Dirty Pool Podcast Ep10 – After Hours: Electric Bat Arcade with Rachel & Cale

How do you run a full-blown pinball bar until 2 AM every night and stay married? Rachel and Cale from Electric Bat Arcade break it all down—logistics, love, location pinball, and late-night arcade life in Tempe. We talk running machines in the desert heat, Arizona pinball culture, and how to build a community one quarter at a time. Praise the Great Pyramid 📡 Twitch – twitch.tv/dirtypoolpinball 📺 YouTube – youtube.com/@DirtyPoolPinball 📷 Instagram – instagram.com/dirtypoolpinball 📘 Facebook – facebook.com/dirtypoolpinball 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:15 - How Did Electric Bat Start? 00:02:38 - What's It Like Running a Business With a Partner? 00:04:15 - Cale 'Wide Stance' Pinball Technique 00:05:45 - Running an Arcade Business 00:07:21 - "Barcade" Trademark 00:10:00 - Booze On Top Of Pinball 00:11:48 - Where'd The Name Come From? 00:13:45 - Electric Bat Podcast Loves To Be Transparent and Honest About Business 00:16:00 - Earnings Info Helping The Manufacturers? 00:19:35 - Most Important Thing an Arcade Can Do... 00:21:16 - Chat Questions 00:23:00 - Pinball For Everyone 00:26:20 - How Does Booze Work at @electricbatarcade 00:28:15 - Repairing Pinball Machines / Cale @ Marco Specialties 00:30:43 - Most Important Relationship Thing... Talk Through Chat Programs? 00:33:00 - Electric Bat Crazy Hours?! 00:35:12 - DND... 00:38:35 - Hardest Part Of Running a Business? Dealing With The City... 00:43:28 - Arcade Owners Aren't Generally Business People 00:45:00 - Cursed Game? It's Galactic Tank Force 00:51:49 - Whats The Modern Way To Handle Customer Service For a Manufacturer 00:54:15 - Kiko the Cat / Pinball Tech 00:59:58 - How To Be a Good Customer / Manufacturers Need To Be Better 01:01:35 - It's Ok To Be Frustrated, Channel It Right. 01:06:00 - Serge, The Ultimate Pinball Commentator 01:08:00 - Memorizing Pi in the Wildest Way 01:12:00 - How To Learn Pinball Repair 01:18:35 - Choosing To Be A Great Experience Over Making Money 01:20:55 - Chat Questions 2 01:22:30 - Don't Be Afraid To Get Involved With Tournaments 01:27:25 - Donuts? 01:27:35 - Pinball Is About People 01:28:25 - The Raven Thing... 01:29:30 - Top 3 Games? 01:33:00 - How Do You Not Burn Out On Pinball? 01:35:09 - Thank You! / Bye! #ElectricBatArcade #PinballBar #PinballLife #PinballCommunity #DirtyPoolPinball #TempeArcade #MarriedAndFlipping #ArcadeCouple #Barcade #LocationPinball #PinballTalk #PinballPodcast #PinballWizard #ArcadeLife #ClassicArcade #CoinOpCulture #LateNightArcade #PinballLove #PinballPeople #ArcadeOwners #GameRoomGoals #ArcadeChat #PinballArizona #PinballCulture #SupportLocalArcades