Jack Danger/DeadFlip streams from his house all the time! Jeffrey Star started as a “drag queen star” on MySpace and produced a really weird album that edgy teen girls listed to a ton, my sister being one of them in the 2009 “Hot Topic goth kid” era.

He randomly left music and started a makeup company and then suddenly a few years ago he came into superstardom out of nowhere. His products blew up and he made millions.
Now he has this huge pink house and a dope ass collection.

He’s an interesting character but he’s pretty clever as a businessman. He may be unorthodox but people love the sassy gay man persona right now.

Surprisingly we’re allowed to talk about people being gay and *gasp* we can even make jokes! Who woulda thought! It’s part of being human. And I’m glad because Jeffree is introducing pinball to all sorts of people who otherwise honestly haven’t cared.

Finally I have friends who are like “oh you play pinball?? I saw those on Jeffree’s Instagram! Those must be super old they probably haven’t made them in like 50 years...” and so on and so on. Then I get to educate them and talk them into submission about the history of pinball!!

I get your sentiment, but with today’s Information Age, lots of younger folks LOVE to have information thrust at them. I’m good at telling stories so most of them find it fascinating.
I just hosted a local game shop’s weekly stream and it was all about pinball. They asked to have me back in 2 months or so when they’re able to get a camera setup to properly film REAL pins. It’s very exciting!

So leave out the hard facts and design teams and just talk to them about the machines and that they still make them. Add in some funny stories and tell them about any local bar leagues! It goes a long way!