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The Pinball Show Ep 174: Trough Jam 2025 Phase 2: Dune, King Kong, & More Potter Teases
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The Pinball Show Episode 174: Trough Jam 2025 Phase 2: Dune, King Kong, & More Potter Teases Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Dune Pinball Revealed By Barrels Of Fun Pinball - King Kong: Myth...
Highlights
- The Pinball Network is closing due to financial reasons
- Dune Pinball was announced unexpectedly on April 8th at 6:38 PM with teaser and pics but no trailer
- King Kong teaser aired on April 11th at 11 AM; official launch was April 15th at 11 AM
- Rush Pinball is being vaulted until 2049
- Stern is making more Jaws Premium in June/July due to dealer demand exceeding initial production
- Dune Pinball design team includes David Van Ness, Travis Mosman (mechanical engineering), Eric Pripke (programming), Colin McAlpine and Bowen Cairns (rules), and Jonathan Bergeron (art)
- Dennis (co-host) considers Dune's art package his favorite art in pinball, citing the orange/blue complementary color palette and tribute artwork to Dune novels
- Dune has a unique, novel layout with extensive use of sculpted plastics, diverters, change states, and ball staging areas that is deliberately difficult to shoot
- Barrels of Fun announced several Dune features via teaser posts: infinity glass included standard, new Horizon/HAL atmospheric lighting system, and Evergloss premium art decals
- Jersey Jack Pinball sent dealer emails with Harry Potter game details and opened pre-orders around April 8th with instructions to dealers not to call them 'pre-orders'
Notable quotes
“The Pinball Network is ending...It's got to do with money. Zach Minney, the bastard.”
“I think if anything, it may have exceeded [expectations], which I wasn't expecting. The perception in the hobby was exceeded.”
“I just love that the layout does what Jack Danger's stuff did, does what Elwynn's stuff does...You just want something that's just novel. You want something that you maybe haven't seen in a long time or haven't seen before.”
“I'm not convinced this shoots well...the initial stream footage didn't make it look like it shot well”
“barrels of fun ends up launching dune pinball out of nowhere at this point nobody even knew what the title was...at 630 at night on Monday, 638 to be precise”
“don't let the live stream be the first experience with the gameplay. Have something pre-recorded where it doesn't look like it's impossible for anyone to play.”
“Jack said, go ape shit all you want. But never before have we seen a theme like Harry Potter come to this industry.”
“I think that apron art is maybe my favorite apron art I've ever seen in Pimble. It is very cool. It's just beautiful.”
“I would rather have more of this and less safe stuff”
“You don't even need it. Just hover. You don't have to buy a ticket. You just have to preorder it, maybe.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Trough Jam 2025· event
- Dune Pinball· game
- Harry Potter Pinball· game
- King Kong: Myth of Terror Island· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Labyrinth Pinball· game
- Rush Pinball· game
- The Pinball Network· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Bowen Cairns· person
- Colin McAlpine· person
- David Van Ness· person
- Dennis· person
- Eric Pripke· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Bergeron· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Tom Graff· person
- Travis Mosman· person
- Zach· person
- Zach Minney· person
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