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Finney's Arcade and Parlor - Harry Potter Talk
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago29 min listen
A very special BONUS EPISODE.Let's talk to Micah Dorward from Finney's Arcade and Parlor. Why in the world would you open an arcade in 2025?!Additionally, we chat briefly about the Harry Potter CE at...
Highlights
- Harry Potter was announced Thursday and arrived at Finney's by the following day for play testing
- Jersey Jack did not remove mechanical features from the Arcade tier Harry Potter, only cosmetic differences (silver vs. gold wireforms, no pixie dust)
- Harry Potter designer Eric Meener previously designed Pirates, Guns N' Roses, and Godfather
- Finney's Arcade has 14-15 pinball machines including Harry Potter CE, Bond 60th Anniversary, Kong, and Evil Dead among others
- Harry Potter features 48 unique ball paths and approximately 400 playfield RGB LEDs
- Finney's Arcade building is 100+ years old, originally a pharmacy operating from the 1930s-1980s
- Finney's runs Wednesday pinball leagues with six-week seasons, 4-game format, and casual 'beer league' structure
- Mad Pinball received order confirmation for Harry Potter machines on Wednesday before official announcement Thursday
Notable quotes
“This is our Super Bowl. This is what we get excited about. The game was announced yesterday and it's here today.”
“Man, that game's fast. That's what blew me away, first and foremost, because you just don't think Jersey Jack and think fast.”
“Don't say arcade, say Finney's.”
“I mean, the cool thing is you get clips from all eight movies, you get audio from all eight movies, you get some of the John Williams score, as well as 90-plus handcrafted pieces of audio from David Thiel.”
“Unlike G&R and some of the other ones in the past, there's nothing taken off mechanism-wise. The playfield play is all identical.”
“Get down here. Experience for yourself. If you haven't come down, you need to absolutely get down here.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Mad Pinball· company
- Madcap Brewing Company· company
- Matt Franta/Canton Sign Company· company
- Unhitched Brewery· company
- Bond 60th Anniversary Pinball· game
- Evil Dead Pinball· game
- Harry Potter Pinball· game
- King Kong Pinball· game
- Buzzman Arcade· location
- Canton, Ohio· location
- Centennial Plaza· location
- Finney's Arcade and Parlor· location
- Lakewood Arcade Detroit· location
- Corbin Angeli· person
- David Thiel· person
- Eric Meener· person
- Micah Dorward· person
- Ron Copeland· person
- Ryan Miller· person
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