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Ep 52: Weird

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 25 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
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Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 52: Weird Hosts: Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins Special Guest: Colin MacCalpine Weird Al pinball for Multimorphic What matters more…songs or call-outs/sounds? Theme...

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Highlights

  • Weird Al LEs sold out with 227 units, marking the biggest hit for Multimorphic
  • Weird Al pinball machine features 5 flippers total: 2 main, 2 upper on main playfield, 1 mini on upper playfield
  • Colin and Bowen Kerins formally joined Multimorphic in December 2021
  • Weird Al's first studio album was in 1983, marking approximately 40 years of catalog by 2022
  • The game features an accordion topper that moves mechanically, reflecting Weird Al's musical identity
  • Weird Al was involved in call-out recording both from script and with ad-lib variation opportunities
  • The game was in development long before Colin and Bowen's December 2021 formal joins
  • Each Weird Al song has a distinct theme, story, and parody joke integrated into corresponding game mode

Notable quotes

“Yeah, I'm the Golem multiball of Final Round Podcast.”
Colin McAlpine
“This is the most like a regular pinball layout that we've seen... when I first saw this, I went, okay, this is it. they've nailed it theme layout integration it's all there.”
Marty (or Jeff, referring to Marty's statement)
“I'm not fucking playing pinball to listen to a jukebox. I want to hear, the sounds I want to hear are the call-outs, and it's Weird Al doing it, who is bloody hilarious.”
Jeff Teolis
“The integration is brilliant... Whatever they put in there is going to have great integration, and you're not going to feel this void of, oh, I really wish I had that.”
Colin McAlpine
“He's just a phenomenal guy. And he's really great to work with and very, very generous with his time... nothing is in any way, shape or form mailed in.”
Colin McAlpine
“The video interaction on a P3 machine is still interacting with the ball and the physicality of where the ball is going in your shot making or lucky bounces.”
Colin McAlpine
“I've actually had some conversations with people like, oh, that came as a bit of a surprise. I'm like, are you kidding? Like so many people have mentioned Weird Al as a theme.”
Marty
“The more that we can get people... we are such a niche hobby. We've all admitted that. And so the more and more that we can get of other people, famous celebrities who are getting into pinball, maybe for the first time, the more the merrier.”
Colin McAlpine

Entities

  • Multimorphic· company
  • TPF· event
  • Cosmic Cut Racing· game
  • Heist· game
  • Lexi Lightspeed· game
  • Weird Al Pinball· game
  • Bowen Kerins· person
  • Colin McAlpine· person
  • Greg Goldie· person
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Jerry Kurtz· person
  • Marty Robbins· person
  • Matt Andrews· person
  • Michael Ocean· person
  • Robert Byers· person
  • Rory· person
  • Scott Denison· person
  • Steven Silver· person
  • Weird Al Yankovic· person
  • P3 Platform· product

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