Zach Manny is a prominent pinball content creator and media personality known for hosting the Straight Down the Middle Pinball Show and co-hosting the Saturday Morning Spectacular with Kaneda. He operates Flipping Out Pinball, a retail pinball location, and is recognized in the community for his expertise in pinball callout quality and game knowledge. His relationship with Kaneda evolved from significant disputes to reconciliation, and he has been involved in notable community controversies.
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Godzilla is one of Stern Pinball's greatest pinball machines ever made
Godzilla was released nearly two years before the topper announcement
Godzilla Premium is 'one of the greatest games ever made' and will maintain strong demand despite price increases
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Wizard of Oz pinball was revolutionary and single-handedly reinvigorated adult interest in modern pinball design
Pinball industry has a systemic problem where casual players don't understand basic mechanics like multiplayer mode, credits, or ball/game concepts
Zach Manny criticized the finals game selection as poor marketing for Stern sponsorship with 800-1000 viewers
Barry Engler's title is Senior Production Manager at American Pinball, not service department head
The solution to action button complexity would be to add more action buttons on top and make them different and labeled
A Lord of the Rings vault at any time would sell units
Black Knight Sword of Rage had poor action button implementation causing inexperienced players to waste Magna-Save at game start
If you want to fix your competitive pinball scene, reach out to me. I'll do some consultation work
Stern has never vaulted White Star, and I still don't think they're going to go to the trouble of converting it to a Spike or a Sam
I've achieved peace because I have committed to myself that if it [Back to the Future] does not get made, I will simply make it
Zach Manny's best time on Half Shell Challenge is 94 seconds
The Mandalorian Premium/LE movable upper playfield creates worse playfield flow than Pro's static mini playfield
Zach Manny sold his Jurassic Park LE for $10,500 plus topper to a local buyer
Joshua Clay will have a significant future role in Stern pinball animations
Keith Elwin will achieve a three-peat Game of the Year award
The Pro model of Avengers Infinity Quest is very bright and may be hard for people to accept
Raymond Davidson worked on mode structure for Avengers Infinity Quest
Keith Elwin prefers shot sequences that allow progress through any shot path rather than forcing specific shot order
Zach Manny took over Flipping Out Distributors in January 2019 while simultaneously hosting Straight Down the Middle, Twippy awards, TWIP podcast, and creating Pinball Cribs content.