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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular Feb 28
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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular Feb 28
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Highlights
- Beetlejuice is the nicest pinball machine ever made, superior to all Stern, Bally, Williams, and Jersey Jack games in history
- Spooky Pinball created artificial FOMO on America's Most Haunted by announcing a 150-unit production limit when the game wasn't selling
- King Kong is missing the Empire State Building despite it being iconic to the IP
- Spooky Pinball is the only company making truly home-worthy machines alongside Jersey Jack Pinball; Stern machines are not suitable for home collections
- Pokémon will be a successful, fun shooter that appeals to casual players tired of complex layouts
- Beetlejuice has a worm mech that is large, beautiful, and operates in sync with music during Vikas Deo mode
- King Kong's art direction resembles children's book aesthetic with excessive colorization incompatible with classic Kong films
- Stern Godzilla has tanked in secondary market value, likely due to playfield design and aesthetic issues
- Pokémon secondary market will see many listings due to oversupply of interested sellers
- Beetlejuice is built on Spike 3 hardware
Notable quotes
“It is nicer than any Stern machine ever made it is nicer than any Bally or Williams game ever made. It is nicer than any Jersey Jack Pinball game ever made. I'm being candid here.”
“this game makes like godzilla look like garbage... it makes godzilla look like garbage garbage”
“Stern's should have bought Spooky Pinball years ago. Stern's should have acquired some of this competition because now the competition makes them look so cheap.”
“If you have a Beetlejuice, hold on to it. If you sold the Beetlejuice, you're an idiot. You're an idiot. You're an idiot.”
“King Kong is the dumbest interpretation of King Kong. It looks like a children's book... How do you make King Kong and not have the Empire State Building in it?”
“it looks like my little pony vomited over the playfield”
“It's the best year of pinball ever... because it's going to make everybody realize that you been overpaying for stuff”
“Stern admits that they did not license the Empire State Building. I'll send you a picture.”
“You don't kind of make the Empire State Building. You either make it or you don't.”
“The world loves Pokemon. If you can't get into Pokemon or understand why the world loves the big you are a little dead inside.”
Entities
- Electric Playground· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Nomad· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- America's Most Haunted· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- James Cameron Avatar (Limited Edition)· game
- King Kong· game
- Pokémon· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Ben Heck· person
- Brenda· person
- Bug· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Ed Roberts· person
- Frank Mack· person
- Kaneda· person
- Killian· person
- Kyle DeAngelo· person
- Luke· person
- Miguel Jones / Hilton Jones· person
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