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Wedgehead Pinball Podcast

A weekly pinball podcast brought to you by the people that run Wedgehead, a pinball bar in Portland, Oregon. Each week Alan and Alex discuss a different pinball topic, with a focus on location play, often with other interesting guests.Support our show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIf you have any questions, or might want to guest on a future episode, please email : wedgeheadinfo@gmail.com.

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Episode 44 - The Notorious Bally Art Department w/...

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2024/08/19

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined on the show by long time pinball artist Greg Freres, and they discuss Greg's time working in the late 1970s and early 1980s art department at Bally, a truly remarkable time period for pinball art.Greg tells us all about the different processes that revolutionized the industry, working under art director Paul Faris, and the fraternity bond that he shared with Paul, Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudsen, Dave Christensen, Tony Ramunni, and Pat McMahon.Greg te...

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Episode 43 - MEGALOCATIONS!

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2024/08/12

In this MEGA sized episode of the podcast, Alan and Alex discuss the rise and increase in the number of pinball MEGALOCATIONS with 100+ machines.We discuss traveling to these pinball destinations, what to expect playing massive collections in warehouse buildings, and talk about our own experiences at some of these locations such as Past Times, Next Level, Pacific Pinball Museum, and the Pinball Hall of Fame.There's some very cool and massive pinball locations popping up around the world, and ...

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Episode 42 - Die on this Hill: Sega Godzilla

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2024/08/05

Sean Irby, homebrew pinball designer from our last episode rejoins the show to defend his "Die on this Hill" game: Sega's Godzilla.Before Stern released their Godzilla to a near deafening roar of approval, Gary's previous pinball venture had a much less successful go at a Godzilla game, based on the similarly ill - fated Godzilla movie starring Mathew Broderick in 1998.The contrast between the reception of these two pins is STARK, to say the least. So listen as Sean defends this origina...

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Episode 41 - Homebrew Games

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2024/07/29

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined on the show by Sean Irby, a northwest pinball neighbor from Seattle to discuss the making and development of homebrew pinball machines, AKA making your own pinball machine.Over the last 5 years, the homebrew pinball community has exploded thanks to the availability of boards, mission pinball framework, and the online community surrounding these tools.Sean built his own pinball machine, Eight Ball Beyond, a spiritual successor to the trilogy of Eight B...

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Episode 40 - Die on this Hill: Hook

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2024/07/22

In this special edition of our popular 'Die on this Hill' series, Alan teams up with his buddy AJ, the owner and operator of the Flip a Coin Arcade, to defend Data East's Hook.Alex is there as the resident hater on the show, and he GLEEFULLY reads AJ and Alan an avalanche of awful reviews scoured from the depths of the internet.Buckle up, this one is a wild ride.But we do use some choice and tasty adult language throughout the episode to punctuate our refined takes. You've been warned! ...

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Episode 39 - Operator Spotlight: Flip a Coin

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2024/07/15

We are joined on the show by Adam 'AJ' Jordan, owner and operator of the 'Flip a Coin Arcade' that they built in the basement of his girlfriend's bakery, the 'Bite Me Cake Company' in Pueblo, Colorado.We talk about building a scene in a small town, taking a leap in the middle of covid, and how his day job as an autobody repair guy has bled over into his operating of pins, including spraying new clearcoats and repainting old cabinets in the booth.AJ is another very passionate hobbyist turned o...

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Episode 38 - Die on this Hill: Orbitor 1

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2024/07/08

Our pal Jeff Johnsen, the operator of Walt's in LA, is back on the show to defend the last pinball machine that the original Stern Electronics company ever made, Orbitor 1.Jeff tells us about the historical significance of the game, including the two pinball outsiders and NASA engineers, who brought their concept and ideas for an entirely new play experience to a company under duress, and convinced them to take the leap and manufacture one of the most hated pinball machines of all time in the...

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Episode 37 - Operator Spotlight: Walt's

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2024/07/01

We speak with Jeff Johnsen, owner and operator of Walt's Bar in LA's Eagle Rock neighborhood about how his father taught him and his brother how to work on games as kids, almost blowing themselves up in the process.We talk about the LA pinball scene, pricing games, giving up his route, and how to properly rehab an old plumbing supply store into an iconic LA bar, replete with 10 vintage pins.Join us for a chat with one of the wildest pinball operators we have ever chatted with, as we talk abou...

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Episode 36 - Die on this Hill: Lethal Weapon 3

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2024/06/24

Pinball restoration artist Ashley Ludwig (@ludwigsynopsis) is back on the show to defend her favorite trashy 90s pin, Lethal Weapon 3.Made by Data East in 1992, and based on the hit series of odd couple buddy cop films, Ashley passionately tells us why she thinks that LW3 is actually better than the Addams Family, and we confront her with the heap of bad reviews we found for it all over the internet refuting her claim.Obligatory swear word warning here: we cuss a little bit.

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Episode 35 - Payment Systems

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2024/06/17

Ever wanted to know why operators choose to use quarters vs tokens? Or why so many large arcades have ditched coins altogether and installed card readers on their games? Or why Wedgehead moved over to a freeplay model?Then this episode is for you. Alan and Alex discuss each payment system in depth and outline the pros and cons of each from both the operator and consumer's point of views. There's a reason for every decision, and it's usually not because your local operator is...

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Episode 34 - Pinball Restoration

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2024/06/10

In this episode Alan and Alex are joined on the show by Ashley Ludwig (@ludwigsynopsis on instagram) to discuss the finer points of restoring old pinball machines.Ashley restores old pinball machines full time in Rochester, NY and she enlightens us on the skill and craftsmanship it takes to get to the level at which she operates.Make sure to follow her on social media so you can catch regular glimpses of her incredible work and talent....but the three of us are adults, so there may be a coupl...

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Episode 33 - Die on this Hill: A Nightmare on Elm Street

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2024/06/03

Ian Matheson, owner and operator of Propeller Arcade comes back onto the show to defend his love of all things Freddy Kreuger, but especially his love for Gottlieb's 1994 pinball machine, A Nightmare on Elm Street.Hear Ian passionately defend Freddy as a great gateway game, with incredible theme integration as Alan reads him scores of bad reviews for the game that he pulled from the depths of the internet....don't forget, we use adult language.

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Episode 32 - Stern's 'Miracle' Year

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2024/05/27

It's the year 1980, and the US Olympic Hockey team shocks the world and beats the Soviet team in a stunning 4-3 upset in Lake Placid, NY during the height of the cold war.But another miracle happens in pinball that same year too, as a fledgling Stern Electronics releases 9 excellent machines in 1980. They were the clear last place manufacturer behind Bally, Williams, and Gottlieb, but in 1980 Stern makes an unbelievable run of machines, a run that we think has never been bested by...

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Episode 31 - Operator Spotlight: Propeller Arcade

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2024/05/20

In this episode Alan sits down to talk with Ian Matheson, operator at Propeller arcade inside of Propeller Brewing in Halifax, Canada.We talk about how he got started, including some incredible stories about the old school underground Nova Scotia pinball scene before opening his public arcade which include stories of setting machines on fire in the front yard, peeing in sinks, and drinking beers while blasting Van Halen.But in case that description doesn't hint at the content enough, we do sw...

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Episode 30 - Throwback Games

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2024/05/13

In this episode, Alan and Alex discuss the outlier machines released in the last 7 years without ramps, and with simpler rulesets.We talk about Total Nuclear Annihilation, Beatles, Bond 60th, and Pulp Fiction, and why we love seeing the variety added to modern pinball offerings.But sometimes we use swear words.

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Episode 29 - Modern Pinball

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2024/05/06

In this episode we finally talk in depth about "Modern" pinball, where it started, what defines the modern era, and the different innovations or changes to the classic game that we all know and love.For all the listeners out there that have been asking us to talk more about modern games, this episode is for you. And if you want to hear more about modern pinball and enjoy this show, there are literally dozens of other pinball pods out there that almost exclusively discuss all the newest r...

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Episode 28 - Die on this Hill: Sharkey's Shootout

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2024/04/29

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Episode 27 - Operator Spotlight: Pinball Over Boston

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2024/04/22

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Episode 26 - Die on this Hill: Space Jam

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2024/04/15

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Episode 25 - Operator Spotlight: Inner Orbit

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2024/04/08

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