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Colin Alsheimer – Editor / Author Kineticist and TWIP - Episode 22
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Send us Fan Mail Episode 22 – Colin Alsheimer sat down virtually with Jamie for almost an hour. They discuss Writing Blogs, Competitive Pinball, How The Wormhole and Kineticist got their names...
Highlights
- Colin launched Kineticist in 2022 after completing a no-code development course during the pandemic and seeing opportunities in pinball media space
- Will Edding of This Week in Pinball approached Colin to contribute content, then offered him the opportunity to take over TWIP entirely around Expo time
- The name 'Kineticist' is rooted in the phrase 'kinetic satisfaction,' possibly originating from or popularized by Keith Elwin as a pinball design philosophy
- Colin's wife grew up with a Joker Poker EN machine in her basement, which helped kick off his serious involvement in the pinball hobby
- Barrels of Fun kept their Labyrinth project secret for years within the Houston/nearby pinball community
Notable quotes
“I don't necessarily consider myself a writer right it's not a vocation that that I do it's not something I'm trained for but but I've done writing kind of throughout my career um at various stages it's it's sort of something it's a, it's, it's kind of a tool that I have in my personal toolbox.”
“Kineticist, I think I came across the word or name while I was combing through like all kinds of name ideas and word ideas and just like doing kind of classic branding exercise stuff. I saw it. It spoke to me. The domain was available. So I just sort of took it and ran with it.”
“I get way more satisfaction from building things that people use and engage with and in kind of supporting others to kind of help them reach their goals or put something out in the world that maybe they wouldn't have otherwise done.”
“I love a completely fabricated interview that we did with Flippy, the pinball expo mascot okay it was just like really just sort of like a a creative writing exercise and where we sort of imagined you know if flippy was was a real person uh and we did an interview with him what would it look like”
“The whole experience is just sort of the the kind of polar opposite of what i think i'm trying to do uh you know how how i try to treat people personally and kind of the type of energy that I want to put out into the world.”
“It's really for that company. To keep that a secret for years in this community. For years. Yeah. And, you know, they're sitting on the stream next to me.”
“The road, you know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
“I'm really lucky. We're really lucky at the Wormhole that we have Wednesday's Tech Night. Yeah. And so we got Tech Night on Wednesday. We got a big board of grievances and we're only open three days a month, but we have a lot of the tournaments for three days a month, but we also have a lot of private events.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Black Knight (Williams original)· game
- Deadpool Premium· game
- Joker Poker (EN version)· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Space Shuttle· game
- Star Wars Premium· game
- World Cup Soccer· game
- Flippy· game/mascot
- Ithaca College· organization
- Kineticist· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Colin Alsheimer· person
- Jamie· person
- John Spates· person
- Keith Elwin (Elwyn)· person
- Phil Grimaldi· person
- Steve Bowen· person
- Will Edding· person
- Central Track· publication
- This Week in Pinball (TWIP)· publication
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