Bonus Podcast: Interviews with Ed VanderVeen (Texas Pinball Festival) and Gerry Stellenberg (Multimorphic)
Pre Texas Pinball Festival special featuring interviews with TPF organizer Ed VanderVeen and Multimorphic's Gerry Stellenberg.
Kineticist’s take
TPF preview and Multimorphic in-house production facility tour with industry leaders.
Synopsis
Pinball News and Pinball Magazine conducted interviews at the Texas Pinball Festival with Ed VanderVeen (TPF co-organizer) and Gerry Stellenberg (Multimorphic founder). VanderVeen discussed record attendance (~485 games, 500 target), celebrity guests, tournament logistics, and the Texas Pinball Museum. Stellenberg detailed Multimorphic's transition from contract manufacturing to in-house production at their new 5,000 sq ft Round Rock facility, discussing assembly timelines, ethical hiring practices, and their platform-based game design philosophy.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Deep Root· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Heighway Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Texas Wizard· event
- Texas Pinball Museum· event/venue
- Cosmic Kart Racing· game
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Darren Kammerer· person
- Ed VanderVeen· person
- Gerry Stellenberg· person
- John Borg· person
- Jonathan Newson· person
- Kim VanderVeen· person
- Martin Ayer· person
- Paul McKinney· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- P3 Platform· product