48: 3rd Day of Balls: Joel Bob Drain Ghost
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Kineticist’s take
Joel Engelberth discusses 2025 pinball highlights, defends creator integrity, and anticipates future game releases.
Synopsis
Joel Engelberth (co-host of Triple Drain Pinball Podcast and Flip Out stream) discusses his favorite pinball moments of 2025, including streaming with his brother, attending Pinball Expo, and his philosophy on community engagement and de-escalation. He addresses criticism of content creators regarding alleged 'kickback' culture and explains that TPN (This Week in Pinball) is a collaborative creator group without preferential treatment. He expresses anticipation for Keith Elwin upcoming game and potential Spike 3 operating system developments for Stern Pinball.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Twippies Awards· event
- Flip Out stream· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Jared Engelberth· person
- Jason· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- John Engelberth· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Theatre of Magic· person
- Travis· person
- Zach Sharpe· person