Episode 4: Pinball Through My Wife's Eyes
In this episode, my wife Kim joins the show. We discuss her perspective on pinball, my journey with the hobby, and how she views it from a non-pinhead perspective. We also discuss how nudging is NOT...
Highlights
- John Wick pinball is not selling well despite being designed by Elliot Eismin, a mechanical engineer at Stern making his first game
- Kim scored 196 million on Godzilla on approximately her 10th play of the game
- Kim beat Retro Ralph on Venom despite him being an experienced player on that machine
- Stern Pinball and Jersey Jack Pinball are the two largest pinball manufacturers driving the hobby forward
- No hip-hop or R&B pinball machines currently exist; George Gomez mentioned this at Stern during a tour
- The pinball market in general is currently down
- Retro Ralph traded away his James Bond pinball machine to acquire Jaws, despite loving James Bond
- Kim has naturally faster reflexes than Retro Ralph and believes women generally have faster response times than men in pinball
Notable quotes
“I was like, well, we were having fun until you started beating me.”
“I love Jaws. I love Jaws for so many reasons. I mean, first of all, it's just so much fun, and the art is incredible... it brings you back.”
“When you're focused on something you're laser focused on it... There's a lot of women players that are really good because their response time is like so fast.”
“I think there's a lot of fun things you could do with it, like artwork-wise... Martha Stewart multi-ball.”
“It would have to be all pink. I mean, it would be cool. It would be so cool.”
“These companies... the ones that are continuing to propel the hobby forward... it just makes me sad because these companies aren't releasing... amazing titles that are blowing it out of the water right now.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Elton John· game
- Godzilla· game
- James Bond· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Venom· game
- The Flipside Pinball Podcast· organization
- Elliot Eismin· person
- George Gomez· person
- Kim· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- The Jaws movie· product
- Player 1 Arcade· venue
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