60: Jersey Jack is Awesome!
Join Cale and I as we talk about a change in career, tons more podcast news, recent pinball news, Jaws, the Metallica re-master, how awesome Jersey Jack Pinball is, more music talk and a whole lot...
Highlights
- Jason experienced a video game industry layoff but was treated well financially on the way out
- Elton John earned more in two weeks than Venom made in a month at Electric Bat Arcade
- Jersey Jack has three games in the works, possibly including Maverick or Matrix themes
- Electric Bat Arcade received a replacement This Week in Pinball machine from the distributor due to issues with the original
- Elton John is attracting younger players (20s-30s) who know the music despite not being target demographic
- David Thiel, sound designer, accepted Jason's offer to appear on a podcast about pinball audio
- Metallica remake is likely to be a completely different game rather than a simple playfield upgrade
- Electric Bat Arcade's Metallica Pro was removed due to amplifier board failure
- Pinball Brothers' Alien Topper is now in production
- Vector Pinball, an Australian manufacturer, is releasing 8 Ball Fury at approximately $7,800 USD
Notable quotes
“We have never seen a pin earn nearly as much as this thing has already... I think within the first two weeks it actually earned more than Venom made in a month.”
“This is the best Jersey Jack. And most importantly with the Elton John with the theme, you would think it's a bunch of like old dudes... We're finding like 20 and 30 year olds going, oh, I know all these tunes.”
“There's nothing against it. The price is the only thing, and the Pinside Warriors, I mean, they know the price. I mean, they're not dumb people.”
“Steve Ritchie's back and it really, it really kind of feels like he's kind of like showing Stern that, hey, look what I could have done if you gave me like unlimited budget, right?”
“I'm most looking forward to this. I'm, man, I can't fucking wait. I got questions. I got answers. I got more questions.”
“I'm of two minds because if they take things that game and just upgrade everything around the playfield... the original game will just probably lose value because it's just literally not as good.”
“This is going to be a completely different game. You think? One hundred percent. It has no resemblance. It's like, oh.”
“So they were thanking me for everything I've done to promote the game and it was super cool. It just, I mean just a call from Steve Ritchie and the boys.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Vector Pinball· company
- Elton John· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Metallica· game
- Star Wars· game
- This Week in Pinball· game
- Venom· game
- Electric Bat Arcade· organization
- Flipping Out Pinball· organization
- Knapp Arcade· organization
- Pinball Brothers· organization
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Brett· person
- David Thiel· person
- Jack Guarneri· person
- Jason· person
- Kale Hernandez· person
- Rachel· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
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