Episode 103 - Roanoke Return
An entirely pinball-focused episode, Tony and Dennis are joined by Nic Shell, Executive Director of the Roanoke Pinball Museum. They start with a brief discussion about Spooky Pinball's...
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball will produce 750 Rick and Morty pinball machines, the highest production run for their current lead
- Spooky can produce approximately 500 games per year based on current capacity
- Rick and Morty is designed by Scott DeVinci
- When Nick Schell arrived at Roanoke Pinball Museum nearly two years ago, approximately 20% of machines were completely non-functional
- The Pinball Hall of Fame expansion will become 'the pinball mecca of America' once completed
Notable quotes
“I've got three on order... There are only 750 available. No, I've got three on order. There are only 747 available.”
“Keeping them running, it's like bailing water out on the Titanic. I mean, you just cannot stop or the whole thing will collapse.”
“They're not really playing. They're just sort of, it's just a stimulation machine... But with this contest where people have some economic motivation on the line here, their dopamine receptors just go crazy, and they are transformed into players.”
“If we can leverage pinball into a new kind of entertainment paradigm like that where we turn it into a curated social experience, it does become something new.”
“I didn't realize that was the case... I went into this sort of improvisational pinball comedy act... the phone rings... he says, 'are you broadcasting right now?... This is Three Notch, the brewery restaurant across the street.'”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Alice Cooper· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- Sweethearts· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Pinball Hall of Fame· organization
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- Charlie· person
- Dennis· person
- Nick Schell· person
- Scott DeVinci· person
- Tim Arnold· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person
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