62: Look Ma it's Tuesday!
Jersey Jack’s Elton John continues to smash a$$, saving money for JJP’s next game, taking pinball reviews with a grain of salt, a little more audio talk and Drone by Neon Dizzale.
Kineticist’s take
Pinball reviewer argues that financial skin-in-game matters when evaluating machines; discusses audio setup.
Synopsis
Jon Hey discusses the challenges of reviewing pinball machines honestly, arguing that reviewers without significant financial investment in games (operators, media, location venues) may overrate them compared to home hobbyists who bear full purchase and resale costs. He critiques the pinball industry for making games harder to access locally while video games have become more convenient, and explains his podcast audio setup (Shure SM7B, Focusrite interface, software chain with gate, EQ, compressor, limiter).
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Learning to Flip· company
- Elton John· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Game of Thrones· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Venom· game
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- David Thiel· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jeff Gerstmann· person
- Jon Hey· person
- Robert Blakeman· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Avatar Limited Edition· product
- Focusrite 2x4 USB-C· product
- Shure SM7B· product
- Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show· product