How To Arcade With Amy McDonough of Tilted Orbit
This is the first in the new ‘How to Arcade’ series where Matt and Don will be talking to folks who are starting an arcade or pinball route. Our first guest Amy McDonough is months away from opening Tilted Orbit Arcade in Amherst MA. She walks us through the ups and downs and myriad technicalities of starting a full scale arcade from scratch. Amy is a wealth of information and she thoughfully articulates the intricacies of permitting, liquor licenses, arcade setup and many other topics. Video Version Here: Contact Us! –> pod@bashpinball.com Instagram, Youtube: @bashpinball Streaming on: twitch.tv/bashpinball Theme Song: Venus by Wren and Au Lune
Kineticist’s take
Amy McDonough details her path to opening a commercial arcade in Massachusetts and lessons learned along the way.
Synopsis
Bash A A Pinball Podcast interviews Amy McDonough of Tilted Orbit about her journey starting a commercial arcade in Massachusetts. Amy discusses her pinball origin story (rediscovering the game at Fun Spot in New Hampshire), accumulating 56 machines before securing a location, navigating liquor licensing challenges, running the Upper Playfield pop-up pinball club, and her vision for a dedicated family-friendly arcade space in the Five College area with food, beverages, and complementary partnerships with other regional pinball venues.
Entities
- Chris Cardassi Pinball Services· company
- Tilted Orbit· company
- Pintastic· event
- Godzilla· game
- Stranger Things Premium· game
- The Addams Family· game
- Theatre of Magic· game
- Albany Bells and Chimes· organization
- Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
- New Robert Englunds Pinball League· organization
- University of Vermont· organization
- Amy McDonough· person
- Don· person
- Joe Bowers· person
- Matt· person
- ClickUp· product
- Almost Famous· venue
- Fun Spot· venue
- GameCraft· venue
- Gravitate· venue
- Mystic Pinball· venue
- Upper Playfield· venue
- Western Mass Pinball Club· venue