Episode 6: TPF and Twipys!
We do a recap of TPF and the Twipys along with some interesting info (well we find interesting) about Steve Richtie's next pin. If you want to follow along with the Twipy categories, go to...
Kineticist’s take
Hosts criticize manufacturers for avoiding festival announcements and JJP's Wizard of Oz re-release as poor marketing despite Stern's dominance.
Synopsis
Joshua Roop and Scott Larson discuss disappointment with Texas Pinball Festival lack of major manufacturer announcements, criticizing Stern and Jersey Jack for bypassing major events for independent reveals. They analyze Jersey Jack's Yellow Brick Road Wizard of Oz edition as a poor market decision given JJP's slow release cadence (4 games vs Stern's 18 since 2013), and express skepticism about Barrels of Fun's Cosmic Carnival as an unlicensed indie title unlikely to compete with licensed blockbusters.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Deep Root Brewing· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Cosmic Carnival· game
- Dialed In· game
- Star Wars· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Dirty Donnie· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Joshua Roop· person
- Pat Lawler· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Steve Ritchie· person