Ep 39: One Shot in the Mouth
Hot on the heels of the Stranger Things Vault announcement...lets talk about some of the most creative pinball that pinball creators have done! Me likey creativity. Love you long time:...
Highlights
- Stranger Things is one of the most creative pinball machines in a very long time
- The projector in Stranger Things uses white screens instead of black for brightness/contrast trade-offs in a compact space
- Stranger Things did not sell well initially because of rules design, but improved after ~6 months of updates
- The TK lock (telekinesis ball lock) on Stranger Things did not work reliably and Jason disabled it
- Lord of the Rings features narrative congruence between physical playfield action and video screen storytelling
- Brian Eddy designed Stranger Things with mechanics by Robert Blakeman and animation by Chuck Ernst
- Mike Vinacore contributed to Stranger Things design/code work
- Stranger Things has a hidden 'Bullshit Mode' with humorous callouts that made Jason laugh while playing alone
Notable quotes
“Stranger Things, on the other hand, I would argue... the first of the two pinball machines to come out in a very long time [that is truly creative]”
“I'm a plasma boy, an OLED boy, a projector boy with deep blacks. Let's get them inky. Let's get those shits inky.”
“One shot in the mouth kills it... One shot kills it. So you can either bash it and hit it... but if you have one shot in the mouth You'll destroy it.”
“The Creativity of Stranger Things I'm gonna say this before Jaws comes out... I just commend them for taking a leap of faith taking chances”
“The projector and the UV kit and then a little sprinkle on top is the bullshit mode. Bullshit! For those who don't know, there is a mode where once you hit it... Hilarious.”
“I got to the bullshit mode and I start laughing because I had no idea it was in there... I laughed one of them you know... that's legit funny”
“When you destroy a ring... you hit the center shot... the ball hovers in the middle of the magnet. It just hovers there. And what you're trying to do is knock that son of a bitch into Mount Doom.”
“The pinball machine for destroy the ring mode... what matters to me is that... the ball hovers in the middle of the magnet... And that, my friend, is when your heart starts a-pumpin'.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Attack from Mars· game
- Jaws· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Electric Bat Podcast· organization
- Flipping Out Pinball· organization
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Chuck Ernst· person
- Dana· person
- Greg· person
- Jason· person
- Joel· person
- Mike Vinacore· person
- Robert Blakeman· person
- Zach· person
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