Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast July 2021 recap
It's time for another packed PINcast from Jonathan Joosten of Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub of Pinball News. This time they look back at all the key events in pinball from...
Highlights
- Steve Ritchie resigned from Stern Pinball on July 26, 2021, after completing Whitewoods
- Ritchie's employment contract with Stern contained no non-compete clause
- Jersey Jack Pinball plans to release more than one game per year moving forward
- JJP is developing a second production assembly line, possibly a third
- Guns N' Roses will remain JJP's only game in production until before end of 2021
- Steve Ritchie and Jack Raniéri have been close friends for over 20 years
- JJP had discussed hiring Steve Ritchie around 2010 when the company was starting but it did not materialize
- JJP is offering special pricing on replacement playfields to address quality concerns with Guns N' Roses
Notable quotes
“Steve finished his next game for the company he works for and it was done, done, done... Steve would never leave anywhere unless his job work was completely done because he has amazing pride and passion for what he does”
“when the old thing you say, when opportunity knocks, you answer the door. And Steve is an unbelievable talent.”
“I would save my money for the one he's doing for us.”
“We're not a public company. We're a private company. We don't really need to tell anybody anything except that we have some great games and we support them.”
“I think it's great. gives people something to do while they're waiting for their games to arrive, I guess... If nobody talks about you, that's when you really have to worry.”
“as a group, we know a lot more than as individuals and we're a lot stronger as a team. So the fact of collaboration and sharing and communicating is extremely important”
“It was like the old times... before I could even think about putting a mask on, there were people hugging me and shaking hands”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Raw Thrills· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- PinFest· event
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Whitewoods· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Eric Meunier· person
- Jack Raniéri· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Lucas· person
- Martin Lamb· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
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