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WBPP ACTION NEWS | Elwin, Avatar, Goonies, & more!!

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Matt and Don report from the WBPP news desk and catch up on the latest news and rumored games from Stern, Jersey Jack, and Spooky Pinball. This episode is also available in video form on YouTube with...

Highlights

  • Jersey Jack's next game is rumored to release in 6 months (March-June 2025) and may be Harry Potter or Hogwarts-themed
  • Spooky Pinball is working on at least four new games, with rumored titles including Beetlejuice, Futurama, Evil Dead, Gremlins, and Goonies
  • Avatar features six flippers (four on playfield, two underneath) and a mini playfield with a mini ball
  • Avatar's distinctive features include UV under-playfield lighting, eclipse mode, and a left-flipper-only challenge mode
  • The Hogwarts license may be cheaper than the full Harry Potter license (estimated $1M vs $3M respectively)

Notable quotes

Keith Elwin was spotted at the Treasure Island grocery store yesterday in Chicago. This has led to much speculation that he's working on a pirate-themed game.
Diane (host/satirical newscast)
Pleasantly surprised. Yeah. What was your first impression? What was your first take? I like the colors. Colors, okay. But the big thing with this game seems to be the lighting.
Matt and Don
There was nothing that I felt missing or lacking. Because when we saw the 32nd one with the little mini play field underneath, it's so tiny, it's not going to be fun. But then, it's the little ball.
Matt
I wish I could afford it. Yeah, well, I mean, the cool thing is we will get to play it. The downside is that we're going to be playing it probably in an arcade where we're not going to appreciate most of the lighting stuff because it's just going to be too bright in there.
Matt and Don
Do you remember when you when you said we had to watch this I'm not sure the thing that he thought was so surprising was actually so surprising what did we watch?
Matt
I don't know one person I've ever met that's like, ooh, Avatar is my favorite movie. Yeah. Well, but obviously it's popular cause they keep making them and it's made like billions of dollars.
Don
For Jersey Jack games in general. For the average home person, they almost have to have even crazier themes because their prices are higher that people really die hard about.
Matt
Notably nat barcade has a lot of supporting documentation. No, they don't at all. They have nothing. Just a grapevine. It's like, here's what I think and period.
Don (self-correction)
So, yeah, like all those themes are kind of – Kind of cool. Okay, yeah, exciting. Like Evil Dead is like the one I'm like, eh.
Matt and Don
I would say that's probably the one I'm most excited about out of this rumored list. Yeah. Yeah. I rewatched that not that long ago, like a few months ago. And actually, as I was watching it, I was thinking how cool of a pinball game it could be.
Don (re: Goonies)

Entities

  • HBO· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Zen Studios· company
  • Avatar· game
  • Beetlejuice· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Futurama· game
  • Goonies· game
  • Gremlins· game
  • Harry Potter· game
  • Hogwarts· game
  • Texas Chainsaw Mastery· game
  • Nap Arcade· organization
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • Danny Elfman· person
  • Diane· person
  • Don· person
  • Ian Jacoby· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mark Seiden· person
  • Matt· person
  • Michael Keaton· person

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