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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular - May 23
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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular - May 23
Only show that works.
Highlights
- Jersey Jack Pinball sent Kaneda an NDA forbidding him from discussing even being invited to see Sonic the Hedgehog
- Content creators including Retro Ralph, Kerry Hardy, and Loser Kid Pinball Podcast attended a Jersey Jack playtest and are contractually forbidden from discussing it
- Sonic the Hedgehog pinball features a loop-de-loop under the glass, an upper playfield, and red armor on the Collector's Edition
- Sonic the Hedgehog will be released in approximately two weeks
- Jersey Jack's design approach prioritizes quality over cost, while Stern defaults to cheaper options when costs rise
- Sonic the Hedgehog is significantly superior to Transformers pinball
- Keith Elwin has completed Fallout and is working on a new Stern title
- NDAs forbidding discussion of merely attending a game preview are unenforceable and counterproductive to marketing
Notable quotes
“Why do you want to be imprisoned by their contracts? Basically, I'm just going to blow the lid off this whole thing. It's stupid. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”
“They made you sign a piece of paper that embargoed your excitement. What a stupid thing to do.”
“The Mona Lisa is still the Mona Lisa, right? It's still a masterpiece even before he showed it to the world. Sonic the Hedgehog is an effing masterpiece. It's still a masterpiece when it gets revealed. So there will be no damages done if anything leaks.”
“Stern does what they're told and the moment they reach a point where something's going to cost more, they take the cheaper option.”
“I ripped up the NDA. You want to drop the game that Keith is working on now.”
“Sonic is going to crush and it is so good... it is the goat and it is Richie and it is the flow. And it is going to absolutely just make everybody who bought a Transformers look like a dope.”
“Why would you put [dealer ads] in every five minutes? Like, what is that? Like have some self-respect.”
“I'm literally talking to men who will spend $2,000 on a plastic topper. And then you're like $500 to receive the greatest scoop in all of pinball this year?”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fallout· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- Transformers· game
- Pinside· organization
- Alex Manning· person
- Brett Adams· person
- Cale· person
- Colin· person
- Elizabeth· person
- George· person
- Iceman44· person
- Kaneda· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· person
- Pinball NPR· person
- Ralph· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Robin· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Tom Kempere· person
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Episode 1229: "Something We Can All Agree On"
22 min listen
TL;DR
Kaneda condemns Stern's incomplete game launches and urges community to withhold support until quality improves.
Everyone wants the same thing, but we won't get there if we keep buying right away.
