Roughly Iambic Pentameter and Delicious
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talks location pinball in NYC. This week... Ball 1: Local pinball competition results including Pinball NYC leagues. Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of pinballmap.com and its users, plus our weekly bullet journals Ball 3: A dicussion of about Pokemon and what effect Stern Pinball's recent licensing may have on the types of pinball licenses we see. 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 recaps a week of NYC pinball competitions and machine maintenance issues.
Synopsis
NYC PinPod covers a full week of New York City pinball competition (Feb 28–Mar 5, 2026), including Barcade Fidei Monthly, Silver Ball Sunday, multiple Pinball NYC league matches, South Slope Pinball League finals, and Scrapple League's second season opener. A significant portion discusses venue machine updates and a detailed technical breakdown of a Walking Dead ramp failure at South Slope finals. The hosts preview upcoming matches and touch on Pokémon as a new Stern license.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pokémon· game
- Aristocrats· organization
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Colliders· organization
- Mutants· organization
- NYC Flipper Sport Association (NYC FSA)· organization
- Pin Pals· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Eric Sweeplund· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Gebhardt's Beer Culture· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Owl Farm· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Single Cut Beersmiths· venue
- The Wallace· venue