# Pat Lawlor Joins the Jersey Jack Pinball Team!

**Source:** Jersey Jack Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2015-09-30  
**Duration:** 1m 51s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1fepFV9PU0

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## Analysis

Pat Lawlor, legendary pinball designer, officially announces he is joining Jersey Jack Pinball to design an original theme game. Ted Estes, a programmer who has been at JJP for nearly a year, will collaborate on the project. Both express enthusiasm about JJP's technological advancements and the creative opportunity.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Pat Lawlor is designing an original theme pinball machine for Jersey Jack Pinball — _Pat Lawlor announces directly in official JJP video_
- [HIGH] Ted Estes has been working at Jersey Jack Pinball for almost a year — _Ted Estes states this directly in the announcement video_
- [HIGH] Ted Estes previously worked at Williams with Pat Lawlor — _Pat Lawlor refers to Ted as 'my friend that I work with at Williams'_
- [MEDIUM] Jersey Jack Pinball has 'redefined the limits of pinball' through technology and game design — _Pat Lawlor's assessment in announcement; reflects his opinion of JJP capabilities_

### Notable Quotes

> "It's very exciting to be able to work with Jersey Jack Pinball, and one of the reasons that I'm excited to be doing that is that Jersey Jack Pinball has redefined the limits of pinball. They've changed the technology, they've made the games bigger, bolder, brighter."
> — **Pat Lawlor**
> _Explains Lawlor's motivation for joining JJP and frames JJP as technological leader_

> "From a programming standpoint it's been a dream and now I'm even more excited to see the direction we're going."
> — **Ted Estes**
> _Indicates Ted's satisfaction with JJP's technical platform and optimism about future projects_

> "Glad to see Pat's come out of retirement."
> — **Ted Estes**
> _Confirms Pat Lawlor had been retired from active pinball design prior to this announcement_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Pat Lawlor | person | Legendary pinball designer, formerly at Williams, coming out of retirement to design original theme game for Jersey Jack Pinball |
| Ted Estes | person | Programmer who worked with Pat Lawlor at Williams, now at Jersey Jack Pinball for nearly a year, collaborating on Pat's new original theme game |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer hiring Pat Lawlor to design new original theme game |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Personnel move / Talent acquisition, New game announcement
- **Secondary:** Jersey Jack Pinball capabilities and technology

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.95) — Highly positive sentiment throughout. Both speakers express genuine enthusiasm, excitement, and confidence about the collaboration and future project.

### Signals

- **[competitive_signal]** Jersey Jack Pinball positioned as technological leader in the industry with 'bigger, bolder, brighter' games (confidence: medium) — Pat Lawlor states JJP 'has redefined the limits of pinball' and 'changed the technology'
- **[personnel_signal]** Pat Lawlor, legendary designer, joins Jersey Jack Pinball; comes out of retirement (confidence: high) — Direct announcement by Pat Lawlor; Ted Estes confirms 'Glad to see Pat's come out of retirement'
- **[announcement]** Jersey Jack Pinball announces new original theme game by Pat Lawlor (confidence: high) — Official announcement video from Jersey Jack Pinball; Pat Lawlor directly announces he is 'going to be doing an original theme pinball machine for Jersey Jack Pinball'

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## Transcript

Hi, this is Pat Lawlor and I'm here today to announce that I'm going to be doing an original theme pinball machine for Jersey Jack Pinball. It's very exciting to be able to work with JJP, and one of the reasons that I'm excited to be doing that is that JJP has redefined the limits of pinball. They've changed the technology, they've made the games bigger, bolder, brighter, and it's going to be a wonderful experience and challenge to build an original game with them. And so I'm really looking forward to doing that. I'm also pleased to announce that my friend that I work with at Williams, Ted Estes, is going to be working on the project with me. And so I'd like Ted to say a few words. Hi, I'm Ted. I've been working here at JJP for almost a year and it's been very exciting to work on the system. From a programming standpoint it's been a dream and now I'm even more excited to see the direction we're going in. Glad to see Pat's come out of retirement. I'm looking forward to doing some more fun stuff with him. So stay tuned.

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