Episode 87 - RAZA's Excellent Ray
Pinball: In pinball news the guys discuss the crowdfunding effort of The Pinball Company being cancelled, and Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland (RAZA) having a video out of deeproot studios. They...
Highlights
- The Pinball Company's crowdfunding campaign for their museum/retail expansion failed to meet minimum funding requirements
- Deep Root Studios is not a garage project but has ~40 employees with pedigree from companies like Disney
- RAZA originally started as a garage project by John Papaduke (J-Pop) under Zidware, which failed to produce games
- Deep Root offered conversion agreements to Zidware pre-order customers with a June 30 deadline, triggering either game credit or cash compensation
- Deep Root was supposed to reveal at Texas Pinball Festival but did not show as planned
- The RAZA YouTube video was uploaded to Deep Root's channel but not actively promoted, going unnoticed for approximately a month
- The RAZA video appears to feature voice work by Jeff Teolis, though not officially confirmed by Deep Root
Notable quotes
“I don't play pinball for the story, because it's not a book. That's what movies are for.”
“I think if they were at the point where they would have had a game that was showable and believable enough to have a release date before extremely late in the year or early next year they would have rolled something into tpf”
“Pinball people are fickle... you release information early, you win that media cycle, but if your game's not ready to sell, they cancel their refundable deposits, and then they pivot.”
“I don't understand, other than the fact that it's such a slow news week, we have to have something to talk about.”
“they've kept their shop locked down hard enough that there's nothing really floating out there”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Deep Root Studios· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- The Pinball Company· company
- Zidware· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Magic Girl· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland (RAZA)· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Jeff Teolis· person
- John Papaduke· person
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