Hook 'em with the Shots or the Theme
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talk location pinball in NYC. This week... Ball 1: Local competition results including pinball nyc. Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of pinballmap.com and our weekly bullet journal. Ball 3: in which we ask if a better shooter or a better theme integration makes a better game. Go get 'em this week, pinfolk! Please enjoy responsibly. Email at nycpinpod@gmail.com or Leave us a voice message at speakpipe.com/nycpinpod.
Kineticist’s take
NYC PinPod covers April 2026 league results, venue updates, and shooter vs. theme debate.
Synopsis
NYC PinPod episode covering local NYC pinball competition results from early April 2026, including Pinball NYC league matches across Left and Right Flipper divisions, Scrapple League qualifying finals, South Slope Pinball League standings, and Red Hook/Single Cut tournament results. The panel discusses venue updates via Pinball Map, machine installations and removals across NYC locations, and concludes with an exploration of the design spectrum between shooter quality and theme appeal in pinball machines.
Entities
- Ghostbusters· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Popeye Saves the Earth· game
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Barcade Brooklyn· organization
- Danger Danger· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· organization
- Schlubbs· organization
- Scrapple Land· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- CJ Smith· person
- Eric Swedeland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Harlan Aida Linda· person
- Joe Cherovino· person
- Jonah Schlaes· person
- Kevin Murray· person
- Python Anghelo· person
- Rob Wong· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Tommy Ortega· person