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Episode - 30 - What - A-wonderful - World
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago27 min listen
track starts at 135 mark
Highlights
- American Pinball's Hot Wheels is the third title from American Pinball, coming in at lower price point than Houdini and Oktoberfest, estimated at $6,200–$6,400
- Spooky Pinball's Rick and Morty is shipping and receiving positive feedback, with some units already on location
- Deep Root Pinball's facility release day in Texas was scheduled for March 25, 2020, to showcase Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland
- Texas Pinball Festival has been canceled due to coronavirus
- Ben Heck is returning to pinball design at Spooky, partnering with Chicago Gaming Company for manufacturing
- Jersey Jack Pinball has new code coming for Pirates of the Caribbean
- Stern's Heavy Metal is a contract game based on the Heavy Metal magazine, pricing around 8k, releasing end of March
Notable quotes
“Leave something for others... don't be greedy you'll get by show some kindness to others folks we're all in this together”
“My lovely wife, Marianne Rusty, is in the middle of battling stage four melanoma. She's undergoing immunotherapy.”
“I'm a little man with big big shoulders i can carry a lot of weight”
“Ben Heck is back in pinball, kids. The legendary Ben Heck and Dorn is back at Spooky designing a licensed team.”
“Rick and Morty's gonna keep them busy for the next 18 months or about 17 months now”
“Texas Pinball Festival, Midwest Gaming Classic, And the Arcade Expo and Banning have all unfortunately been canceled.”
“It's been three years to the day since he passed since we lost him... try to be what he was a good human, a good man, a good person.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Golden State Pinball Festival· event
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Heavy Metal· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- Capital Corridor Pinball League· organization
- Ben Heck· person
- John Papadiuk· person
- Kathy Sharland· person
- Marianne Rusty· person
- Michael Hosier· person
- Spencer Klingon· person
- Steve Sharland· person
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