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Episode 409: Pinball Expo 2024 recap
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A great time had by all! Here's some of my experiences and encounters at the 40th anniversary of Pinball Expo and its festivities. You'll hear from: - Seth Davis, CEO and President of Stern...
Highlights
- Stern has released Jaws, Godzilla 70th, John Wick, Uncanny X-Men, and Metallica Remastered in 2024
- Metallica Remastered includes 22 songs with live video content, including music videos and concert footage variants
- Licensing approval can be the biggest 'wild card' and surprise factor in game development timelines
- The Greatest Showman homebrew took approximately 800+ hours of labor over two years
- Led Zeppelin homebrew was started about four years ago and features a staircase mechanic for 'Stairway to Heaven'
- Tilt Amusements brought 102 games to Expo 2024 using two box trucks
- Expo 2024 featured over 100 vendors and two seminar rooms
- Expo scheduling is integrated into Stern's release timeline strategy for showcasing new products
Notable quotes
“We're a manufacturing company that just happens to make pinball. It's true. We do a lot of things. We're a manufacturing company. We're a design company. We're a software company. We're an entertainment company.”
“The hardest thing about making pinball is really kind of like you alluded to bringing all those threads together and bringing them effectively to make a beautiful and wonderful game for people.”
“The biggest wild card can be working with a licensor that might have different objectives or different priorities.”
“I'm so happy everyone finally gets to see what I've been working on and happy it's been received so well and excited to keep working on it.”
“It's taken two years to get to this point we didn't track our hours but we estimate it's been over 800 hours labor of love”
“I didn't think anybody ever would [make Led Zeppelin], so I was like, you know what? I love their music. Got a fun idea for a staircase mech.”
“I'm standing on the shoulders of giants here. I would not be able to do this without the people who have come before me and made it possible.”
“I just wanted a game that was like short ball time, simple rules. I don't know, sometimes I like my pinball experience to be more like a fist fight instead of a quest sometimes.”
Entities
- Electric Playground· company
- Fast Pinball· company
- Marco Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo 2024· event
- Daikaiju· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- The Greatest Showman· game
- Pinball News· organization
- Aaron Davis· person
- Alec Gleason· person
- Anthony Van Winkle· person
- Brad Albright· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jeffrey Jones· person
- Lisa Su· person
- Ray Day· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Robert Anderson· person
- Robin Rath· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Steve Condris· person
- Troy Smith· person
- Zach Sharp· person
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