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Ep 91: Talking News

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Catching up with Flippin the Script and new pinball news that has happend in the last couple of weeks. Disclaimer - Zencastr has made changes to their site and messed up how the ep is produced. There...

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Highlights

  • Greg Bone from Flip N Out Pinball mailed Josh his personal opto part to help repair Josh's Rush machine despite parts delays
  • Roughly 60 different people attended two tournaments in Utah on the same Saturday (flip frenzy format with 45 people, Nathan Smith's tournament with 30 people, minimal overlap)
  • American Pinball has completed Magic Girl to a playable state with two gentlemen from Europe finishing most of the code
  • Deep Root Pinball attempted to license Men in Black using artwork from an obscure mid-2000s video game (Alien Crisis) that was rated 2-2.5 out of 10
  • Spooky Pinball has welcomed Ben Heck back to the Arcade team and Lucas Prepkey, and confirmed Phasma will continue doing code on their games
  • We Love Pinball Autism Charity Expo (October 19-23 in Chicago) will feature interviews with Eric Meunier, Keith Elwin, Amanda Hamilton, and Bill Webb
  • Josh's son Carter beat Josh in a tournament at their house using Match Play format
  • Scott Larson secured vacation time to attend Chicago Expo and is flying in Wednesday, leaving Sunday morning

Notable quotes

“It's not, are they able to sell you a game? It's like, what happens if there are any issues? Because pinball has issues. There's tons of moving parts, and something will not work.”
Josh Roop
“The hole that's behind the theater curtain rejects a lot. And considering that's where your modes are at and that's where a lot of your points are at, it gets super frustrating when you shoot the shot, and it rims out and you do that like six times in a row.”
Josh Roop
“A product is not solely one person's contribution. And there were other people. Zombie Yeti, with his awesome art, really made that game look amazing.”
Josh Roop
“It just shows that the whole point of that company was a smoke screen. It was a total smoke screen. There was never any long-term plans to make anything, at least from the founder.”
Scott Larson
“As soon as Josh said, no, this is something that personally affects Josh. That's a challenge. Raising kids with special needs is a challenge. As soon as Josh said he was going to do it, I'm like, I'm going to do everything I can to be there.”
Scott Larson
“Spooky's in a transition point. And I think they're just trying to find what kind of company they want to be. And it seems that with these moves, they have decided they want to be a small boutique pinball company.”
Scott Larson

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • We Love Pinball Autism Charity Expo· event
  • Magic Girl· game
  • Rush· game
  • Amanda Hamilton· person
  • Ben Heck· person
  • Bill Webb· person
  • Blueberry Jeff Johnson· person
  • Eric Meunier· person
  • Greg Bone· person
  • Jen Rupert· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Justin Benson· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Lucas Prepkey· person
  • Nathan Smith· person
  • Nicole· person
  • Phasma· person
  • Roger Sharpe· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Spooky Luke· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

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