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Episode 210 - You're Gonna Need a Bigger $48,000

PodcastAnalysis updated 5d ago53 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
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Pinball: We go over the Stern Pinball Jaws reveal and also touch on some other Stern information. Video Games: We go over someone "beating" Tetris, Twitch updating their nudity policy (again)...

Highlights

  • Jaws 50th Anniversary Pro model $7,000, Premium $9,700, LE $13,000 (capped 1,000 units)
  • Stern secured rights to all Jaws movies for video display, speculation about Jaws 3D modes
  • Richard Dreyfuss provided custom call-outs for Jaws; Roy Scheider's face never rendered, only voice used
  • Keith Elwin designed Jaws with typical Elwin feature: third flipper can lock up as captive ball lane
  • Stern CEO Seth Davis confirmed return to three cornerstone games per year starting 2024
  • Stern will no longer do limited edition runs with different art styles; future art variants only on Pro/Premium
  • Stern open to vault revivals (e.g., LCD, D&D) if licensing and parts supply issues resolved
  • Eclectic Gamers Podcast had 44,400+ plays in 2023, 14% increase from 2022

Notable quotes

Pinball drama, and you guys come in and you lap it up like you are a dog that hasn't been given water for two days. And this is everything that is wrong with this hobby.
Dennis
the pro and the le have the same back glass... the le one is mirrored in some way or they got some mirroring effects to it so it should look a little more interesting... but yes... well yes i mean if you want to talk about the back glasses briefly... the le and the pro have the classic version and then the premium has a first person perspective of quint being eaten by the shark... which is... i think the art's well done on it but i would never want that one... it's... when i saw it it was really disconcerting to me
Dennis, Tony
I would be amazed if this doesn't end up like almost all of these games where the pro is the best player just because of the lack of the upper play field.
Tony
the pro is a three flipper game The Premium LE is a four-flipper game because the Premium LE has an upper playfield... the boat version... it's got a shark instead. So that's a premium LE dance.
Dennis
I think that's a good move. So this is a response to the Jurassic Park 30th or 35th or whatever it was anniversary, the Elvira Blood Red Kiss edition where, hey, look, here's a new limited count run of games with a different art package. It's an LE, but you already sold an LE.
Dennis
I hadn't really thought too much about Jaws because, honestly, while I deeply enjoyed the movie, it's not a pinball theme that I had any interest in... But here I assumed there was just going to be this massive shark bashed away... probably in my head, I cartoonified it to where it was going to be like one third of the back of the game or like Groot or something.
Dennis
I always look forward to playing an elwynn game i'm not particularly excited about this game not really it would not surprise me if it ends up being the best game of 2024 simply because he designed it
Dennis
they're very worried with the market cooling that they're going to alienate whales... we don't trust you. You're like JJP with the 20 different LE versions of Waz.
Dennis
I do worry about how well that target – hopefully they've tested it a lot about it bending back or whatever with ball smacks because it doesn't look thick. Obviously, it can't be too thick. Otherwise, that hole would be too big and the ball would get stuck.
Dennis
pre-recorded is going to solve so much of that and keep it tighter where there's really no reason for it to have to be a two-hour stream
Dennis

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Avengers· game
  • D&D· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Iron Maiden· game
  • Iron Man· game
  • Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • LCD· game
  • RoboCop Rogue City· game
  • Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
  • Pinball News· organization
  • Dennis· person
  • John Williams· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Michael Barnard· person
  • Richard Dreyfuss· person
  • Roy Scheider· person
  • Seth Davis· person
  • Tony· person

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