Join us as we visit with Brad Speniel discussing his first year in the hobby which culminated with the purchase of his first pin an XMen LE .. we take a first look at the game as well ... Darrell leaves the workshop for a few minutes to give us a tech tip in the working of switches within the pinball machine and finally we chat with Chantelle and Jeremy getting some background on how they started as well as what inspired them to make the most excellent year in review video that they did for the BC community .. we also have some news regarding a new pinball location on Vancouver Island

In our 32nd Episode we talk about the largest ever event on Vancouver Island VIPE 2.0 .. we chat with many of the winners from the various tournaments as well as catching up with Darrell and Dan

Welcome to episode 31 of the podcast .. we start with a review of local events and then we are off to Edmonton to talk with Derek Thomson about the upcoming YEGPIN tournament .. Darrell is back with a tech tip on the ins and outs of moving a machine and we wrap up with a dialogue with Bob Matthews .. looking at where it all started, Bob talks about ideas to add value to pinball trips, and finally we chat about his most excellent guide to Classic games

The guide can be found here

In Episode 30

We update the current scene in Victoria and on the Island

Lisa and Dan give their impressions of JAWS LE

Darrell is back with a Tech Tip dealing with ROMs

finally Rob and Dave drop in to discuss the upcoming 2nd edition of the Central Ontario Arcade and Pinball Fest

In this episode

We chat about the multiple events that have happened so far in 2024

We drop in on Trevor Hamre of Bizarre Entertainment in Golden BC

Darrell has a new tech tip

We interview Emily Reilhan the new BC provincial Champion

and we wrap up with Karrie Hill and discuss her latest project !

We start off with a round up of local events

Ian Harrower drops in to discuss his first game design and all things multimorphic

Darell's tech tip takes a look at Homebrews

Ash, Karrie and Jen report back from their epic almost 3 week journey that took in Seattle, District 82, Expo in Chicago and the east coast

Here is also a link to the Amy Attas article mentioned by Karrie

https://www.westcoasttraveller.com/flipping-for-pinball-why-pro-players-love-travelling-the-west-coast/

In Episode 27

we discuss upcoming events including a new 3 day event on the Island

Cosmo and family drop into the studio to talk about their Yegpin adventure

Darrell has a new tech tip

Yegpin Matchplay B division champion Nick Greenen talks about the event

and finally we wrap up the show with Yegpin's own Derek Thompson to review the event

In our latest episode we review the latest happenings on Vancouver Island and discuss Darrell's trip to the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show

there is a round table discussion after we unbox four of the newest pinball machines

Darrell's tech tip regarding unboxing new games and the potential issues that might come up

We give our best wishes to Cdn coin-op veteran Jerry Power as he announces his retirement coming up at the end of June after 48 years in the industry

and we wrap up the episode chatting with friend of show Derek Thomson about the up coming YEGPIN show in July in Edmonton

We discuss the local scene on the Island

Then we interview Nick and Trent about their startup league at Alchemy Brewery in Kamloops BC

In the shop Darrell has been busy with a mid 80's rarity Gamatron

and we wrap up the episode talking with Joe C founder of the Pinball Degenerates FB group and review the (Spoiler Alert) amazing film

Pinball the man who saved the game

Episode 24 

We discuss the latest local news

Ashleigh Kolla drops in to discuss this years trip to INDISC as well as the results from the BC Provincial Championships 

Darrell's tech tip is well connected 

and we wrap up chatting with Rachel Bess from the Electric Bat arcade in Tempe Arizona