Triple Drain Pinball Podcast

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 49: TPF Prep 2024! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf & Travis Murie Texas Pinball Festival is here and we break down all the things we are looking forward to seeing and playing later this week. We also discuss our latest experiences with both Pulp Fiction and JAWS! We sprinkled in some tournament talk as well as a fan favorite TOM TALKS! Travis was also very...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast: PAPA’s Got Some News… Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie, Andy Bagwell & Penni Epstein. We’ve got some exciting news to share! Andy and Penni joined the show to share that PAPA 21 World Pinball Championships is happening. Tune in to hear all the details of how this came to be and what makes this tournament so special. Enjoy! PAPA 21 World Pinball Champ...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 48: We Played JAWS And It Blue Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf & Travis Murie Here we go! Thanks for all the people that read the summary last time. You are appreciated In this episode we discuss how Travis almost pooped his pants as well as how Tom did in State. We shared some of the feedback from our last episode’s “strong” takes as well as some of the t...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 47: Why No Balls in Mouth?! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf & Travis Murie 2024 is here and we are back! In this episode we discuss our thoughts on both the JAWS and Looney Tunes streams, as well as our overall opinion on negativity in the hobby. Tom and Travis talked about INDISC and some of the other tournaments going on in the next few weeks. This is a...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 46: 2023 CrossOver With LoserKids Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie, Scott Larson, & Josh Roop Well this was fun! We decided to have a massive crossover episode with Josh and Scott from the Loserkid Pinball Podcast. We had some TWIPY conversation, as well as what we consider each of our most surprising things in 2023. We also discussed the curr...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 45: Keith Is Here & We Fell Apart Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie and Keith Elwin Well we finally landed Keith on the podcast and in typical Triple Drain fashion, things went south quick. Travis’ audio and video blew up and broke everything. With that said, Tom, Keith and Joel still had a great conversation about the challenges of modern code...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 44: Expo 2023 Recap Fun! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie We made it back from Chicago Pinball Expo! On today’s episode we discussed all the new games we played including Labyrinth, Elton John, Venom, GTF, Elements, Ninja Eclipse, Pulp Fiction, and some of the Homebrews. We also caught up on D82’s Super Series, Stern Pro Circuit Finals, and th...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 43: Our Top 5 Games & Expo Prep! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Tonight we covered a lot of ground. We started by discussing our current thoughts on Venom’s code and its “complexity”. We then rolled into the Kineticist’s request of each of our Top 5 favorite pinball machines. We also chatted about Super Series coming up, as well as the S...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 42: Knull Has Nothing On Us Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Tonight we catch up after not recording for almost a month. We discuss our views on a few of the games we’ve put time on recently, including Rick and Morty and Venom. We actually go pretty deep into Venom with what we like and don’t like. We talk about some of the recent tournament...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 41: Too Much Stacking!!! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Tonight we cover a TON of different topics. Joel shares his current thoughts on Godfather as well as his recent experience with Stern’s Spiderman Vault. We have some interesting tournament talk and answer a bunch of user submitted questions. Buckle up because we cover a ton of ground in...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 40 – Going deep on VENOM! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Tonight we stayed focused. We talked VENOM almost the entire episode. We gave our thoughts of the game before it was streamed and shared how how perception changed after it was streamed. We discussed everything from its art, animations, code, layout, overall sales, its marketing, its X...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 39: 5 Minutes Of Endless Ball Save Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Tom is back baby and ready to catch us up on all his European tournament fun. We discussed how Travis and Tom did in Worlds and how it feels playing against a machine. We then caught up on our current pinball collections/thoughts as well as break down some of the challenges of...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 38: Entering the Bone Zone Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Greg Bone, & Travis Murie Tom is still in Europe, so we try our best to record without him. Luckily we got the next best thing being Greg Bone! The three of us discuss pretty much every current manufacturer and what they are producing. We share our thoughts on the Godzilla Topper and its reveal, as well as...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 37: Holy Crap, Harry Potter! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Well, Harry Potter was just announced… kind of. The three of us dive into that and share our overall thoughts and how we think those few sentences can affect the entire industry. We talk about our new merch as well as the European and World Tournaments that Tom and Travis are abou...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 36: Josh Hates Tom Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie and Josh Sharpe Tonight we asked Josh Sharpe to join us and explain why he personally hates Tom! Tournament talk fills roughly the first 50ish minutes if you guys don’t care about WPPR’s and math, but I personally found the conversation really interesting as we dove into some of the 6.0 rule chan...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 35: Spicy Tom Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Tonight’s episode was something. To be honest we kind of bounced all over the place and covered a ton. We shared our thoughts on everything from owning Foo Fighters, Bond 60th and Godfather, to testing a new Pinwoofer product. We talked game design and recent code updates. We shared our recent h...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 34 – TPF 2023 Recap with Colin MacAlpine Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie & Colin MacAlpine TPF has come and gone and what a great show it was! On this episode we asked Colin to join us so that we could dive deep into the TPF tournament and what it was like directing it. Travis and Tom share how they played overall as well as some interesting...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 33: TPF Prep 2023 Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Special Guest: Karl DeAngelo TPF is just around the corner and there are a TON of new games to play. Luckily we’ve already played most of them and decided to break down our experiences with the new games so far. We were able to get Karl on the show who just recently streamed Godfather and Scoo...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 32: Who Is Driving This Bus?! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf & Travis Murie (Editor’s note: We recorded this Friday morning before the different game teasers were released so we were just speculating at that point. Great timing…) In this episode we try our best to stay focused, buuuuuuuuut we end up going all over the pinball roadmap. We share our thought...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 31: Only Pinball Talk And Lots Of It Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie This episode we try our best to stay on target! We discuss everything from our recent award winnings to Scooby Doo thoughts, as well as Cactus Canyon Remake hands-on impressions. We talk about ‘innovation’ in pinball and our thoughts on when is the right time to sell a gam...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 30: Neil McRae In The USA Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Special Guest: Neil McRae This episode we have Neil McRae as our Extra Ball! We discuss pinball in the UK, as well as some overall tournament talk from the last few weeks. At roughly 50 minutes we finish up our tournament conversation and dive deeply in both Bond LE and Bond 60th as...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 29.5: INDISC 2023 Recap Hosts: Joel Engelberth & Travis Murie This is a “mini” episode with just Joel and Travis as they recap INDISC 2023. It was an amazing tournament to watch and experience so they decided to discuss some of the really cool moments that came out of it. If you are a tournament player you will love the discussion, but even if you aren’t, y...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 29: Elwin’s Bond 60th Anniversary Is FINALLY Here! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie In this episode we discuss our thoughts on everything involved in Stern Pinball’s latest release, James Bond 007 60th Anniversary Edition, designed by Keith Elwin. We not only break down our thoughts about the actual game itself, but we also share our opinions on...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 28: Let’s Unmask The Scooby Doo Reveal Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the Scooby Doo reveal and the gameplay footage that is currently online. We also talk about Joel’s first experience streaming Bond, as well as what he enjoyed at Pincinnati. Tom and Travis talk WPPRS while Joel zones out. We also tal...

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 27: Travis Is All Over Bond! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie In this episode we catch up on Free Play Florida, as well as some of the newer games that have been added to our collections. We dive deep into some Godzilla strategies… well “deep” for some of us. Travis shares his first-hand experience with Bond now that he has one. We also shar...