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Episode 110 - COVID-19 & A Dash of Silverball
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 5 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
Pinball: The pinball segment focuses on Spooky Pinball and Chicago Gaming Company teaming up to release a Ben Heck pin, Jersey Jack Pinball moving production to Chicago, and the results of the...
Highlights
- Texas Pinball Festival status is uncertain due to COVID-19 pandemic and event cancellations across the industry
- Spooky Pinball and Chicago Gaming Company are teaming up on a licensed pinball machine designed by Ben Heck
- Spooky/Chicago Gaming collaborative game involves a license so popular it would exceed Spooky's typical production run
- Jersey Jack Pinball is closing its New Jersey manufacturing facility and relocating to Elk Grove, Chicago (where Stern manufactures)
- Jersey Jack Pinball has hired employees from American Pinball as part of the Chicago move
- Christopher Franchi, artist, is now working with Chicago Gaming Company (likely on an original licensed game, not a remake)
- Guns N' Roses is rumored to be Jersey Jack's next announcement, possibly at Texas Pinball Festival or within a month of TPF
- Toy Story pinball is in the JJP pipeline after Guns N' Roses, with Eric Meunier as designer
- David Luttrell, operator at 403 Club, is relocating to North Carolina and ceasing pinball operations
Notable quotes
“I'm really curious about whether or not Texas Pinball Festival is actually going to happen. More and more stuff is being canceled.”
“My advice would be a statement of some sort should be made so that we have some sense about what's going to happen... Basically no matter what, as long as we know by Wednesday of that week I can cancel the hotel.”
“Spooky's busy building Rick and Morty's anyway, but they think it's a license that's so popular it would be beyond their run size.”
“What license is so big that Spooky would secure, that Ben Heck would want to work on, and Chicago Gaming would want to build and sell?”
“I don't understand this Jaws fascination for a pinball machine. Because the shark can eat the ball. Oh, good. Yay. We've never seen that before.”
“The thought was that the design Ben Heck originally did for Spooky that has not been made was supposed to be Evil Dead... my general read was they could not get the star to sign on without paying way more than they felt they could sell the game to warrant the cost.”
“Jersey Jack Pinball... They're moving... their manufacturing facility in New Jersey is being closed, and they are moving to Chicago. In fact, they are moving to Elk Grove, which is where Stearns Manufacturing is.”
“It's according to Jack Guarneri, who is the CEO of Jersey Jack Pinball, the move is not expected to, like, it should not delay anything.”
“Guns N' Roses is probably going to be announced at either TPF or within a month of TPF.”
“Christopher Franchi is an artist with them [Chicago Gaming]... everyone is expecting that he's working on an original license an original game for CG.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- 403 Club· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- America's Most Haunted· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Wonka· game
- Artie· person
- Ben Heck· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Colin Urban· person
- David Luttrell· person
- Dennis· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Jack Guarneri· person
- Lucas Pepke· person
- Nick Greenup· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Sunshine Vaughn· person
- Tony· person
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