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Episode 56 - One Year Anniversary Q+A
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Highlights
- Average episode takes approximately 4 hours to produce (all-in), with 6-7 hours for episodes featuring Roger Sharpe due to interview length and editing demands
- Wedgehead has been open for 6 years and has survived longer than average bar lifespan, but Alan emphasizes it's not a 'big success' as the question suggested
- Kaneda (from Saturday Morning Spectacular) makes 'decent bit' of money from Patreon as a pinball podcaster; most other pinball podcasters do not monetize significantly
- Modern pinball design trends toward excessive safety with most shots feeding back to in-lanes, reducing ball control and increasing reliance on shot accuracy over dynamic play
- Center ramp placement on early System 11 games (Python, Angola, Barry, Ousler era) represents design mistakes due to shot imbalance from one flipper
Notable quotes
“I think it would have to do one or the other to do it well. And I chose this instead”
“I want it to be free, I don't want to read ads, I don't want to be sponsored, I don't want to feel like I just can't say what I want to say about any company or any game at any time”
“Don't half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing”
“The behavior at tournaments is the weirdest part of pinball that I've experienced... suddenly it's like oh no we're no longer buddies”
“This is just like a weekly tournament. It should just be chill”
“I think scoops should be placed on the edges of playfields, not on the centers... when it doesn't do that, then it pisses the player off. The players are pissed that the operators, the operators pissed that the manufacturer”
“Pinball wasn't always just shot accuracy. It's supposed to be ball control too”
“Make a Taylor Swift pin. She is super popular... all these are old man bands... get a different group of people into pinball”
“I don't think there's a single theme you could do that would be better for the hobby than Taylor Swift”
“I truly think that like fans shoot better than non-fans, and I think that upper and lower play fields are always a mistake”
Entities
- Quarters· business
- Wedgehead· business
- Pinball Expo· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Black Hole· game
- Deadpool· game
- Frontier· game
- Monster Bash· game
- The Addams Family· game
- White Water· game
- Wedgehead Pinball Podcast· organization
- Alan· person
- Alex (Waterboy)· person
- Casey· person
- Harry Williams· person
- Kaneda· person
- Rhodesy· person
- Roger Sharpe· person
- System 11 Games· product_line
