**Content advisory: This episode has two brief discussions of gun violence. If you prefer to skip those, they're at 8:30-12:00 and 35:50 to 36:15**

This week, your hosts ask "what is friendship?" "what is life?" and, most importantly, "what is pinball?" Do they have answers for any of those questions? Absolutely not.

Topics of discussion: itch.io, Detroit: Become Human, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Undertale, Gabe Newell's Mean Steam Machine, and Willie's hatred of board games

This episode, I think it's fair to say that your hosts actually learned something about pinball! Like, actual facts! Will this help them rate things on how pinball they are? There's only one way for you to find out.

Topics of discussion: "Pinball Wizards: Jackpots, Drains, and the Cult of the Silver Ball" by Adam Ruben, Taskmaster, Beyond: Two Souls, the Bible, Funspot Family Fun Center, the French (again), and women's dainty fingies

THREE THINGS:

1. This week, we welcome the incredible Olivia Kinglsey as a guest host! What a get!

2. Amy's recording went off the rails, blew out, and slowed itself down. Willie did some audio magic to line things up, but if you're wondering why Amy sounds like she's floating on a different wavelength, it's because she is.

3. Also discussed this episode: Something Something Soup Something, therapy, Queers in Love at the End of the World, VR rock climbing, and Willie's new beautiful cat

What can we say? We were chatty this week! So, we're bringing you a fully double-stuffed episode of "Is This Pinball?"

Hang out at the top for discussions of Hollow Knight, Dark Souls, David Cronenberg, and uhhhhhhh The Twilight Saga.

Then, stick around for part 2, wherein we discuss (naturally) The Last of Us Pt. II (finally), an-eye-for-an-eye, and the screaming id of men on the internet.

*Content warning: brief mention of childhood sexual assault at 1:09:40*

This week, we're bringing you something that literally no one asked for: an episode dedicated to the music of Frank Zappa. Dylan and Willie have listened to lots of Zappa. Amy has (before now) listened to absolutely none.

In this episode, we figure out just how pinball Zappa is and discuss the purpose of music, can/should one separate the art from the artist, and (naturally) The Last of Us Part 2.

Your hosts Amy, Dylan, and Willie take your hand and lead you on a trip down memory lane with an accidental themed episode about games from our past.

Games discussed include: The Last of Us Part II (no spoilers), Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, Oregon Trail IV, Amazon Trail, Death Stranding, Myst, Obduction, The Witness, and Divinity: Original Sin.

Other things discussed include: public access television, The Manchurian Candidate of experimental theatre, and Hideo Kojima's name generator.

AND WE'RE BACK. In this episode, your intrepid co-hosts are here and trying their very best to ask: is this Pinball? Amy is sleep deprived. Willie just quit smoking, but THANK GOD Dylan and our horny Japanese correspondent, Bea Miranda Torres, are here to help with a discussion of the sexiest Q*Bert game that ever was!

Pinball tables discussed include The X-Files for PS1, Catherine, and Elite Beat Agents, and Twitter.

We had a bit of an audio whoopsie this week. So, to tide you over until the next full episode, here's Willie's full review of the CW television show, Riverdale. 

Finally, we'll know how pinball those sexy adults-pretending-to-be-teens are.

In this week's episode, your hosts do what needed to be done: dedicating an entire episode to Sonic and how pinball that fast lil' blue boi is (or is not). 

In this episode, we discuss Sonic CD, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Sonic Spinball, and Sonic Mania, all with the light and guidance of resident Sonic expert, Willie Caldwell.

This week, Amy, Dylan, and Willie welcome special guest Anthony Marefat who takes your sweet idiot hosts to task in actually considering what pinball is (and is not). This week, we discuss Reigns, Portal, Breakout, and the CW hit show Riverdale.

And, in case you had any question at all as to where our politics lie: Black lives matter, defund the police, and see you in the streets.