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Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
The Pinball Show: Uprooting Deeproot - Part 1
Host: Zach Meny
Special Guest: Blueberry Johnson
In Part One of The Pinball Show Special Series 'Uprooting Deeproot', Zach Meny speaks with hobbyist pinball researcher, Blueberry Johnson, about the fall of attempted upstart pinball company deeproot. Mr. Johnson has compiled an extensive amount of unreleased data from previous deeproot employees and from public information, showcasing detailed information about this failed startup pinball company, per Mr. Johnson.
DISCLAIMER: Content presented in this podcast episode is based on information received from Mr. Blueberry Johnson. The Pinball Show offers this disclaimer because the information received cannot be confirmed as coming from the direct sources, although the respondents were informed of the intentions of this information and were agreeable to it being used in a podcast medium. All of the information in this episode is 'alleged' and not being reported as fact; it is merely a form of reporting information from outside/secondary sources, much of which is for entertainment purposes.
Blueberry Johnson contact email: drblueberryjohnson@gmail.com
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3 years ago
This is all folly. This is all about the toxic, gatekeeping pinball player atmosphere. By and large, pinball players are some weird-ass creepy people, and BJ is a prime example. No wonder pinball can’t grow beyond its niche hobby status - who wants to run the risk of offending someone like BJ, and having him sift through anything he can find online that can ruin you?
3 years ago
…manufacturer. Kaneda can barely get 500 subscribers to his Weekly World Pinball podcast, but BJ thinks he can pivot all this to a mini-series?
3 years ago
It really seems like BJ is going to try to make a thing out of all this. Like, a Netflix series or some thing, all about how this rad dude took down this pinball
3 years ago
…sleeping dogs lie? Maybe the investors would have been made right in the end, maybe we’d get some interesting pinball machine, maybe they still would have gone belly up. The only thing we do know for sure is that Blueberry Johnson sure as (Ben) heck wasn’t going to let any of that happen. I’m as intrigued by BJ’s actions as he is intrigued in bringing down Deeproot.
3 years ago
What if BJ and the rest of the motley man children of Pinside would have let
3 years ago
(Man, this app needs the ability to do a paragraph break without having to summit the post)
3 years ago
Was it just because Robert said “pinball is easy”? Was it because they employed the much-maligned John Popaduik? Was it because goofy pinball players are constantly wishing everyone but Stern would fail?
3 years ago
I don’t understand why someone living in paradise (also known as Hawaii) would spend all their waking moments combing over the records of what is basically a toy manufacturer. A high-end, expensive toy manufacturer, but a toy manufacturer nonetheless. With all the things happening in the world, why would a person want to focus so intensely on Deeproot?
3 years ago
We all know that Robert Mueller is a scumbag who tried to bilk retirees in order to fund his pinball venture. Not a great thing for someone to do. However - and this is not me condoning his actions, I’m just stating facts - the whole wheel n’ deal, borrowing from Peter to pay Paul type ofis a thing in the investment industry. People do it all the time, they just don’t expect to some overzealous pinball aficionado to come after them and basically dox their company.
3 years ago
Blueberry Johnson’s obsession with all things Deeproot is really cringy and creepy, IMFHO.