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The Great British Pinball Podcas Episode 25 - Is pinball in a panic?

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Send us Fan Mail Scott and Neil debate the recent pinball launches and ask the question is pinball in a panic?

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Highlights

  • Evil Dead by Spooky Pinball launched with no drama, no reliability issues, and no AI art
  • Predator gameplay video was leaked by a distributor and was never meant to be publicly released at that stage
  • Pinball Brothers marketing person responsible for initial video leak (uploaded then unlisted instead of private) has faced backlash from the community
  • Predator stand-up targets are improved over Alien's problematic versions which had metal that bent easily and snapped after hits
  • Harry Potter artwork still has problems and did not come with proper film assets at launch
  • Evil Dead experienced a coil failure and blown MOSFET after heavy play but Spooky sent replacement parts within 48 hours
  • Stern's decision to use unlicensed Kong IP was driven by licensing difficulties with major licensors becoming increasingly difficult to work with
  • X-Men playfield design by Jack Danger will be considered an all-time classic
  • Stern code quality on Kong/X-Men is difficult to defend currently and Jack Danger has publicly criticized it
  • Stern relies on the same voice actor for call-outs across multiple games since at least Jurassic Park, limiting variation

Notable quotes

“Is the pinball industry in a panic? Because we've had some amazing games released over the last, I don't know what, three months? Yeah. Big IPs, let's give it that.”
Neil McCrae
“Complacency. It is the scariest word known to man. Complacency.”
Neil McCrae
“The hard part about pinball is building the freaking game. Launching it should be like, it's here. You know?”
Scott Rundell
“once it's on the internet it can't be removed marketing genius that said somehow delete it no, it's like...once it's out there on the internet, it never ever ever goes away it's just impossible right so just don't do it”
Neil McCrae
“they didn't have to do that, they could have just sent the MOSFETs. I really appreciate them doing that. And literally, 24-hour turnaround. Sorry, 48-hour turnaround. It's hard to complain about that.”
Neil McCrae
“if it's an original title it shouldn't be priced more expensive than an actual ip like predator or harry potter it shouldn't”
Neil McCrae
“the playfield on it Jack Danger you're a fucking superstar mate that playfield will be I genuinely think it will be seen as an all time classic”
Neil McCrae
“Stern, you need to retire that guy. I mean, he's amazing, but you just hear him in everything now.”
Neil McCrae
“I bought it. We found them! We found them! Quick! Quick!...I am your hero. Not everyone wears capes.”
Scott Rundell (on pre-ordering Predator)
“I'd say the highest authority in the land...if she did, she'd go down to Sweden and blow those fuckers up”
Neil McCrae

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Chicago Gaming Company· company
  • Disney/20th Century· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Lionsgate· company
  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Dune· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Harry Potter· game
  • I Ain't Got Time to Bleed· game
  • Kong· game
  • Predator· game
  • Uncanny X-Men· game
  • Pinball Map· organization
  • Aaron· person
  • Daniel· person
  • Enzo· person
  • Jack Danger· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Neil McCrae· person
  • Scott Rundell· person

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