Brenda

"So that's why I'm going to own Willy Wonka because I love the theme so much and so does Brenda. And we will own and keep Willy Wonka forever."

Kaneda says both he and Brenda love the Willy Wonka pinball theme and they'll keep that machine forever

"I've known you all five years and yes, you've had a pin in this in our home now for every day since the day we met. We've done a bunch of stuff on those pinball machines and not just flickering. Christopher."

Brenda makes a suggestive comment about their activities with pinball machines, then corrects herself

"I was surprised to me when you told me that when you used to watch it as a kid, you were afraid of it. I was the opposite. I wanted to live in that world. I wanted him to be my uncle."

Brenda contrasts her childhood love of Willy Wonka with Kaneda's fear of the movie

"What is it like when you went through the doors of Jersey Jack? [...] I was kind of blown away to be honest. I hadn't seen a pinball manufacturer company ever before."

Brenda describes being impressed by the Jersey Jack facility during their first visit

"I know that I don't listen to every one of your podcasts. I certainly do not read Pinside. I am not involved in this in the level that most people are."

Brenda admits she doesn't follow Kaneda's pinball content closely

"Yeah, I was not impressed by that, by the way. You were just waiting for you to come back after finishing your podcast and you know, you popped back in and you're like, where have you been? I've been playing the game."

Brenda expresses annoyance at Kaneda sneaking off to play pinball while she waited

"I had higher scores than you every single time we played."

Brenda claims she consistently outscored Kaneda when playing Willy Wonka

"It's kind of like when you get married to someone like Brenda, I don't wake up every day and be like, well, what, what woman can I get next? Thank God, that's... And I kind of want to marry Willy Wonka pinball."

Kaneda compares his satisfaction with Brenda to wanting to 'marry' the Willy Wonka pinball machine

"But no, yes, you play it a lot. But that's again because you love it. And you get excited and you get giddy. And I don't mind that because I'll sit out here and I'll watch my reruns of Sex in the City."

Brenda describes their evening routine where she watches TV while he plays pinball

"What are your feelings on the fact that your husband has just decided to allocate $12,500 of hard...seemingly joint account now? It's your play money. [...] We still don't have one guy, so please encourage him. I think it would be a healthy exercise."

Brenda discusses their separate finances and pushes for a joint account while calling his pinball purchases 'play money'

"I buy you an ice bag, though. You don't buy me thinball machines. No, I'm never going to buy a thinball machine. What's up with that? It's like a pair. It's a double standard."

Brenda points out the spending disparity between his expensive pinball purchases and her handbag purchases

"I also know that we only have room for one pin in our apartment. And as much as you have loved Batman 66, you have, you've crushed that game."

Brenda discusses their apartment space limitations and Kaneda's relationship with Batman 66

"Oh guys, he says this like every two days. He's like, I'm totally done with it. This is it. I'm either going out in the high or you know what, I'm so freaking over it and people are just so nasty and mean in this hobby."

Brenda reveals Kaneda constantly threatens to quit podcasting due to negativity in the hobby

"Maybe only then if we can knock them off his horse, will you really, really retire from this?"

Brenda suggests Kaneda would only retire from podcasting if he lost his #1 ranking

"Guys, we really can't. I don't know. He's absolutely off his rocker. [...] Lads, he's lost it. Bubba could sleep under the pins."

Brenda reacts to Kaneda's suggestion of fitting two pinball machines in their apartment by moving furniture

"I love my job I love my wife I love my life"

Kaneda expresses love for his wife as part of overall life satisfaction

"I got an email from Jack [...] thanks for spending the day at JJP Brenda is lovely and it's nice to see how she shares your passion"

Jack from Jersey Jack Pinball compliments Brenda and notes she shares Kaneda's passion for pinball

"You didn't see the smile on Brenda's face. You didn't see the smile on my face. You didn't understand exactly what it was like to flip the machine because guess what? You haven't flipped it yet."

Kaneda describes Brenda's excitement when they played Willy Wonka pinball together

"I have high hopes for Willy Wonka it's a dream theme Brenda loves it I think it'd be perfect for for my New York City apartment so I'm in on a collector's edition if it if it checks every box I'm looking for"

Kaneda says Brenda loves the Willy Wonka pinball theme and he's considering buying the collector's edition partly because of her enthusiasm

"It means a lot to Brenda. I use that money to go out and to just play pinball. And I use it to go out and celebrate with Brenda because how nice is it every once in a while where I can just say to Brenda, the pinball podcast fans, they gave us this dinner tonight as a thank you for all the shows we put up."

Kaneda uses Patreon money to take Brenda out for dinners and tells her the fans paid for it

"But if they come out with another game that both my wife and I love, as much as we love TNA, I see myself giving them another $1,000."

Steve mentions he and his wife both love TNA pinball game

"But, you know, my wife and I, especially when we play, she has no holds barred about taking stuff from me."

Kaneda describes how his wife Brenda plays pinball aggressively without mercy when plundering points from him

"It's actually my wife is a super Star Wars fan. So it's a definite keeper for that reason."

Kaneda explains he's keeping his Star Wars pinball machine because Brenda is a huge Star Wars fan

"I just wouldn't let my wife, which is now Brenda, insult something that I enjoyed. Because I think it's disrespectful to crap on something that your significant other is really into and passionate about."

Kaneda says he wouldn't let Brenda insult something he enjoys, calling it disrespectful

"I know what it's like, I married an Irish girl and your visa is not approved. Brenda got stuck in Ireland once for like three or four weeks, waiting to get back into the country here."

Kaneda shares that Brenda got stuck in Ireland for 3-4 weeks due to visa issues

"And then I spent a few minutes this morning with Brenda. I spent 10 minutes trying to get it to work. [...] Brenda and I spent probably like eight games trying to do it. [...] Like we were trying to just trap the ball, but we kept fucking picking up the bad phone."

Kaneda and Brenda spent the morning playing pinball together, trying to activate a custom callout feature on their Batman game.

"About to get married in a few days. I can't wait. I'm super excited. Brenda is just incredible. She's been doing all this amazing stuff, prepping for the wedding. All I have to do is write the checks to pay for most of it."

Kaneda praises Brenda for wedding planning while he just pays the bills

"I'm simply going to do a little staycation with Brenda and then the plan is to go to Japan at some point next year."

Kaneda explains honeymoon plans with Brenda - staycation then Japan trip later

"No, she's incredible. The intangibles that a great partner brings to someone in their life is what makes life so special. So I can't wait to marry this girl. I'm so looking forward to it."

Kaneda gushing about Brenda as an incredible partner before their wedding

"We haven't heard from me in a few days. That's partially because Brenda is traveling with the computer that I usually do this show with"

Kaneda explains podcast absence because Brenda is traveling with his usual recording computer

"I will never ever sacrifice like taking Brenda out for dinners or taking vacations or doing other things that I enjoy because of pinball"

Kaneda prioritizes taking Brenda out for dinners and vacations over pinball obsession

"I was on my way to dinner with Brenda and I get this text that's just like makes me feel shitty and it's like that's where pinball to me again [...] when pinball like infiltrates your evening"

Kaneda was upset when a stressful pinball-related text interrupted his dinner plans with Brenda

"And had a great time in New York City with Brenda and celebrating what is now 42 years of insanity on this planet"

Kaneda celebrated his 42nd birthday in New York City with Brenda

"more importantly my wife loves it it's the first new box pinball I ever purchased"

Kaneda mentions his wife loves a particular pinball machine he bought

"I took Brenda And our friends to it and they were like what the fuck is this man like I'm like, I don't know man like Bunch of dudes talking Japanese with PowerPoint trying to save freaking tokyo"

Kaneda took Brenda to see a weird Japanese Godzilla movie and she reacted negatively to it

"Brenda works for a seafood company that is it has tons of competition now that they would never they would never call up a competitor And be like hey can we really help you guys like we've got some ideas on how you could better position your company"

Kaneda mentions Brenda's job at a seafood company to make a point about business competition

"she was kind enough to let me do this podcast again so I have to be kind enough and take her out to eat something fancy or at least tasty"

Kaneda explains he needs to take Brenda out for a nice dinner because she let him do the podcast

"I mean apparently people think I assaulted Brenda which I you know if I pushed her back a little bit I'm sorry Brendan I have been a little bit she's over it she she you don't know our relationship I mean she's an Irish woman I'm a succinct Greek man and you know we get very passionate and we you know there's been many nights where Brenda has come home and giving me a little shove but like everyone is fine."

Kaneda addresses accusations about pushing Brenda, describing their passionate Greek/Irish relationship dynamic with physical altercations.

"I just get this sense too, like people act like Brenda doesn't want to be in this relationship or shouldn't date a jerk like me and like, again, that stuff hurts. It hurts when people say that stuff."

Kaneda expresses hurt over people suggesting Brenda shouldn't be with him.

"But her and I have a relationship where we love each other for our strengths and our weaknesses and, you know, as much as Brenda is the sweetest Irish girl on the planet, we all have times when, you know, we act outside of ourselves and that's part of loving somebody."

Kaneda describes their relationship dynamic and calls Brenda the sweetest Irish girl on the planet.

"Alright, so I think Brenda and I have an amazing relationship and I can't wait to marry her in December and I wouldn't feel sorry for Brenda."

Kaneda says he and Brenda have an amazing relationship and he can't wait to marry her in December.

"When I walk into an environment and some people just have it out for me, without even knowing me, I think that's unfortunate. [...] The other thing I want to address is when people say, well, I feel sorry for Brenda. Okay, well, you know what, in that moment, I also, like, it was unfortunate and I did feel bad, but let me tell you something, Brenda is a very tough Irish woman and she chewed me and grilled me the F out when we were in the elevator and she was more disappointed in me than any of you out there."

Kaneda describes Brenda as a tough Irish woman who chewed him out in the elevator after his tournament incident.

"This is the coberkai of Brendan, you're turning on the water. I'm about to finish. [...] Brendan's gotta take the computer."

Brenda interrupting the stream by turning on water and needing to use the computer

"People want penguin cracking Brenda. You're telling me to rush it. It's 812. You said you were leaving it 845. 815. 815. 3 minutes."

Live stream moment where Brenda is telling Kaneda to rush and wrap up the show

"So as Sunday morning I woke up and I told Brenda that Chris Coularris spLEd incorrectly, has been named as a potential defendant in a lawsuit that Andrew Heighway is exploring."

Kaneda told Brenda about Chris being named in a potential lawsuit

"any other final words Brenda can we get back this now yep we're gonna go eat"

Brenda indicated she was ready to wrap up and go eat

"all right Brenda well thank you for sitting down with me and indulging me in a in a podcast about this"

Kaneda thanked Brenda for participating in the podcast discussion

"Brenda will be taking on the role of Martin at Pinball News and will ask the questions and I will be doing my best to play the role of Andrew Heighway [...] how does that sound Brenda? I think this sounds like I'm going to learn a lot."

Brenda agreed to participate in a role-play interview for the podcast

"So what are your thoughts Brenda? I think he has a lot to say for not really saying much right. It was a lot of long-winded repetitiveness. Overall I just don't understand how he feels like he could possibly have a case"

Brenda shared her critical opinion about Andrew Heighway's interview responses

"don't you think it's time that the ban on Kaneda from pinside is over Brenda is saying no I could hear her say no the better of but seriously"

Brenda disagreed when Kaneda suggested he should be unbanned from Pinside