Dirty Pool Podcast Ep10 – After Hours: Electric Bat Arcade with Rachel & Cale

How do you run a full-blown pinball bar until 2 AM every night and stay married? Rachel and Cale from Electric Bat Arcade break it all down—logistics, love, location pinball, and late-night arcade life in Tempe. We talk running machines in the desert heat, Arizona pinball culture, and how to build a community one quarter at a time.

Praise the Great Pyramid

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:15 - How Did Electric Bat Start?

00:02:38 - What's It Like Running a Business With a Partner?

00:04:15 - Cale 'Wide Stance' Pinball Technique

00:05:45 - Running an Arcade Business

00:07:21 - "Barcade" Trademark

00:10:00 - Booze On Top Of Pinball

00:11:48 - Where'd The Name Come From?

00:13:45 - Electric Bat Podcast Loves To Be Transparent and Honest About Business

00:16:00 - Earnings Info Helping The Manufacturers?

00:19:35 - Most Important Thing an Arcade Can Do...

00:21:16 - Chat Questions

00:23:00 - Pinball For Everyone

00:26:20 - How Does Booze Work at @electricbatarcade

00:28:15 - Repairing Pinball Machines / Cale @ Marco Specialties

00:30:43 - Most Important Relationship Thing... Talk Through Chat Programs?

00:33:00 - Electric Bat Crazy Hours?!

00:35:12 - DND...

00:38:35 - Hardest Part Of Running a Business? Dealing With The City...

00:43:28 - Arcade Owners Aren't Generally Business People

00:45:00 - Cursed Game? It's Galactic Tank Force

00:51:49 - Whats The Modern Way To Handle Customer Service For a Manufacturer

00:54:15 - Kiko the Cat / Pinball Tech

00:59:58 - How To Be a Good Customer / Manufacturers Need To Be Better

01:01:35 - It's Ok To Be Frustrated, Channel It Right.

01:06:00 - Serge, The Ultimate Pinball Commentator

01:08:00 - Memorizing Pi in the Wildest Way

01:12:00 - How To Learn Pinball Repair

01:18:35 - Choosing To Be A Great Experience Over Making Money

01:20:55 - Chat Questions 2

01:22:30 - Don't Be Afraid To Get Involved With Tournaments

01:27:25 - Donuts?

01:27:35 - Pinball Is About People

01:28:25 - The Raven Thing...

01:29:30 - Top 3 Games?

01:33:00 - How Do You Not Burn Out On Pinball?

01:35:09 - Thank You! / Bye!

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