Pinball Expo

"I know there were like rumors. There was going to be a new American pinball game at pinball expo. And again, think about it. If they need to hire all of these people and a normal pinball development cycle that leads to a great game is around 18 months. There's no way."

"I got to walk across all the machines and you know, Winchester, Evil Dead, Harry Potter, Star Wars, everything. I got to see everything."

"You know, I had a moment at at at pinball Expo before, I don't know, Jake Danzig tried to get me kicked out like he did. He like brought over the cops and but I had a moment."

"gang y'all y'all will spend $500 on two rooms to go to freaking pinball expo which is boring after a couple hours you'll spend $500 for two nights stay in Schlomburg Illinois"

"y'all y'all will spend $500 on two rooms to go to freaking pinball expo which is boring after a couple hours you'll spend $500 for two nights stay in Schlomburg Illinois which is then gone for good after two hours at the show your board"

"which is then gone for good after two hours at the show your board you're saying that people would not spend $500 to get their get access to the next spooky game"

"It also feels like if American Pinball surprised everybody and showed this game at Expo and just gauged people's interest in it, I think they would have got a lot of orders for it."

"The people who have played this game, the majority of them, played the game at Pinball Expo maybe, maybe three to five times max. That's how long it took to wait online to get on it."

"Uh, welcome everybody to Canatus Pinball Podcast, my first show after Pinball Expo 2025, and it is no mystery. The Winchester Mystery House was the talk of the show."

"Alright, so Winchester Mystery House sold out. I just leaked an image of the Cuphead game from American Pinball. It also feels like if American Pinball surprised everybody and showed this game at Expo and just gauged people's interest in it, I think they would have got a lot of orders for it."

"You had everybody at Pinball Expo. You had thousands of people at Pinball Expo. And your plan was to shove a mediocre Star Wars game down everybody's throat instead of getting orders for the Walking Dead."

"It's got the pinball community talking and it had the longest lines at the show."

"Alright, we also heard this week that Stern Pinball is planning to reveal the Walking Dead. You had everybody at Pinball Expo. You had thousands of people at Pinball Expo. And your plan was to shove a mediocre Star Wars game down everybody's throat instead of getting orders for the Walking Dead."

"But after that happened, I just didn't want to go back into the show. And I didn't want to interact with a guy."

"And he starts saying to me, you're not only banned from life from pinball expo, but you're banned from this hotel. This is Jake telling me with security guard."

"And I, I don't know, there's just a terrible feeling to be having such a good time and bringing so much positive energy to the show, to have that happen. Like just unexpectedly, like I really don't understand."

"And it just, it was unfortunate. And I don't really, as I think about it still now, it really upset me and it upset, it sort of ruined my Friday at the show in some ways."

"And I'll tell you why, you know, then I get a call from the security guard later on. He's like, Chris, like, here's the thing. Like, I would just avoid them."

"And he's like, I just spoke to Rob and Bridget, who run the show. And they said Chris is fine. As long as he doesn't do anything wrong, like, absolutely, he's welcome to be here and enjoy the show."

"So what happened was, is that Jake took it upon himself to kick me out, without any authority from anybody."

"And it's, it's Jake Danzig, who I honestly don't even know the guy. I don't even know him. I don't know what I did to him personally. I don't know why he, he came to find me."

"I also didn't get to play Predator because they had it on, like, one player only, three ball games. And, like, I don't know, like, five people deep was, like, a half hour wait."

"And it's, you know, if you've ever been to a pinball show, it is this combination of exhaustion and exhilaration."

"What was it like day one at Expo? I want to just say, if I were to summarize my day one, it was that I didn't get to play many games. I did not get to play Winchester. The line was too long."

"And yes, there should be an early opening for pinball media to come in to the show and play all the games, talk to the manufacturers, and capture their content before it's open to the public. That does not happen, and that's unfortunate."

Pinball media should get early access to shows before public opening

"And if I were the manufacturers, I would be leaning on Rob Burke to institute that so that all of us can have great content ready to go for you without having to struggle to get it."

"That all the energy, all the excitement, all the sort of, like, swagger, all the smiles, it's all happening in the boutique areas. Primarily it's happening at this show over at Barrels of Fun"

"I am back at Pinball Expo, day one at the show, and it was a long day, but I'm gonna say this right now. I'm tired, but I'm very happy. It was an amazing day."

"And look, once the show's open, it's too loud, it's too crowded, it just doesn't work."

"I mean, you have to give credit where credit was due and the orchestration of delivering a mystery game in a mysterious month like October. On the eve of Pinball Expo, on the 13th day, at the 13th hour, all of it really worked very well for barrels of fun."

"I think people are going to go play this game at Pinball Expo, and that's going to be a super important moment to either justify or make people feel anxious about committing that $2,000 to buy an $11,600 game."

"I mean, just look at the momentum, look at the vibes, heading into Pinball Expo with the right momentum and the right vibes."

"I'm hearing that barrels of fun took my advice. I think they're going to showcase Dune in a separate room with dark lighting so you can hear the game as well and have the right kind of experience. That is smart."

"The actual show floor does get boring by hour four by hour five. So if you want to find me, I will absolutely be looping the show, but I much rather hang out with each and every one of you at the bar, at the hotel."

"Almost every single gameplay experience won't be good because it's way too loud. It is horrible when they are all lined up together and you can't hear anything and you don't get to absorb any of the software and the code of the game."

"I will say this and I'm going to be honest, the actual show floor does get boring by hour four by hour five. So if you want to find me, I will absolutely be looping the show, but I much rather hang out with each and every one of you at the bar, at the hotel."

"Let's just have fun hanging out with each other because these games will eventually be everywhere and you and I won't be everywhere"

"Well first and foremost the number one reason I'm excited to go to pinball expo has nothing to do with the games. There's nothing I'm really going there that really has me running to the airport. The main reason I can't wait to get to pinball expo is to see the people."

"It is horrible when they are all lined up together and you can't hear anything and you don't get to absorb any of the software and the code of the game. You're really just getting a gameplay experience and then you're looking at the artwork because the sound is always terrible and the code does not come through."

"Almost every single gameplay experience won't be good because it's way too loud. I'm hearing that barrels of fun took my advice. I think they're going to showcase Dune in a separate room with dark lighting so you can hear the game as well and have the right kind of experience."

"For those of you who have been to pinball expo and you know what I'm talking about when I say this you can lap the entire show in less than an hour. You could jump on every game within a two hour period of time."

"I am absolutely looking more forward to the homebrew stuff than the stuff I will see from the manufacturers."

"Okay cool cool here's the thing right now. I just don't care anymore to hear stern pinball interview itself. Think about that for a minute. Do you really want to hear stern pinball on its own panel moderated by its own people talk about what what are they really going to tell us the truth?"

"Okay so nothing new and all we're going to get is mediocre Star Wars but hey we're also going to get Drinks with Jack on the stage at Pinball Expo Thursday at 3pm."

"I just don't care anymore to hear stern pinball interview itself. Think about that for a minute. Do you really want to hear stern pinball on its own panel moderated by its own people talk about what what are they really going to tell us the truth?"

"We are 100% not going to see anything other than Star Wars at Pinball Expo 2025. There will not be the Walking Dead Remastereded."

"We will see you guys at Pinball Expo. Probably got this walking dead remastered for and you want to raise the price is just not going to work."

"Did you see like their poster like come to Pinball Expo and witness where it all began? It's like what began? That's where they launched Labyrinth like a year ago or something."

"I think we're going to see it at Expo. I think there's going to be a teaser for Beetlejuice. That's going to get everybody excited."

"Can say that, Kaneda, please don't come to pinball expo Kaneda. Manufacturers don't want you there, Kaneda."