Skip to content
We Are Pinball
We Are Pinball
65 episodes tracked since 2024 about →
Copied!

We Are Pinball #35 "Predator becoming a must buy!? Skip Harry Potter?"

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 3 min listenBy WAP
From the creator

What's up everyone! Welcome back to the WAP show!Jam-packed episode! Cengiz has seen Predator and he is excited man!! Nothing is confirmed but this may be THE game of the summer! Who saw...

Listen on We Are Pinball

Highlights

  • Predator is a completely new layout, not an ABBA re-theme, despite sharing some mechanical similarities.
  • Retro Jingo recommended limiting Predator production to 300 units maximum, priced under $10k.
  • Pinball Brothers' previous games (Alien, ABBA, Queen) have been underperforming or divisive; Predator represents potential redemption.
  • Predator will feature a 'jungle mode' with fluorescent green lighting throughout the playfield.
  • We Are Pinball has reached $620/month Patreon support, exceeding Don's Pinball Podcast ($561/month).
  • Predator launch will include a coordinated marketing campaign with countdown, live streams, and immediate pre-order availability.
  • Spooky Pinball is developing a metal and wood aftermarket auto-launch device for Evil Dead shaped like the boomstick with a clickable trigger.
  • Retro Jingo has an NDA with Pinball Brothers but is sharing information he's comfortable disclosing because he respects them and gave his word.

Notable quotes

“There was a point where I wasn't sure if this game was actually going to come out. Given all the turmoil that's been going on, the loss of a pinball brother, now we're down to literally a pinball brother, the follow-up to Alien, the lukewarm reception of ABBA, how do they even have any production money anymore?”
Don
“I recommended make limited to 300 only. Yes. That would generate some damn FOMO. The scarcity. This theme. It's a man's theme.”
Retro Jingo
“The heat is on, baby. The heat is on.”
Retro Jingo
“You need some kind of visionary over these projects, right? You know, you got mechanical engineers, you got electrical engineers, but like, you need some kind of core person over this with a vision of where this project should get to, right?”
Don
“This is what we've been saying. We need people to get good themes and bring them to fruition. And so now it seems like Pinball Brothers, of all people, may be the ones to actually be doing this.”
Don
“I cannot say anything, but one of my questions was, did you pay for the soundtrack? Do you have the music, right? I cannot say what happened, but at the end of our conversation, it was like, Jenkins, we need this kind of passion.”
Retro Jingo
“Now I'm like, wait a minute. Only 300? I'm listening. Yeah, I just became way interested in this.”
Don
“Spooky's figured it out. Stern does a good job of bringing out commercially marketable games. But as far as something that's dripping, marinated in its theme, and its theme is good, it seems to be few and far between here, man.”
Don

Entities

  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • ABBA· game
  • Alien· game
  • Barry O's Barbecue Challenge· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Predator· game
  • Queen· game
  • Don's Pinball Podcast· media
  • Aliens (franchise)· media_property
  • Stranger Things· media_property
  • We Are Pinball (WAP)· organization
  • Daniel· person
  • Don· person
  • Enzo· person
  • Genghis· person
  • Retro Jingo· person
  • Spooky Luke· person
  • Tanner· person

More from We Are Pinball

→ All content from We Are Pinball
We Are PinballPodcast2d ago

WAP #59 "Magnets, SLE's, and MORE!!"

43 min listenBy WAP

Uploading quick since the power just went out in this storm!WAP is back with more to come!In short, Sonic, Transformers, and what we want in an SLE version of a game.email...

Contact us about this coverage