Episode 390: Jason McKay
Those of us in Ontario, Canada know Jason as a great pinball player that just keeps getting better. But, you may know him as System-J on Pinside. He's been creating and selling instructions cards that help you score! Listen as Jason describes his contribution to the pinball community.
Kineticist’s take
Jason McKay creates detailed instruction cards for modern pinball with competitive strategy guides.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Jason McKay at Maple Pinball about his custom instruction card business (System J). McKay creates enhanced, two-sided instruction cards for modern Stern pinball games with basic rules on one side and competitive strategy on the other, including QR codes linking to curated video guides. He currently offers cards for Turtles, Avengers, Godzilla, and Black Knight Sword of Rage, with Jurassic Park in progress, and emphasizes the need for hands-on game access and deep code knowledge to create accurate guides as games evolve through code updates.
Entities
- Avengers· game
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Turtles· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Cabin Fever· organization
- Maple Pinball· organization
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Barry· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Elwin· person
- Jason McKay· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Karen McKay· person
- L1· person
- Steve· person
- Pin Tips· product
- System J· product/business