The Pinball Show Ep 58: Keyboard Commando - Round One, Fight!!
The Pinball Show Episode 58: Keyboard Commando - Round One, Fight!! Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohost: Brian (Delt31 on Pinside) - Fun. Entertaining. Debating. Arguing. - Allowing a Keyboard Commando a platform to troll - Zach is soft and sensitive like a roll of toilet paper - Overlord Zach's evil, sinister plans for pinball distribution, The Pinball Network, and The Pinball Industry Awards (muahahaha) News & Regular Format Begins at 1:13:45 - Stern's Director of Mechanical Engineering talks pinball development with Matt Morrison of The Pinball Show Interviews - Steve Ritchie talks to the Loserkids about the pain of dealing with licensors - Fathom Revisited 2.0 Code Structure - PinClash 2 Qualifiers - Made In Taiwan - Pinball Market Trends - Deal Of The Week - Deals Of The WTF?! - TPN This Week - TPN Next Week email: thepinballnetwork@gmail.com website: thepinball.network facebook: facebook.com/thepinballnetwork twitch: twitch.tv/pinballnetwork youtube: youtube.com/thepinballnetwork instagram: @thepinballnetwork twitter: @therealTPN review: thisweekinpinball.com/the-pinball-show/
Kineticist’s take
Zach Minney confronts forum critic Delt31 over accusations of editorial bias and network power consolidation.
Synopsis
In this contentious episode, Zach Minney (host of The The Pinball Show) brings on Delt31, a prolific pinball forum critic and "keyboard commando," for a new series called "Keyboard Commandos." The episode is dominated by a detailed, heated discussion of their historical interactions spanning 2017–2020, focusing on accusations that Zach has compromised editorial integrity through relationships with Penn Stadiums, used The Pinball Network to consolidate power and promote Flippin' Out Pinball, and mishandled the transition from This Week in Pinball to TPN. Delt31 argues Zach's content is biased and strategically positioned, while Zach defends The Pinball Network as a collaborative effort with multiple hosts and no editorial censorship of other shows.
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Guns N' Roses LE· game
- Houdini· game
- Munsters· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Straight Down The Middle (SDTM)· media
- The Pinball Show· media
- This Week in Pinball (TWIP)· media
- The Pinball Network (TPN)· organization
- Delt31· person
- Dennis· person
- Franchi· person
- Greg· person
- Jeff Patterson· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kaneda· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Mr. Scoot· person
- Scott· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Pinside· platform
- Beetlejuice translite· product
- Penn Stadiums· product