85: Shrines to Earth's Cultural Memory.
Pinball today: it’s wild, it’s wonderful, it’s... expensive as hell. In this episode, we break down the pros, the cons, and the weird in-betweens of the current pinball landscape. There’s a lot to celebrate, a lot to question, and—let’s be honest—a lot to buy if your wallet can handle it. Let’s catch up, kick back, and have a good ol’ fashioned pinball chat. No fluff, no filter—just real talk from one obsessive fan to another.
Kineticist’s take
Host critiques pinball's unsustainable economics while hyping upcoming titles amid weak secondary market conditions.
Synopsis
A raw, meandering solo podcast episode where the host grapples with the financial and practical barriers to collecting modern pinball machines, particularly as highly anticipated titles like Harry Potter, Dune, and King Kong saturate the market. The episode explores the disconnect between pinball's inherent appeal and the unsustainable economics of ownership, touches on secondary market weakness (King Kong Limited Editions still sitting unsold), and concludes with a whimsical AI alien perspective that reframes pinball as a defiant, transcendent cultural ritual despite its economic inefficiency.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Flipping Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Addams Family· game
- Dune· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Foo Fighters Elite· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jaws· game
- King Kong· game
- Metallica· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Star Wars· game
- The Godfather· game
- Venom· game
- Keith Elwin· person
- Zack· person