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TPF 2026 Short Interview Compilation
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TPF 2026 Short Interview Compilation
We had the opportunity to interview several people at Texas Pinball Festival 2026. Here is a compilation of all of them. @texaspinballfestival (So sorry to the folks at Monster League Hockey for...
Highlights
- American Pinball is releasing a reimagined version of Cirqus Voltaire in limited production.
- Turner Pinball is launching Yukon Yeti at TPF 2026 with significant pre-show interest.
- Dennis Nordman designed Yukon Yeti with engineer Zophia contributing to engineering and production.
- Brad Albright worked as a poster/game artist on three titles in the past year: Portal (Multimorphic P3), Monster League Hockey (Jake Danzig/Kildozer Studios), and Winchester Mystery House (Barrels of Fun).
- Pokemon is viewed as a major turning point for the pinball industry due to its ability to attract younger players and casual audiences.
- 70% of the pinball market consists of home machines rather than location/arcade play.
- Multimorphic's P3 machine allows players to play 27 different games on a single machine.
- Gabe Hernandez was previously employed at Deep Root Pinball before joining Turner Pinball.
Notable quotes
“The show is not even open yet and we've already got lines. It's crazy.”
“I think the people that are into pinball need to share it with their friends... once people play, it's so different than most of the games kids play today.”
“It's physical. It's mechanical. It's actually in person. There's stuff moving. There's stuff happening.”
“I spend way more time in the designing and engineering... I spend 60 plus hours a week doing the engineering on it.”
“We're not just trying to slice up the same pie... there are people all over the country that don't have any idea people still make pinball machines.”
“When I bought this company, people were like, I had no idea people still made pinball machines... they always say when they look at our stuff: Ooh, Hot Wheels. I've got a grandchild.”
“I think the manufacturers need to help facilitate more community events to try to get people out because you don't learn about pinball playing pinball at home.”
“We need more stars... we know they're out there. We know they play pinball... get people excited to see Jason Sedeikis play pinball.”
“I think themes... Pokemon's insane... it brings people back to their childhood. I think kids, some of the newer TV shows are good ones to bring newer generation in.”
“We're trying younger based things and such, but it gets older people that have the money to spend on it. So it's kind of a no-win situation.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Turner Pinball· company
- Cirqus Voltaire· game
- Monster League Hockey· game
- Monsters Inc.· game
- Pokemon· game
- Portal· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Yukon Yeti· game
- Aaron· person
- Anthony Johnson· person
- Brad Albright· person
- Brian Vincent· person
- Chris· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Ernie Silverberg· person
- Gabe Hernandez· person
- Jake Danzig· person
- Jamie Burchell· person
- Jeff Dodson· person
- Kevin· person
- Retro Ralph· person
