Episode 5 - Kaneda (Part 1) / Budge The Nudge
Fight night! Ian and Shane welcome on pinball's very own firebrand - Kaneda. This is one for the ages. Also, Ian debuts a new gameshow called Budge the Nudge.
Kineticist’s take
Nudgecast explores community pinball gaming and discusses market challenges with prominent podcaster Kaneda.
Synopsis
In this Nudgecast episode, host Ian Jacoby (DocQuest Monday) and co-host Shane Toll introduce a new community engagement initiative called "Budge the Nudge," where Jacoby brings a pinball machine to parties and challenges attendees to beat him for prizes (magazines if they win, humiliating photos if he wins). The episode then transitions into Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Kaneda (Chris Kooluris), a prominent and controversial pinball podcaster, where they discuss pinball's market health, IP licensing costs, theme selection strategy, and the tension between home buyers and location players as core audiences.
Entities
- Dungeons & Dragons· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Xenon· game
- American Pinball· organization
- Electric Bat· organization
- Jersey Jack Pinball· organization
- Mad Pinball· organization
- North Star Coin Machine Company Pinball Collective· organization
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- Nudgecast· organization
- Stern Pinball Inc.· organization
- Stiff Richards· organization
- Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show· organization
- Dan Hanson· person
- George Gomez· person
- Ian Jacoby· person
- Kaneda· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Shane Toll· person
- Solveig· person