Ep 111: Pinball Mob War with Martín Gonzalez

99% Invisible producer discusses Roger Sharpe doc, pinball design, and location play dynamics in NYC.

Synopsis

Hosts Josh Roop and Matt Scott Larson interview Martín Gonzalez from 99% Invisible podcast about his production of a Roger Sharpe pinball documentary episode. The conversation ranges across pinball history, game design philosophy (with references to designer Keith), location play versus home collectors, geographic disparities in machine availability across NYC, pricing trends in premium editions, and the production differences between dense narrative podcast formats and casual conversation-based shows.

Entities

• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Silver Ball Chronicles· content
• Attack from Mars· game
• Avengers Infinity Quest· game
• Batman 66· game
• Foo Fighters· game
• Godzilla· game
• Iron Maiden· game
• Lord of the Rings· game
• Medieval Madness· game
• The Godfather· game
• 99% Invisible· organization
• Flippin' Out Pinball· organization
• Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
• Jeremy Packer· person
• Josh Roop· person
• Keith· person
• Martín Gonzalez· person
• Matt Scott Larson· person
• Roger Sharpe· person
• Zach Sharpe· person
• Pinball Map· product
• Electromagnetically· venue