Episode 7: "I did something stupid and I don't care!"
In this episode of the Flipside, we’re going to talk about something dumb (but awesome) that I did. We’ll also discuss a cool pinball tip to help you play better, who listens to ABBA, and how my family contributed to my poor performance during my tournament.
Kineticist’s take
Host discusses aiming technique, tournament play, new Godzilla acquisition, and Stern game rumors.
Synopsis
Retro Ralph discusses personal pinball improvements using Tim Sexton aiming technique, his tournament play struggles and streak anxiety on Stern Insider Connected, acquiring a heavily modded Godzilla 70th Anniversary machine, and enthusiasm for Pinball Expo. He also touches on upcoming Stern game rumors (X-Men '97 and Metallica on Spike 3) and recommends older educational content from Jersey Jack and the Slow Mo Guys.
Highlights
- Tim Sexton released a video three years ago about improving aim by keeping eyes on the flipper rather than the target
- Metallica is rumored to be in development at Stern on Spike 3 architecture
- X-Men '97 is the biggest rumored upcoming Stern title
- Stern plans to announce their next game soon
- Original Metallica was a DMD-based game, not LCD-based
- Pinball Brothers is shipping ABBA
- Jersey Jack provided a Willy Wonka machine to Slow Mo Guys for high-speed camera filming
Entities
- Captain's Auctions· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Player One Arcade· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Southern Fried Gaming Expo· event
- Elton John· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godzilla 70th Anniversary· game
- John Wick· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Tales of the Arabian Nights· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Flipside Pinball Podcast· organization
- Kim· person
- Mason· person
- Nick Madsen· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Rudy· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Insider Connected· product