Jason Knapp from Knapp's Arcade - Episode 6
Send us Fan Mail Jamie sat down virtually with Jason Knapp from the popular Facebook and website, Knapp’s Arcade. They discuss breaking news stories, upcoming Pinball machines, and much much more.
Kineticist’s take
NAP's Arcade operator discusses growth, Wormhole's European game pivot, and Twippies content awards cancellation.
Synopsis
Jason Knapp of NAP's Arcade discusses his journey building a competitive intelligence-informed news outlet, the Wormhole Pinball collection rotation strategy (25% games refreshed regularly from a 173-machine pool), and the recent cancellation of content creator awards at the Twippies. The conversation covers his basement arcade origins, European pinball machine acquisition trends, and disappointment over losing recognition for streaming/content production efforts.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippies· event
- Cosmic Princess· game
- Jaws (Stern)· game
- Looney Tunes (Spooky)· game
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Spooky)· game
- Morristown Game Vault· organization
- NAP's Arcade· organization
- Pastimes Arcade· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Colin McAlpine· person
- Jamie· person
- Jason Knapp· person
- JDL Pinball· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Tim· person