Interviews
Interviews with the pinball community.
The Pinball Bet
The Pinball Capital of the World doesn't have a world-class place to play. Francis Wisniewski thinks he can fix that.
Colin Alsheimer
A Chat with Pinball Prodigy Sterling Mitoska
On the surface, Sterling Mitoska is your average teenager, that is, until he starts playing pinball.
Matt Owen
Diving into Dune Sound Design with Jeff Dodson
A conversation with sound designer Jeff Dodson about his work on Dune from Barrels of Fun.
Noah Crable
The Casa Bonita Pinball Story
How a $40M nostalgia-fueled restaurant revival inspired a one-of-a-kind custom pinball machine.
Colin Alsheimer
Art Project: The Story of Aziz!Pinball and the Hypnotron II
Interview with Max and zap, the creators of the Hypnotron II homebrew pinball project.
Colin Alsheimer
Around the Playfield: The Kyle Spiteri Interview
Chatting with Kyle Spiteri about his role at Stern, his rise in the industry, how people can get more involved in the hobby, and so much more.
Colin Alsheimer
What’s Going on With JJP’s Harry Potter and the AI Art Controversy?
Just when it seemed the Harry Potter launch from Jersey Jack Pinball couldn’t get more controversial, on Sunday, a previously unknown pinball enthusiast broke open what could wind up being the biggest pinball scandal of the year.
Colin Alsheimer
First Look: The Hangover Trilogy Pinball by Brian Soares and Reby Hardy
Fresh off their 2024 TWIPY win for Custom Game of the Year with their work on Happy Gilmore, Brian Soares and Reby Hardy are back with a new custom game just in time for the 2025 edition of Pintastic New England.
Colin Alsheimer
The Electric Playground Reveals Pulp Fiction “Double Tap” Topper (plus an interview with Rob Rath)
Learn more about the latest release from The Electric Playground, plus an interview with co-founder Rob Rath.
Colin Alsheimer
Jamie Burchell Reacts to Multimorphic’s Next Game
Jamie Burchell of The Wormhole reacts to seeing Multimorphic's next game before anyone else!
Colin Alsheimer
Making Moves at The Electric Playground: Rob Rath Talks New Hires & Product Announcements
Rob chats new hire news and several new product announcements.
Colin Alsheimer
IFPA Rookie of the Year Jaden Rich Talks Competitive Pinball Success
Jaden Rich of Louisville, Ohio, has taken the pinball world by storm, earning the prestigious IFPA Rookie of the Year title in his first season of competition. In an exclusive interview, Jaden shares how a birthday tournament with his dad sparked his passion for competitive pinball and more.
Matt Owen
A Chat with The Greatest Showman Homebrew Pinball Team
A conversation with the design team behind The Greatest Showman homebrew pinball machine.
Matt Owen
Around the Playfield with “Pinball” Geoff Harvey
Let's go Around the Playfield with Pinball Geoff Harvey. In this conversation, I wanted to learn more about Geoff’s history with pinball, what’s kept him engaged with the hobby for so long, and see if we could get some insight into the state of modern pinball relative to its past.
Colin Alsheimer
Catching up with Scorbit on New Features, Growth & More!
We got a chance to catch up with Ron Richards, one of the Co-Founders of Scorbit on what the team has been up to over the last year, coming on the heels of a cool new feature release.
Colin Alsheimer
Next Level Levels Up
Next Level Pinball Museum adds expansion to become the 4th Largest Public Pinball Collection in North America.
Colin Alsheimer
How Pinball Flipped My Life: Interview with TEDx Speaker Michael Sandler
When it comes to pinball origin stories, Michael Sandler’s isn’t too dissimilar from others you may have heard before. While he had been exposed to pinball growing up, it wasn’t as big a part of his life until he stumbled upon the Pintastic pinball show in New England several years ago.
Colin Alsheimer
First Look: Happy Gilmore Pinball
Scope the Latest Custom Pinball Creation from Brian Soares and Reby Hardy.
Colin Alsheimer
How to Take Better Pinball Photos with Jon Geier of Darkroom Pinball
Learn how to take better pinball photos with Jon Geier of @darkroom_pinball on Instagram.
Jon Geier
Pinball Community Spotlight: Ed Giardina, IFPA Mobile App Developer
Welcome to the 3rd installment our pinball community spotlight series, where we interview the operators, builders, tournament organizers, and business owners that make the pinball world go ‘round.
Colin Alsheimer
Pinball Community Spotlight: Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen of Match Play
A special conversation with Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen of Match Play.
Colin Alsheimer
Pinball Community Spotlight: Brian O'Neill of Scorbit
Welcome to the first of (hopefully many) pinball community spotlights, where we interview the operators, tournament organizers, and business owners that make the pinball world go ‘round. (Originally published on IFPApinball.com in Feb. of 2023)
Colin Alsheimer
Inclusive GameWerks Interview: Fighting Perception With Pinball
The new Inclusive GameWerks is making pinball accessible and inclusive for those with disabilities. Their patent-pending inclusive controller for pinball machines is helping create accessible game rooms in CO and across the country.
Will Oetting
20 Questions with Pinball Expo’s Loveable Mascot, Flippy
Welcome to a whirlwind conversation unlike any other: an exclusive, rapid-fire interview with Flippy, the dynamic mascot of the annual Pinball Expo in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Brad Milison
Drew Robishaw Broke the Pinball Playing Record at 48 Hours; Then Kept Playing
Drew Robishaw can play pinball far longer than you can. And he now has the official Guinness World Record to prove it.
Colin Alsheimer
Catching up with Bowen Kerins; Talking Multimorphic’s Final Resistance, Pinball Rules Design, Dream Themes, and more!
Today we’re super excited to bring you a conversation with Bowen Kerins, an accomplished competitive pinball player, rules designer, and advocate for the game.
Colin Alsheimer
PinBox 3000: Interview with Co-Founder and New Game Modules Kickstarter Campaign
TWIP got a chance to interview Ben T. Matchstick, one of the founders of the Cardboard Teck Instantute, about how PinBox 3000 got started and the new advancements in the game modules.
Will Oetting
Daikaiju Pinball: Interview with the Creators
We got a chance to ask some questions of the creators of the Daikaiju Homebrew pinball machine; Rob Anderson and Steven Kowal.
Will Oetting
Interview with Bob Nies, Creator of Elf Pinball
Interview with Bob Nies, Creator of Elf Pinball
Will Oetting
Dan Forden: The Pinterview
Interview with Dan Forden, who did sound on games like Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars, The Shadow, and more.
Jeff Patterson
Haggis Pinball Announces FATHOM REVISITED!
In Depth Overview of the Machine, Editions, Features, Rules, PLUS an Interview with Haggis Pinball
Jeff Patterson
Arcade Dreams Documentary: Interview with Director Zach Weddington
Following is an interview TWIP did with Zach Weddington, Director of Arcade Dreams. Arcade Dreams is a documentary that Zach is currently working on to tell the story of arcades from the 1900s up to now. We can’t wait to see how they cover the story of pinball!
Jeff Patterson
The Current Impact of COVID-19 on the Pinball Hobby
The Current Impact of COVID-19 on the Pinball Hobby
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Scott Danesi
Interview with Scott Daneis, creator of the game Total Nuclear Annihilation.
Jeff Patterson
Cosmic Carnival – Interview with Jon Weaver of SunCoast Pinball
Learn about SunCoast Pinball with this interview with Jon Weaver.
Jeff Patterson
Matt Hardy’s Expedition of Gold Pinball Machine – Interviews with Reby Hardy and Brian Soares
Interviews with Reby Hardy and Brian Soares about Matt Hardy's Expedition of Gold Pinball Machine.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Tim Sexton
Interview with Tim Sexton, Software Engineer at Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Christopher Franchi
Christopher Franchi is a pinball artist who has created artwork for machines such as Batman ’66, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Beatles, and Munsters.
Jeff Patterson
FIRST LOOK: deeproot Pinball’s Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland, plus Interviews with John Popadiuk, Steven Bowden, and Robert Mueller
First, look at the deeproot RAZA pinball machine plus interviews with Steven Bowden, John Popadiuk, and Robert Meuller.
Jeff Patterson
Stern Insider – Interview with Zach Sharpe
Stern recently announced their new Stern Insider Membership Program – check out the press release here. Zach Sharpe, Director of Marketing at Stern Pinball, reveals some more details about the program.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Gerry Stellenberg
Gerry Stellenberg is the Founder of Multimorphic, Inc., the P3 Pinball Platform, and the P-Roc Control System.
Jeff Patterson
Suncoast Pinball New Hire
Updates from Suncoast Pinball and a brief interview.
Jeff Patterson
deeproot Pinball Updates and Interview
Interview with deeproot following a released statement.
Jeff Patterson
deeproot Pinball Launch Postponed
Updates from deeproot pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Primus Pinball Revealed! Interview with Zoltron and Zombie Yeti
Primus Pinball is the newest pinball creation! Check out details below!
Jeff Patterson
Williams Bally Pinball License Acquired by Zen Studios – EXCLUSIVE Interview! First Tables Available Now!
Zen Studios has acquired the licenses to the Williams Bally Pinball Collection!
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Roger Sharpe
Interview with Roger Sharpe from This Week in Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Tanio Klyce
Interview with Tanio Klyce.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Keith Elwin
Interview with Keith Elwin of Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield Pinside Edition: with Brian Sherman (gweempose)
Interview with Brian Sherman, a moderator (gweempose) on Pinside.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Josh Kugler
Interview with Josh Kugler from This Week in Pinball
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Eric Meunier
Interview with pinball designer Eric Meunier.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Mrs. Pin
Mrs. Pin is the host of the Mrs. Pin’s Pinball Podcast.
Jeff Patterson
deeproot Update plus Interview – New Hire, New Building, New Creative Studio, New Licenses, and Help Offered to Those Who Lost Money on Pre-Orders from Other Companies
DEEPROOT PINBALL SUMMER 2018 UPDATE
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Mike Vinikour
Interview with Mike Vinikour from Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield Pinside Edition with Crazy Levi
Interview with Crazy Levi, a prominent member of the pinball community and the Pinside forums.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Jon Norris
Interview with Jon Norris, pinball designer.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Chuck Ernst
Interview with Chuck Ernst of Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Buffalo Pinball
Interview with the group behind Buffalo Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with John Borg
An interview with Stern game designer John Borg.
Jeff Patterson
Kingpin The Remake – Interview with Circus Maximus, Kingpin Rules, Upgrades
Announcing the Capcom Kingpin remake plus an interview with Circus Maximus.
Jeff Patterson
What is going on with Pinball Expo? Hear from Rob Berk and Mike Pacak
After posting the Rob Berk interview yesterday, This Week in Pinball learned more about the situation surrounding Pinball Expo. And it is…a bit of a mess that can hopefully be worked out.
Jeff Patterson
**EXCLUSIVE** EXPO 2018 Changes, New Pinball Palooza Show Announced, Interview with Rob Berk
**EXCLUSIVE** EXPO 2018 Changes, New Pinball Palooza Show Announced, Interview with Rob Berk
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Lyman Sheats
An interview with Lyman Sheats, at the time a software engineer for Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Jack Danger from Dead Flip
Interview with pinball celebrity Jack Danger of Dead Flip.
Jeff Patterson
Interview with Ben Heck: Leaving Spooky, Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle Preview, What is Next for Ben Heck
Interview with Ben Heck: Leaving Spooky, Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle Preview, What is Next for Ben Heck
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Jersey Jack Guarnieri
Interview with Jack Guarnieri, the founder of Jersey Jack Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
deeproot Pinball: New Home, New Hires, 5 Days of deeproot, EXCLUSIVE Follow Up Interview
Updates from deeproot pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Head 2 Head Pinball
Interview with Martin and Ryan C. of Head 2 Head Pinball Podcast.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Josh Sharpe
Interview with the IFPA's Josh Sharpe.
Jeff Patterson
Around the Playfield with Gary Stern
An interview with Gary Stern, head of Stern Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Interview with Joe Balcer, Playfield Designer for Houdini – The Desire to Create
Interview with Joe Balcer, Playfield Designer for Houdini – The Desire to Create
Jeff Patterson
Interview with deeproot: The Next Misadventure or a Pinball Revolution?
Interview with deeproot pinball.
Jeff Patterson
A Conversation with Deeproot Pinball
A Conversation with Deeproot Pinball.
Jeff Patterson
Interview with Robin, Founder of Pinside: Pinside’s Approach to Moderation
Pinsider Robin, along with Pinsider Martijn founded Pinside.com, the largest pinball forum on the internet. Robin discusses Pinside’s approach to moderation on the site, which is a much-debated topic.
Jeff Patterson