Running a Successful Arcade | Legendary Artist Doug Watson
Chicago Expo ’24 was chock full of tantalizing events and activities. Matt and Don report on the Arcade Roundtable and Doug Watson’s Pinball Art Masterclass. Epic. Games Discussed: Terminator 2, Attack from Mars Contact Us! –> pod@bashpinball.com Instagram, Youtube, Twitch: @bashpinball Theme Song: Venus by Wren and Au Lune “Silverman Sound Studios – Christmas Spirit” is under a Creative Commons (BY 4.0) license:
Kineticist’s take
Bash covers Expo arcade operations panel and Doug Watson artist masterclass on playfield design evolution.
Synopsis
Two Bash Pinball podcast hosts discuss Chicago Pinball Expo seminars, focusing on an arcade operations panel featuring operators from Electric Bat, Wedgehead, and Logan Arcade discussing business models (tokens vs. card systems vs. free play), and a masterclass with legendary pinball artist Doug Watson covering his design philosophy, creative evolution, and technical approach to playfield artwork across iconic games like Terminator 2, Attack from Mars, and The Shadow.
Entities
- Electric Bat Arcade· company
- Gottlieb· company
- Logan Arcade· company
- Wedgehead· company
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Black Knight 2000· game
- Indiana Jones· game
- Terminator 2· game
- The Shadow· game
- Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Alan· person
- Doug Watson· person
- Ian· person
- Jamie· person
- Jim· person
- Kale Hernandez· person
- Rachel· person
- Steve Ritchie· person