Episode 19: "The TWIPYs are Back & Stern’s Next Game is King Kong?!"
In this episode, the TWIPYs are back! We’ll cover how you can participate, who’s hosting, how to vote, and who might take home the win! Plus, the Pinball Rumor Mill is really heating up—and maybe...
Highlights
- Twippies voting opens January 3rd
- Retro Ralph will co-host the Twippies awards show at Wormhole Pinball in Texas
- Stern may flip the timeline so King Kong releases before Dungeons & Dragons
- King Kong is expected to be designed by Keith Elwin
- Dungeons & Dragons (Stern) is expected to be designed by Dwight and Brian Eddy
- Stern is working on Spike3 platform updates
- George Gomez wants Stern cabinet designs to still look good in a lineup
- Jersey Jack Pinball is working on Harry Potter
- Stern had opportunity to make Back to the Future but passed on it
Notable quotes
“I'm very, very honored to be a part of this because there's a history, a rich history of some very big hosts and some very exciting people that you've known for a long time in pinball.”
“The Kong thing has floated in and out, so I believe that to be true too. But whether you believe that the timelines are going to be flipped or not, I'm not sure.”
“I don't know, like, when I'm with a friend, maybe I'm subconsciously trying to impress him or make sure I play well in front of my friend and it makes it worse”
“I just don't understand who that speaks to... but maybe they could have done it in a different way. Like maybe released a super limited version of it, like 50 games or 100 games”
“if Spooky's next game was The Goonies, I think that would be one I would... The Goonies, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters... in modern times, put Spike3 on a Ghostbusters... you got a hit right there.”
“the modes are still a mess. Like, they don't make any sense, really. It's just like, yeah, shoot a bunch of lit stuff... But the new Lights Out feature's cool. I am liking the game more as the code updates”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Kineticist· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Aaron Davis· person
- Aaron Seiden· person
- Barry O· person
- Brian Eddy· person
- Canadian Pinball Podcast· person
- Colin· person
- Don Garrison· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Erica· person
- Frank Pinnball· person
- George Gomez· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Rob Rath· person
- Ryan Gratzer· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Will Oding· person
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