We Are Pinball #33/Bonus Show 20 Inside AMERICAN PINBALL!!! Patreon show UNLOCKED

American Pinball factory visit reveals skeleton crew, mass unsold inventory, and departed key engineers.

Synopsis

In this Patreon-exclusive WAP episode, hosts Don and Genghis recount an unannounced visit to American Pinball factory where they discovered significant operational challenges: key personnel including the mechanical engineer and designer have been laid off, only two people remain on the production line, and 80+ Galactic Tank Force Signature Edition machines sit unsold in the warehouse. They played an unreleased new game and found it good, but expressed serious concerns about the company's ability to support future releases, code updates, and customer service without core engineering staff.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Deep Root Pinball· company
• Haggis Pinball· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Polycade· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• American Pinball (unreleased game)· game
• Barry O's Barbecue Challenge· game
• Dungeons & Dragons· game
• Evil Dead· game
• Galactic Tank Force Signature Edition· game
• Hot Wheels· game
• Legends of Valhalla· game
• Colin Alzheimer· person
• David Fix· person
• Don· person
• Genghis· person
• Kerry Hardy· person
• Lloyd· person
• Ron· person
• Ryan McQuaid· person
• Steve Bowden· person
• Vic VP· person
• Zofia Ryan· person