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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 47 Spring Thaw
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 35 min listen
we talk about the upcoming Golden state pinball show and other cool stuff.
Highlights
- Press Start Reno tournament will have 30 confirmed players with capacity for 32, featuring 8 rounds in 7-5-3-1 scoring format
- Recent additions to Press Start lineup include Godzilla Premium and Avengers Infinity Quest, with plans to receive Funhaus 2.0 after Golden State
- Guns N' Roses at Press Start has board issues making it unfit for tournament play
- A Cactus Canyon at Press Start has a stuck switch causing unfair scoring, likely to be pulled from tournament
- Players from Sacramento are traveling to Reno for the tournament, marking the first time this has happened for a Reno tournament
- Multimorphic's Weird Al game kit release is 11 months out (until October)
- Spooky Pinball employs approximately 12-14 people compared to Stern's several hundred
- American Pinball's Hot Wheels has sold close to 1,000 units
- The designer of Sonic the Hedgehog homebrew was picked up by American Pinball this week
- Fathom is a remake from Australian boutique company Haggis who previously released Kelts homebrew
Notable quotes
“at what point are these guys a boutique company? Are they on their way to becoming a manufacturer?”
“I think it's just self-determination. I think it's what you choose to call yourself as your pinball company.”
“games like that to me are just absolute masterpieces. It's like a Mona Lisa. It's like a 63 split window Corvette. Don't fuck with it.”
“If you put the top three, it would be Centaur, Flash Gordon, which I already own. Hey-o. Yeah, there you go, and Medusa.”
“the thing with competition pinball is I think a lot of people are just like, oh, I mean, what a pinball tournament, a pinball league, like, how does that work? It's all random.”
“It's a great question, because at the point that you go from making kelts to making fathom. Like that feels to me like you better be legitimate”
“Spooky started out as, you know, they're kind of the blueprint for how to succeed as a boutique pinball company.”
“Until you put a game in a box and ship it, shut the fuck up.”
“I don't give a fiddler's fuck about connectivity. I want to play pinball.”
“If you're going to make an enhanced older game, how much better could it get than Flash Gordon? You get that queen license so you could have the music in there.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Haggis· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Golden State Pinball· event
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Fathom· game
- Funhaus 2.0· game
- Godzilla Premium· game
- Kelts· game
- Ben Heck· person
- Dan· person
- Engineer Mark· person
- Jerry· person
- Michael LaFrida· person
- Scott Denisey· person
- Spencer· person
- Press Start· venue
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