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Ep 32: American Horror Story
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 51 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 32: American Horror Story Hosts: Martin Robbins & Jeff Teolis Special Guest: Charlie Emery What’s The Latest Honesty Teamwork Bigger & Better Plus: Sponsor...
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball sold 750 Rick and Morty units in four hours after launch, completely unexpected
- Spooky has expanded from a single room in 2013 to a new two-story building that is double the size of their previous 60x90 shop
- The upcoming Spooky game was designed as a complete team effort with multiple designers contributing equally, not a single lead designer
- Rick and Morty's 750-unit pre-order success guaranteed Spooky 18 months of guaranteed work and employment
- Spooky and Chicago Gaming Company are collaborating on a Ben Heck design
- Spooky has hired an electronics engineer/programmer and is planning to increase production numbers again for their next game launch
- Warner Brothers requires approval for all Rick and Morty game elements, unlike Adult Swim which had more trust and creative freedom
- The upcoming Spooky game is smoother and easier to shoot than their typical reputation suggests, making it somewhat unique
- A wizard mode concept for Rick and Morty was rejected by the studio for not fitting the world of the show
Notable quotes
“Honesty. We own up to our mistakes. We take what we do well, and we try to expand on that.”
“We sold 750 games in four hours. We weren't even entertaining that kind of idea.”
“It's the most complete team effort I think that Spooky Pinball has ever done...It really wasn't the situation at all. It was everybody got their input.”
“Two pinball companies working together? Does anybody do that? Well, they do now.”
“With Warner Brothers, it's definitely a process. Every single thing gets shown, everything gets reviewed, everything gets approved.”
“I've never been a guy to micromanage people...we sink or swim together as a team, and the best ideas win out.”
“This is the first time that when Rick and Morty sold out in four hours, it bought us 18 months worth of work, guaranteed employment, and we'd never really had that before.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Warner Brothers· company
- Rick and Morty· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinball Network· organization
- Alice Cooper· person
- Ben Heck· person
- Bowen Kerins· person
- Bug Emery· person
- Charlie Emery· person
- Dan Harmon· person
- Eric Pripke· person
- Jeff Tiorris· person
- Jemaine Clement· person
- Justin Roiland· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Rob Zombie· person
- Scott Danesi· person
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