Ep 33: How To Get A Great Tan with Josh Sharpe
This episode with Josh Sharpe has everything you could think of! Arcade, Pinball, LA Clippers, Deep Dish Pizza, Michael Jordan and yes, advice from a sweet book on "How To Get A Great Tan". Put your seatbelt on because it's going to be a fun ride with so many tangent corners that you might just get lost!
Kineticist’s take
Josh Sharpe on arcade industry recovery, TMNT success, and IFPA resurrection.
Synopsis
Josh Sharpe, competitive pinball organizer and Raw Thrills financial controller, discusses the arcade industry's pandemic shutdown, licensing strategy, and pinball's survival. He covers Raw Thrills' production capacity, the success of their TMNT arcade game, the challenges of home market adaptation, and his role in resurrecting the IFPA and World Pinball Player Rankings system during the competitive pinball era.
Entities
- Bally· company
- Midway· company
- Raw Thrills· company
- Stern· company
- Williams· company
- Papa· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Pinburgh· event
- AMOA· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Gary Stern· person
- Josh Sharpe· person
- Roger Sharpe· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) arcade game· product
- World Pinball Player Rankings· product