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We Are Pinball #9 "Avatar and gangsta rap!"

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago57 min listenBy WAP
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Bro! The dynamic duo is BACK baby yeah! How can we stay away when there's so much to talk about?! Buckle up and settle in and we cover the pinball game leak of the year! We talk...

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Highlights

  • John Wick just received a code update featuring an 8-bit video mode comparable to Jaws' video mode quality
  • Stern is renting pinball machines to corporations at ~$500/month and placing machines in Costco for holiday season
  • Alice in Wonderland (Dutch Pinball) is still unreleased and being 'edged' with incremental photo releases
  • Jersey Jack has an Avatar pinball machine in development, evidenced by a leaked playfield photo
  • Stern pinball pricing has jumped from $9,500 LE to current $13,000+ range, outpacing inflation
  • Home edition Stern machines (at $5,000-$6,000) are not selling well and have been indefinitely halted
  • For $5,000, consumers can buy Avengers Infinity Quest, Mandalorian, or Star Wars (Pro) machines instead of home editions
  • Avatar photo leak likely timed strategically by JJP to distract from Stern's X-Men game announcement
  • Avatar pinball will feature industry-leading light effects with blue and fluorescent green coloring
  • Recent Jersey Jack games are available at 'very competitive pricing' on secondary market

Notable quotes

“This game's going to get good. It's going to get really good. Once everything's fleshed out I can feel it.”
Host (discussing John Wick updates)
“The layout's not as incredible as Jaws or Godzilla or Avengers Infinity Quest or an Elwynn, but it's a fair bit better than Venom.”
Host
“Compare this to when you're playing Scream on Venom, flipping your hair around for no reason, and it stops the gameplay. They just come out with this, which is like a whole fleshed out 8-bit fun flash game.”
Host
“I mean, the le should cost 10,000 and pros cheaper and premiums cheaper...from 9,500 for an LE, then we got Jaws at 10,500, then 13,000. What the heck?”
Host
“For $5,000, you can go get an Avengers: Infinity Quest (Pro) right now...it's going to have better build quality and better gameplay than the home version, for sure, for the same price.”
Host
“You're at the school dance, and Alice in Wonderland keeps trying to follow you around...when all of a sudden across the dance floor, the spotlight lands on Pandora, and you're like, oh, Dancing Queen, get out of the way.”
Host
“There's no room for gatekeeping in pinball. You want your events to be successful. You want your tournaments to be successful. You want your locations doing well.”
Host
“I mean, if they don't listen to us but they just do this, I think it's a great move. Well done, Stern.”
Host
“It's not a killer theme anybody was asking for, but it was Elton John, and that did pretty well. Avatar has a lot of potential.”
Host
“I mean, this is a huge, huge theme. I don't think that the play field will be empty like the last couple of games.”
Host

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Alice in Wonderland (Dutch Pinball)· game
  • Avatar (pinball game - JJP)· game
  • Avengers Infinity Quest (Stern Pinball)· game
  • Elton John (pinball game)· game
  • Godzilla (Stern Pinball)· game
  • Jaws (Stern Pinball)· game
  • John Wick (pinball game)· game
  • Star Wars (Stern Pinball)· game
  • The Mandalorian (Stern Pinball)· game
  • Venom (Stern Pinball)· game
  • X-Men (Stern Pinball)· game
  • Costco· organization
  • Don· person
  • Jason Naps· person
  • Keith Allen· person
  • Ken Cromwell· person
  • Insider Connected· product
  • Spike 2· product

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