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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 66 - Joel Bought a Game!!!
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Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf and Travis Murie Well we are half way through 2025 and things are shifting around in our game rooms. With so many awesome games that just came out Travis is selling...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack Pinball fixed the artwork/dragon issue on Harry Potter after some distributors offered buyers the choice to wait for corrected versions
- Harry Potter's Wizard Edition has superior powder coating with a chameleon effect that looks different colors depending on lighting
- Jersey Jack implemented an easy mode setting allowing term modes to start from any subway entrance (scoop or potions shot) to improve accessibility
- Joel's wife prefers Dune over Harry Potter specifically for the worm mech multiball and the subtle HAL lighting system that doesn't overwhelm the eyes
- Dune's design communicates mode shots more clearly by only lighting the specific shots you need to hit, unlike Harry Potter which has more active inserts lit simultaneously
- Tom Graff has just received his Harry Potter machine delivery and hasn't played it yet, but has played the game multiple times on location
- Tom believes Harry Potter could be Jersey Jack's best game overall, ranking it in his top 3 JJP titles alongside Elton John and The Hobbit
- Joel is uncomfortable with the Scoop difficulty on Harry Potter, describing it as somewhat hard to hit but not a deal-breaker
- The Dune pinball game is not finished at the time of this podcast recording
Notable quotes
“I really enjoy the game. I think it's really cool. I mean, honestly, I think it could be Jersey Jack's best game.”
“The derpy dragon. I think it's an error, so it doesn't really bother me... honestly, if it's a collector's piece from your point of view, and you're going to look all over it and just gaze at its wonder, sure, maybe wait, get the fixed version. But if you just want to play pinball, I do not think you will be upset with the derpy dragon.”
“My wife, who's a huge Harry Potter fan, has enjoyed the Dune movies... She has been loving Dune. And so just side note, why my wife is playing pinball all of a sudden? No idea. No idea, but I'm not fighting it.”
“Dune, Radcows, what were we talking about?... The Radcows on the Wizard Edition look incredible. And he said the powder coating is kind of a chameleon type effect, where in different lighting it looks like different colors.”
“She's like, oh, see, that's too much. You know, which I disagree. I mean, she was saying that about Godzilla and Cactus Canyon, like, too much light, but maybe people are really sensitive to that.”
“The light show in Dune is phenomenal. And there's two parts to that. One is the HAL, the Horizontal Aerial Lighting System. So it's subtle. It adds, it does a fantastic job transitioning from light.”
“You don't have to play the game to watch a video and realize what the rule set is... Anybody else that plays pinball realizes that.”
“The reality is if I was going to play Harry Potter, the first thing I want to do is start a term. But I didn't want to do that on the tutorial. I wanted to show each part of it separately.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Alien / Aliens· game
- Avatar· game
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Dune (Barrels of Fun)· game
- Evil Dead (Spooky Pinball)· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter (Jersey Jack Pinball)· game
- Star Wars (Stern Pinball)· game
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Joe Katz· person
- Joel· person
- Monica· person
- Tom Graff· person
- Travis· person
- Zach· person
- Lumberjack Johnny's· venue
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