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Episode 80 - Dramatic Metroids
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 11 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
Pinball: The guys start with Dirty Donny joining up with Suncoast Pinball, John Trudeau pleading guilty, more Ben Heck drama, Chicago Gaming Company and their quality expectations on Monster Bash...
Highlights
- Suncoast Pinball plans to have two machines ready in time for Texas Pinball Festival with Dirty Donnie artwork
- John Trudeau pleaded guilty by stipulation of facts on child pornography possession charges and is expected to be released by March 2020
- Keith Johnson from Jersey Jack Pinball suggested via social media they might be willing to bring Ben Heck on board
- Ben Heck leaked that his unreleased Spooky game was originally going to be Evil Dead but licensing costs were too high
- Ben Heck suggested Spooky should have done an LE model to fund additional Evil Dead licensing costs
- Charlie Emery of Spooky indicated they moved to a one-model approach after Rob Zombie and didn't want to do LE anymore
- Ben Heck was working on a Monty Python and the Holy Grail pinball design with a Black Knight mech that would rip off limbs
- Charlie Emery offered Ben Heck ownership in Spooky but Ben turned it down because he was making more money doing other work
- Chicago Gaming Company holds LE Monster Bash playfields to a higher quality standard than Classic/Standard editions
- Chicago Gaming Company expects Monster Bash LE production to be complete by February 1
Notable quotes
“I could even hear the little train that goes around. The first time I heard that, that night, I was like, what the heck was that?”
“It's so much better with fewer people. I hate saying that because I want more and more people to come and play.”
“I don't know. It's weird. It's hard. Well, venting publicly is not a smart maneuver.”
“I offered him ownership in the company. and he turned it down because he was making more money doing other stuff.”
“There's so much demand for total nuclear annihilation. Something has to be delayed. And how could you really delay Alice Cooper? It was further along.”
“This is someone who, when they don't get their way, threatens to quit constantly. I've worked with people like that.”
“I think he was just saying that to be nice. This many months in this public, it felt fake nice, which is worse than just being mean.”
“I think Evil Dead would be an awesome pinball machine... I think it would fit into the kind of theme line that Spooky has.”
“I don't think it's a smart theme from a selling standpoint it's a cult classic movie I don't know how broad it's popularity is in the pinball”
“They hold the LE playfields to a higher quality standard... they look at and they see imperfections. Those are going in the Classic and Standard Editions.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Great Lakes Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Suncoast Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Alice Cooper· game
- Cosmic Carnival· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail· game
- Rob Zombie· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Pinside· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Ben Heck· person
- Charlie Emery· person
- Dennis· person
- Dirty Donnie· person
- John Trudeau· person
- Keith Johnson· person
- Nate Sutherland· person
- Tony· person
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