Episode 280: Mitch Curtis
IFPA State Director for Massachusetts and area operator, Mitch talks about New England action, his ideas for pinball during a pandemic, and taking mods to a whole new level.
Kineticist’s take
Boston operator Mitch Curtis on pandemic closures, custom mods, and community-focused pinball events.
Synopsis
Mitch Curtis, a Boston-area pinball operator, collector, and tournament director, discusses his experience running Flat Top Johnny's (closed due to COVID-19), his competitive pinball career, custom game modifications (Moonwalking Dead, Bad Girls tribute), and innovative pandemic-era community initiatives like the Fresh Aircade outdoor arcade event. He emphasizes the importance of community, competitive play formats like pinball poker, and hopes for a vaccine-driven recovery of the pinball arcade ecosystem.
Entities
- Pinberg· event
- Pintastic· event
- Flat Top Johnny's· event|location
- Fresh Aircade· event|location
- A4cade· location
- Super Electric· location
- The Sanctum· location
- Boston Bells· organization
- IFPA· organization
- New England Pinball League· organization
- Vermont Pinball Club· organization
- Brian O'Neill· person
- Chuck Webster· person
- David Schumacher· person
- John Borg· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Mitch Curtis· person