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Episode 26: What’s the Next Big Game from Barrels of Fun? Epic TWIPY Weekend Highlights & Your Voicemails!

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In Episode 26, we dive into the exciting speculation around Barrels of Fun’s next big game! Plus, we recap the highlights from the epic TWIPY Weekend and listen to your voicemails. Don’t miss out on...

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Highlights

  • Barrels of Fun showed Ralph something they've acquired: an existing game that has been built before but he never sees it working, which is not their next game but something they might do in limited capacity if community interest warrants it.
  • Barrels of Fun has only made one game so far (Labyrinth) but has tight quality assurance processes and a collector mindset that may slow production but ensures quality.
  • The Wormhole vault contains rare European pinball titles, conversions, and one-of-a-kind games, with a policy that every game must be streamed once before being cycled back.
  • Avatar won best art package at the Twippies, and Uncanny X-Men won for top innovation (Danger Room).
  • Multimorphic's next P3 game is widely reported to be Portal, and community consensus is that the P3 platform is viewed as too digital and hasn't been fully embraced by players.
  • Barrels of Fun may have an opportunity to show a game at Texas Pinball Festival but will only bring it if ready, unlike other manufacturers.
  • Russell (RJ Texan) hosted a pre-Twippies event at his home with extensive game collection spanning the past 5-10 years, including hired bartender and catering.
  • The live stream of Twippies experienced upload speed issues due to an internet outage approximately 15 minutes into the show.

Notable quotes

“The Houston pinball community is hot, man. It is hot. You could pretty much play a tournament almost every day of the freaking week.”
Retro Ralph
“For a company that has only made one game, right, Labyrinth, holy shit – like these guys have their shit together, and they're passionate.”
Retro Ralph
“It's a game that does exist that has been built before, but I never see it working. That's all I can say.”
Retro Ralph
“I love that excitement that we don't get that much anymore because of the internet. Like the internet spoils freaking everything.”
Retro Ralph
“I think traditional pinball in the modern world has done a good job of bringing the analog and digital together enough. And it seems like people view their platform as too digital, that it took it too far.”
Retro Ralph
“I don't hate that game. I actually find that game pretty fun. And I think people hate it. I don't know why they hate it.”
Retro Ralph
“When an issue like that happens, you just got to stay chill, and you got to be level-headed. Don't freak out.”
Retro Ralph
“I don't think he should do that next year. I think we need someone to produce and then the host to be host, you know, because then they can deal with the – you know, it's more seamless.”
Retro Ralph

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Eureka Heights Brewing· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Wormhole Pinball· company
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Twippies· event
  • Avatar· game
  • Dungeons & Dragons· game
  • Labyrinth· game
  • Portal· game
  • Uncanny X-Men· game
  • Aaron· person
  • Colin· person
  • Craig· person
  • David Van Essig· person
  • Ian· person
  • Jack· person
  • Jamie· person
  • Jerry· person
  • Joel· person
  • Mark Seidon· person
  • Retro Ralph· person
  • Russell (RJ Texan)· person

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