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The Pinball Show Ep 79: The Middle Class Man‘s Pinball Podcast
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The Pinball Show Episode 79: The Middle Class Man's Pinball Podcast Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohost: Drew Boisvert, Host Of The Poor Man's Pinball Podcast - A Trip Down Memory Lane
Highlights
- Seth Davis appointed as Stern Pinball President, moving from Walt Disney Company after 13 years; Gary Stern moves to Chairman/CEO
- Seth Davis was head of product management for Disney's connected experiences and digital games, and earned Six Sigma Black Belt certification at GE
- Godzilla received Wi-Fi update capability in version .79, making updates as simple as connecting a TV or refrigerator to internet
- Keith Elwin designed floating flipper on Godzilla which took the most time to develop and align
- Godzilla currently has incomplete code with three skill shots (four more coming), seven battles, four city modes (not fully implemented), and multiple wizard modes
- Godzilla's middle spinner is unusually wide, resembling classic Bally/Williams era spinners, unlike modern Stern's typically thin spinners
- Godzilla Premium Comic Edition Star Wars is valued at $12,000 on secondary market and will sell within 48 hours at that price
- Harrison Drake (engineer) is responsible for balancing budget and 'bomb' (mechanism complexity) in pinball design, not the designer
- Poor Man's Pinball Podcast had reunion discussion planned with Ian (now sidelined from show) but not returning as regular co-host
- Godzilla is described as 'one of the funnest shooting pinball machines in all of pinball history' with phenomenal sound and campy fun animation
Notable quotes
“This game's going to be pretty damn full. But it's just not there yet.”
“I am kind of the Doc Finlay myself... You're sitting on a $12,000 pinball machine.”
“The designers have gotten celebrity status... So I think it is a little unfair. But I also think that a lot of these guys have done a good job... They always give credit to these other people.”
“This is one of the funnest shooting pinball machines in all of pinball history. It is unique, it's fresh, but it is designed by the master that has become Keith Elwin. I can't stop shooting this thing.”
“Once you open up the coin door and you press the buttons... there's like a new one that just says net, like the internet, and you just click on it... It took me, I think it was like 15 minutes to download... and I don't want to go back.”
“I hate some of the negativity and the mudslinging... we can all have differences in opinions, and it doesn't have to be nasty.”
“With that type of experience, it's not hard to see that Seth was hired to continue to usher Stern toward ensuring that their digital product offering is as robust and industry as their pinball product has been.”
“I'm two and oh... Maybe he's the GOAT everywhere else, but only on podcasting do I get the numbers of GOAT status.”
“There are seven battles, four city modes, two or three micro-wizard modes... Never heard that term before.”
“When you put on headphones in Ghostbusters or Star Wars, you hear some amazing sounds that are just going on that you don't normally hear. It's like a new experience.”
Entities
- General Electric· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Walt Disney Company· company
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Dialed In· game
- Godzilla· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Star Wars Premium Comic Edition· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· media
- Poor Man's Pinball Podcast· media
- The Pinball Show· media
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Drew Boyfair· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Harrison Drake· person
- Ian· person
- Jerry Thompson· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Rudberg· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Ted Estes· person
- Zach· person
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