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Ep 83: Canadian Round Pinball Podcast
PodcastAnalysis updated 6d ago54 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
It’s not Final Round. It’s Canadian Round. Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies joins Jeff to discuss the 2024 pinball year plus a LIVE competition/trash-talking while playing at a cottage in Musoka....
Highlights
- 2024 has been an exceptional pinball year with major releases from multiple manufacturers
- Spooky Pinball announced Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 (based on first two movies, no Army of Darkness)
- Keith Alwyn has found his niche with Jaws and subsequent Stern designs
- Tim Sexton designed code for John Wick and will continue improving it
- Mark Seiden created Avatar pinball for Jersey Jack after previously designing Metroid homebrew
- Ed Robertson provided voice work for Rush pinball as 'Federation Pilot' character
- Metallica Remastered has been in development for 18 months under John Borg
- Walking Dead rule redesign by Lyman transformed the game from underperformer to favorite
- Licensing fees for high-profile IP like Taylor Swift are prohibitively expensive for pinball manufacturers
- Taylor Swift's Eras Tour surpasses historical concert phenomena like Beatles' Shea Stadium
Notable quotes
“2024 has been an exceptional pinball year, wouldn't you think?”
“The second coming of Jack Danger with Uncanny X-Men. Totally non-conventional layout. A load of fun.”
“Rush is funny. You don't get it... Rush is funny. He's like, no, they're a serious band.”
“Free Will... it's the only thing I was super specific about, and then Tim didn't just execute on what I was hoping. He made it ten times better.”
“I think the greatest Stern game ever made was Metallica.”
“How are there not machines for women being done? There are so many women players that and women with money and women with daughters and I'd buy a T-Swift machine in a heartbeat.”
“I would guess the licensing fees that pinball companies are capable of paying are not even in the league of what would get her interest these days.”
“When I look at games, I really want to see the rules be something that's special.”
“It's what we did when we first started playing pinball, and it's not always about the competition.”
“She's changed the business. She's changed the touring business. She's changed what an artist is capable of.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avatar· game
- Black Knight· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Jaws· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Rush· game
- Swords of Vengeance· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Charlie Emery· person
- Dave Smith· person
- Dirty Donnie· person
- Ed Robertson· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Robbins· person
- John Borg· person
- Keith Alwyn· person
- Lyman· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Michael Barnard· person
- Ray Davidson· person
- Tim Sexton· person
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