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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 42: Knull Has Nothing On Us
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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 42: Knull Has Nothing On Us Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Tonight we catch up after not recording for almost a month. We discuss our views on...
Highlights
- Rick and Morty is a clunky layout game but has excellent code, fun modes, and unique mechanics like the pulsing magnet save that make it engaging once learned
- Games with poor initial accessibility (challenging shots, brutal layouts) like Rick and Morty, Turtles, and Star Wars suffer on location because casual players drain quickly and don't discover the code
- Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary edition just released and plays identically to the LE, differing only in powder coat and art
- Jersey Jersey Jack Pinball released CE (Collector's Edition) accessories for Godfather with silver instead of gold finishes to non-CE owners
- Stern is likely to do more anniversary editions (like Godzilla 70th next year) rather than straight vaults going forward
- Stranger Things (Premium/LE) premium is rumored as one of the most limited editions currently available due to its limited original run
- Rick and Morty's humor and call-outs featuring Justin Roiland are a major strength, but Rowland likely won't return for new code updates
- Stranger Things (Premium/LE) vault rumors point to a big opening in November, suggesting potential re-release timing
- Pinball industry has underutilized sequels and multi-season game strategies compared to other entertainment franchises
- The Rick and Morty ball save mechanism (pulsing magnet) is faster and more controllable than similar features on other Spooky games like Halloween
Notable quotes
“Imagine the game working.”
“The humor is, that's something, the more that I get into pinball, the games that typically draw me back are the ones that are going to make me laugh or the ones that I know are just fun.”
“The dimensions are the fact that as you're playing the game, dimensions completely change the game, whether it's the lighting or the sound or how things score or, like, ramps don't work or this doesn't work, and it just makes everything feel different every time you play.”
“If you're going to do it for Elvira and Jurassic Park, why not do it for one of your biggest selling games, if not your biggest selling game of all time?”
“Hell yes, it's a cash grab. They're a business. Why would you not do that? They need to make money. They need to pay employees.”
“It's not Halloween, Joel. Well, you don't, there's nothing in your, you know, your life contract if I have to own a spooky game.”
“My wife was real into the idea of getting a puppy. And even though our son is three and still not sleeping through the night consistently, apparently this is the right time to add a puppy into our life.”
“It doesn't, to me, whenever I play it, it doesn't feel like a spooky, if that makes sense. It just, it feels like it's kind of its own thing.”
“The one thing I've never understood is why pinball has shied away from doing sequels or doing huge themes in segments.”
“It's going to be tough in the future because so many games are being produced nowadays that I think it's going to be tough just to outright vault things.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- District 82 Summer Series· event
- Elvira 40th Anniversary· game
- Godfather (Jersey Jack Pinball)· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary· game
- Rick and Morty (SE)· game
- Spider-Man (Vault Edition)· game
- Star Wars· game
- Stranger Things (Premium/LE)· game
- The Avengers· game
- Turtles (TMNT)· game
- Venom· game
- Pinball Nerds Podcast / Poor Man's Pinball Network· organization
- Chris· person
- Joel Fonseca· person
- Justin Rowland· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Monica· person
- Tom· person
- Travis Moseman· person
- IFPA· program
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