Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 11: 2021 Year In Review
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 11: 2021 Year In Review Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie 2021 brought a bunch of new games and new innovations. There were a few big hires as some people changed companies within pinball. We had tournaments that shut down while Expos started back up. We covered all of this and more as we tried our best to do our 2021 year in review! And of course… Tom Talks Facebook: Instagram: Email: tripledrain@gmail.com Website: thepinball.network
Kineticist’s take
2021 pinball review: IFPA returns, Led Zeppelin code saves weak design, Mando shows mid-bias, Godzilla dominates.
Synopsis
Triple Drain Podcast hosts review 2021 pinball year, discussing IFPA tournament resumption after 15-month COVID hiatus (March 2020–August 2021), major Stern releases (Led Zeppelin, Mandalorian, Godzilla), and community sentiment shifts. Led Zeppelin weak playfield design was rescued by strong code from Tim Sexton and Raymond Davidson; Mandalorian initially hyped but revealed mid-playfield bias issues through real-world tournament play; Godzilla's release set new industry standards across game quality, art, and features, positioning it as likely Twippy sweep winner.
Entities
- Expo· event
- Nationals· event
- Pinmasters· event
- Twippy Awards· event
- Godzilla· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Halloween· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Metallica· game
- Buffalo Pinball· organization
- Fox Cities Pinball· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Dwight· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joel· person
- Keith· person
- Neil· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Tom Graph· person
- Travis· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Zombie Yeti· person