Episode 223 – Nice And Dry
PiNbALL DeGENeRaTES founder Joe Ciaravino joins us to talk all things pinball -The PiNbALL DeGENeRaTE Awards-Pinball Python-Shark No Eat Ball-SCS Sickness-Date Change for Stomp-F5 Time-Alice…
Kineticist’s take
D-Gennies Awards and Jaws criticism dominate Slam Tilt Podcast grassroots pinball community discussion.
Synopsis
Slam Tilt Podcast 223 features Joe Cherovino discussing the PiNbALL DeGENeRaTES (D-Gennies), a grassroots community awards show scheduled for February 18th in Toronto. The hosts discuss various award categories, charitable donations (cancer research, MS awareness), and Joe's ongoing writing project about Python Anghelo for Nudge magazine. The episode also covers state championship results, commentary on Stern's Jaws pinball machine design choices (particularly the shark ball-eating mechanic), and industry sentiment about pricing vs. innovation.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Lionel Linus· entity
- PiNbALL DeGENeRaTES· event
- Twippies· event
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- The Addams Family· game
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
- Al Siak· person
- Brian Hallett· person
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Cliff Albert· person
- Ed Z· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Ian· person
- Jared· person
- Joe Cherovino· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
- Python Anghelo· person
- Zach· person
- Skill Shot Arcade· venue
- Tilt Arcade Bar· venue