BlahCade Pinball Podcast

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It’s BackRoom time! Jared talks about his time in the Australian Pinball Championships (that he incorrectly refers to as Australian Pinball Open). We also talk about new tourney options, and have a frank discussion about a wide range of 3D TV and Movie talking points. Perhaps you have some perspectives you’d like to add to this conversation. Hit us up on Twitter at @blahcade if you do: we’d love t...

It’s all about crowd funding in this BlahCade. We talk Kickstarter, now that the Doctor Who Kickstarter has successfully funded. The Zaccaria Steam Greenlight push has succeeded and now Magic Pixel (formerly A.S.K Homework) are doing an indiegogo campaign to raise some funds for cool PC features. We also touch on TPA mobile graphical improvements planned. Timings Intro Deadpool Box Office Records...

We are joined this week by Mike from FarSight Studios, in the closing days of the Kickstarter. Even though the Kickstarter has surpassed the funding goal, there is still time to talk about it. Don’t let this one fester in your podcatcher. Listen now! Timings Intro Superb Owl - 0:45 Kickstarter intro - 5:20 Starship Troopers TotW - 6:25 Kickstarter Q&A - 8:45 What does your $17 get you? Will th...

With the BlahCade Tournament of the Month season it’s time to put our minds to work on getting a new season started up. But we need your help. If you haven’t already taken a look at the option on the Pinball Arcade Fans poll, let us go through them for you and discuss a few things about them. We also talk about Zen "Season Passes" and talk about the now-released Electro-mechanical tables in The Pi...

Here is a rather pinbally BackRoom. We have a dig at some of the seemingly recurring themes that are emerging on the Forum and the Kickstarter zeitgeist. When re-listening to the podcast, it was clear that while some of the Kickstarter suggestions are perhaps a bit misguided, they all have one goal in mind: to have the kickstarter succeed. And that is worth discussing. So keep thinking of ideas, a...

There is so much content in this BlahCade that we made the call to split some of it off into a BackRoom episode while recording it. That should give you an idea of what to expect. If it doesn’t, then you should expect this episode to contain a motherlode of digital pinball discussion again. We focus on Zen Star Wars Ep 8 digital releases (no spoilers), Zen Balls of Glory / Fox Animation tables, an...

Join us as Chris tells us all about his little journey to Banning, CA for the annual Arcade Expo event. Because AE is so close to Big Bear, FarSight made the drive down the range and Chris caught up with both Norman and Mike about a whole pile of stuff to do with The Pinball Arcade. Plenty of pinball in this huuuge installment. So huge that Jared couldn’t break down the episode into separate segme...

Because we went long last episode (surprise surprise), here is a little bit extra about what we got up to over the Christmas break and how we celebrated. It's only 15 minutes. 

See what happens when we have three weeks off? You get a motherlode of pinball talk! Interspersed with other topics that act as a segue into the pinball topics. Excuse the slight audio oddities in this episode, where it sounds like we’re running over each other all the time. We’re just super excited to be back again talking pinball and stuff. Look out for a BlahCade BackRoom episode later in the w...

Closing out the year, the last official BlahCade of 2015 is here. We talk about missed opportunities with a concurrent SWEP7 pinball tie-in, we give you a nutty stocking filler, we talk about "fashion", Chris masticates food, and there is actual pin talk as well, so you’re covered. We even deliver sugar plum fairies. Happy Festivus, and may your sack be full. Timings Intro and Sponsors Introductio...

It’s a pre-christmas romp in the land of small wheels. Yep, we take a less structured approach to this show and let it take us where we want. There’s an extra long, super-sized rant from Chris about School Christmas pageants but don’t be put off by that. If you are a parent, you’ll love this segment. And if you’re not, you’ll feel the pain we expereince as parents. There is actual pin talk as well...

With No Fear going out the door, we wanted to get FarSight back on to talk with us about all things Digital Pinball. As you can see from the show notes, nary a thing is left untouched. What was most interesting was to hear about what Mike actually does as Community Manager. So sit down, and enjoy the chat. And buy a T-shirt. C'mon, you know you want to. Links: Blab.im: https://blab.im/BlahCade T-s...

Links Blab.im:  https://blab.im/BlahCade T-shirts:  https://represent.com/blahcade-logo-tee Summary Before we say anything else, we now have an official BlahCade Shirt! Visit the link to get one. Don’t delay: the campaign is here for a good time, not a long time. It’s a potpourri of pinball topics, TV and movies, next TPA table musings, and T-shirts (did we mention T-shirts!!!). Segments Intro and...

We ease into this week’s BlahCade gently with some random talk. Then it’s right into the Meat ‘n’ Three Veg of the Zen Interview retrospective. Towards the end we talk about the Table of the Week and Tourney of the Month, and Chris’ wife provides background hilarity to close us out. Contact us by tweeting @blahcade, @jaredmorgs or @shutyertraps. Participate live every recording session on https://...

Back to back interviews. Yep, we’re pulling out all the stops to keep New BlahCade fresh as possible. This week Bobby from Zen Studios joins us on her Sunday afternoon to talk about a motherload of subjects. It’s a fantastic interview, and almost double our normal length. I’m sure you won’t mind though. It’s both an enjoyable and informative session so get streaming and let us know if you want to...

Before we get stuck into another interview (stay tuned later in the week), we bring you some extra content that happened after the TPA UI interview. There is some pinball chat intermingled between other topics. 

Just like a breath of fresh air, we’re back with another interview. Yep, you don’t have to listen to Chris and Jared blab on about stuff (as much) this episode. Instead, listen to Mike, Lee, and Ben from FarSight Studios talk with us live on https://blab.im/BlahCade about some of the big wins and challenges they had with implementing the new UI currently in public beta on Steam PC. It’s both an en...

Yep, that’s right. It has been thirty-eight weeks since Chris kicked off this little thing called Table of the Month. We talk about some challenges with running the TotM/TotW and the results from the last tourney. There’s new UI blah, Jared goes to the dark side and tests out TPA on Steam Mac, and we talk about Evil Week and Halloween in Aussie. Segments Intro Greetings and Salutations - 0:45 min...

This is something new Chris and Jared are trying out. Whenever you see BlahCade Backroom you can be assured there won't be much pinball, but there will be some banter. You will hear fellow Pinhead Blabbers coming in and out to chat about stuff (actual Pinball stuff). Think of these BackRoom episodes as a less formal part of BlahCade. Most importantly, tell us if you like these extra bits of random...

Chris and Jared start off this episode talking about TotW and TotM, then it evolves into a free flowing episode about table design, new zen tables, Season 5 table leaks, and other varied topics. Stay tuned later in the week for the BlahCade Backroom. But first, on with the show. Segments Intro Greetings and Salutations - 0:45 min TotW - 3:00 min TotM - 3:40 min Table Designer Mind Fracking - 6:55...