Gameroom Junkies Arcade and Pinball Podcast

Find a seat and get ready for the show. In this episode, Preston and Patrick take a trip to the movies by discussing documentary films centered around coin-op. The movie theme extends to the game portion of the podcast along with discussions about this episode's non-game gameroom item: popcorn machines. Collector Rob McDole of pinballhead.com and arcadeage.com joins us over the phone to talk about his passion for all things pinball and arcade and how he went from a 0-60 in less than a year. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by www.creaturesoftware.com, creators of The Pinball Book for iPhone.

Collector Sean Newton is on the line to give us all the details about his contributions to Google Sketchup to help collectors layout their gamerooms. He also fills us in on the book he authored caleld Bits, Sticks, and Buttons along with sharing a few collecting stories along the way. A large part of this show is devoted to the beginner collector and answers common questions like, "Where can I find games?", "What should I look out for when purchasing?", and "What shoudl I collect?". Regular parts of the show are back including personal gameroom updates, lessons learned the hard way, along with everyone's favorite trivia segment, "Name the Game!"

Preston is in a state of bliss as he talks about his first ever new-in-box purchase...Tron. We have a great interview with collector David Fix who has plenty of stories to share about collecting, restoring, and even running a show. We answer listener questions before offering a new contest courtesy of this show's sponsor - GameMolding.com. Lessons learned the hard way, one of our favorite segments, is back. We finish out the show with another rousing edition of 'Name the Game'

We're Location at the Stern Pinball Tron: Legacy launch party then we sit down with local Atlanta collectors and hosts of Pins n Vids DVD series Paul Kiefert and Al Warner. We throw a wrench into the normal schedule by playing "Name the Game" trivia contest. This episode is sponsored by This Old Game.

We attended the first-ever Atlanta Pin Swap and scored some great interviews with event organizer Tim Christie and pinball tech James Lunceford. We then talk about our exciting New York City adventure where we played pins and arcades on location follwed by an interview with collector and operator Allen Cihak. We round out the episode by talking about the upcoming Tron Legacy pinball release from Stern, personal gameroom updates, plug a few resources, and discuss our Top 5 Arcade games for kids.

This episode of Gameroom Junkies Arcade and Pinball Podcast is loaded with pinball goodness. We scored an exclusive interview with Gene Goodman of Retro Pinball to talk about the now ready-to-ship King of Diamonds pinball machine and to reveal the super-sweet price point to score one of these beauties. After that we talk to collector "Sparky" Malmberg about his killer gameroom and how some extra credits on a pinball machine back in the day started him on his road to being a gameroom junkie! We also give personal gameroom updates, shout outs, and more. We finish out the episode with our top 5 party games!

Our special Guest Damon Claussen is a former contestant on the hit TV show STARCADE. He talks about his experience on the show, owning Blast from the Past amusements, and how his love of gaming is still going strong. Aside from an awesome interview, we talk about personal gameroom updates, give away free copies of The Pinball Book for iPad, and talk about game-inspired music to rock out in your gameroom. Filling out your audio experience, we talk about our Top 5 game sounds.

On Episode 5, Patrick and Preston kick off the show by opening the mail bag for the first time to hear from some of you, the listeners. We get to find out the outcomes of some recent gameroom scores including a massive Playchoice deal, and a 3-pin bulk purchase. We mourn the loss of Guitar Hero to the world along, tell some stories about "lessons learned the hard way", and talk to our new friend, Houston collector Joe Reyna. We finish out our show by listing the Top 5 things to have in your gameroom (that aren't pins or vids). Listen, laugh, enjoy.

On Episode 4, Preston and Patrick discuss the big changes that have happened in the past month including the announcement of a NEW pinball manufacturer. Wheelin' and dealin' talk abounds, and they are joined by a very involved New England collector, John Jacobsen. John talks about his love of everything nintendo, describes a rare mini pinball, and discusses the importance of a community of collectors. There is plenty of pinball talk including the discussion of the next three Stern Pinball titles to be released: Rolling Stones, Tron, and...Muppets (?)!. The regular segment, "non-game gameroom items" is back and this time we talk about signage. We finish out the show with our Top 5 lists for games that will NEVER be in our game rooms!

On Episode 3, Patrick and Preston are joined by local Atlanta collector Art Sumner. Art talks about his earliest coin-op memories and how he got into "the game" of collecting. Art shares about his extensive collection of "dedicated" MAME cabinets. There is plenty of Tron talk including Art's unique dedicated Space Paranoids cabinet. The regular segment, "lessons learned the hard way" is back. We finish out the show with our Top 5 lists (Pinball themes that were never made, but should be, dang it!)

On Episode 2, Preston and I talk about a recent arcade auction we attended, highlight a rather unique item to accessorize your gameroom, discuss a simple tech tip related to GI lighting in pins, talk about some recent game purchasing activity we have had, and more. We, of course, round things out with a Top 5 (Pins played not in emulation)

On the first show we introduce ourselves, discuss our earliest memories of arcades, and talk about how we got into the hobby. We also talk about a cool trip we took to a throwback arcade in Utah, resources for the hobby, and our personal top 5 classic video games.