Episode 25 of Wormhole Pinball Presents – Rachel and Cale of The Electric Bat Cast Podcast. They sat down virtually with Jamie and Donovan and for our 25th podcast! They discuss multiple subjects from the start of the Electric Bat Arcade, working at Marco, American Pinball and a quick game of Rapid Fire, and much much more….…

In this episode of our 'Operator Spotlight' series Alan and Alex speak with Mitch Curtis of Pinball Over Boston, about his decade of running a pinball route in the Boston area. We cover what it was like starting out, how he grew it, how he handled the covid 19 shutdowns, and what it's like for him nowadays on the other side. We talk about his locat…

Episode 24 of Wormhole Pinball Presents – Chris Turner. Chris sat down virtually with Jamie and they discuss multiple subjects from Deeproot to creating Turner Pinball, the making of Ninja Eclipse, selling the rights to Alice and Wonderland, Raza, and Magic Girl and much much more Ordering information on Ninja Eclipse can be found at https://turner…

In this edition of our "Die on this Hill" series, John Dozier of Inner Orbit Pinball rejoins the show and steps up to defend Sega's 1996 pinball machine based on the hit movie, Space Jam! This game is actually the LOWEST rated game that we have featured thus far on the show, and the internet has some strong opinions! And despite this being a family…

In the latest addition of our Operator Spotlight series, Alan speaks with John Dozier of Inner Orbit pinball about his pinball route based in Springfield Missouri. John began operating pinball machines about 10 years ago, and was drawn in due to a familiar refrain of the modern pinball operator - there just weren't any good machines to play in his …

Episode 23 of Wormhole Pinball Presents – Cary Hardy. Cary sat down virtually with Jamie for almost an hour. They discuss Living in Texas, Texas Pinball Festival, How to Handle Criticism, Barrels of Fun and much much more. Cary’s videos can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3ah82h0PMiGIRf_rt0cNA…

In what will surely be the most controversial episode of the podcast, Alan and Alex discuss all the different ways that people can choose to customize the setup of their pinball machines. Pitch, tilts, outlanes, rubber types, toy and lighting mods, as well as software settings, we go through them all. We discuss the differences in setups, and we sh…

Episode 22 of Wormhole Pinball Presents – Colin Alsheimer sat down virtually with Jamie for almost an hour. They discuss Writing Blogs, Competitive Pinball, How The Wormhole and Kineticist got their names, Pinball Content Creation, and much more. You can follow Colin’s writings and blogs on www.kineticist.co and www.thisweekinpinball.com.…

Episode 21 – Imoto Harney sat down virtually with Jamie from her new family venture in South Shores Alabama, Captain Crazy’s Paradise. They discuss Pinball Content Creation, Video Production, running an arcade and much much more. You can find Imoto on YouTube at Imoto Arcade and Marco Pinball. Chapter markings Imoto Harney 00:00 Introductions 00:55…

In this episode we discuss how to get to know your friendly neighborhood pinball operator, including tips for making a good first impression, and how to find the proper channels in which to communicate with them about machine malfunctions. Alan speaks about it from the Operator's point of view, while Alex shares his insights as an expert Operator W…

UPDATE........Repaired the Audio as best we could, much better than the previor version ***First off, the audio is not perfect. Unfortunately our sound board was damaged on return from TPF. So after 5 hours of audio editing, we bring you*****Wormhole Pinball Presents: Episode 20 – Tom Graf of Fox Cities Pinball and can also be heard on the Triple D…

Rachel and Cale from the Electric Bat join us on the show once again, and they are back to defend their favorite Gottlieb System 1 game: Sinbad! Listen to us discuss the merits of this first generation solid state effort from the kings of the EM era, and respond to all the hater reviews that we scrounged up on the internet. ...obligatory warning fo…

In this episode we are joined by a very special guest, the man who saved pinball with a single shot, and who wrote the first published book on the history of pinball, Mr. Roger Sharpe. https://wedgeheadpdx.com/podcasts/ Link is to some bonus materials on our website to see all the games that we are talking about in this episode. Roger is a legend i…

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined on the show by Rachel and Cale, owners and operators of the Electric Bat Arcade in Tempe, Arizona. We discuss the Phoenix Valley pinball scene, the history of the Bat, their legendary Tuesday night league that regularly draws 100+ players, operator pet peeves, splits, tokens, and much more. Join us for this…

Wormhole Pinball Presents: Episode 19 – Robert Harris and Paul McKinney, the Organizers of the 2024 Texas Pinball Festival, sat down virtually with Jamie just two weeks before the start of TPF. Robert and Paul discuss the new room layout, new pins coming this year, volunteering, the National Video Game Museum and much much more. For more informatio…

In this episode, Jessica DeNardo from Barrels of Fun pinball returns to the show to defend one of her favorite games of all time, 1989's Bad Cats designed by Barry Oursler with art and theme concept by the inimitable Python Anghelo. Listen to Jessica explain what makes Bad Cats a great game, and respond to all the internet haters! Meow Meow Meow Me…

Wormhole Pinball Presents: Episode 18 – Stephen Silver, the Creative Designer at Multimorphic, came to the wormhole to sit down and discuss their newest title for the P3 – The Princess Bride. Stephen discusses the great teamwork that went into the design and build of the module, as well as the P3 itself and much much more.…

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined by their good friend and staunch solid state pinball evangelist, Ty Palmer. Ty is a fiend for early solid state machines, and will happily go weeks or months without playing a single game newer than 1985. For his first appearance on the show, we decided to narrow down this era to one manufacturer, Bally, an…

In this episode of the podcast, Alan and Alex are joined by their friend Jessica DeNardo, a multi talented woman who hosts her own pinball podcast (the Pinball Podcast), makes and sells her own pinball inspired clothing (Soft Plunge), founded the Portland chapter of the Belles & Chimes, worked as a pinball tech in Florida, and has recently moved to…

Wormhole Pinball Presents: Episode 17 – Carpool Pinball join the podcast to discuss the upcoming Abilene Showdown, Garrett’s win at State, TPF and a new Tournament room, and much much more….By Wormhole Pinball

Jamie and Donovan sit down once again and discuss a wide array of subjects, including TX State Finals, TPF, the Abilene Showdown, Jamie’s recent play and much more…..By Wormhole Pinball

In this episode Alan and Alex discuss the most common new post on any pinball forum, subreddit, or facebook group: Buying your own pinball machine to put into your house. This episode is meant to give a better, more whole picture of owning pinball machines. Alex is a home collector, and Alan owns Wedgehead as an operator, and they discuss why you d…

On Wednesday evening at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Rachel Ristow of the Ray Rae Show and Fox Cities Pinball. They sit down and discuss a wide variety of subjects from competitive Pinball to Rachel’s favorite tournaments and her love for travel.By Wormhole Pinball

On this episode, Alex sits in the hot seat to defend his love of 1995's No Fear: Dangerous Sports. A divisive game design by the king of flow, Steve Ritchie. Hear Alan and Alex discuss the game, and read and react to some bad reviews they found for the game. Alex owns this game, and he's VERY passionate about it, so tune in and see why you might ne…

On Tuesday evening at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Karl DeAngelo of IE Pinball. They sit down and discuss this year’s INDISC, competitive pinball, streaming technology and much more.By Wormhole Pinball

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 give some advice about proper etiquette, how not to sound like a dipshit on location, the joys of playing with others, and how to become a better player thr…

On Wednesday evening at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Jeff Teolis of Pinball Profile. They sit down and discuss a wide variety of subjects, from Baseball to the Passion they share for Pinball.By Wormhole Pinball

In this widebody episode of the Wedgehead pinball podcast, Alan and Alex welcome the return of Chris Rhodes back to the show. He is the other half of Wedgehead, and he is back to discuss the 7 widebody pinball machines released by Bally/Williams during 1993 and 1994. We cover the definition of a "Superpin" and have a discussion about about each gam…

On Wednesday afternoon at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Dalton Ely of Dalton Pinball. Fresh off his exciting win at the INDISC High Stakes Tournament, Dalton sat down to discuss his incredible weekend, how he started playing and his excellent stream on Twitch. We also get to know about his number one fan and the origin of his famous c…

In the 3rd installment of our "Die on this Hill" series, we welcome back Greg Dunlap, former pinball programmer whom we interviewed on Episode 11, to defend Data East's 1994 game 'WWF Royal Rumble. Hear why Greg thinks this an underrated game, and hear our reactions to the pile of bad reviews I found for it all over the internet. ...includes some a…

Jamie and Donovan sit down and discuss our top events of Wormhole Pinball in 2023. We also discuss our 2024 goals, upcoming tournaments, The Texas State Finals, our new Galactic Tank Force and much much more.By Wormhole Pinball

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined by Greg Dunlap, a computer programmer that worked at both Bally/Williams doing slot machines and then later at Pat Lawlor Designs, working on programming lightshows and animations for Early Stern Pinball machine titles like Ripley's Believe It or Not, Monopoly, Nascar, and Roller Coaster Tycoon. Hear about …

In this episode, Alan speaks with Daniel and Ty from Pop's Pinball Parlor in Massachusetts about why they unironically love the 1994 Bally Williams Superpin: Popeye Saves the Earth. This is the second edition of our "Die on this Hill" series, and I give them the floor to explain themselves about why they enjoy this terrible game so much, before rea…

On Wednesday evening at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Jen Ruper, otherwise known as Pinball Jen on TikTok and YouTube. They discuss their shared passion for this hobby and content creation, as well as talk about each her origin into Pinball, Competitive Pinball, Woman’s Leagues, and much much more.…

On Tuesday at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Don Garrison from Don’s Pinball Podcast. They discuss their shared passion for this hobby and content creation, as well as talk about each of the new pins and Don’s takes on Looney Toons, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Labyrinth, Elton John, and many more.…

In this episode Alan interviews Daniel and Ty, two buddies and pinball operators from New England. We speak about how they started operating games, what types of games they choose to operate, how to find locations and how they keep them happy, as well as some more nuts and bolts talk about fees and permits for running a route in the Boston suburbs …

On Tuesday at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Jim and Dina Lindsay from JDL Pinball. They discuss competitive pinball, streaming, European pinball scene, and much more.By Wormhole Pinball

Sample Definition Pop Bumper : The round (usually) mechanism on the playfield of a pinball machine, often found in clusters, that contracts when the ball hits it, and slams it off into another direction, typically into another pop or two on the way out of the cluster. It's a randomizing mech found on most pinball machines from the 1950s until today…

On Thursday at the Wormhole, Jamie sat down virtually with Jason Knapp from the popular Facebook and website, Knapp’s Arcade. They discuss breaking news stories, upcoming Pinball machines, and much much more.By Wormhole Pinball

In this episode, we are doing a special new segment which we hope to continue in the future. It's called "I'm gonna die on this hill!" and it's where we have a guest on to speak about and defend a "bad" game that they unironically love. In this first DOTH episode we bring Zoe Vrabel back to talk about her DOTH game, Gilligan's Island. Tune in to he…

On Monday at the Wormhole, before the Barrels of Fun - Jim Henson's Labyrinth Stream, Jamie sat down with Erin Winick Anthony from the Learning to Flip web series. They discuss her pinball journey from beginner to starring in the trailer for Jim Henson's Labyrinth, and much much more.By Wormhole Pinball

Special guest Zoe Vrabel joins Alan and Alex as they discuss the history of the popular casual team based pinball tourney format "Howdy Pardner!" We discuss what it is, how it works, and what makes it so much different than standard pinball tournaments, and describe how Alan created the format from scratch to host each Thursday night at Wedgehead. …

Today, Jamie Burchell of the Wormhole sat down with Chris Kooluris. Special thanks to our good friend Blake Dumesnil for putting the two of them together. Chris and Jamie bounce around a variety of subjects, but truly discuss their common passion that is PINBALL.

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 …

Jamie and Donovan sit down for an impromptu chat after the Houston Arcade Expo. What an amazing finals for both the Woman's Interstellar Showdown and the Space City Open.By Wormhole Pinball

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 episo…

Wormhole Pinball presents an interview with Keith Christensen. The Wormhole will be starting a new series called Wormhole Pinball Presents.... We will be interviewing famous and interesting members of the Pinball community.By Wormhole Pinball

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 negat…

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 b…

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 wit…