Dirty Pool Podcast - Ep34 - Jason Knapp of Knapp Arcade
Jason Knapp on building pinball's most trusted news platform and industry rumor sourcing.
Dirty Pool Podcast - Ep34 - Jason Knapp of Knapp Arcade
▶ Full Dirty Pool Podcast Playlist Jason Knapp of Knapp Arcade joins Dirty Pool Podcast to talk about running...
Synopsis
Jason Knapp, operator of Knapp Arcade (NAP Arcade) and a leading pinball news aggregator, discusses the origins of his influential website (initially a charity dart tournament Facebook page), his approach to rumor reporting with confidence levels, fact-checking methodology, and his skepticism about emerging manufacturers like World Pinball's Resident Evil machine. He also discusses American Pinball revival under new management, the importance of smaller manufacturers for creative diversity, and his dream themes for future pinball games.
Highlights
- Knapp Arcade Facebook page has grown to 37-38,000 followers
- Sonic is officially the next Jersey Jersey Jack Pinball release
- Indiana Jones pinball was in development with John Borg but was cancelled due to licensing fee disagreements
- Capcom denied knowledge of World Pinball's Resident Evil pinball machine at a licensing show
- American Pinball has new ownership (Brian as new owner) and appears to have deep pockets and genuine commitment
- Spooky Pinball manufacturing model targets approximately 1,000 units per game per year
- Goonies pinball is in development or announced by Spooky
Notable quotes
“So I tried to be very verbal or wordy in terms of expressing how confident I am in whether something's happening or not. Because you don't know.”
“I don't flat out guess. Not to cast arrows at other people, but I'm pretty sure some other people flat out guess at certain points. And, you know, everything I say is based on something that at the time I believe has some merit.”
“I would never in a million years send them a wire five figures to a never before a rookie pinball manufacturer in Europe. Absolutely. Anybody spending that money is taking a huge risk.”
“Sonic is definitely 100%. We know 100% now that Sonic is next from Jersey Jack.”
“I wrote American Pinball off under Ametron as completely dead...and so now under completely new management, I mean, I spoke with Brian, the new owner, and you know, I was the first person to interview him.”
“If it is just Stern, if it is just, you know, JJP...then it stifles whatever creativity, availability, different types of ideas.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Capcom Coin-Op Inc.· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Dirtypool Pinball· company
- IPDB· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Knapp's Arcade· company
- Pinside· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- World Pinball· company
- Goonies· game
- Indiana Jones· game
- Resident Evil· game
- Sonic· game
- Alex Manning· person
- Jason Knapp· person
- Jason Zoller· person
- John Borg· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Fox Cities· venue
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