051: What if You're The Best Around
PodcastBy Live From The Rock Room
Punk Rock Pinball Podcast
40 min
Summary
Punk Rock Pinball discusses elite player skills, local tournaments, and dream comedy themes.
Hosts Stephanie and Mike discuss pinball skills and the challenges of being an elite player, including whether extreme skill makes the game less fun. They also cover local tournament activity (a two-on-two team strikes tournament), Pokémon pinball code rumors (specifically a desired Pokédex feature), dream themes from listener Ryan Pinto (including Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, and Rocky Horror), and bemoan the lack of comedy-themed pinball machines, particularly The Office.
Highlights
- There is new Pokemon pinball code coming, allegedly
- Someone at Stern had the Pokedex feature on their phone when the hosts visited Stern a couple months ago
- Elite pinball players may gravitate toward classic/EM games because modern games can take too long if played at high skill level
- Kevin won the finals of the Pokemon Lodge tournament; host Stephanie won the qualifying round
- Comedy is the most underrepresented major genre in pinball machines
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