The Pinball Show

"TPN was like never I it was never really like a thing was it like it was just a logo on everyone else's content so like TPN going away but the pinball show surviving is makes you'll never feel and you know what I'm saying it's not like it was the NWO like you'll never feel avoid the the the biggest show on it was the pinball sho"

Kaneda dismisses TPN as just a logo while acknowledging The Pinball Show as the biggest show on the network

"Yes, I'll listen at the topics on the pinball Show are good, you know, Zach's been putting a lot behind the paywall. I, again, like, I just, I don't like that format. And I told them this, like, they all know this. Like, I just don't like, team up a free show to then make people pay. Like, it doesn't work, it doesn't work on that platform. Don looks silly, always asking people to subscribe, only for $400 a month, it just doesn't make any sense."

Kaneda criticizes The Pinball Show's paywall model and subscription approach, saying it doesn't work and makes Don look silly.

"You don't think David Fix got notified instantly the moment that Pinball Party podcast went live or instantly the moment Kaneda's Pinball podcast is talking about it or Cary Hardy or the pinball show or everybody else in the pinball space in the pinball community."

Kaneda mentions The Pinball Show as one of the pinball media outlets discussing the American Pinball rumor alongside other major podcasts.

"Your favorite pinball podcaster is the Pinball Show with Zach and Dennis Creasel. And again, they put in the work. They do the work. They've got the audience. We know the numbers are there. [...] All we ask is just share the numbers. [...] Of course, you've got more listeners than Kaneda behind a paywall. So congratulations. You've always finished right at the top of pinball podcasting. And I can say this, they've made me make my show better. And I bet they would say I have done nothing to make their show better."

Kaneda acknowledges The Pinball Show's success and audience numbers while challenging them to share their metrics and admitting they've made his show better.

"There was someone who attended the pinball show in California and they saw an older game that was built from the ground up and it was running off of the fast boards."

Kaneda references information from someone who attended The Pinball Show about seeing a Fast pinball remake there

"And as much as they'd like to say that I have an agenda or the Pinball show has an agenda, no, we don't."

Kaneda defends both himself and The Pinball Show against accusations of having an agenda against American Pinball

"We might not always see eye to eye but I think there's always been and there will always be a mutual respect between me, Zach and Mr. Franchi. We might be frenemies at times but let me tell you you take those three shows off the air and think about how stale pinball podcasting becomes and I mean it."

Kaneda acknowledges disagreements with The Pinball Show but emphasizes mutual respect and credits them as essential to keeping pinball podcasting vibrant.

"The other person who's been a competitor of mine when he think about the top three pinball podcasts has always been Zach and Dennis and the pinball show. And I just want to say to those two I'm really happy you guys are in pinball. I am really happy that you make shows every single Monday or Tuesday that goes over the pinball industry and the pinball community. I think you're as fair as you can be knowing all things considered and I appreciate your take and your point of view on pinball."

Kaneda praises The Pinball Show hosts Zach and Dennis as top competitors, expressing happiness they're in pinball and appreciation for their fair coverage of the industry.

"I was listening to the pinball show and Zach Meny was like, yeah, I got some news. There's no standard edition. It's like, when are people going to actually give me credit for saying this stuff?"

Kaneda complains that The Pinball Show's Zach Meny reported there's no Toy Story standard edition without crediting Kaneda for saying it first six months earlier

"Notice how on like Zach Meny's, the pinball show, Zach said that like he spoke to JJP and nobody toured the factory. [...] And notice how Jersey Jack did not say he's wrong."

Kaneda suggests The Pinball Show's Zach Meny didn't get the full story about JJP's factory situation and implies his own source has better inside information.

"I was listening to the pinball show and one of their correspondents said that they traveled over to Haggis Pinball and they saw a production happening with Fathom Pinball and I was like, well, that's great. But then I'm like, why can't Damien and Marty show other people the progress that this person apparently saw?"

Kaneda references The Pinball Show's coverage of Haggis Pinball progress but questions why that information isn't being shared more broadly

"American Pinball I heard this rumor over at the Pinball show thank you Zach and team that American Pinball is supposedly thinking about releasing more Houdinis and Oktoberfest"

Kaneda thanks The Pinball Show team for sharing rumors about American Pinball's plans

"There's been a lot of information being given to everybody from Blueberry Johnson over on the Pinball show with Zach Meny."

Kaneda mentions The Pinball Show as a source of information about deeproot pinball

"Congratulations to Zach and the Pinball Show who finished second and super awesome Pinball Show finished third. I guess the show's not coming back as Franchi said if he won he'd come back so we'll see what happens. I hope he comes back. I really do. I think Franchi does a great show. I think it should just be like one hour on Monday and then do an hour interview on Friday. Just break it up a little bit and then we're all golden."

Kaneda congratulates The Pinball Show on finishing second in a contest, praises the show quality, and suggests format improvements.

"Now I heard a rumor on the pinball show and this is the first time I've heard this rumor that Jersey Jack pinball has an anime license. Okay, so here's the thing about these rumors now at the pinball show. And I've been telling this to Zach Meny. And I love the correspondence over there. But everyone is just making stuff up now. Like they're just legitimately making stuff up."

Kaneda criticizes The Pinball Show for spreading made-up rumors despite liking their correspondence.

"Ah, you know, I also heard on the pinball show that the new Lord of the Rings TV show could become a new stern machine. I don't think so."

Kaneda references hearing about a potential Lord of the Rings TV show pinball machine from The Pinball Show but disagrees with the speculation

"I turned on the pinball show tonight because I just wanted to hear Zach and Dennis talk about pinball and cover the news and sort of just take my mind off everything else going on in my world. But I was also really curious to see how they would cover the Jersey Jack pinball playfield issue."

Kaneda watches The Pinball Show for relaxation and news coverage, but was specifically curious how they would handle the Jersey Jack playfield issue.

"He will be stepping down his duties at the pinball network. So he won't be doing the pinball show or the stream on Monday nights, and he will be joining Jersey Jack at the middle of this month to be running their comms department or be their head of comms."

Kaneda announces that Ken Cromwell is leaving The Pinball Show to join Jersey Jack pinball as head of communications

"you want to talk about the silent umbrella of what everything is you know who's leading it all and what it all falls under to sell more games people don't be how can you miss that that is the ultimate objective disguised as just a bunch of guys getting together to share their love of pinball"

The Pinball Network is ultimately designed to sell more games under the guise of celebrating the hobby

"do I think it was a little bit manipulative that they all shut down within one week? And they all had their various reasons why they were closing shop. Yeah, I just thought that was like thinking back on it now. It's just kind of lame that they weren't more transparent with their listeners about what they were doing."

Criticizes The Pinball Network for lack of transparency in coordinated show closures

"I have heard quite a few of the pinball shows, and I think that right now without the proper frame of reference that I think a lot of the comments are all over the place and that a lot of what might be considered negatives are things that don't have perspective."

Kaneda criticizes pinball shows for making comments that lack proper perspective and frame of reference

"I'm going to buy Hilton a really nice one hundred dollar hoodie to replace the one he has that he can wear moving forward to all the pinball show"

Kaneda offers to buy Hilton from The Pinball Show a $100 hoodie as part of a challenge bet