EP18 Imoto Harney My Journey Into Pinball
Episode 18 of The Pinball Studio Podcast features Imoto Harney. We dive into the upcoming Texas Pinball Festival, talk about her involvement with the show, and how she discovered the crazy hobby of pinball. Also, I apologize in advance for a few audio level issues as I was having some trouble with the recording software during this episode.
Kineticist’s take
Emoto Harney discusses TPF prep, homebrew growth, and Marco's role in pinball community.
Synopsis
Emoto Harney, director of marketing at Marco Specialties and operator of Captain Crazy's Paradise arcade in Alabama, discusses her journey into pinball, her work organizing the homebrew showcase at Texas Pinball Festival (16 games confirmed for 2025, up from previous years), and Marco's initiatives including tech seminars, a new TPF Tech Day repair workshop, and a free sound effects kit for homebrew developers. She emphasizes community collaboration, parts availability, and passion for supporting indie pinball makers.
Entities
- Marco Specialties· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Brian Haskell· person
- Charles Thomas· person
- Chris Hibler Pinball· person
- Emoto Harney· person
- Eugene Mosh· person
- Frank· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jeff Dodson· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kenny Hardy· person
- Marco Mandeltort· person
- Matthew Talley· person
- Ricardo· person
- Scott Danesi· person
- Sean Palmer· person
- Sterling Martin· person
- Steve Bowden· person
- Tanyo Klyce· person
- Todd Tucky· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Captain's Crazy Paradise· venue