Episode 191 - Peaches
Pinball: We give a few quick updates on Stern's Foo Fighters, Homepin's Spinal Tap trailer, American Pinball's work to resolve issues with GTF!, and Spooky's new code for Scooby. We also provide...
Highlights
- Stern is currently building Foo Fighters limited edition models with premium orders on deck
- American Pinball GTF experiences air ball issues caused by bent stand-ups, with backing plate reinforcement being manufactured as solution
- Home Pin's This Is Spinal Tap pinball trailer is poorly executed, focusing on model's face and sunglasses rather than showing playfield
- Foo Fighters won the Texas Pinball Festival in a Patreon poll with 40% plurality (25 respondents)
- Jersey Jack Pinball shifted to all-premium pricing model with no standard edition at $12,000 or more for Godfather
- Jersey Jack will likely release another game by TPF 2025 with over 90% confidence
- An unnamed new pinball company is rumored to launch its first game later in 2024
Notable quotes
“Everything is a contest, Tony. Everything is about winning. That's what pinball is. It's about winning.”
“I don't think anybody puts another game out this calendar year. I think if anybody does, it'll be super late. It'll be maybe some announcements super late in the year.”
“it's time for Rumor Corner”
“How convenient for them. So the head of our Russian division is doing this, but we totally don't know it.”
“I prefer it when they're in person. I like the couch.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Home Pin· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Final Resistance· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Godfather· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Queen· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- This Is Spinal Tap· game
- Dennis· person
- Tony· person
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