Episode 414: Erika’s Pinball Journey
In a very short time on the scene, Erika has been providing great pinball content with her videos, Instagram updates and more. Hear about her film background and how there's more in the works from...
Highlights
- Approximately 12 new pinball games were released last year
- Erika owns about 6 games personally and shares a 4-game collection with her father (10 total together)
- Jersey Jack held a media day event for Avatar game that was similar in format to Stern's media event
- Erika had leg surgery approximately one month before this recording (January 20) and was unable to walk for about a month
- The Walking Dead pinball started with poor code but became a masterpiece after updates
Notable quotes
“I think about that a lot with games. If you haven't played a game and you want to judge it, I think that's kind of silly. It's kind of like, you saw a trailer for a movie and all of a sudden you're like, yeah, that movie looks dumb.”
“These people just worked their asses off... I definitely try to look for more of like, hey, these people just worked their asses off.”
“Batman 66 one of the most beautiful games i've ever seen terrible code when it first came out. A masterpiece now. Just give it time.”
“When I started pinball, I had no idea you could play up to four players. It was just a great discovery.”
“My Lord of the Rings is my favorite game. That's the first game I bought, and that was the only game I thought I was ever going to own.”
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Naps Arcade· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Wormhole Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Twippies· event
- Kineticist· organization
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Erika· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Manu Smith· person
- Zach Sharp· person
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