Episode 3: Do Pinball Influencers Influence You?
In this episode, we discuss the niche hobby of pinball and explore whether influencers have enough sway to steer the direction of the hobby and determine the success or failure of a game. What impact...
Highlights
- Ralph placed 22nd out of 42 in his first official pinball tournament at Player One Games in Surprise, Arizona
- Ralph's WPPR ranking is approximately 42,000th in the world
- The pinball market has gotten 'a little soft', allowing Ralph to potentially acquire a Venom LE at Premium pricing
- Ralph's Venom LE is serial number approximately 345 of 1000
- People in the pinball community often express negative opinions about new games based on trailers without playing them
- Jersey Jack Pinball's next game is rumored to be Harry Potter
- The Atomic Godzilla mod enhances gameplay experience and responds to in-game events
- The Flipside podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and one other platform Ralph cannot recall
Notable quotes
“I can't just watch a five minute trailer and be like, yup, that's it. Boom. that's that game is awesome or boom that game sucks... I think ultimately you have to play it right”
“This hobby is so small. It's so small. And it just makes me wonder if someone is that critical, does it actually affect the overall, maybe even sales reception of that game?”
“I just can't get my brain wrapped around hating on something before you've actually experienced it”
“You should like what you like. I want you to disagree with me. I don't expect you to agree with everything I say.”
“Dude, I'm glad you drug me out of the house. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for that.”
“I really enjoy modding them. It's interesting because in the arcade scene... it's kind of forbidden to do things outside of keeping it original. And so the pinball hobby is completely different, at least from what I've seen, where they encourage you to mod them in a tasteful way.”
Entities
- Pinball Expo· event
- Don's Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dutch Pinball· organization
- Jersey Jack Pinball· organization
- Player One Games· organization
- Ready Player One Games· organization
- Stern Pinball· organization
- Brian Eddie· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Rudy· person
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