Episode 15 - SEASON 2 IS COMING!
WE'RE BACK! That's right, season 2 is coming in January 2026, baby! On this mini episode, Ian and Shane round up the best releases of 2025, Ian's love affair with the new Star Wars, and new...
Highlights
- Harry Potter is the game of the year for 2025, despite controversy over AI art filtering
- Winchester Winchester Mystery House sold out immediately and was the surprise hit of Expo 2026
- Dune code was broken at launch three days after release, with non-functional scoring and ball saves
- Winchester Winchester Mystery House code was polished at launch, unlike Dune
- Karl DeAngelo is the designer of Winchester Winchester Mystery House and is compared to a future Keith Elwin
- Beetlejuice by Spooky sold out before people had even seen gameplay
- Spooky is currently manufacturing Evil Dead and is only halfway through the 888-unit production run
- Boutique manufacturers like Spooky and Barrels of Fun prioritize game flow and uniqueness over rapid production
- Evil Dead is expected to be frontrunner for Game of the Year in Twippies voting
- Jeff Dodson (Dirty Pool) kept Winchester Winchester Mystery House a secret despite staying at Ian's house
Notable quotes
“The future of pinball is like having a bunch of little companies. Like, to me, that seems more like insurance in this hobby rather than like one big company that can go down.”
“Dude, 500 is actually a lot, guys. It doesn't sound like a lot... But I don't think that's who's buying these games. I think there's a lot of still operators who are like top.”
“We're all here to have a good time, 100 percent. We can be critical of something but still support it, you know, in the end, right?”
“What I want to do is tell good stories of, like, the people in pinball. Like, how people in pinball are doing creative shit and building community.”
“No matter how you feel about Franchi art – people feel some people really like it. Some people don't. He is a perfect match for what they're doing over there... he never misses.”
“They programmed it in to look like that. It's like – that's amazing. That's so – it literally looks like how it looks in the movie.”
“It's like I wonder what their aspirations are. Like, are they going to be happy putting out one game a year, making 1,000 games, and just like leaving it like that?”
“This is basically the most hype release in pinball in a minute.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Beetlejuice· game
- Dune· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Merlin's Arcade· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- NudgeCast· organization
- The Ace· organization
- Bug· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Ian Jacoby (DocMonday)· person
- Jeff Dodson· person
- Karl DeAngelo· person
- Shane Told· person
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