Why These Two Started a Pinball Podcast
Why These Two Started a Pinball Podcast
Erika and Manu, pinball enthusiasts from California, share their journey into pinball and filmmaking, discussing their experiences and plans for 'The Pinball Minority Report' podcast. Takeaways
Highlights
- Erika has been involved in pinball for about four years (since 2022) after discovering it while working corporate.
- Manu has been playing pinball since age 12 and his first game was 'Nip It' featuring an alligator.
- Manu works in video production, postproduction, editing, and motion graphics, and fixes pinball machines in spare time.
- Manu operates a Twitch channel called 'Mystery Pinball Theater 3000' (homage to Mystery Science Theater 3000).
- The show plans to feature guest appearances from people who can speak to their pinball experiences.
Notable quotes
“I fell in love with The Wonderful World of Pinball in 2022. So, um I'm relatively I would say new at pinball. I've been in pinball for about four years, but I'm like obsessed.”
“I always tell people my the first pinball game I ever played was Nip It. It's called Nip It and it's got like a big G alligator on it.”
“I had to like cut back one year where people were like, can you talk about anything else? I had to take a little step back from pinball for a little bit because I was like, yeah, I got I'm in deep. I'm in deep.”
“This is the pinball minority report. So I think I think we are going to look for particular kind of guests who can also speak to their pinball experience.”
Entities
- Erika· person
- Manu· person
- Erika's Pinball Journey· product
- Mystery Pinball Theater 3000· product
- Pinball Minority Report· product
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