DPP #182 "TPF wrap up. I wanna like Portal!"
Honestly, I had the best weekend down in Frisco Texas, if you were there chances are you did to.Leave me some feedback and let's celebrate pinball together!
Kineticist’s take
TPF 2026 wrap: Evil Dead sells out, Harry Potter announced, Merlin's Arcade impresses, Blues Brothers panned.
Synopsis
Don recaps Texas Pinball Festival 2026, covering Medieval Madness sold-out return, Spooky's Evil Dead sellout (888 units), Jersey Jack's surprise Harry Potter announcement (10-year development, multi-million dollar license), and detailed impressions of numerous games including Merlin's Arcade, Blues Brothers (criticized harshly), Stern's D&D, and a custom D&D mod by Cairo Labs. He expresses frustration with Blues Brothers $5,000 price point relative to its quality and concludes with cautious optimism about Portal pinball.
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Nitro Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival 2026· event
- Blues Brothers· game
- D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Merlin's Arcade· game
- Portal· game
- Chris Franchi· person
- Chris Turner· person
- Don· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Cairo Labs· person/company
- Double Tap (Tony Hawk homebrew mod)· product