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We are back once again, looking back through the decades with the mighty power of Hindsight to accurately give out awards to the best pinball machines that were released in the year 1991!

Unlike network tv awards shows, we do however use occasional adult language. 

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We are discussing the pinball career of legendary pinball designer and mechanical engineer, John Borg.  He worked at Premier, Data East, Sega, and still works at Stern to this day, and we deep dive into his games and what design hallmarks that he is best known for.

As always though, just like John, we don't f*&k around on this show. Curse words are present. 

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In this episode we talk about the invasive species of multipliers that have invaded the old school bonus multipliers habitat and completely overrun it. Alan discusses why he thinks all games are better without them, and Alex argues why they are good sometimes.

In case you don't know, we swear on the show.

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In this episode Alan and Alex talk about what Alex likes to describe as the "best thing that has ever happened to pinball!".  Hear about what they are, when they started, and whose fault they are.

We discuss our opinions on them in general and talk about some of our favorites, and which ones should be deleted for good.

Are they fun and engaging, or inherently a bad idea?

...also we're adults, we swear sometimes.  

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In this episode Alan is joined by his business partner Chris Rhodes, and they form like Voltron into Wedgehead.  We discuss how we met, the beginning of our pinball bar, the evolution and challenges presented by covid and the economy, and about what we feel makes us different from the rest with some occasional colorful swears.

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded in far from ideal circumstances, in our bar with makeshift mics, due to scheduling limitations with myself and Rhodesie.  Thus, the raw recording was extremely noisy and echoey.  I spent a lot of time trying to get this recording cleaned up and salvageable, and I think that while it's still noisy, it's at least listenable, so I am still releasing it for you to enjoy.

I am learning about audio recording and editing on the fly in my spare time, and am trying to get better with each episode.  Some reverb and imperfections exist in the previous episodes too, but this is the most noticeable, and I really thought I wasn't gonna be able to get it to this point even, so I hope y'all like it.  I learn a lot with each one of these, and I promise future episodes will be better.

Lesson learned: Don't record in Wedgehead itself, on bad mics!   

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In this episode Alan and Alex talk about the rise of the little guys in pinball, and what it means to have so many small and independent pinball makers.  We discuss our experiences with some of these manufacturers and their games from both the operator and the home collector's perspective, and we talk about some of the positive and some of the negative aspects of this rapid rise in small scale pinball manufacturing.

It's a brave new world in the number of active pinball manufacturers, and we talk about what to expect, and what to avoid when buying boutique games in general.

As always, we're adults here so there's some swear words in this episode.

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In this double length episode Alan and Alex talk about the brothers Ritchie, and discuss their favorite games from each brother, their individual styles and trademarks, address the Ritchie haters, and Alan tells a couple of anecdotes from the time he met them both at Texas Pinball Festival in 2019. 

Hear us discuss the legacy of these two talented brothers, and compare their catalogue to one another, with the occasional curse word thrown in because we are some passionate boys, and talking about the Ritchie brothers gets us fired up!

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Alan and Alex discuss the curious case of the Williams lightning flippers that were developed and used on a few games in the early 1990s.  Learn about the history of them, what games came with them, and why they're extremely divisive amongst pinball players.  We give our takes and opinions on them, and chat about what other games that didn't come with lightning flippers might be improved by installing them with some occasional swearing throughout. 

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We're back to honor another year in pinball history, with the Pinball Hindsight Awards of 1985!  This was a major downturn of the industry, but that doesn't mean that there still aren't some great games released this year, and we honor all of them in this episode with some awards given out with the power of hindsight!

This isn't network television, so we do swear on the show.

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This episode is all about the rise and fall of one of pinball's most magnificent and enigmatic designers, Mr. John Popadiuk Jr., sometimes better known as JPOP in pinball nerd circles.  He made a string of some the absolute best games in the 1990s including World Cup Soccer, Theatre of Magic, Tales of the Arabian Nights, and Cirqus Voltaire.

But after the closure of Williams' pinball division, and his last production game Star Wars Episode One for the Pinball 2000 platform, the story gets really exciting, sad, and interesting.

Obligatory curse word warning, just like all of our episodes.

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Join us as we discuss with frequent guest on the show Greg Dunlap to discuss the important role that programmers play in the design and development of pinball machines as we talk about all the many different ways that programmers can influence a player's perception positively or negatively through their work.

But there's some tasteful swearing present throughout.

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This episode features former guest on the show, and dot matrix pinball programmer Greg Dunlap to discuss how Gary Stern ends up surviving TWO pinball extinction events at the turn of the millennium, and then another one at the end of the decade.

This is the only era in pinball's long history where there was only a single manufacturer in business.  Gary made a lot of tough calls and hard decisions to keep pinball alive during this dark age, and contrary to some popular belief, actually made quite a few awesome games during this period as well.

So sit back and listen up as we discuss and give our flowers to Gary Stern, the man who saved pinball in this episode.

Although we do cuss a little bit...

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This is the first ever award show that attempts to get the calls right, all with the power of HINDSIGHT.  So, for this first Pinball Hindsight Awards Episode, we chose the year 1990, and are giving out the test of time awards to games like Dr. Dude, Funhouse, Whirlwind, Rollergames and many more.

Warning: adult language and no-no words are used for effect.

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This episode Alan & Alex are joined on the show to discuss the short-lived Pinball 2000 platform, and Ian defends SWE1, the last game that Williams pinball ever made against a flood of bad reviews.

I mention in this episode a fantastic documentary that you should check out, called TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball check it out to learn more about this incredible project.

As always though: this is an adult show with adult language.

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This episode is all about why pinball's natural habitat is on location, and why location pinball still matters (and matters much more than private collections) in the year 2025 and beyond.  Our whole podcast is basically centered around the importance of pinball being put on location, but this episode in particular is a love letter to on location pinball ...with swearing.

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This episode is all about the joys and fun that a hard game of pinball brings.  For whatever reason this seems to be a minority opinion in the modern era, even though we set out to prove that pinball was always supposed to be hard, and that challenging games are way more fun in the long run.

Obligatory naughty language warning. 

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This episode has been teased multiple times over the run of the show, and is a solo episode based upon what I started out writing as a short article about the business of location pinball, the economics of it, and the feasibility of pinball earning money on location.  What started out as a short article quickly grew wider in scope, and eventually I just felt like it would make a better podcast episode rather than an article.

If you like this episode and want to hear Pinball Econ 102, 103, or 104 in the future, reach out to me on the discord channel and let me know.  There's definitely a lot more to cover if y'all are interested.

As always though: I did swear while recording this episode. No surprise there.

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Our friend Paul, a video game designer and aspiring pinball designer joins us on the show to defend his DOTH Game: SHAQ ATTAQ! At the time of recording, this is the 8th lowest rated game of all time on the pinside list, and the second lowest rated game that we have covered on the show.

But Paul joined us to set the record straight (with some choice swear words)!

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Good friend of the show and all-around expert solid state assassin, Ty Palmer joins us on the show once again for his SIXTH appearance to defend his DOTH game, 1979's Future Spa.

Designed by George Christian and released by Bally in their golden era, this game is a super wide body with a very weird and very horny art package, but it's also a game that is widely mocked. At least it was, until this episode where Ty sets the record straight.

Oh yeah, we are a pack of swearwolves though, so this is your explicit content warning.

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This episode is all about the mystery and mystique surrounding Bally's best game designer from their early solid state golden era, previously covered in our Susan B. Anthony Years episode.

And just like last time, we are joined by local Solid-State assassin and good friend Ty Palmer to discuss what is all of our favorite designer from this era.  For a guy that designed some of the best-selling games of all time, during the pinball's peak era you would think that there would be a lot more known about this legendary pinball designer, but sadly there isn't.

On this episode of the show, we try to piece together all the little arcane bits of data and information that we have collected over the last 18 months, to try and shine some light onto this unsung hero of the industry.

Warning: Adult language is used by adults in this episode.

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This episode we discuss Stern pinball's interesting way of approaching certain licensed games that they make, including their recent games Dungeons & Dragons and King Kong, before we dive into the differences with their earlier Marvel games like Spider Man, Iron Man, or Avengers to what they make nowadays with Deadpool, X-Men, Venom or Avengers (the second time).

Roger Sharpe used a phrase called a "Soft License" to denote a licensed game in which the licensor gives a ton of freedom with how the license is used in a game (like Elvira), but we have expanded that definition to include games like D&D, Kong, and even Jurassic Park as games with minimal assets, but recognizable names.

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This episode was written by Alex, about how to get the most out of a Pinball Show.  As the popularity of pinball has grown in the last 5-10 years, so too have the number of Pinball Shows/Expos/Conventions, and there is probably one near you too.

Shows can be overwhelming, so listen to Alex & Alan discuss their tips for getting the most out of your weekend!

Warning: We are badboys, and so we use badboy language. 

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In this edition of DOTH, Marcus Petersen from the previous episode about creating a pinball scene in a rural town, is back to defend his love for Sega's final pinball machine: 1999's South Park.

I am sure everybody has heard of the show at this point, but this game was released after the first two seasons of the show. The pinball machine is nowhere near as well loved as the IP it's based upon, which is we are covering it as Marcus' Die on this Hill game.

And while all of our episodes contain adult language, this episode ramps that up a notch with some of the soundbites that I took from the movie. You've been warned!

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This episode we are joined on the show with Marcus Petersen, who became a pinball operator in Lassen County, in Northern California near the Lassen National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Susanville is the biggest city in the county with less than 10,000 residents, so Marcus really had a small pond when he decided to first start operating pinball machines.

Marcus speaks to us passionately about the importance of community building and offers lots of fantastic advice for anyone listening who might find themselves in a similar situation out there.

Warning: we do cuss a little bit.

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This the follow-up episode to Episode 76: Original Themes, and in this episode, we explore the licensing wars in the early 90s through the lens of Joe Kaminkow at Data East pinball and their shift from original themes to only making licensed games.  We talk about how Williams and Gottlieb follow suit and compare sales strategies amongst the companies.

Then we end up discussing the major shift in pinball buyers from operators to home collectors, and how that has forever shifted the landscape moving forward.

As always, we swear on the show. Sensitive ears be warned.

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This episode we are joined by the Underboss of the Stern Family, Mr. George Gomez to discuss the single most popular location game in the Portland pinball scene and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its release.

George tells us stories about the production of the game, working with Lyman Sheats and Chris Granner, as well as answering our questions about the psychology of game design, and why he believes his games are so appealing to new players.

Warning: the Sopranos is an adult show, with adult language.  Our show is an adult show, with adult language.

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On this episode, we have a listener from the New England area Josh who wants to talk about the first Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine released in 1987 by Bally.  It's a famously hard game with very weird inlanes, so it should be no surprise that it is not well loved by most pinheads.

But Josh came on to set the record straight, and respond to all the haters.

Warning: We swear on the show.  Always have and always will.

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This is a good one, where we discuss how Williams was able to prove that during the renaissance period of the late 1980s and 1990s, they were able to design, manufacture, and most importantly, SELL the crap outta their original theme games.

In this episode, we talk about how Williams beat their competition with original themes and then discuss why almost all of the modern original IP themes suck.

Warning: we swear when we get worked up, and we definitely get worked up in this episode.

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We're back with a nice culmination episode that pieces together a lot of bits and themes from the last 100+ episodes of the show, and compiled them into a nice and tight episode not only showcasing the importance of community building, but also some actionable advice for how to grow a scene around you, no matter where you live.

But as long-time listeners already know, we swear when we record the show, so this is your warning for sensitive ears.

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Scott Danesi rejoins us on the show to defend his love of Gottlieb Premier's Raven, the lowest rated game that we have ever featured on the show!  Scott goes on the record with why he thinks Raven is actually great and confronts and addresses all the bad internet reviews.

Standard warning: We curse on this show; in case you weren't aware of these fact in the first 74 episodes of this podcast.

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In this episode, we are joined on the show by the patron saint of making pinball challenging again, Scott Danesi.  Scott works a full time job at Pinball Life as a multidisciplinary engineer, creating replacement pinball parts for all of us to benefit from, but he also famously has designed 3 (as of this recording) production pinball machines.

Scott is also one of the nicest dudes in pinball, who just so happens to make some of the meanest games in modern pinball, and he generously took the time to discuss all of the many things that he does in the pinball hobby from engineering, coding, scoring, and designing.  He truly is pinball's renaissance man.

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In this episode we discuss the final chapter of Gottlieb as a pinball manufacturer.  The prevailing narrative around these games is that they're all terrible, but that's simply not true.  There was a bunch of talented individuals working at Gottlieb at this time, making some very interesting games on extremely tight deadlines, with few resources and we wanted to highlight their talents and work.

You may know these games by their pointy boy flippers, or their killer custom music compositions, but we hope that after listening to this episode, you will find a new appreciation for Gottlieb's last dance era.

But if you're new and don't know, we are adults and freely use adult language to express our enthusiasm.  You have been warned.

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We are joined on the show by our friend Todd Robinett, to discuss creating a pinball scene from scratch in a small town near the Oregon Coast.  He operates pins in his two businesses: the Merry Time Bar, and the Labor Temple Diner.

When Todd first moved out to Astoria, there were no pinball machines.  Now Astoria has 45 pinball machines on location in a town of 10,000 people, and Todd operates about half of these games.

Todd tells us all about his rare games strategy, the initial confusion that locals had to his pinball obsession, and how he was able to make Astoria a pinball destination.

The Salty Mermaid Cup

An annual, 2 Day IFPA sanctioned Matchplay tournament happens on Easter Weekend this year. Saturday 4/19 (Qualifying) & Sunday 4/20 (Finals).

Limited to 64 players. Registration opens on March 1, 2025. Register here.

Astoria Pinball League

Tuesdays at the Merry Time, 6:30pm

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IFPA director, and former women's world champion Zoe Vrabel is back on the show to discuss the past, present, and future of women's competitive pinball.  Zoe tells us all about the rise of competitive women's pinball, and what she would like to see in the future.

Stream the Women's World Championship March 29th-30th on Twitch through Backhand Pinball

Local Portland Women's events mentioned in the show:

Gator Queens - Every last Monday of the month at Wedgehead. IFPA sanctioned, registration at 6:30, tournament starts at 7pm.

FLiP - First Wednesday of the month at Ground Kontrol. IFPA sanctioned. Registration at 6:30, tournament starts at 7pm.

Good Luck, Babe! - Second Friday of every month, at rotating locations around deep SE Portland. Website here.

Other Resources:

Belles and Chimes: find or start a local chapter

IFPA Resources

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In this episode, Alan is joined on the show by Zoe Vrabel, an IFPA director and former Women's World Champion to discuss some of the legendary women who have worked in the pinball industry, and we discuss their impact on the games that we all know and love.

....but, we do swear sometimes.

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This episode our special guest Glenn Waechter (of the Saw Homebrew machine) joins us on the show, to Die on the Hill for Stern's 2001 game, High Roller Casino.

This early stern, rare non licensed title wasn't well received upon its release, as evidenced by all the bad reviews we found, and it's low overall rating on pinside.  But it was loaded with cool mechs and toys, and actually features a very deep ruleset, complete with 3 wizard modes. And Glenn definitely loves this often-hated game.

...but we do swear when we get excited, and spoiler alert: we got excited. This is your foul language warning.

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This episode is all about the history of the licensed band pin starting way back in the late 1970s, with a couple dots in the 1990s, and finally into the explosion of them in the 2010s until today.

We talk about the effect it has had on the industry, and why, love 'em or hate 'em, old man band pins are here to stay.

Warning: If you don't know by now, the explicit warning you see listed in your podcatcher is there because we swear when we talk.  So, sensitive ears be warned.

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This is the finale episode of our 3-part trilogy of episodes that began with the first episode: Pinball Buyer's Guide, continued in our episode Pinball Maintenance, and finally culminates in this episode right here.

Alex and Alex talk about coming full circle on a pinball machine and give you some hot tips for kicking that giant box of lights down the road.

And if you're new to the show: we do all of that whilst swearing.  This is your warning.

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Companion piece episode here from Alan to talk about how to maintain that pinball machine that Alex convinced y'all to buy in the Pinball Buyer's guide episode.

There's a lot of bad or wildly unnecessary advice and ridiculous precautions out there on the forums, and it can get confusing fast as others loudly argue amongst themselves about what cleaner is or is not appropriate.  Do we replace the balls immediately out of the box? Every 300 plays? Every 10k plays?

And so, we wanted to make this episode to cut through all the noise and help you learn how to properly clean and maintain your pinball machine, when to replace balls, cleaning rubbers, and touch on flipper maintenance like rebuilds too.

Pinball Maintenance 101 in an easy to listen to format!  With cuss words!

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Waterboy is back with his own response to the age-old question: what is the greatest pinball machine of all time?

As always with our show, swear words were used in the making of this episode.

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Scott & Ryan, the creators of the Pinball Map are back on the show to defend Scott's DOTH game: Stern's 2007 machine, Wheel of Fortune.  It's got a tweaked lower playfield, a theme nobody asked for, and code that was never completed.  But Scott loves this game. So listen up as Ryan and Alan read him all the bad reviews pulled from the internet and get his reaction to the haters.

Obligatory: Yes, we swear on this show by adults for adults.

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This is a sequel to our earlier episode 16 - So You Wanna Buy a Pinball Machine?  And in that episode (which we HIGHLY recommend listening to first) we mostly discuss a lot of the things that we wish we knew before we bought our first pinball machines, including a lot of the downsides that you might not even be thinking about.

But this episode is a deeper dive taking the plunge, and in particular, buying used games, which is a whole lot different than buying new machines directly from a distributor.

Alex give a lot of advice for sites to use to search for games, tools and vehicles for moving games, and what to look for.

We mention in the episode a very handy pinside thread that has a list of vehicles that confirmed will fit a pinball machine in them, but here's an easier to read at a glance list from the pinball wiki

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This episode features an interview with Ryan and Scott, two regular guys and former roommates who created the Pinball Map all the way back in 2008 right here in Portland, Oregon.

Alan talks to Ryan and Scott about the history of this incredible resource, and they talk about the expansions to bring in more cities and regions, the development of the app, the changes in features over the years, and we end the episode discussing some fun stats and some talk about angry operators.

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Just remember, this is a show that features some occasional saucy language. 

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This episode is all about the hotly debated definition of what a fan layout is, what it isn't, whether they are good, or whether they are cookie cutter derivative BS.  We discuss the history of them, some of the most famous ones, and some of the designers most associated with them. And at the end of the episode we even argue about some "modified" fan layouts that really seem to kick the old hornets nest amongst public opinions on how broad or how tightly a fan layout's definition should be.

As always though, this is a show with two adults speaking as adults do. I make zero effort to censor the show, which is just me saying: we say lots of no-no bad words when we get excited.

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This episode, we are joined by our friend Isaac Ruiz, a legendary tournament director and organizer from the Portland scene to discuss the rise of tournament pinball here, breaking the IFPA rankings systems in the early 2010s, developing Brackelope, the world's first software for running pinball tournaments, some format explanations for new players curious about all the jargon, and some advice for players who want to TD their own tournaments in their own local scenes.

But... we are adults, and as such, we swear sometimes. Just like every other episode. 

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Local Deathsave enthusiast Jeff Hart returns to the show to defend Stern's 2006 game, World Poker Tour against all the internet haters.  This is one of those games with a star studded design team, loaded with mechanical features, and yet it still is widely derided by many pinheads.

Jeff is here to set the record straight, and respond to the all the criticisms.  Maybe it's time for you to give WPT another chance.

Warning: our language gets spicy on occasion. 

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This episode Alan recaps the seminar that he was a panelist on for the 40th Annual Pinball Expo in Chicago and sort of reprises his notes for you all to listen to.

The panelists were 3 independent Arcade Bar Owners, Zespy of Logan Arcade in Chicago, Rachel & Cale of the Electric Bat Arcade in Tempe, and your very own Rhodesie & Alan of Wedgehead in Portland.

The topic was "How to Run a Successful Independent Arcade Bar", and Alan is here chatting with the Waterboy, trying to give a version of the seminar for y'all to listen to even if you weren't at the Expo.

Warning for the sensitive of ears: We use bad and naughty language sometimes.
 

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We are joined on this episode by admitted cheater, local Portland player Jeff Hart, to discuss the dark arts of pinball: The deathsave and it's little brother, the bangback.

We discuss the moves, the ethics of doing them from a player's and operator's perspective, and why they aren't allowed in tournament play.  Alan argues for changes from the manufacturer to disable them, and Alex outs himself as a proud cheater too.

Warning: this is a show made by adults, and adult language is used throughout.

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In this episode we interview a fan of the show Mike, who runs a cool AirBnB in Troy, NY near Albany.  He has 15 pinball machines in the apartment that are all on free play for the guests, and we talk with him about this unusual but very cool way to operate pinball in an unconventional way.

Mike tells us how he got started collecting, and then the decision to open up his collection to guests in the basement apartment under his home.

Mike also defends 1986's Road Kings in a truncated version of our popular "Die on this Hill" series.

Here's a link to his AirBnB if you're ever in the area, you should definitely check it out: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/691779632034113278?source_impression_id=p3_1729622041_P36uRzILadll9f_R

*Obligatory Naughty Language Warning*

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In this episode we are belatedly celebrating our one year anniversary of hosting this weekly pinball show.

We asked y'all to submit some questions, and boy did you!  We try and answer all of your questions that you sent in to us, although a few came in after we recorded this episode and we will save them for another time.

Thank you to each and every one of you that has listened to our show over the last year plus, and thanks for sharing us with your family and friends.  We feel rejuvenated, and can't wait for what year number has in store for the show!

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