# Dirty Pool Podcast - Ep33 - Steve Bowden - Rules, Risk and Barry O’s

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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: 2026-05-28T19:18:05+00:00
Episode link: https://Dirtypoolpinball.podbean.com/e/dirty-pool-podcast-ep33-steve-bowden-rules-risk-and-barry-o-s/
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Duration seconds: 8283

## Resource

▶ Full Dirty Pool Podcast Playlisthttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS9lWVjGsygallsiz2_TJ_oxIlhl29fLC&si=iLC8oBnZfl_U7pJjSteve Bowden has one of the stranger paths through modern pinball. Tournament player. Broadcaster. Rules analyst. Designer. deeproot employee. American Pinball employee during one of the company’s rougher stretches. A lot of the modern hobby overlaps with Steve somewhere along the way.The conversation moves through tournament strategy, how commentary changed the way players learn rules and scoring, balancing games for casual players versus high-level competition, working inside pinball manufacturing, streaming culture, and the lingering fallout from the deeproot era now that parts of that story have started resurfacing again in community discussions.There’s a lot of history attached to this one.🎁 Fun With Bonus:🌐 Website http://funwithbonus.com📷 Instagram http://www.instagram.com/funwithbonus❌ Twitter/X http://x.com/FunWithBonus🎵 TikTok http://www.tiktok.com/@funwithbonus📘 Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/FunWithBonus/👥 Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/groups/funwithbonus📡 Twitch http://www.twitch.tv/funwithbonus📺 YouTube http://youtube.com/@funwithbonusShoutout:🌐 https://thepinballchick.com/table-review-index/🔺 Praise the Great Pyramid:📡 Twitch http://www.twitch.tv/dirtypoolpinball📺 YouTube http://www.youtube.com/@dirtypoolpinball📷 Instagram http://www.instagram.com/dirtypoolpinball📘 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dirtypoolpinball🔊 Discord – http://discord.gg/ySs5Wjb3Je👕 Apparel http://www.dirtypoolpinball.com00:00:00 - Network panic intro and finally getting Steve Bowden on00:02:42 - How Steve accidentally became a PAPA commentator00:07:59 - Did PAPA broadcasts make players better at pinball?00:10:29 - Steve explains the “predict…

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