Episode 219 - John Wick & Dark Times
Pinball: We spend the entire time discussing the reveal of Stern Pinball's John Wick Pinball, the drama about the lack of guns in the art, and also the marketing campaign and what pinball currently...
Highlights
- John Wick pinball designer Elliot Eismin is a first-time designer, mechanical engineer, with roughly a decade at Stern
- John Wick pinball pricing: Pro $7,000, Premium $9,700, Limited Edition $13,000 capped at 1,000 units
- The absence of guns in John Wick artwork was due to Lionsgate requiring an E-for-Everyone rating for public-facing art
- Guns do appear in John Wick video clips once gameplay begins, after the start button is pressed
- Stern offers optional weapons crate with guns in the goodie bag for homeowners/locations to install if desired
- George Gomez has indicated Stern would walk away from licenses if the artistic restrictions were too severe
- Code for John Wick is by Tim Sexton (lead) and Joshua Henderson
- Art for John Wick is by Randy Martinez
Notable quotes
“I don't like the style they went with... this definitely would not be one i would get because of the art like i wouldn't hang any of this on my wall”
“I totally understand that if you are a huge John Wick fan and it broke your little heart to not see guns all over the playfield, to jump to all of this just like insane conspiracy rabbit hole nonsense... is just sad”
“I have lost respect for several people in this hobby... just because of how this happened”
“If I had had a reaction like this, I would have been so embarrassed. I would have deleted it after the truth came out”
“it looks competent would be the way i would put it”
Entities
- Lionsgate· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- John Wick· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dennis· person
- Elliot Eismin· person
- George Gomez· person
- Ian McShane· person
- Joshua Henderson· person
- Randy Martinez· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Tony· person
- Travis Moseman· person
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