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episode 37. spring thaw.
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 33 min listen
road trip to flippers arcade in Cheyanne Wyoming. i play and review led zeppelin LE.
Highlights
- Flippers Arcade in Cheyenne, Wyoming is an exemplary arcade venue with impeccable machine maintenance and should serve as a model for American arcades.
- Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium/LE) of Horrors has excellent flow and plays fast with fun mechanical features, particularly the electric spinner mechanism that rarely drains.
- Led Led Zeppelin plays like a sparse early-80s valley pinball with ramps, reminiscent of games like Eight Ball Deluxe, with smooth fast-flowing ramp shots and good multiball frequency.
- Dennis Nordman is the 'Duke of Flow' in pinball design, rivaling Steve Ritchie reputation as king of flow.
- Spooky Pinball is expanding their facility to increase production capacity and game manufacturing speed.
- Spooky Pinball completed their podcast run after 11 years, with their final episode in Feb/March, and will pivot to video podcast content.
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show has taken a hiatus but is not permanently ended; they released a two-hour music/requests playlist episode instead of traditional podcast.
- Led Led Zeppelin topper costs $1,000 and can be traded for an EM machine.
Notable quotes
“Every town in America should have an arcade like this. Every arcade in America should be like looking at these guys going this is how you do an arcade in the 21st century, especially in a small town.”
“That mech is so goddamn fun to hit. Then when you get enough spins on it you hit whatever targets.”
“Steve Ritchie is the king of flow. Dennis Nordman can be the Duke of it.”
“It's a good game. It's a solid game. It's a lot of fun to shoot.”
“If you're a Led Zeppelin fan, it's a must-buy. Absolutely must-buy.”
“We just didn't have anything to talk about... We wanted to wait until we had something to talk about.”
“Spooky is enlarging. They're expanding. They got some good stuff coming down the pipe.”
“After they were one month shy of 11 years in a row, doing their podcast. This one went to 11. It was their last podcast.”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- The Twippies· event
- Aerosmith· game
- Eight Ball Deluxe· game
- Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium/LE)· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Led Zeppelin LE· game
- Metallica· game
- Flippers Arcade· organization
- Pinball Map· organization
- Pinball Network· organization
- Spooky Pinball· organization
- The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast· organization
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show· organization
- Christian Marche· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Mrs. Dr. Pin· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Zach Meany· person
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