Episode 43: The Pinball Expo Hype Show w/Jamie!
Pinball Expo 2025 is almost here, and this year’s lineup might be one of the biggest yet. In this episode, we break down everything you can expect when the show takes over Schaumburg, IL, from...
Highlights
- Jamie will have Star Wars at Eureka Heights Brew Co arcade any day now
- Ralph received bad information about Back to the Future teaser announcement at Expo and is publicly correcting it
- Metallica Remastered (Premium/LE) had 2-hour wait lines at last Expo
- Portal adoption of add-on kit (extra ramp and spinner) significantly changes gameplay experience
- Dune had early launch with incomplete assets and licensing approval issues affecting initial reception
- Pinball Brothers game had negative launch reception despite not being widely played
- Star Wars is not a 'fan layout' despite having two pop bumpers
- Dune's initial reception was mixed, with roughly half of players giving positive feedback
Notable quotes
“We haven't figured that out. We haven't figured that out yet. It's for the passion. We do it because we love it. We love pinball.”
“I think I got bad information, so let's just say that now. I do not think they're going to tease Back to the Future.”
“Literally everyone I talked to that played Portal loved it. Dune, it's like half and half.”
“Pinball Brothers, if you're listening, live Predator guy in a costume. We both say it's a good idea. There's got to be an actor out there that needs some money.”
“this is the first one where they went and said, oh, you want us to put stuff down in the lower third? We'll put stuff down in the lower third. And they did, and it's really pretty cool.”
“I hope it's not an Alice in Wonderland situation, all right? No, that game was just not fun to play.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Alice in Wonderland· game
- Dune· game
- Metallica Remastered (Premium/LE)· game
- Portal· game
- Predator· game
- Star Wars· game
- Cale Hernandez· person
- Jamie Burchell· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Serge· person
- Zach Minney· person
- JBS Show· product
- Pin Pals· product
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