Skill ShotThe Skill Shot Pincast is the podcast companion to Seattle’s pinball zine! Hosted by Graham Klym and Kayla Greet, the Pincast comes out every two weeks and features guests talking about the local community, the latest games, industry news and gossip, and everything in between!
You can subscribe to the Skill Shot Pincast through iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher and other podcast apps and directories, or directly through our RSS feed.
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We recorded a cross-cast with the boys at Sidekicks Pod. They cover superhero movies and we cover pinball, so we got together and tackled superhero pinball!
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Here’s their version of the Crosscast: http://www.sidekickspod.com/2015/08/05/sidekicks-ep-8-sideshot-pinkicks-crosscast/
Hot off their recent success at Pinburgh, we’ve got Kevin Birrell and Raymond Davidson with us this week, Seattle’s own pinball wunderkinds! We talk about the upcoming NW Pinball Championships (Aug. 28-30; www.bdivision.com), tournament strategy, the local vs. national scene, and Raymond tells us about his early path to pinball. Accidentally edited to stay on Gary Stern’s nicer side. Bola Salvada!
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Episode 7 features interviews with two pinball-loving musicians: Australian singer/songwriter Darren Hanlon, and Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies! Both Ed and Darren were touring through Seattle in the same week, and each graciously made the time to sit down with us and talk about their personal pinball histories.
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And because this is an all-audio experience, we just had to share some of their music with you! Pardon the varying sound quality of the interviews — we’re making it up with four great songs. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
On Episode 6, Alexa Philbeck joins Kayla and Graham to talk about women in pinball, inclusion and building a community. Kayla notes a cool through-line with the lyrics of our opening theme song and Graham plays devil’s advocate. Check yer privilege at the door!
Episode 5 features Bobby Conover, owner of 20XX Amusements and captain of the new Pinball Seattle champions, the Soda Jerks! Graham and Kayla talk to Bobby about his experience as a pinball machine operator and the path that brought him there, and Graham gets a little too sneaky with Name that Game…
Episode 3 of the Skill Shot Pincast features hosts Graham and Kayla discussing local Seattle pinball events happening during the summer as well as a run down on their approach to playing Lord of the Rings. On episode 3 of the Pincast Skill Shot founders Brad and Gordon join Graham and Kayla to discuss our impressions of this years NW Pinball and Arcade Show. Graham also went to some of the seminars about the new Jersey Jack Hobbit game, which made its first NW appearance at the show so that is discussed in lots of detail. (This Pincast was actually recorded on the same day the show ended!)
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Episode 2 is here!
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In this edition of the Pincast, Graham and Kayla talk with Aaron McAbee about the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show, this weekend at the Tacoma Convention Center!
We each picked a game featured in the Main Match-Play Tournament (Graham – Space Station, Kayla – NBA Fastbreak, Aaron – Wizard of Oz) and talked about our best approach for big points in a tournament setting. Then Aaron plays around of Name that Game, then turns the tables and quizzes Graham and Kayla with a hilarious and challenging game of his own!
Other notes:
Check out Fellwoods!
Thanks again to everyone for all the kind words about our first episode. We’re psyched to share these with you!
Recently Graham and Kayla talked with Kevin Birrell about getting into pinball and Stern’s latest released game, Wrestlemania. We had fun recording our first attempt at the Pincast, and we hope you like it!
The plan is to release Pincast episodes monthly, but we’re going to play this by ear.
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We’ve submitted the Pincast for review on iTunes, but you can subscribe to it directly with this RSS feed:
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:152852382/sounds.rss
If you use iTunes, just go to “File” and select “Subscribe to Podcast…”, then copy-paste the above RSS link!