The message is a haiku-- "Hokushi's Death Poem"

What his post suggests...I have no idea. Would like to see him come back though, and wish all the old Podcasts were available.

His Podcast was the main thing I'd listen to when working on mods.

EDIT: I expected downvotes on this post, was here for his Pinside antics, and aware of his actions I don't condone, but he had some great interviews, provided a unique perspective, called it as he saw it (while trying to keep manufacturer quality in check)...and at times, the train-wreck aspect was entertaining.

Def miss him

Interesting to hear.

Freaking hope so this joke has gone on long enough now!

Drives into work have certainly been quiet for me as of late..

I heard that...been watching pornhub on my drive to work...not good!

Did a quick google search and as it turns out that viewing this in public on a personal device is legal. Seems bizarre to me.

Anyway, I hope he isn't. And I hope if he is, he spends like 5 minutes running all his episodes through a de-plosive plugin. I don't know why all these "podcasters" can't seem to give one flying fuck about the quality of their voice in a recording. If I'm going to listen to 20 minutes of pontification and "bold opinions" I want at least the audio quality to not give me a headache.

He probably just posted it to start another speculation thread about himself on pinside.

Iv'e been gone so long I never knew he left.

You must have me confused with someone that gives a shit.

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Was he ever realy gone? Mmm

Welcome back K-man!!

Can't be him. Didn't he tell us someone complained to his boss and he was directed to stop doing podcasts? K-man would never lie to us, so the only possible explanation is that this is yet another setup. Probably a joint project by Stern and those NeoGeo dudes to further discredit him with his employer.

Good! I missed a regular pinball podcast with actual pinball content instead of bullshit singing, screaming and off topic chatter.

Made sense for him to take a break during this summer when nothing really new was happening. Would make sense for other weekly podcasts to maybe skip a week or two when nothing newsworthy happening instead of 90 minutes of "what did you do this weekend?", "Hey, there's this band Heart I just heard of" and other off topic nonsense. But I guess if you're a distro with a podcast, gotta keep trying to pump the sales each and every week.

Yet here you are not only reading the thread but also posting...you give a shit

Cary Hardy and Kaneda Podcast would be Badass.

no..just ass

He must be getting a new hellcat Durango or rebel trx. The only reason he posts anything is to brag.

Is this the same guy i saw on tv years ago that lost his girlfriend Because of his arcade addiction wore nintendo pajamas or something wierd like that? If so, please Dont come to my town. Ever.

He's gonna play that Donkey Kong guy for the world record of something. The winner gets the rights to relabel Texas Pete as some sort of expensive, organic hot sauce. Nobody cares...

This coming from a guy who posts every day on pinside

Are they seriously making these? A big brick with insane horsepower, reminds we of when they put the Viper V10 in a short box pickup. Tons of power, drove like shit

GNR partial play field image on his facebook

I do not see it. Is it down already?

He doesn't have any pictures listed except for his profile pictures.

I should have screen shot it - already taken down!

Anyone get a screen shot?

Hahaha at least have the balls to say my name Thanks for being a loyal listener PoMC

Are you sure that he was talking about you?

You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.

Hahaha yeah maybe not...

The song actually was about him, though.

So, how did it look???

Meh... you can listen to my thoughts on him here, where I am just "telling it like it is." Basically it sucks what happened but F__k that guy...

https://www.thisamericanpinball.com/podcast/episode-09

I started it and it starts off with a bunch of meta talk about your podcast equipment. This is what people are constantly complaining about.

It’s probably you, I had to turn off this weeks episode , I fast forwarded two or three times, questioned what I was doing with my life and put on a JRE episode. I like you but keep it a pinball show, not the Zach show.

Are you listening through an 8 track, use the fast forward button.

You know what I take that back... seenew you just gave me a great idea for podcast segment. Look for it in the next release.

I'll pass.

You won't be missed

I totally don't get this thing with pinball podcasts that they seem to have no ability to process any feedback. Its just, don't like it, don't listen, learn how to fast forward, don't like singing, I'm just going to do it more to troll the haters, you won't be missed. Seriously guys tone down the ego a little.

I thought that's what was respected in pinball media trolling. Further, Seenew isn't a listener, he made a judgment about the podcast by listening to a few mins or seconds. If he were, he'd understand why the podcasting equipment meta was in the show, as a correction to a previous podcast episode. Believe me, I can't speak for everyone, but it ain't ego. I produce my shows the way I want because it's the way I like to do it. It's practical to my workflow, it serves as a creative outlet for sound design, voice acting, and music creation. I am not saying everyone has to like and love my shows. And I am certainly open to feedback, not every show opens with me talking about podcast equipment or meta topics about myself or processes. Listen to several shows, provide feedback on my thread and I will gladly take them into consideration. Hell, the show has changed drastically since its inception, in large part due to feedback. So keep it coming.

The image was his avatar on a motorcycle - behind it was the unpopulated playfield and to the right was picture of the 3 twipys. Took me a min to realize there was an image of the playfield in the back - Roses in the center, over in the shooter lane area there we records going down one said Rock over it then Below Roll. Was kinda faded out and I wasnt able to really study it as I randomly saw it and had to jump in a meeting. I didnt expect it to get removed that quickly I guess...

I could listen to your thoughts, but the first 3 minutes were so borish and self absorbed.

Kaneda may love himself some Kaneda, but he's highly charismatic and energy laden. Not an Ira Glass apprentice.

If you're going to come into a thread, try and shit talk the person it's about, then have the nards to self promote. Well, it better grab people pretty quickly, and if people feel critical towards your intended snipe, listen to their feedback and appreciate their time spent listening.

Thanks for your feedback, it's cute and trite. And yes, I have nards. Further, I do appreciate their time spent and quick wit. But, in the same breath, as I stated before, my podcast was never intended to appeal to all, thus, respect the time and craftsmanship even if you dislike the content. Thanks for giving it a go.

Yeah I don’t know any other distro doing a podcast. I don’t mind criticism, unless someone accuses me of something false, then I speak my mind (something I thought Pinsiders praised). My work in pinball isn’t for everyone and I’m perfectly fine with that. But, I won’t change my idea of entertainment and information. Feeding people unedited nonsense with a 5% rumor success rate is nothing I’m interested in doing, but I’ll likely listen hahaha. Appreciate the feedback Gunnett, I like you too buddy.