# Pinball Party Podcast Ep 8: Years Ago

**Source:** The Pinball Network  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2022-10-13  
**Duration:** 35m 24s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULaKS_o5kw

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## Analysis

Pinball Party Ep 8 is a personal, introspective episode where the host discusses things he appreciates and loves, featuring a tribute song to a deceased childhood friend, casual food tasting segments with his partner Dana, discussion of dream pinball themes (Nightmare Before Christmas, Harry Potter, Superman), and praise for the new Rush pinball code 1.0 and designer Raymond Davidson. The episode blends music, personal reflection, and pinball content with humor and authenticity.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Rush pinball code has reached 1.0 (feature complete status) — _Host states 'code 1.0 this shit's done that's it no one's gonna do it' regarding Rush pinball software_
- [HIGH] Raymond Davidson is part of the Rush pinball software design team — _Host mentions 'regardless of him being part of the software design team' and thanks 'Raymond, Ray Day' and 'the whole team out there' for Rush 1.0_
- [HIGH] Host prefers Rush LE over Godzilla LE in terms of gameplay and theme — _Host states 'if you no shit, said, do you want a Godzilla LE or a Rush LE, take the market out of consideration that Godzilla, I would take a Rush'_
- [HIGH] Host recently traded Godzilla Premium for Ghostbusters and re-acquired Iron Maiden — _Host mentions 'I've done a little pinball switcheroo, Godzilla Premium to get a Ghostbusters back, and I got my favorite, Elwynn game, Iron Maiden, back in the house'_
- [HIGH] Host has been writing and performing music for 26-27 years, with a 12-year break in his early 20s due to burnout — _Host states 'I've been doing the music thing, I'll say, for 26, 7 years' and 'I really did take a 12-year break from music full stop'_

### Notable Quotes

> "it's not pinball. as much as pinball is a nice little, you know, sparkle in this timeline of life. It's a little sprinkle of fun, right? It doesn't hold a candle to friends and family that mean a lot to you"
> — **Host**, ~10:30
> _Core philosophical statement about priorities: pinball as entertainment vs. meaningful relationships, framing the episode's emotional theme_

> "I encourage anyone out there to just hit pause on this. just text call verbally tell someone you love that you appreciate them"
> — **Host**, ~15:00
> _Call to action following personal song tribute; reflects the episode's emphasis on gratitude and connection_

> "regardless of him being part of the software design team, that game is the shit. Oh, I mean, honestly, coming from a musician, usually Rush oftentimes is a musician's band"
> — **Host**, ~58:00
> _Genuine praise for Rush pinball game quality and theme, with musician's perspective on why the band works_

> "if you no shit, said, do you want a Godzilla LE or a Rush LE, take the market out of consideration that Godzilla, I would take a Rush. No shit. I enjoy Rush more than I enjoy Godzilla."
> — **Host**, ~59:00
> _Strong comparative endorsement of Rush over high-profile Godzilla release; indicates Rush gameplay/theme superiority in his view_

> "Music's more important to me than pinball. No offense to everyone out there but that's just my life"
> — **Host**, ~62:00
> _Personal priority statement; explains why pinball content takes secondary role to music commitments for this podcast host_

> "I love you with all my heart. And I think the world of you and every little fight that we have, I come out the other side with a stronger feeling, deeper love of our relationship."
> — **Host**, ~30:00
> _Personal reflection on relationship appreciation, fitting the episode's theme of gratitude for meaningful people_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Raymond Davidson | person | Software designer on Stern Rush pinball team; described as great tournament player and personality; praised for Rush code 1.0 completion |
| Rush | game | Stern pinball machine with complex rule set and musician-focused theme; code reached 1.0 status; host's favorite recent Stern release |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major pinball manufacturer; producer of Rush, Godzilla, Bond pinballs discussed in episode |
| Godzilla | game | Stern pinball machine (Premium tier mentioned); host traded away from collection |
| Iron Maiden | game | Elwin-designed pinball game; host's favorite, recently re-acquired for collection |
| Ghostbusters | game | Pinball machine acquired by host in trade; specific manufacturer not mentioned |
| Nightmare Before Christmas | game | Dream theme for future pinball machine per host's partner Dana; discussed for potential gameplay mechanics and aesthetic elements |
| Harry Potter | game | Couple's combined dream pinball theme; discussed as potential future acquisition; speculation about book vs. movie aesthetic and Jersey Jack vs. Stern manufacture |
| Superman | game | Host's dream pinball theme that doesn't currently exist; mentioned as personal favorite IP for hypothetical future game |
| Lord of the Rings | game | Existing pinball theme; host expresses obsession with TOKI character design; noted as existing favorite game |
| Star Trek | game | Referenced in discussion of playfield design features (big starship for multiball starts) |
| Wizard of Oz | game | Jersey Jack Pinball machine; host suggests JJP could produce visually impressive Harry Potter based on Oz quality |
| Toy Story 4 | game | Referenced as example of limited theme scope (just one movie rather than full universe) |
| James Bond | game | Stern pinball machine; host expresses fatigue discussing it despite incomplete release |
| Neon Dale | company | Host's band project; released album 'Cosmic' last year; currently active with members Nate, Sean, Zach |
| Dana | person | Host's partner/spouse; co-host of Pinball Pantry segment; dreams of Nightmare Before Christmas and Harry Potter pinball themes; non-enthusiast who appreciates pinball through host's passion |
| Mabel | person | Host's dog; participant in Pinball Pantry food tasting segment; gave salmon chips 5/5 and red meat chips 5/5 |
| Tom | person | Host's childhood friend who tragically committed suicide in sixth grade; subject of tribute song 'Years Ago' by Neon Dale |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Boutique manufacturer; Wizard of Oz cited as visually impressive; discussed as potential Harry Potter developer |
| Elwin | company | Pinball manufacturer; Iron Maiden attributed to Elwin design |
| Pinball Network | organization | Content platform hosting Pinball Party podcast; referenced as part of broader gratitude/appreciation week across TPN content |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Personal music and songwriting journey, Tribute and grief (childhood friend passing), Rush pinball game and code 1.0 release, Dream pinball themes (Harry Potter, Nightmare Before Christmas, Superman)
- **Secondary:** Relationship appreciation and couple dynamics, Food tasting/Pinball Pantry segment, Pinball collection trading and ownership, Gratitude and priorities (music over pinball)

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.62) — Episode begins deeply emotional and introspective (tribute song, grief reflection) with somber tone, shifts to lighthearted humor in Pinball Pantry food tasting, then transitions to genuine appreciation for Rush game and community figure Raymond Davidson. Host expresses love for partner and gratitude for bandmates. Overall tone is authentic and personal rather than traditional podcast format, blending serious emotional content with casual banter. No significant negativity except humorous complaints about chip flavors and Bond game saturation.

### Signals

- **[sentiment_shift]** Positive reception of Rush pinball gameplay, rules complexity, and theme among players; strong appreciation from musicians due to band quality and complexity (confidence: high) — Host statement: 'it's one of my favorite recent sterns' and preference over Godzilla LE; analysis of Rush as 'musician's band' due to talent; complex rules praised as positive feature
- **[market_signal]** Host actively trading collection pieces (Godzilla Premium for Ghostbusters, re-acquiring Iron Maiden) indicating secondary market activity and collection optimization (confidence: medium) — Direct statement: 'I've done a little pinball switcheroo, Godzilla Premium to get a Ghostbusters back, and I got my favorite, Elwynn game, Iron Maiden, back in the house'
- **[personnel_signal]** Raymond Davidson recognized as competitive tournament player and personality in pinball community, now confirmed as Stern software team member (confidence: high) — Host describes him as 'great tournament player' and notes he's active in TPN Discord; credits him as part of Rush software design team
- **[market_signal]** No specific pricing signals detected, but LE vs. Pro model discussion suggests engagement with tiered release strategy (confidence: medium) — Host discusses Godzilla LE vs. Rush LE hypothetical, indicating familiarity with limited edition positioning and collector preferences
- **[announcement]** Rush pinball code has reached 1.0 (feature complete status) per Stern's software roadmap (confidence: high) — Host explicitly states 'code 1.0 this shit's done' and references it as feature-complete milestone; Raymond Davidson confirmed as part of software design team
- **[licensing_signal]** Discussion of hypothetical licensing deals for Harry Potter (multiple movies/full saga potential) and other IP suggests active speculation about future manufacturer partnerships (confidence: medium) — Host and Dana discuss whether Harry Potter would be complete saga or single film; speculation about Jersey Jack vs. Stern as potential developer; comparison to Toy Story 4's limited scope

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## Transcript

The Pinball Network is online. Launching. Pinball Party. Good morning everyone, or evening, or good afternoon. It's morning for me, having a little coffee. It's exactly 6.54am. I'm somewhat of an early riser, I guess compared to my earlier years where I worked until like 4 a.m. and woke up at 2 p.m. A little different. Regardless, you're not tuning in to hear about my work from 15, 20 years ago. You're here to hear about pinball. Well, we'll talk a little bit about pinball today. Truth be told, I wasn't going to record an episode this week. Just busy with life, work, music, and just a lot of stuff. In fact, we're on our way to Mexico very soon for a week vacation, so there will be no pinball party next week. But this week on episode eight, we wanted to continue kind of the trend of talking about things we appreciate or love. And ironically, the pinball show had a very similar thought of talking about things that they appreciate in the pinball world, where I was planning on doing what I'm going to do shortly and share something with you. and it just happened to be both at the same time. So I figured, hey, I got to do this this week as intended. It just lines up well with what the Pinball Network was doing as a whole anyways. So you're like, oh, where's the music from the beginning? Aren't we starting out kicking some ass and rock and roll? Yeah, we'll get there. For those who don't know, all the music you generally hear on the Pinball Party podcast, aside from the Star Wars or James Bond themes, those things, All the other songs come from Neon Dale, or I should say, more specifically, music that I write. They are oftentimes demos of songs that I'm working on that might be recorded or brought to the greater band and, hey, let's do this, let's do that. But I've been doing the music thing, I'll say, for 26, 7 years. From starting out as a saxophonist in 6th grade and then a drummer in 8th grade. And I was a percussionist, if you will. A lot of my life went to school for it. And then around my early 20s, got much more into songwriting and just the melodic side of music. I'm a drummer at heart, but for those who are our drummers out there and know, like, over time, when you're practicing, you know, whatever it may be, practicing on a snare drum or just practicing drums, you're always, if not most often, listening to other music while you're doing it. Over time, it gets, I don't know if monotonous or boring is the right word, but you're missing something. So a lot of times, drummers will gravitate towards rhythm guitar and then from there into songwriting. And I digress. Anyways, I'm not bashful about it. I'm a songwriter. And I've really been enjoying it the last six or seven years. I really did take a 12-year break from music full stop. I got to a burnout point in my early 20s, sold everything, kind of swore it off, just like not out of rebellion, but I just got burned out. It wasn't for me anymore. I couldn't even bring myself to listen to music. That's how I found podcasting. For me, the first podcast I found, I believe, was Filmcast and Rebel Force Radio, a fantastic Star Wars podcast, and a movie review podcast years ago, and a couple of them that just don't exist anymore. So podcasts were somewhat therapy for getting over music. I didn't want to see shows. I didn't want to hear it on the radio, anything, just because I got jealous that I wasn't doing it. because those who are in the industry or not, it's a hard, hard business. You give it your all. You pour your heart, body, mind, soul into it, or those that really care about it do, and often with very little return. Anyways, so I burned the fuck out. But I've been getting back into it the last six years and recorded an album last year called Cosmic. Again, I quote band name is Neon Dale. It was just me, and then I've been lucky enough the last few months from that and friends of mine to just gravitate towards, hey, I want to be a part of this. Let's do something with this again. Let's actually do it. So on this week of thankfulness, close friends, people you love, oftentimes they're one and the same. I wanted to talk a little bit about that. Being back in the depths of songwriting, I'll say that what often happens, and part of the burnout for me, is to do it well, a lot of times the subject matter needs to come from emotion. Oftentimes positive, but oftentimes negative. So part of the thing that burned me out and still can from time to time is living with, for lack of a better phrase, open scars day in, day out to really let stuff come through. It's not for other people, believe it or not. Don't get me wrong. Is it nice to get compliments about work you do? You fucking bet. Of course it is. But oftentimes there's this inside energy that just needs to – it sounds so lame, like an artist. It sounds so stupid when I say it. It needs to come out. And for me, it comes out oftentimes in lyrics or songwriting. So while I did not start with music today, while I'm very much, as you can tell, in an introspective mode and mood, especially with all the band practice lately and hitting it hard and just I'm so impressed with the bandmates, if you're listening, which you are not, Nate, Sean and Zach, it's been a blast. It's going to continue to be a blast. I'm thankful every day for the amount of talent and energy you bring to this. As adults taking this seriously, I could not be happier. And you guys know I have a very high expectation of myself and others to a fault. And I'm beyond impressed and happy with what's been going on. So thank you for being a part of Neon Dale and the music going forward. But the thing I wanted to share this time is different. I don't want to do little splices of music here and there. I'm just going to, in a second here, just play a whole song, a demo of something that, I mean, the demo is complete. The song structure is there. Forgive any pitchiness of my voice or things. This is not a final product, if you will. This is just a song that means a lot to me. I normally don't share songs and talk about lyrics or the meaning because I oftentimes hold that near and dear to my heart, and that's for me. This one, though, is, I'll just say it, it's about a very close friend of mine that tragically, accidentally, and I'm serious, accidentally committed suicide when we were both in sixth grade. The things I miss about him, Tom, the regrets I had, you know, again, reminded me of what's important in life. It's not, apologies to everyone out there listening, it's not pinball. as much as pinball is a nice little, you know, sparkle in this timeline of life. It's a little sprinkle of fun, right? It doesn't hold a candle to friends and family that mean a lot to you, bring you true love and joy on a day-to-day basis. And I wanted to put this song just because I'm in the mode, you know, it's what I've been doing lately and just it fits the theme of talking about things that truly matter. and this is something that truly matters so if in the off chance as magical as music is that brings us joy when we need it can join us in the sorrow when we need company if somehow music can transcend the fabric of this reality tom you would want me to shut the fuck up and stop being sappy uh hey miss you pal for those the song's about to start if you don't want to listen to it i don't Blame me at all. Skip four minutes and 36 seconds ahead. I'll talk to you soon. This song is called Years Ago by Neon Dale. I can't help what happened years ago. I can't change the things I should have known But I can try to learn from them be a better man I should miss the ways you made me laugh Miss the 80's bike rides after class You always rather run away Even after you're gone And I won't fail you again Leave at the end I wanna see you again My long lost friend I still see your face up in the moon Even though you left us way too soon I looked there dreaming fondly of The good times we both had In the car I heard what's heard to be You coming round to sing and set me free Sentimental memory Who you would have been hope you hear me So you don't sleep alone tonight And I won't fail you again Please let me in And I won't fail you again Live Like rags on land I encourage anyone out there to just hit pause on this. just text call verbally tell someone you love that you appreciate them and sometimes not to be macabre before it's too late and you don't have a chance man nothing like a healthy dose of serious emotion to get my tummy rumbling i hope i don't gag i hope i don't choke i hope i don't puke in the pinball pantry welcome back hi well we're on uh round two of the pinball pantry you know we have to start by apologizing that we are not going to eat the thing that might make you die because it might it might yeah well what it was going to be and we won't even say it it's just well i'll just say it's something very very spicy and you have you're human you have stomach issues and you recently had your gallbladder removed so maybe eating something that's dangerous to someone with all of their organs is not the best thing for you to eat maybe we'll just wait a little bit maybe yeah on this week of well on tp on the pinball network we're showing a lot of love and the last thing we want to do is is i want to make my sweetheart ill if not go to the hospital whose doctor said you should not in fact eat spicy food let alone one of the spiciest things there is so we're not gonna do that we'll do something else uh i would say equally uh yeah i don't uh well let's just do it well what do we have here we have well two things, but both are a bag of chips. A bag of Lay's. Very strange flavors though. These are imported, right? From somewhere in Asia? I think they're from Japan. I'm not positive. They're imported from somewhere in Asia. We don't know our Asian geography, so let's not act like we do. Yeah, let's not attempt that. But it's not English, and it has some Asian type of writing. But these flavors are completely fucked. So we have two. We actually bought four bags. We'll do another two another time. Because either it's just I don't want to put this pain on either of us, or throw up on this carpet in here, which happens to be white. What flavors do we have? We have smoked salmon flavored Lay's. Can't wait. And as someone who's not a huge fan of fish, those are going to suck. and italian red meat flavor what in the fuck it has a picture of looks like yeah just like spaghetti sauce that's spaghetti sauce that's off that's off but i mean i don't know it's a nice basil leaf in the middle i would assume and some sort of i guess potato people put a lot of italian red meat on potatoes. The salmon has, you know, a picture of a salmon. You go first. I want to give my smell rating. So for those who are first-time listeners of Pinball Pantry, we try food that is either out of the norm, potentially gross, potentially dangerous, which we're skipping, and this fits right in that pocket. Smoked salmon flavored lays. And we rate them out of balls. How many balls out of five would we rate them would we recommend them to friends and family should you ever eat them yada i'm gonna rate the smell zero out of five balls it smells like fish chips um yuck i will eat one and provide the listeners with some beautiful chip asmr not i'm not over it i swear I'll pass. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. You like fish. It's like it's salty and you expect it. I like smoked salmon, actually. I'm going to need another one to really get punched in the... I don't... You've got to smell the bag. Don't smell one chip. That's puss. Smell the whole bag. Maybe you're fine with it. I don't... No, it smells like dog food. It doesn't smell like it's still good. It smells like it's gone bad. Enjoy it What do you think Right in the garbage Okay, so out of five balls? Zero balls. Salmon? The salmon smell, zero out of five balls. The flavor I would also give zero out of five balls. I'm actually going to try one more because the first one I choked it down too fast to even really get all the notes. No. Here. I'll take it. I'm swallowing it. I'll chase it with this... This purple monster. Chemical-filled monster drink. Zero out of five balls. Negative one out of five balls. No, no negative balls. Zero out of five balls. Don't buy smoked salmon-flavored Lay's potato chips. Yuck. All right. Well, I'm going to assume that these Italian red meat flavors will be a delight compared to the smoked salmon. for the ladies, which, just throw the bag in the trash. Well, I'm not going to eat it. No, Mabel. Mabel! Oh, Mabel! You want to eat? Okay, she'll eat. You'll eat one. And you have such a cute crunch. I'm going to hold the microphone down by you while you eat these, okay? I want everyone to hear how good you sound when you eat crunchy food. Are you ready, Mabel? Do you want some of these? Okay, here you go. Mabel, you've got to chew into the microphone. The smoked salmon, you love fish. Here we go, chew into the microphone. Good girl! I think Mabel gives them five balls. She's a fan. Five out of five balls, huh, sweetie pie? Okay, five out of five balls. I'm glad you joined us, but you only joined us because you smelled fish in the other room. All right, Mabel will also give Italian red meat flavor. Lays, five out of five balls. But I'm actually excited because we got the bad one out of the way. The smell, it's fine. It smells like a bag of chips. You're smelling before. It smells like slightly tinted red meat. Oh. Well, I'll give it a three out of five ball smell. Zero. Zero-er than the salmon. Let's see. Maybe it was wagon or two. I'm going to try them. It smells like rancid hamburger. Oh. When you smell one, it smells like dog shit. But the whole bag smells fine to me. I don't know. It smells bad. Uh, here we go. It's fine. Nah, it's fine. I'll have another one for, just for enjoyment. Here, you try it. I would eat that and enjoy it. Yeah, for me, four out of five. Four out of five balls easy. I'll eat this bag and enjoy it. Italian red meat flavor. Jason says four out of five balls. What do you say? It's better than the salmon, but I give it one ball. One ball? All right. I would gladly never eat that again. Well, let's see what the furry princess thinks. What do you think of Italian red meat flavored Lay's potato chips. What do you think? You probably want another one. You didn't get the whole flavor. Let's try another one. Oh, yeah. Mabel also gives that a five out of five balls. All right. Smoked salmon, Lay's potato chips, zero out of five balls. Taste, zero out of five balls. Smell, those belong in the trash. Italian red meat flavor, Lay's potato chips, I gave four out of five balls, I would eat these in front of the TV watching Netflix with a diet soda. You give them one out of five balls. Yeah. They weren't horrible, but they weren't good at all. The salmon were gag-worthy and elicited a gag response that I did not intend, and I think they are disgusting. Agree. Buy those for people you don't like. Well, thanks again for joining me on the Pinball Pantry. You're welcome, sweetie. I hope I don't gag. I hope I don't choke. I hope I don't puke in the pinball pantry. Well, before you go, since this is the week of love at TPN and things that we're grateful for, we had a pretty good fight earlier this week, didn't we? Fuck. Didn't we? It was not horrible. Well, it was a good one. It was not great. No, and I guess for all listeners, not a physical fight like we beat the shit. No, you know, a typical marriage. A lover's quarrel. A lover's quarrel where maybe we didn't appreciate each other. Maybe I started. I don't even remember. That's the thing. I don't remember how it started. It looks like you do. How did it start? How did it start? Because I didn't walk Mabel before 9 a.m. And I was like, oh, God, son of a bitch. And I got a toad. And then we had it. You know, but I just wanted to say, regardless of that fight, I love you with all my heart. And I think the world of you and every little fight that we have, I come out the other side with a stronger feeling, deeper love of our relationship. And I mean it. Very much. Stop. I'm serious. I'm not, I'm not just, I just wanted you to know that. Before I ask you this pinball question, soften you up with, with some true love. And then we talked earlier this week. I was talking about my dream theme of Superman in the last podcast. And before I asked, you're kind of, oh, what was your favorite pinball machine and Star Trek and all that. But I know what your dream theme of a pinball machine is. And on the topic last week, it came up in conversation. And that was A Nightmare Before Christmas. Yeah. And the season of Halloween, I just thought I'd ask someone that wants another dream theme of pinball, someone who doesn't really give much shit about pinball, other than, I guess, some of the positive things it's done for us. Aside from you seeing me happy in my hobby, this podcast we're doing together, we're eating nasty chips and that delicious soda. what would you like if you saw me come home with a nightmare before christmas pinball machine and you walked up to it what would you want to see i know i'm blindsiding you with this what would i want to see or what would i want overall yeah because the music is the most important part so above anything you want to hear it turned on and you want to hear the theme song yes and i mean you want to see i'm assuming jack skellington do you want to see what do you want to see um when you look down at the play field you know other games well it has to have the mountain you know with the little swirl i like the little tim burtony looking swirly mountain tip yeah Yeah. It has to have something from that first scene where they have that circle of trees and one for each holiday. You're saying you want to see that on the play field or you just want to see the art? You want to see all that? For example, on Star Trek, there's a big ship. I know you know Star Trek well. There's a star. Well, it's the Vengeance, but there's a big starship and you're hitting it with the ball. And you know that's how you start multiball. So how do you think you would do it, I guess, in Nightmare Before Christmas? Is there a certain thing you would hit? Is there a bad guy? Is there someone you don't like in the movie? Is there... I don't remember his name. The guy in the wheelchair. The guy in the wheelchair. Hey, Jason, you done fuck? Oh, fucking meth. Hey, man. What? You lost some of the audio. Yeah, I was wondering why this conversation suddenly just, like, stopped. What the fuck? I guess while I was editing, I just deleted a whole chunk? Shit! Yes, you done, Wanker. Oh, God, hopefully I can piece some of this together. Figure it out. Fuck you, dude, you figure it out. Eat shit. Fuck you, too. Nah. All right, all I remember is we took a pause and Googled Dr. Finkelstein, the guy in the wheelchair, I think that's his name, that we were talking about, and then we got into the conversation over this awesome Halloween globe that we have for decoration, and I asked Dana to go get it, and I think she started playing the tune, and here we go. So Sally and Jack Skellington are sitting on a bench with Zero They look in love as two people who are not alive could be And orange and black sparkles are floating around inside the globe It's really, I like it. As far as globes go, that's a five out of five balls globe. Absolutely. I love it. So we'd have Finkle Fock. We'd have the sack of shit that you'd bash. We have the loopy loop mountain and what were they called? The trees? What did you call them? Yeah. There's probably a name for that forest. I don't remember. I'm just saying it has to be somewhere on the play field. With this music playing. Yeah. Yeah. And then there would have to be part of it that's in Halloween town and then part of it with the Christmas theme. I'm assuming the two main things, three main things that make this one of your favorite movies is the music, the Tim Burton visuals, his whole aesthetic, and then the fact that it happens to be based on your favorite holiday or season of the year. Halloween. Both of them. Oh, and Christmas. That's the beauty of it is you can have these decorations up, watch the movie all the way from Halloween time through the holidays. It's perfect. so other than you and me would share i know that if our combined dream theme as in pinball a favorite thing to be as a couple would be harry potter yeah period i you know i've said before that my favorites would be superman that doesn't exist my other one that does exist obviously lord of the rings you can attest to my my obsession with uh toki and all that but beyond that my famous to you love of Superman, which I think actually might end up happening. If it does, you know I'm spending too much money on that. But you won't care. No. Or Harry Potter. Harry Potter will also be the one like, I don't give a shit. Spend as much as you need to. Let's get that in the house. Absolutely. Okay, let's take, just before I let you go, because this week, we're going to Mexico next week, so I wasn't even going to record a podcast this week while we still have you. Our combined theme theme is harry potter now do you care if the game came out if if the aesthetics the art was based on the book or the movie do you care or would you rather have one or the other because we we fell in love with the movies together you read the books before i did and i went back and read them and you know i would prefer the movie but i'd take either you take either and for the recent toy story where people were like, yeah, I can't wait. It's going to be Toy Story, all of Toy Story's universe, but it just ended up being Toy Story 4, which like, whatever. Harry Potter, I would assume that you would like the whole thing, the whole saga, like a Harry Potter pinball machine, 1 through 7. It's about everything. It's not just strict to, you know, Goblet of Fire. No. Well, you say it with such... I would be fine with it, to be honest. If it was just Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or Philosopher's Stone? I mean, I would still take it, for sure. But the world is your oyster. Give me it all. One for each movie. You want seven Pimons. Yeah. Okay. Hey, if we're dreaming, there's enough content in those seven books to do everything. A billion multiballs, a billion wizard modes. Well, okay. we've beat the dream theme to death over the last couple weeks from superman to now nightmare before christmas which i agree even just uh visually that game would be incredible i hope and i have confidence that harry potter will happen and that we will have a very fancy version of that in our house and as much as i like stern games i think uh jersey jack you know the one like the wizard of oz that you've seen where it's like wow that's really pretty it might feel a little weird playing or a little slow or clunky, but I think they could make Harry Potter look pretty incredible. I hope they do. Be a piece of furniture. All right. Well, that's it. Let's go. What is it? Six o'clock? Oh, it's almost our bedtime. It's 6 p.m. We got to go. We got to go. We're geriatric. It's fine. Yeah. We got to go watch TV, go to bed super early, wake up, and then go to Mexico next week. That's right. All right. Well, thanks for joining me. Bye, guys. Bye. Oh, Dana, you're the best. Thanks for eating that garbage with me. I'm not going to review a game this week. I just don't have time. I'm sorry. I couldn't prepare. I could have given like a quick score and really been like, oh, this is lame. Why don't we listen to this guy? So next time. Apologies. All right. Let's talk about Bond. No, I'm just fucking kidding. No. I'm sick of it. Game's not even out. I'm already sick of talking about Bond. There. There's your weekly Bond talk. Nothing new. Whatever. Moving on. I've done a little pinball switcheroo, Godzilla Premium to get a Ghostbusters back, and I got my favorite, Elwynn game, Iron Maiden, back in the house. Man, that fucking game is so good. You know, there, we talked a little bit about pinball today. However, last but not least, one thing I wanted to bring up, again, the positive side of things in the pinball world, is my man Raymond Davidson for the new Rush Code by Stern. Stern's Rush pinball game. I've played it. I like it. Full transparency in some of the TPN Discord. He gives me shit often. I'm like, where's my Rush? Why am I getting Rush? He's not wrong. I mean, regardless of him being part of the software design team, that game is the shit. Oh, I mean, honestly, coming from a musician, usually Rush oftentimes is a musician's band in a way because they're just very talented. Does everyone like Geddy Lee's voice? No, they don't. Neil Peart's drums? Fucking A. Great. But together, the talent, holy shit. And honestly, subjectively is one thing, but objectively, they write some so fucking good songs. So I'm one who I think the theme is great. Maybe we'll review it down the road, but I haven't owned it. Rush. Shit. It's a fucking good game. Wow. The rules are complex in a good way for people that want to put in the time and effort. But for me, it's one of my favorite recent sterns. If you, no shit, said, do you want a Godzilla LE or a Rush LE, take the market out of consideration that Godzilla, I would take a Rush. No shit. I enjoy Rush more than I enjoy Godzilla. I like Rush the band more than I like Godzilla. There we go. Theme, big time. Music, way better. Gameplay, I like Rush better. The rules, I haven't learned, especially the new code, which is what, let me use the Google machine again. code 1.0 this shit's done that's it no one's gonna do it no i'm sure there'll be a little incremental improvements here there but 1.0 for those who are unaware usually means like this thing's feature complete in the future they may tweak some stuff and this but man even before 1.0 is actually because i haven't played it since 1.0 the game is so good raymond team borg oh god it's a great game and this is not just smoke up ass i there's a lot of music pins that i think are dog shit. I won't name him on here, but Rush is one of the great ones. Raymond, Ray Day, as they say, hey, you're just a joy to chat with in TPN. Never mentioned person, but hey, your personality seems great. He's a team player. Dude's awesome. Again, another great thing that pinball has brought us. Mr. Raymond Davidson, who happens to be a great tournament player and part of the Rush software team. Rush and 1.0. Congratulations to the new code, to the whole team out there. and that's kind of it. I got to go. I got to go do shit. I got to go to Mexico. You're not going to hear from me next week. I got to do band stuff. I got to do music stuff. Music's more important to me than pinball. No offense to everyone out there but that's just my life so I'm going to go do music. I'll talk to you guys in a couple weeks. See you. Bye. I don't know why I can't be you

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