Arcades Across America Part 3 - Past Times Arcade and Free Gold Watch - Episode 44
Send us Fan Mail Arcades Across America Part 3 - Episode 44. Jamie sits down with a roundtable of Arcade Owners and Operators with his “Coe-Host”, Coe from Quarter Drop Arcade. Joining them are Matthew Henry of Free Gold Watch in San Francisco, CA and Rob Berk of Past Times Arcade in Girard, OH. This special Arcades Across America podcast will be an ongoing series where we highlight great Arcades and Pinball establishments throughout the United States. On...
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Arcade operators discuss community venues, collection strategies, and the 40th Pinball Expo.
Synopsis
Jamie Virtuell hosts the third episode of "Arcades Across America," bringing together Matthew Henry from Free Gold Watch (San Francisco), Rob Burke from Pastimes Arcade (Ohio), and Ko from Quarter Drop Arcade (Oregon). The discussion covers how these community-driven arcade venues were founded, their collection philosophies, and the upcoming 40th-anniversary Pinball Expo featuring 36 homebrew games, 110+ speakers, 110+ vendors, and international participation. Rob celebrates the expo's legacy of honoring pinball designers and artists while describing Pastimes' 600+ machine collection spanning international titles.
Entities
- Houston Arcade Expo· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Dutch Pinball· organization
- Free Gold Watch· organization
- HEXA Pinball· organization
- Pastimes Arcade· organization
- Pinball Brothers· organization
- Pinball Hall of Fame· organization
- Pinball Pirate· organization
- Quarter Drop Arcade· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Chris Koontz· person
- Harvey Heist· person
- Jamie Virtuell· person
- Ko· person
- Mark· person
- Matthew Henry· person
- Norm Clark· person
- Norm Clark, Steve Kodak, Wayne Nines, Harvey Heist· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Ron Kuhn· person
- Steve Kodak· person
- Tim Arnold· person