# Dirty Pool Podcast - Ep22 - Mapping It Out - Pinball Map with Ryan

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Podcast: [Dirtypool Pinball - PODCAST - An Exploration Of The Pinball Industry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dirtypool-pinball-podcast-an-exploration-of-the-pinball-industry-7329087)
Published: 2025-12-12T03:00:07+00:00
Episode link: https://Dirtypoolpinball.podbean.com/e/dirty-pool-podcast-ep22-mapping-it-out-pinball-map-with-ryan/
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Duration seconds: 1806

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Ryan Gratzer from Pinball Map drops by to untangle how the world’s most obsessive pinball location tracker actually works and how your favorite arcades lineup changes the second you visit. This one digs into Ryan's pinball origins, community reporting, app evolution, and the odd psychology of people who will happily move a mountain to report a broken slingshot but won’t like, comment and subscribe. Also there's a lot of dog barking.Special shout out to the entire team that keeps Pinball Map running, Scott and Beth here in spirit.🔻 Pinball Map Links:🧭 Pinball Map – pinballmap.com🎧 Pinball Map Podcast – pod.pinballmap.com🛒 Store – pinballmap.com/store💖 Donate – pinballmap.com/donate🕊️ Bluesky – @pinballmap.com🔺 Praise the Great Pyramid:📡 Twitch – twitch.tv/dirtypoolpinball📺 YouTube – youtube.com/@DirtyPoolPinball📷 Instagram – instagram.com/dirtypoolpinball📘 Facebook – facebook.com/dirtypoolpinball🔊 Discord – https://discord.gg/bSbXnA38Q8Pinball images from www.pinside.com00:00:00 - Intro00:00:13 - In-person Dirty Pool Pinball intro (with dogs)00:00:31 - Meeting Ryan Gratzer and the Mapping Around podcast00:00:48 - What Pinball Map is and how the app and site work00:02:19 - Home locations, privacy, and “please don’t list your house”00:03:04 - Which locations have the most pinball machines00:03:34 - Ryan’s Paragon origin story and pinball at home00:04:54 - Moving to Portland and discovering a city full of pinball00:05:42 - Crazy Flipper Fingers and early Portland league days00:07:15 - Tracking games with custom Google Maps before Pinball Map00:08:06 - How the on-location pinball landscape has changed over 17 years00:09:21 - Why modern games are taking over older Williams and Stern titles00:10:34 - Remote locations, Maldives, Hawaii oddities, and under-mapped regions00:11:5…

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