
Guests & Speakers
Imoto Harney - From working at Marco, to diving deep into documenting the Homebrew pinball community, to independent film making, Imoto has left he mark in a number of areas of the pinball world. Imoto and her Marco crew will be speaking at 11am Saturday about restoration and repair for newbie pinball collectors. You will probably spot her the rest of the show in the Homebrew section filming and interviewing.
Chris Granner - Chris Granner is a music composer, best known for composing music for video games and pinball games. You’ve heard his music on arcade games like California Speed, Trog, Joust 2, Strike Force, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, WWF WrestlMania, and Revolution X. He’s done music for pinball games, including Fish Tales, Whitewater, Terminator 2, Taxi, Addams Family, Twilight Zone, Elvira & the Party Monsters, Monopoly, the Sopranos, Ripley’s, Simpsons Pinball Party, and Wizard of Oz. He will be talking about his experiences composing music for games!
Keith Elwin, Stern Pinball - Keith Elwin is a top-ranked pinball player and game designer for Stern Pinball. He is considered to be one of the best players in the world, with multiple PAPA victories and topped the IFPA World Pinball Rankings multiple times. At Stern he had been a game designer for popular games like Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Jaws and Iron Maiden. Keith will be on a panel talking about the new Stern King Kong game!
David Thiel - While we couldn't get the new Harry Potter game, the game's sound designer David Thiel will do a seminar on what you can hear, but can’t see… the sound and music of Harry Potter Pinball!
David has done the sound to games like Alien, Pulp Fiction, AC/DC, Star Trek, Tron and many others… hear aboutwhat he’s been working for the past 18 months!
Victor Tan - Victor Tan is a local collector, hobbyist, and board developer. Known on Pinside as “Dumbass,” Victor has worked with the pinball community to recreate modern versions of Williams System 9, 11, WPC-89, WPC, and other custom boards and testing equipment. He’s extremely knowledgeable with 80s and 90s Williams boards and games and shares his insight through tech seminars at the show.
Jonathan Bergeron - Jonathan, AKA Jonny Crap, is the artist for this year’s show poster! He also did the artwork for Stern’s Jurassic Park, 8 Ball Beyond, and Barrel’s of Fun’s Labyrinth and Dune.
Butch Peel & David van Es, Barrels of Fun Pinball - Butch has been involved in the making of several pinball games including Wizard of Oz, Hobbit, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cactus Canyon Remake, Pulp Fiction and many others, as well as writing excellent pinball game manuals. David van Es is the CEO of Barrels of Fun Pinball, makers of Labyrinth and the upcoming Dune pinball game. David & Butch will be talking about the new Barrels of Fun Dune game!
Stern’s King Kong Design Team
Along with Keith Elwin, the rest of the design team will be here, including:
Rick Naegele - Rick Naegele, software engineer for Stern Pinball, he was lead engineer for Iron Maiden, Jurassic Park, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Godzilla and Jaws. He originally worked Midway Games with George Gomez and contributed to arcade games like Mortal Kombat and worked at Electronic Arts on XBOX and PlayStation games before moving into pinball.
Jerry Thompson - Jerry Thompson is the main sound designer for Stern Pinball. He’s done the sound packages for games like D&D, Jaws, Metallica, Elvira’s House of Horrors, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Venom, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Uncanny X-Men, Iron Maiden, Ghost Busters, and many more.
Harrison Drake - Harrison does engineering and mechanic design for Stern Pinball, he’s been part of the design team for games like Godzilla, Iron Maiden, Black Knight Sword of Rage, Jurassic Park, Avengers IQ, James Bond, Foo Fighters, Jaws, and the new King Kong.
Rick Zieff - Rick is an actor who is known for voicing Spike the Dog on The Tom and Jerry Show, Grandpa Loud on The Loud House, Chief Clark on Mech Cadets, Croaks on The Cuphead Show, Shusuke Amagai on Bleach, and many video games including Alastor Moody in Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. His live-action work includes The Magic, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Drop Zone, Mississippi Burning, and Mad Men. In the pinball world, he’s done the voiceovers for Stern’s Godzilla, King Kong, Jurassic Park, and Batman ’66.
Chase Nunes - Host of Youtube & Twitch’s GeekGamerTV, Chase will be the host of our GeekGamerTV live stage where our seminars, panels, and repair talks take place!