Pinball was there. Stern Pinball was there. So was Chicago Gaming and American Pinball and Jersey Jack Pinball”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Cointaker.com· company
- Deep Root· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Free Play Florida· event
- Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo· event
- IAAPA Show· event
- Pinside Secret Santa· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show· event
- Raza· game
- Christian Line· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Ed Vanderveen· person
- Emoto· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joe Balser· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Melissa· person
- Sarah Line· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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