Episode 281: Kevin Chau
One of the nicest people in pinball. If you don't know Kevin, have a listen to hear about one of the staples at Bluffs Pinball, and how you can play pinball trivia with Kevin.
Kineticist’s take
Pinball Profile interviews Kevin Chau on community building, pandemic trivia nights, and pinball's social impact at Bluffs.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Kevin Chau, a piano tuner and active member of Bluffs Pinball in Ontario, Canada. The conversation focuses on Kevin's role maintaining the Bluffs community during the pandemic through weekly online trivia nights, his journey into pinball through his aunt's influence, and his balanced perspective on pinball as collector, competitor, and social participant. Kevin credits pinball with helping him through a difficult period in his life and emphasizes the social aspects of league play over competitive or collecting motivations.
Entities
- Gottlieb Gold Wings· game
- Joker Poker· game
- Adam Becker's Press Start Arcade· location
- Bluffs Pinball· location
- Sunshine Laundromat· location
- Path of Play· organization
- Chris Ben· person
- Doug Chappell· person
- Ed Robertson· person
- Jack Tadman· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joe Chervino· person
- Kevin Chau· person
- Kevin Manny· person
- Maya Moroz· person
- Mike Primo· person
- Nick Lane· person
- Phil Birnbaum· person
- Scott Clark· person
- Scott McDowell· person
- Walt· person
- Kahoot· product