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Episode 14 - So You Wanna Play Pinball?
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago42 min listen
In this episode of the podcast Alan and Alex reminisce over how they got into the hobby, and dive into some conversation aimed at newbies to the hobby who have gotten bit by the pinball bug. We...
Highlights
- Portland has a robust pinball scene with many machines on location and high accessibility to casual players
- Attack from Mars is a gateway game that teaches new players about pinball rules through intuitive objectives
- There is no single correct pitch level for pinball machines; operators set games to their preference
- Online leaderboards for pinball are inherently flawed because machines play differently
- New players often blame machines at a 6-month skill plateau to avoid accountability
Notable quotes
“holy shit, like all these... it was probably been a year of me and Megan visiting barcades and we would just take turns... you could play two player”
“in the immortal words of steve ritchie the best advice is just to fucking play better”
“a lot of these things are in your mind like a lot of the things you've been playing about in pinball are in your air in your head so focus on what's in between your ears when you're playing pinball”
“the poor craftsman blames their tools”
“we're all playing the same game that's the biggest thing i always come back to with them all”
“don't brag about scores on home games because it's like it's it's not the same thing it's a little bit corny”
“you don't have to do that no there's no rules to this shit you just got to play pinball to get good”
“i don't want to beat somebody... i want to like kick your ass and set a high score”
Entities
- Bally Williams· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Adam's Family· game
- Attack from Mars· game
- Godzilla· game
- Metallica· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- The Sopranos· game
- Theater of Magic· game
- Venom· game
- Whirlwind· game
- X-Men· game
- Ground Control· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Wedgehead· organization
- Alan· person
- Alex· person
- Casey· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Megan· person
- Rodsey· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
