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Ep 47: Jack "Danger" Larson
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 23 min listen
Jack Danger joins us on this episode! We had fun talking about how Jack got into pinball, how it has changed, some sweet themes that would be cool in pinball and why DMCA sucks!
Highlights
- Jack Danger is Scott Larson's younger brother
- Jack was hooked into pinball by Judge Dredd, not Lord of the Rings which was in his studio first
- Jack designed the entire beacon menu system for Jersey Jack Pinball machines
- The Walking Dead reveal was the first time a new pinball game was live streamed on the internet
- Jack has been streaming pinball 3-4 hours every night for approximately 6 years
- Rick and Morty pinball was getting Jack DMCA flagged constantly during streaming
- Jack has revealed almost all of Spooky Pinball's games and most of American Pinball's games
- Jersey Jack's core design and engineering team was in Chicago, not New Jersey; manufacturing was in Jersey but everything is now in Chicago
Notable quotes
“if you love that menu system, you're freaking welcome, Internet”
“All pinball is great pinball, even if it's like a garbage daddy, East Simpsons”
“I play for like three to four hours every night and have for like six years... it's hard to just walk in here and be like, Oh yeah, I can't wait to just jam on some Beatles”
“Pinball's not necessarily the focus but it's the reason you're there”
“I want the game to feel a little out of control. But at times you could make it go where you want to”
“That was the first time a new game was ever released live on the internet”
“Everyone's idea of what a Harry Potter game should be... The thing should turn invisible. It's going to be levitating on a broom. And if it isn't, then why did you make this game?”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers· game
- Deadpool· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Judge Dredd· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Ninja Turtles· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- DeadFlip· organization
- Ed Robertson· person
- Greg Freres· person
- Jack Danger Larson· person
- Jody Dankberg· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Scott Larson· person
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