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Ep 62: Talking Mods and Rush with Steve Gouveia

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Steve Gouveia, the mind behind the Red Witch Smoke mod and Flying Monkey Mod, joins us on this episode to talk about his inspiration for the mods and tease us with a new one!

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Highlights

  • Steve created approximately 230 Sea Witch 1.0 mods before stopping production
  • Witch 2.0 production is nearing completion at approximately 125 units
  • The original Sea Witch mod design took almost a year (10 months) to produce the first batch
  • Witch 2.0 features addressable LED ring programming synchronized to game music and UV-reflective paint on the witch sculpture
  • Steve purchased an Indiana Jones pinball machine in 2002 for $1,900
  • Rush pinball machine has been unofficially announced as fitting between Mandalorian and Godzilla in Stern's pipeline
  • Steve is working on future mods beyond Wizard of Oz, including a Thunderbirds mod
  • Steve has been interested in modding Deep Root games but waiting for availability

Notable quotes

“I'm not a company necessarily. I just I take a long time doing it because I do it by myself and I paint them and I sculpt them in polymer clay and then the resin, obviously.”
Steve Gouveia
“I look at pinball as kinetic art. That, to me, is more appealing to me. I don't care about competing. I don't care about multipliers and all that.”
Steve Gouveia
“I paid for it sight unseen... obviously it's Wizard of Oz and everything.”
Steve Gouveia
“I cannot yet confirm nor deny that is actually true”
Zach Sharpe (quoted by Josh)
“If you made 130 of them, you would get the whole thing.”
Host (Scott Larson, referring to Deep Root games)
“It looks like that little woman who's at the end of the ride who's like, you know, come back, your death certificate or whatever. It looks like that.”
Steve Gouveia (comparing Witch 2.0 lighting to Haunted Mansion)
“I'm on it. I'm already sculpting it right now.”
Steve Gouveia (responding to truck nuts tilt bob challenge)

Entities

  • Back Alley Creations· company
  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Hallmark· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Godzilla· game
  • Indiana Jones· game
  • Mandalorian· game
  • Theater of Magic· game
  • Thunderbirds· game
  • Wizard of Oz· game
  • Jack Guarnieri· person
  • John Borg· person
  • Josh· person
  • Lloyd· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Steve Gouveia· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person
  • SS Billiards· venue

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