Dirty Pool Podcast Ep10 – After Hours: Electric Bat Arcade with Rachel & Cale
How do you run a full-blown pinball bar until 2 AM every night and stay married? Rachel and Cale from Electric Bat Arcade break it all down—logistics, love, location pinball, and late-night arcade life in Tempe. We talk running machines in the desert heat, Arizona pinball culture, and how to build a community one quarter at a time.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:15 - How Did Electric Bat Start?
00:02:38 - What's It Like Running a Business With a Partner?
00:04:15 - Cale 'Wide Stance' Pinball Technique
00:05:45 - Running an Arcade Business
00:07:21 - "Barcade" Trademark
00:10:00 - Booze On Top Of Pinball
00:11:48 - Where'd The Name Come From?
00:13:45 - Electric Bat Podcast Loves To Be Transparent and Honest About Business
00:16:00 - Earnings Info Helping The Manufacturers?
00:19:35 - Most Important Thing an Arcade Can Do...
00:21:16 - Chat Questions
00:23:00 - Pinball For Everyone
00:26:20 - How Does Booze Work at @electricbatarcade
00:28:15 - Repairing Pinball Machines / Cale @ Marco Specialties
00:30:43 - Most Important Relationship Thing... Talk Through Chat Programs?
00:33:00 - Electric Bat Crazy Hours?!
00:35:12 - DND...
00:38:35 - Hardest Part Of Running a Business? Dealing With The City...
00:43:28 - Arcade Owners Aren't Generally Business People
00:45:00 - Cursed Game? It's Galactic Tank Force
00:51:49 - Whats The Modern Way To Handle Customer Service For a Manufacturer
00:54:15 - Kiko the Cat / Pinball Tech
00:59:58 - How To Be a Good Customer / Manufacturers Need To Be Better
01:01:35 - It's Ok To Be Frustrated, Channel It Right.
01:06:00 - Serge, The Ultimate Pinball Commentator
01:08:00 - Memorizing Pi in the Wildest Way
01:12:00 - How To Learn Pinball Repair
01:18:35 - Choosing To Be A Great Experience Over Making Money
01:20:55 - Chat Questions 2
01:22:30 - Don't Be Afraid To Get Involved With Tournaments
01:27:25 - Donuts?
01:27:35 - Pinball Is About People
01:28:25 - The Raven Thing...
01:29:30 - Top 3 Games?
01:33:00 - How Do You Not Burn Out On Pinball?
01:35:09 - Thank You! / Bye!
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Dirty Pool Podcast Ep09 – The Hunt Begins: Predator Pinball with Daniel Janson
The widebody has landed. We sit down with Daniel Jansen, CEO of Pinball Brothers, to talk about their new Predator machine: the rules, the features, and the sheer guts it takes to bring a licensed behemoth like this to life. We dig into the use of AI in their teaser campaign, the implications of AI-generated art in the industry, and whether high import costs and tariffs are creating real barriers for international buyers. Transparency, tech, and one of the most iconic monsters of all time.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:14 - Hello!
00:00:35 - Daniel Janson
00:01:31 - Confirmed? Future 80's Action Themed Pins Coming?
00:02:03 - Alien and Predator - BFF's
00:03:01 - Predator Clicking Sounds... LIVE!
00:03:41 - Art and Collaboration at Pinball Brothers
00:07:40 - Lets Talk Wide Bodies
00:08:45 - Does Predator Eat The Ball?
00:09:30 - Predator Is The Main Character
00:11:00 - The Predator Sculpt is All Original, Not a Toy
00:12:30 - How Do You Handle Lighting a Widebody?
00:14:00 - @fastpinball Boards
00:15:10 - Iconic Playfield Art In Pinball. Predator 3 Skulls?
00:17:30 - Is There a Family Mode / Gore Mode in Predator?
00:18:16 - Are More Arnold Video Assets Coming?
00:19:00 - Leaked Footage?
00:20:00 - Predator Launch...
00:22:00 - Handling Criticism From The Community
00:25:41 - Alien and Predator IP's Came From The Same Licensor
00:26:12 - Chat Questions!
00:28:00 - Thanks for the raid @DRI374
00:28:45 - Games Ship August
00:29:31- Tariffs
00:30:15 - Do You Believe Consumers Should Pay For Tariffs?
00:31:28 - How Are Tariff Costs Handled For People Purchasing Pinball Brother's Games?
00:34:00 - When Tariffs Are Locked In Will You Notify The Consumer Base On Your Plans?
00:35:01 - Gameplay Footage? (Few Days.)
00:37:52 - Retro Kit To Improve Flippers On Older @PinballBrothers Games?
00:38:38 - Does Pinball Brothers Use AI in Playfield Art? (no they don't)
00:40:22 - Observation... Pinball Brother's Loves Predator.
00:43:15 - Mods In Predator.
00:43:30 - Design Goal - Feeling The Movie
00:44:40 - Rules and Modes Logic
00:48:16 - New Hairdo!
00:48:46 - Horror Games for PB? (no)
00:51:25 - Rapid Fire Chat Questions (Yes / No) HOT TAKES!
00:52:20 - The Raven Thing.
00:53:42 - Competition Mode or Competition Play?
00:56:27 - Where Can You Play Predator?
00:57:29 - @PinballBrothers Appreciates Your Support
00:57:57 - For The Predator Fans
00:58:10 - Distributors Available on Pinball Brother's Website
00:59:15 - Better Updates For New Patches?
01:01:06 - Thank You Daniel!
01:01:52 - Bye!
01:02:50 - Bonus Questions... How Many Daniel's Is Too Many?
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1:03:50
Dirty Pool Podcast Ep08 – Brewing Beans & Flipping Dreams: Tony from What’s Brewing
We head south to San Antonio to talk to Tony, the owner of What’s Brewing, a coffee roastery that also happens to double as a pinball arcade. We get into the grind of running two very different scenes under one roof, from roasting beans to repairing flippers, and how a city like San Antonio shaped the culture of both. Turns out, coffee people and pinball people might just be the same weirdos.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:40 - Surprise Pyramid Praising
00:01:05 - Where What's Brewing Came From
00:04:25 - What To Do In A Tornado / Emergency Info
00:07:18 - Pinball Enters What's Brewing
00:11:50 - Exotic Fruit and "The Nerd Tree"
00:14:45 - Pinball On Location Doesn't Make Money
00:17:16 - Chat Asks About Pinball 'named' Coffee
00:19:41 - Where do you acquire beans?
00:23:26 - What's up @CoffeeFlipper4 !
00:23:51 - Lets talk poop coffee. (Yes Seriously)
00:29:21 - Lets break down coffee types.
00:38:00 - How Coffee is Roasted
00:45:46 - Jar Jar killed Pinball... temporarily
00:49:21 - Have you converted pinball non-believers?
00:51:41 - Booze at a roastery? Sure?
00:55:21 - What's Brewing Tournaments Have Diverse Games
00:57:41 - @sternpinballinc Release Tiers...
01:01:23 - Back When You Could Get Pins For Cheap
01:04:23 - Don't Trust Your Cable Colors.
01:08:00 - The Pinball Experience is Interactive and Challenging
01:13:11 - Remakes Feel Different... Doesn't Every Game Feel Different?
01:19:52 - Day Off Interview? Tony Says Some Nice Things To Me.
01:22:22 - Pinball For All Types Of People
01:23:12 - Drink Spills and Coffee Pinball Aroma.
01:26:31 - Pinball Innovation / Pinball Golden Age
01:30:21 - Completed Code?
01:33:51 - Small Companies Grow Smart
01:35:21 - Barry O's!
01:36:41 - What's Brewing Events
01:39:21 - Big Screen Dirty Pool?!
01:41:21 - Bye!
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1:42:15
Dirty Pool Podcast Ep07 – Davey of Stumblor Mods / The Art of The Pinball Modding
Davey from Stumblor joins Dirty Pool to discuss how one of the most respected names in pinball modding became a quiet powerhouse.
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Known for high-end, limited-run mods for machines like Godzilla, Jaws, and Elton John, Stumblor has built a reputation for precision engineering, lighting effects that don’t feel like an afterthought, and an aesthetic that leans more toward sculptural design than simple add-ons.
We talk through his full creative process—from initial idea to final shipment—and cover topics like what makes a game “worth modding,” and why some projects never make it out of the prototype phase. Davey also discusses community feedback, and testing challenges. Also included: the origin of the name "Stumblor!"
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:01 - Oops
00:00:07 - Actual Opening
00:00:18 - Davey / Stumblor Mods!
00:02:30 - Are Mod Makers Making Manufacturers Leave Out Components?
00:05:51 - The First Mod... Creature.
00:11:12 - Godzilla.
00:12:58 - The First Pinside Post That Launched Stumblor.
00:16:58 - Stumblor Website Breaks My Audio
00:20:00 - Where The Ideas For Mods Come From
00:20:52 - Elton John Sign
00:25:02 - Where Are You From?
00:26:41- Pin2DMD
00:29:21- PinMAME
00:32:00 - Stumblor Homebrew?
00:35:45 - Customer Emails / Customer Service
00:36:40 - The Customer Is Not Always Right
00:39:40- Tinkering Is Part Of Pinball
00:40:59 - @teppinball Plug and Upcoming Kong Mod / The Process
00:45:36 - Mod Making Is Art and Mechanical
00:48:51- Talking Materials
00:52:41- How to update Stumblor Mods to the new App
00:54:34 - Relationship With @dutchpinball
00:55:45 - What Deeproot Was...
01:01:20 - Manufacturers Not Collaborating With Mod Makers
01:06:46 - Dutch Pinball's Alice
01:08:14 - The Pinwalk and @InBeforetheLock
01:09:00 - How To Get Ahold of @stumblor
01:09:30 - The Raven Joke...
01:12:56 - TNA will take you to town.
01:16:20 - BTTF...
01:18:00 - Evil Dead @SpookyPinball 's Best Game
01:22:30 - 90's Pinball Style
01:23:48 - Where did the name Stumblor come from?? (Of course it's the Simpsons.)
01:27:20 - Next Stumblor Mod? ... Jurassic Park
01:29:20 - Tour of the workshop (Davey's Muted Adventure)
01:29:51- I Poorly Try To Fill In
01:30:46- DAAAVEEEEEEYYY
01:30:57- Schwarzenegger Tour
01:31:20 - Explaining Whats Going On For The Audio Only Podcast Peeps.
01:33:57 - Davey Returns
01:36:20 - Pin2DMD Oversized Mod For Classics
01:39:00 - Logistics for Assembly
01:45:23 - Pinball Is About Memories
01:47:10 - Raid / Outro
01:47:55 - BYE!
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Dirty Pool Podcast Ep06 – Chad The Bird Loves Worms and Pinball
This week’s guest has a lot to say—and somehow says it all without moving his lips. We get into pinball, performance art, and the unique acoustics of Logan Arcade. Let’s just say this one might take flight in unexpected directions.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:15 - What Are You?
00:02:32 - Did I Pay Chad? ... No.
00:03:30 - Bi-coastal? Bi-Polar.
00:04:00 - All Natural Pink
00:05:50 - Go Follow @BillLarkin
00:06:05 - Comedy Monologue vs. Improv
00:09:00 - Manic Panic?!
00:09:14 - Which Font Is Better
00:10:30 - Chad's Diet And Bowel Problems / Solutions
00:11:42 - Do You Pay Taxes?
00:12:26 - Chad's Font?
00:12:42 - @LoganArcade !!
00:13:41 - Chad Loves Pinball
00:14:20 - Lets Talk @pinballexpo2540 'Pinball Expo'!
00:15:30 - Little Kong Talk...
00:17:13 - Harry Potter Hype Videos... The Industry Needs To Change It Up.
00:17:44 - #Onlybirds
00:18:17 - 97% Of Birds... Don't Have Dongs.
00:19:57 - Happy Birthday George Gomez! @sternpinballinc
00:21:27 - Lets Talk Pinball Classic Voice Over
00:23:10 - Sensitive Ears?
00:24:18 - Bird In Chicago = Good At Booze
00:26:47 - Chicago Is The Heart Of Pinball
00:27:16 - Barry O's Isn't A Bad Game - Burned Birds...
00:28:40 - The Booming Pinball Business?
00:30:32 - Stern Needs To Add Side Lights To LE's
00:32:28 - Star Wars Jizz. (The Music)
00:34:12 - Fresh Ass Bees.
00:36:25 - Need More Flair.
00:40:30 - Toppers... Unnecessary
00:42:00 - Galloping Ghost and Other Hot Spots
00:46:20 - Jack Danger Makes Cool Games. Also No Code :(
00:47:50 - Chad Says LCD Playfield is the Future of Pinball
00:49:30 - Jurassic Park Home Edition... Underrated Gem
00:51:14 - Pinball is Already Perfect
00:53:00 - Chad Knows His Sh.tuff
00:54:00 - Chads Underrated Game List
00:55:00 - Need @johnnycrap1 to Help us Pronounce Stuff
00:56:00 - Finding Old Games On Location In Great Condition
00:57:15 - There's A Porn Pinball Machine?? Why!?
00:59:48 - The Raven Gag.
01:01:40 - MFK Pinball
01:06:08 - Chad Doesn't Like Jaws... What an Idiot
01:08:00 - My DnD is an Expensive Lamp
01:11:00 - Pun Daddy SignoutDk Makes Jokes
01:11:25 - GnR is TOO LOUD
01:15:00 - Clay Pigeon Stuff
01:17:58 - Chad Stuff Going On!
01:20:41 - Bye!
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