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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 70 - Elwin is back and he is dropping truth bombs!
Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf and Travis Murie Guest: Keith Elwin We like talking pinball and pinball design so who better to invite onto the show than Keith Elwin himself. We went into this...
Highlights
- The gong on King Kong was intentionally designed to be scary/intimidating to players
- King Kong's punchback shot design on the top right side was the starting point for the entire layout
- The O shot in Jurassic Park was intentionally made difficult to keep Spelling Chaos from being too easy
- Originally, Jaws featured a left orbit that wrapped around to the right orbit but was abandoned due to rattle issues
- The magnetic Newton ball was originally intended for Avengers but couldn't work due to geometry constraints
- Elwin no longer designs accessories; Stern engineers handle that work now
- Elwin does not have a Spike 3 development cabinet yet for his next game
- Modern pinball with licensed IP faces a conundrum: games must be long enough to justify licensing assets but not so long players lose engagement
Notable quotes
“The gong is supposed to scare you guys it's supposed to that's why uh tom bought a pro”
“It's best to start with the crazy ones and then work the other ones around it”
“I decided that um i'm gonna take a good 30 minutes of these assets and just randomly play these as bonus clips when you're counting your bonus”
“That violates the Gary rule”
“If that button is broken, your game's down”
“I have pinball adhd now i hardly ever finish a game that i start these days because i just like i'm good for like 15 20 minutes”
“My next game is even weirder, trust me”
“I hate shooter rods. These custom shooter rods don't actually work well as a shooter rod”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Freeplay Florida· event
- Avengers· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- James Bond 60th· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- King Kong· game
- Star Wars· game
- Twilight Zone· game
- X-Men· game
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Jared· person
- Joel· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
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