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Episode 107 - TPN & Video Game Non-Drama
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago2 hr 5 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
Pinball: The pinball segment is all about The Pinball Network, from the fallout stemming from the launch trailer to the concept behind the idea and the various pinball transitions that were, and were...
Highlights
- The Pinball Network launch trailer featured nine people, all male and white, mostly Midwesterners
- Crystal from Marco Specialties was approached before the trailer but couldn't be publicly named due to employer permission requirements
- Zach Minney approached Dennis about two months ago to continue doing a podcast together with Ken Cromwell and others
- The TPN founders (five core group) are all Midwesterners because Zach chose people he had worked with or was friends with
- The launch trailer criticism originated primarily on the Deadflip Facebook page where Jack Danger posted a satirical Berenstain Bears meme
- Dennis did not thoroughly review the trailer because he watched it between a conference call and a multi-hour meeting while working
- The launch date was hard-locked before the trailer was completed due to external pressure
- Dennis was recruited as a fourth founder out of five, with the specific promise of creative say in programming decisions
Notable quotes
“I apologize for the trailer conveying a message that we weren't inclusive because that was not the goal and that was not the intention. So clearly mistakes were made and the goal is to do better.”
“yeah, I thought you would be the voice of reason to call attention to that”
“It doesn't really make you want to be a content creator when you're feeling like I do right now.”
“The problem was she works for Marco, and that's in the pinball industry for those that don't know. So she needed to get permission from her employer to be able to do the show, and we didn't hold the launch trailer for that, so we just didn't name her. As Rick Perry would say, oops.”
“Internally, we had been talking about so many different people to reach out to about being involved. And women were included. It was diverse. It was a diverse group.”
“once the launch trailer is out, we will be inviting people to tell us if they're interested in being involved. We didn't want to force, you know, they're not trying to peer pressure people or anything.”
“I was brought in to bring balance to the force I'm little Annie but a better actor”
“It was to be there as a... You were a hired gun. Well, yeah, except I wasn't paid. But, no, I didn't get a cent for doing anything with podcasts. You were a recruited gun.”
Entities
- Marco Specialties· company
- Deadflip Facebook page· organization
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast (EGP)· organization
- The Pinball Network (TPN)· organization
- This Week in Pinball (TWIP)· organization
- Crystal· person
- Dennis· person
- Glenn Wechter· person
- Greg Bone· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jason Fowler· person
- Jeff Patterson· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
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