# Tour of B.R.I. Taproom & Pinball Arcade in Tempe, Arizona! **Source:** Pinball Shenanigans **Type:** video **Published:** 2026-01-29 **Duration:** 9m 41s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PWzi5Kremc --- ## Analysis Mike Dimus from Pinball Shenanigans tours B.R.I. Taproom & Pinball Arcade in Tempe, Arizona, showcasing a diverse collection of pinball and arcade machines. The venue features modern Stern titles, classic games like Paragon and Black Knight, custom toppers, and a substantial arcade section. The hosts engage with the venue's games and staff, highlighting the location as an unexpected arcade gem in the area. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] B.R.I. Taproom & Arcade (Beer Research Institute) features a significant collection of both pinball and arcade machines — _Direct venue tour with visual confirmation of multiple game rows_ - [HIGH] The venue features modern Stern pinball machines with custom toppers — _Multiple modern Sterns noted during walkthrough; custom D&D and Attack from Mars toppers specifically mentioned_ - [HIGH] The venue has classic pinball titles including Paragon, Bride of Pinbot, Atlantis, Black Knight, and others — _Direct observation during tour_ - [HIGH] The arcade section features games like Ice Cold Beer, Tapper, Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, and a boxing game — _Direct observation and gameplay of arcade titles_ - [MEDIUM] The venue uses a leaderboard system with 'insider connected' capabilities — _Host mentions 'insider connected leaderboard action' but specifics unclear_ ### Notable Quotes > "BR I Tap Room Arcade. All right, Mikey. Let's go. Take us for the tour." > — **Mike Dimus**, ~0:30 > _Opening of venue tour segment_ > "Pinball, man. [laughter] Good answer. Good answer. Arcade is not my thing." > — **Shane (tour guide/companion)**, ~8:30 > _Expresses preference for pinball over arcade games at the venue_ > "It's a pretty awesome space. I had no clue that this was even here. What is this place called again? The Beer Research Institute, BRRI, Tap Room and Arcade." > — **Mike Dimus**, ~15:30 > _Closing impression of venue as unexpected discovery_ > "If I own an arcade, this would have to be a safe. Ice cold beer. Absolutely." > — **Shane**, ~9:00 > _Commentary on most valuable arcade game in the collection_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | B.R.I. Taproom & Pinball Arcade | organization | Arcade and pinball venue located in Tempe, Arizona, featuring diverse collection of modern and classic pinball machines, arcade games, and bar service | | Mike Dimus | person | Creator and host of Pinball Shenanigans YouTube channel, touring the venue and providing commentary | | Shane | person | Companion/tour guide during the venue visit, plays arcade and pinball games, expresses preference for pinball | | Stern Pinball | company | Multiple modern Stern pinball machines present at the venue | | Tempe, Arizona | event | Location of B.R.I. Taproom & Arcade where the tour takes place | | Gus's Fried Chicken | organization | Restaurant across the street from the arcade; hosts visit to pick up food before arcade tour | | Pinball Shenanigans | organization | YouTube channel documenting pinball culture, events, and venues | | Electric Bat Arcade | organization | Mentioned as source of tokens that were brought to the venue but didn't work | | Paragon | game | Classic pinball machine present at the venue | | Black Knight | game | Classic pinball machine present at the venue in both original and modern versions | | Monster Bash | game | Pinball machine present at the venue with custom topper | | Metallica | game | Modern pinball machine present at the venue | | Walking Dead | game | Modern pinball machine present at the venue | | Pulp Fiction | game | Modern pinball machine present at the venue | | Star Wars | game | Comic edition pinball machine present at the venue | ### Topics - **Primary:** Venue tour and arcade/pinball discovery, Mix of classic and modern pinball titles - **Secondary:** Arcade game gameplay and mechanics, Custom pinball machine toppers, Pinball vs arcade game preferences ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.85) — Mike and companions express enthusiasm about the venue discovery, impressed by the quality and diversity of games. Shane's preference for pinball and positive reactions to custom toppers and game selection reinforce positive sentiment throughout the tour. ### Signals - **[community_signal]** Venue features sticker wall for community contributors, indicating community-focused pinball arcade culture (confidence: high) — Mike places Pinball Shenanigans sticker on venue's sticker wall alongside other community contributors - **[event_signal]** B.R.I. Taproom & Arcade in Tempe, Arizona documented as a significant venue with diverse pinball and arcade collection (confidence: high) — Direct venue tour with visual confirmation of extensive game collection and leaderboard system --- ## Transcript Okay, we just uh are here at Janos Kiss's world famous fried chicken to pick up a couple stragglers here. Playing a little uh human frogger. We're going to head to our uh Airbnb shortly, but there is an arcade across the street, so we got to check this out. I see an Alvir place. Oh, I am in. Oops. There's some divots in the road there. Watch out for those. All right. BR I Tap Room Arcade. All right, Mikey. Let's go. Take us for the tour. Here we are. Hey, how's it going? Oh, this is pretty wild. Just coming in for a little quick tour of the action. All right. Awesome. Thank you. How are you? Yeah. Right on. Okay. They've got insider connected leaderboard action here. [music] A row of modern sterns. Pretty uh neat little custom [music] DND topper. That's like the old school DND topper. [music] I went one way. These guys went the other way. All right. Well, I'll just uh I'll continue on. Some custom looking toppers here are pretty wild, actually. Look at this [music] Galactic Tank Force. Very cool. October Fest, Attack from Mars, Fish Tales, and then whole slew of arcade games. [music] Commando Tubin. I don't know that I've ever seen one of those. I've heard of it. I had it on NES. House of the Dead 2. Pretty wild. Arcade um cocktail machine here. More arcade. Oh, the boxer game. Who wants to put in a looney into the boxer game? Oh yeah, they don't do loonies here. What is it? Takes $1 bills. Tolas, I can't do it. Come on. Shane Jackson for you. All right. I had a scared note. I'm not a fighter. Okay, here you grab the camera. Second here. There we go. Mike, you start trying to get some bucks. Let's see. I got a He doesn't take loonies. No, I got a I got a dollar in my pocket if you need it somewhere. I do for sure. And and you don't have to reach in like Bob Barker giving away a hundred bucks. I can grab it for you. Come on now. Know I have the most exciting part of shenanigans. Jesus. Mike's wallet. Oh. Oh, there it is. Dollar bill. All right. All right. Here we go. [music] I hope it's $1. Mike Tyson Dus getting ready to press. Can he press start? Here we go. All right. You can do a run up one. Okay. Think of somebody you hate. Who was Who do you hate? All right. Easy there. Boom. Boom. I don't think that was pretty good. Actually, that that didn't feel like a solid hit. Six 26. Okay. 626. The score to beat. All right. And uh I'm going to put in another dollar. Let's see. [music] Uh what else do we got? I got one more dollar left here. Who's going to try and beat the score? [music] I know you want to try Old man Jackson. All right. He wants to I see in his face. Let's get a look at this bag before it gets blown to bits by Mike Diamond. Let's give you another angle here. All right. All right. Oh, you're doing it. Okay, Shane. Here it is. That felt pretty solid. That looks solid. 626. Yeah, I thought so. All right. 7 is the victor on this one. Hey, I Wait. Oh, okay. Shny boy wants in. He's playing some Miss Pac-Man. Okay, tell me when you're ready. I'll Oh, look. They got Ice Cold Beer. That's a cool game. Tapper, Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong. One Shiny Boy has his uh [music] dollar already. We'll see uh if he can beat Shane. 676. You don't have a dollar bill. [music] There's the other games. Shane, what game do you like the best here arcade wise? Pinball, man. [laughter] Good answer. Good answer. Arcade is not my thing. This if I own an arcade, this would have to be a safe. Ice cold beer. Absolutely. Apparently, this was They just get so much money for these. Oh, I already set up what I do. Oh. Oh, it's like a track mode, maybe. Oh, it is a tracked mode. Pretty wild. These two are pretty cool. Tapper Moon Patrol. I have one of these machines at home. Not the tapper, but the main or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. And uh I should get uh Billy Mitchell to autograph it. Anyway, um I playing this all the time. All right. I haven't uh toured around the other side yet, but what about Shny Boy? Who's got a dollar bill? Hey, Sluggo. I I got one. He's got one. Okay, I'm going to throw one in this little boy here. Galactic Tank Force. How do you like the topper on this? They're all 3D done. I actually like that one a lot. Yeah. Look at the Attack from Mars one. This is pretty cool, too. All custom. All right. Shiny boys. Uh oh. Uh I have electric bat uh tokens, but I don't think those will work. Tokens only. Everything's quarters. Okay. [laughter] You're fishing in the dark here. Wait, watch. Oh, wow. Camera actually brings it up nice. The camera makes it look Wow. Blue and green edition. Color DMD. The OG color DMD LCD. That's nice. Okay, here it is. Here it is. Shane, what did you have again? Right there. No, no, it disappeared. 676. 676, I think it might have been. You know, it's ready. Oh, push the button. All right. Sean is like multitasking here. Okay. Don't run into the luggage. Here he goes. Oh, weak. Oh, he missed it. Weak. I might even beat you. I had 626. You bastard. Got me by two. Okay, I'm going to loop around to the other side here and uh see what they got. It's a pretty long row of games here. Yes, I hear Tiola or uh I hear Shane claiming that he is the victor back there. We got Whirlwind, Monster Bash again. Cool custom topper. Elvara's House of Horrors. Jurassic Park. [music] Stern. Roller Coaster. Tycoon. X-Men. Spider-Man. Is this the comic book edition? I think it is. Yo, check out the sticker wall. The sticker wall. See if he's All right, let's see the sticker wall. Oh, I know what he is referring to. He's plugging plugging his pinball podcast, pinball profile. Hey. Yeah. Well, check this out. Check this out. Hold on a minute. Hold on a minute. Should I put it right over top of him? That's my uh my YouTube channel that I'm filming on right now. And my buddy sticker is right here. So, I was thinking of sticking it right over top of his. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. [ __ ] block him. All right. We won't do that. All right. Here we go. This the pinball shenanigan sticker. We're going to find a special spot right here. Look at that. Awesome. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Go back to the front here. We got Paragon, Bride of Pinbot, Atlantis, Black Knight, the OG, and the modern. Oh, Super Mario Brothers. I haven't seen this forever. Star Wars um comic edition or whatever that is. [music] and Pulp Fiction, South Park, Turtles, Avengers, Metallica, Walking Dead. It's a pretty awesome space. I had no clue that this was even here. What is this place called again? The Beer Research Institute, BRRI, Tap Room and Arcade. Pretty awesome. I was going to put my sticker right over top of your sticker, but I didn't. Now you are. [laughter] That's _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v1)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: df923dca-98f9-4546-a176-79ed1024e738*