Pinball Roundtable Part 2 with Retro Ralph and Cale Hernandez - Episode 61

Roundtable analysis of Evil Dead success, D&D gameplay innovation, and speculation on upcoming Stern titles.

Synopsis

In this roundtable discussion, Retro Ralph and Cale Hernandez from Electric Bat Arcade discuss recent pinball releases and market trends. Key topics include Spooky's Evil Dead performance and direct customer engagement, Stern's D&D progression-based gameplay mechanics, speculation about future titles like Pokémon and Harry Potter, and pricing analysis showing most pinball machines remain below inflation-adjusted levels since 2015.

Entities

• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Pinball Brothers· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Addams Family· game
• D&D (Dungeons & Dragons)· game
• Evil Dead· game
• Godfather· game
• Harry Potter· game
• Jurassic Park· game
• King Kong· game
• Metallica Remastered· game
• Pirates of the Caribbean· game
• Pokémon· game
• Venom· game
• Bug· person
• Cale Hernandez· person
• Christopher Franchi· person
• Dwight· person
• Gary· person
• John Spates· person
• Luke· person
• Rachel· person
• Retro Ralph· person
• Electric Bat Arcade· venue