Pinball Industry News: August 2018 Re-cap
PodcastAnalysis updated last month2 hr 50 min listenBy Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
Lots of news from the pinball industry, including Deadpool, an interview with Mike Kalinowski of Homepin, review of the UK Pinfest and loads more.
Kineticist’s take
TL;DR
August 2018: Deadpool ships fast, Munsters leaked, Pirates finally in production, Spooky limits TNA.
Synopsis
August 2018 industry recap covering Stern's Deadpool announcement and rapid shipment, leaked artwork for The Munsters, Pirates of the Caribbean entering production, Total Nuclear Annihilation production cap at 550 units, and discussion of designer transitions from first to second games. Key themes include operator vs. collector market demands, game complexity vs. casual accessibility, and manufacturing agility.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Pinball News (Vancouver Flipout 2018)· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle· game
- Beatles· game
- Deadpool· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Pirates· game
- The Munsters· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Butch Patrick· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- George Gomez· person
- Greg Freres· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Martin Mayer· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Pinball Magazine· product
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