Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 70 – I Don’t Belong Here

Host recounts Pinball at the Lab tournament experiences, games played, and encounters with skilled players.

Synopsis

The host discusses their experience at Pinball at the Lab, a circuit tournament in Riverside, California (September 23-24), featuring 104 players competing in a race-to-30 format across multiple rounds. They detail gameplay experiences on lesser-played games (Revenge from Mars, Excalibur, Wheel of Fortune, Harley-Davidson, Godzilla (Pro)), highlight interactions with notable players like Escher and Tom Graff, and reflect on tournament logistics, game setup quality, and personal moments including their children watching them on the event's live stream.

Entities

• Pinball at the Lab· event
• Excalibur· game
• Godzilla (Pro)· game
• Harley Davidson· game
• Revenge from Mars· game
• Wheel of Fortune· game
• Whirlwind· game
• Aimless Pinball· organization
• IE Pinball· organization
• Tucson Pinball Podcast· organization
• David Green· person
• Escher· person
• Jermaine· person
• Jim Belsito· person
• John Schaapel· person
• Karl· person
• Laura Stoddard· person
• Luca Uvaroli· person
• Matt Young· person
• Michael Mattson· person
• Nick Stein· person
• Raymond Ashby· person
• Roland· person
• Tom Graff· person
• Game Lab· venue