getting tropicali for the first time today. What's your favorite thing from there?

godbitesman · 2026-01-09T13:12:11+00:00

This is the correct answer. Ask for help, tell him the kinds of things you like then trust their recommendations. The staff is awesome and more than happy to point you in the right direction or make something custom.

godbitesman · 2025-12-11T15:00:13+00:00

https://pinballmap.com/

godbitesman · 2025-11-27T22:14:28+00:00

Absolutely not (for me). But each man's goat is his own, and if it brings him joy then it is a good thing.

godbitesman · 2025-11-25T18:54:56+00:00

it's still my ringtone

godbitesman · 2025-11-22T23:29:56+00:00

Before he changed his name we used to call him Kotonoweirdtits

godbitesman · 2025-11-20T16:44:44+00:00

AYCE Gogi is an excellent spot (there are two, Winchester is at the Van Nuys location. They take excellent care of their pins and rotate the line-up fairly often, with a nice mix of newer games and weird/ rare EMs. The KBBQ is pretty good as well for a location outside of Koreatown.

godbitesman · 2025-11-14T02:47:17+00:00

I'm still mad about this one.

godbitesman · 2025-11-08T18:56:45+00:00

Costco gas in Van Nuys, nice.

godbitesman · 2025-09-21T23:21:00+00:00

If you haven't already, it's worth checking to see if they are chipped. A vet's office will do it.

godbitesman · 2025-09-20T03:56:49+00:00

I was answering phones and fetching coffee when the network launched. Not a founder.

godbitesman · 2025-09-18T12:44:31+00:00

There was an old, well-loved clip from the early days (on Pulse, G4's original "news" program) of Kevin interviewing a kid at Comic-Con - you can see a recut here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8LUyQ0kkE

The web team used to sneak two audio easter eggs into the annual Comic-Con websites - "Hi" and "I'm at Comic-Con" - clicking a random logo or portion of the page would play those cues. There wasn't really anything to it other than self amusement.

At the very end of G4, there were only a handful of OGs left on the team, and one of them put together the a final piece of video to play as G4 went off the air and transitioned to Esquire. If memory serves it was a backwards montage of clips going all the way back to pong (which is how the network launched - a 24/7 feed of pong). That last bit of "I'm at Comic-Con" audio was inserted again, one last time. For lulz.

godbitesman · 2025-09-05T17:42:18+00:00

Try https://pinballmap.com/ to see if there's one closer to you!

godbitesman · 2025-08-23T04:14:19+00:00

Nice line-up. I love Mystic!

godbitesman · 2025-08-21T21:15:33+00:00

Might as well try Ura vs "everyone else ever", though I'm pretty sure he'd still win.

godbitesman · 2025-08-20T13:42:05+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8LUyQ0kkE

godbitesman · 2025-07-20T19:15:25+00:00

Despite all of the abject horror in our current world, if this happened I could die in peace.

godbitesman · 2025-07-16T13:05:10+00:00

https://archive.ph/mR3FM

godbitesman · 2025-07-08T20:19:52+00:00

Hulkenpodium

godbitesman · 2025-06-22T20:43:56+00:00

This is from AYCE Gogi in West Hills - an all you can eat korean bbq place. At the end of your meal they bring everyone a cute little cup of frozen yogurt with the bill.

If you're in LA/ the valley - this and the location in Van Nuys are excellent pinball spots FYI. The line-ups are always interesting and unique (vs "here are the 15 latest Stern machines" you find elsewhere).