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Episode 3: UK Pinfest aftermath and Scott goes AWOL well to Wales
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 39 min listen
Send us Fan Mail We talk about the aftermath of UK Pinfest and for some crazy reason Scott visits Wales. Ok maybe not so crazy:D
Highlights
- Scooby-Doo lasted only a couple of hours at Pinfest before needing to be disabled
- Alien by Pinball Brothers was turned off mid-show at owner's request to prevent plays, despite being paid for entry
- Spinal Tap has significant code synchronization issues with animations and poor video assets that need thorough rebuild
- Big Lebowski is effectively a 'poor man's Medieval Madness' with very similar rules and gameplay
- A recent boutique pinball machine Scott purchased had rails hot-glued to the playfield instead of properly secured
- Metallica at the tournament had significantly weakened flipper power, making it nearly impossible to score well
- Women's tournament at Pinfest had approximately 40 participants
- Neil McRae owns Metallica, Godzilla, Bond, and Foo Fighters pinball machines
Notable quotes
“I don't want to fiddle with games. I want to play them.”
“I think if someone brings a machine, I think it should be there for the duration of the show.”
“The rails were hot glued in to the playfield... I'm a little bit like wow.”
“It's a missed opportunity... it needs a real thorough rebuild of the code.”
“The Flippers had come out of a 300-year sleep would be an understatement.”
“I just think what they've done is let's just slap all this together and it should be funny. They haven't, right?”
“Mandalorian behind me, that was a must buy for me, I just love the TV show they could have literally put a turd in a box and shipped it to me and I would have been happy”
“if you throw enough money at a game you can make it look great”
Entities
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- UK Pinfest· event
- Alien· game
- Big Lebowski· game
- Deadpool· game
- Godzilla· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Metallica· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Spinal Tap· game
- Ant· person
- Chris B· person
- Holly· person
- Ilsa· person
- James· person
- James (Majestic)· person
- Matt· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Paul· person
- Phil Palmer· person
- Scott Rundell· person
- Thomas· person
- Wayne· person
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