Astounding Cacophony
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, ZEN) discuss location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). Thsi week...Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC.Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of...
Highlights
- As of March 20th, 2026, there are 361 pinball machines in New York City at 74 public locations
- Kate Martin (South Slope Pinball League director) is out of town attending the Texas Pinball Festival
- Pokemon at Jack Bar had a factory manufacturing defect: improperly soldered wire from the factory caused left orbit and associated switch failures
- Winchester Mystery House at Scrapple Land has recurring issues with Seance multiball ball lock acting unpredictably, sometimes not registering locks
- Godzilla machines at multiple NYC locations have volume set too low for comfortable play
- Godzilla Premium at the Gutter LES is effectively unplayable due to level calibration and overly sensitive tilt sensor
- Balls of Steel defeated the Mutants on their home turf at Solid State in Queens, reported as possibly the first time this has happened
- Parliament and Balls of Steel are the last two undefeated teams in Pinball NYC Left Flipper division going into week 6
Notable quotes
“On Monday night, the Balls of Steel went to the Mutants in Queens with four players... I think this is the first time that the Balls of Steel have ever beaten the Mutants on their home turf.”
“Shout out to Scott and August. I mean, they literally carried the team. They're new to pinball and they're so much better than they were last year or the year before. It's pretty crazy.”
“This machine is effectively unplayable. The level is set beyond normal range and the tilt sensor is set so sensitively that I'm getting double warnings by simply alternating flippers to try to save a ball. Total trash.”
“I play less with my ears than they do. I do a lot of things with my ears. It's a family podcast, Benjamin.”
“There was nothing on the lower play on the regular play field of the game. None of the inserts were lighting on Monday night when I was playing. The floodlights were on. You could see the ball easily, but there was no indication of where you should shoot it.”
“Yeah, I think the final score in our fourth round game on Metallica, I had 36.9 million and you had 36.5 million.”
Entities
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Godzilla· game
- Pokemon· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Parliament· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League (SSPL)· organization
- The Mutants· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Alberto Santana· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Caitlin Reese· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Gabriel Chasanoff (GC)· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Kate Martin· person
- Zen Zachbiak· person
- Zianna Murray· person
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Rulos· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
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