# Episode 1059: "Who Will Strike First This March?"

**Source:** Kaneda's Pinball Podcast (Patreon feed)  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2025-03-06  
**Duration:** 21m 45s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-1059-who-123732863

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## Analysis

Kaneda discusses which pinball manufacturer will announce a new game next, predicting Barrels of Fun will reveal their second title in early April at MGC rather than Texas Pinball Festival. He speculates on potential announcements from competitors including Multimorphic (Portal), Pedretti Gaming (Tales of the Arabian Nights remake), Chicago Gaming (Twilight Zone), and Pinball Brothers (Predator), while addressing delays in Jersey Jack Pinball's Harry Potter reveal and Stern's King Kong release timeline.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] King Kong from Stern is coming in early summer, not before Texas Pinball Festival — _Kaneda explicitly states this timeline as knowledge, consistent with typical Stern release patterns_
- [LOW] Multimorphic P3 has not sold 500 or more cabinets over its 12-year existence — _Kaneda: 'If I had to guess, I would say this company has not sold 500 or more cabinets of Multimorphic over like 12 years' - stated as speculation_
- [MEDIUM] Barrels of Fun produced 1,007 units of Labyrinth and is aiming to produce ~1,000 units of their second game — _Kaneda references 'they made it to one thousand and seven' for Labyrinth production_
- [MEDIUM] Chicago Gaming Company's Pulp Fiction production is complete and all SEs are sitting in dealer/distro inventory — _Kaneda: 'this company is pretty much done with the Pulp Fiction production' and 'Those SEs are sitting at dealers and distros as inventory in boxes'_
- [MEDIUM] Jersey Jack Pinball is working on a reveal video for Harry Potter and the earliest reveal is within a two-month window — _Kaneda: 'I heard that they are working on the reveal video for Harry Potter. The earliest. So, that's not that far away, but it's a two month window'_
- [HIGH] Stern releases three cornerstone games per year spaced four months apart — _Kaneda states this as established Stern practice: 'Stern does three cornerstones a year and they're four months apart'_
- [HIGH] Pinball Brothers do not consist of actual brothers — _Kaneda explicitly states: 'Pinball Brothers themselves, who by the way are not brothers'_
- [MEDIUM] Tales of the Arabian Nights machines in mint condition sell for $12,000+ — _Kaneda: 'go on Pinside marketplace and try to find a Tales of the Arabian Nights game in mint condition for anywhere south of $12,000 and you won't find one'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The moment you put non-reflective on one of your machines, trust me, you're going to want them on all of your machines. It's just such a nicer way to play pinball."
> — **Kaneda**, early episode
> _Commentary on aftermarket glass upgrade trends affecting the entire installed base_

> "I really wish Jerry would just take a risk and make a normal pinball machine in the traditional way and have a theme people wanted. If he made the Princess Bride in a normal cabinet... he would have sold way more than putting it on a platform like this."
> — **Kaneda**, mid-episode
> _Criticism of Multimorphic's P3 platform strategy and questioning the viability of modular game architecture_

> "The one thing you might not be able to do is show us code. Code might be early on, but David and team over there... This community would buy a game that hasn't even been put in a damn cabinet yet."
> — **Kaneda**, late episode
> _Assessment of community tolerance for incomplete software at reveal time, implying Barrels of Fun need not delay announcement for code completion_

> "I think in the next four weeks... I think they're going to be early April at MGC and I think that's when we're going to see the new game from Barrels of Fun."
> — **Kaneda**, near end
> _Specific prediction of Barrels of Fun announcement timing at a named event_

> "Barrels of Fun's Labyrinth isn't really like a hit. It's a good game for people who love the theme. It didn't come out and like really, really land culturally in the pinball community as like one of the coolest games you gotta jump on."
> — **Kaneda**, mid-episode
> _Assessment that Barrels of Fun's debut, despite successful manufacturing, lacked cultural impact in the community_

> "Jersey Jack Pinball ships their games. They don't reveal a game until the code is pretty much complete... 99% done on day one and still 99% done on day like 900."
> — **Kaneda**, late episode
> _Characterization of JJP's reveal and code update strategy, suggesting incomplete final features are routine_

> "I was right about Andrew Highway. I was right about Haggis Pinball. How many times do I say American Pinball company is actually going to fail and go out of business? I think when I actually say that, it's come true."
> — **Kaneda**, mid-episode
> _Kaneda asserting his track record as an accurate predictor of pinball company failures_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Kaneda | person | Host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast; recovering from hernia surgery; known for bold industry predictions and criticism of platform-based game strategies |
| David Van Ness | person | Co-founder of Barrels of Fun; referenced as 'David Van' in episode; responsible for timing decisions on second game announcement |
| Jerry | person | Presumed CEO/founder of Multimorphic; criticized for delayed Princess Bride CE shipments and lack of communication about cabinet sales figures |
| Keith Elwin | person | Designer of King Kong for Stern Pinball; known for typical 4-month release cadence following Stern's cornerstone releases |
| Sam Stern | person | Referenced as CEO or leadership of Stern Pinball; associated with Dungeons & Dragons release and King Kong production |
| Pat Lawlor | person | Classic pinball designer; quoted as commenting on The Twilight Zone original: 'this is what happens when they give you a blank check' |
| Barrels of Fun | company | Houston-based boutique manufacturer; produced ~1,007 Labyrinth units; predicted to announce second game in early April at MGC; targeting reveal before Harry Potter |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major manufacturer; releasing Dungeons & Dragons and King Kong; follows 3 cornerstone releases per year spaced 4 months apart |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Premium manufacturer; working on Harry Potter reveal video; expected window 2 months from podcast date; strategy to release before King Kong |
| Multimorphic | company | Platform-based game manufacturer; rumored to announce Portal at Texas Pinball Festival; criticized for slow Princess Bride CE fulfillment and undisclosed cabinet sales figures |
| Chicago Gaming Company | company | Remaker of classic games; owns Twilight Zone remake; described as having finished Pulp Fiction SEs with inventory at dealers |
| Pedretti Gaming | company | Remaker company; working on Tales of the Arabian Nights remake; expected to improve on original's shallow rules |
| Pinball Brothers | company | Manufacturer with licenses for Alien and Predator; not actual brothers; Kaneda speculates they may exit the industry; uncertain about future announcements |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Referenced for production tiers: 250, 350, then 1000 units; Evil Dead already released |
| The Princess Bride | game | Multimorphic P3 module; announced a year ago; CEs still not fully shipped; criticized for being on platform rather than traditional cabinet |
| Portal | game | Rumored Multimorphic P3 module announcement at Texas Pinball Festival; based on Portal video game; leverages P3's disappearing target mechanics |
| Tales of the Arabian Nights | game | Classic Williams game; mint condition examples sell for $12,000+; Pedretti Gaming remaking it; known for many toys but shallow rules |
| Twilight Zone | game | Classic Pat Lawlor design; Chicago Gaming remake in production; Kaneda speculates black & white SE variant; described as most loaded game ever made |
| Predator | game | Licensed IP; Pinball Brothers has manufacturing rights; unclear which film version; Kaneda speculates original Schwarzenegger film most desirable |
| Harry Potter | game | Jersey Jack Pinball game; reveal video in production; expected within 2-month window; Barrels of Fun planning announcement before Potter drops; may ship CEs immediately upon reveal |
| King Kong | game | Stern Pinball game designed by Keith Elwin; expected early summer; tentative release ~May based on typical Stern 4-month spacing after Dungeons & Dragons |
| Labyrinth | game | Barrels of Fun debut; produced 1,007 units; no significant quality issues reported; described as thematic success but not a cultural hit in pinball community |
| Dungeons & Dragons | game | Stern Pinball release; already out at time of podcast; released January-March 2025; Stern's focus at Texas Pinball Festival |
| Evil Dead | game | Spooky Pinball game; already released; mentioned as competing title in market |
| Texas Pinball Festival | event | Major annual expo; Kaneda predicts no major new game announcements there; key venues are Barrels of Fun, Multimorphic, Chris Turner (Pedetti) |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Barrels of Fun second game announcement timing, Jersey Jack Pinball Harry Potter reveal and release strategy, Stern Pinball King Kong production timeline
- **Secondary:** Multimorphic P3 modular game platform viability, Classic game remakes (Twilight Zone, Tales of the Arabian Nights), Texas Pinball Festival vs. other spring events as announcement venues
- **Mentioned:** Non-reflective glass aftermarket adoption and pricing, Pinball Brothers future viability and Predator IP

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.45) — Kaneda expresses optimism about upcoming reveals and Barrels of Fun's manufacturing capabilities, but is critical of Multimorphic's platform strategy, questions Pinball Brothers' commitment, and skeptical of Chicago Gaming's delivery timelines. Acknowledges industry challenges and cost barriers facing smaller manufacturers. Generally supportive of legitimate competition and innovation, but frustrated with delays and strategic missteps.

### Signals

- **[announcement]** Barrels of Fun expected to announce second game in early April at MGC, not at Texas Pinball Festival (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'I think they're going to be early April at MGC and I think that's when we're going to see the new game from Barrels of Fun'
- **[machine_intel]** Jersey Jack Pinball working on Harry Potter reveal video with earliest reveal within 2-month window from podcast date (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'I heard that they are working on the reveal video for Harry Potter. The earliest. So, that's not that far away, but it's a two month window'
- **[machine_intel]** Multimorphic rumored to announce Portal P3 module at Texas Pinball Festival; leverages platform's disappearing target mechanics to match Portal video game concept (confidence: low) — Kaneda: 'Multimorphic P3, the rumor is that Jerry has a new title he's going to launch at Texas Pinball Festival' and speculation about Portal matching platform capabilities
- **[product_concern]** Multimorphic's Princess Bride P3 modules announced a year ago but CEs still not fully shipped; only preorder modules reportedly sent (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'he announced The Princess Bride a year ago and they still haven't sent out those expensive collector's edition versions of the game'
- **[market_signal]** Tales of the Arabian Nights machines in mint condition command $12,000+ secondary market prices (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'go on Pinside marketplace and try to find a Tales of the Arabian Nights game in mint condition for anywhere south of $12,000 and you won't find one'
- **[manufacturing_signal]** Barrels of Fun successfully manufactured 1,007 Labyrinth units without major quality issues, establishing manufacturing credibility for second title (confidence: high) — Kaneda: 'I don't hear a lot of quality issues with Labyrinth' and 'we witnessed the birth of a new pinball company... they established themselves as a legitimate pinball company'
- **[sentiment_shift]** Kaneda's assessment that Labyrinth was a successful manufacturing debut but did not achieve cultural hit status in the pinball community, raising stakes for second game (confidence: high) — Kaneda: 'Labyrinth isn't really like a hit... It didn't come out and like really, really land culturally in the pinball community as like one of the coolest games you gotta jump on'
- **[product_strategy]** Barrels of Fun must announce second game before Harry Potter reveal to capture market attention window; timing critical as Potter is anticipated major release (confidence: high) — Kaneda: 'Barrels of Fun trying to sort of guess when Potter's gonna drop and give themselves enough of a window to have a little bit of a moment on the stage before all the attention goes to Harry Potter'
- **[design_philosophy]** Kaneda argues Multimorphic's P3 platform strategy is inferior to traditional cabinet format for selling games to broader audience, even with same mechanics possible on traditional platform (confidence: high) — Kaneda: 'If he made the Princess Bride in a normal cabinet... he would have sold way more than putting it on a platform like this... you could still do everything that gets people excited about the game on a normal pinball platform'
- **[industry_signal]** Kaneda speculates Pinball Brothers may be exiting the industry due to high manufacturing burden and declining juice-to-squeeze ratio, citing Alien's modest sales and rising cost barriers (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'if they don't have a banger coming, I think these guys might be done with it... I think they just might be done with it... I think they're going to fall out of love with the amount of heavy lifting required'
- **[product_launch]** Chicago Gaming Company's Pulp Fiction SE production complete; all remaining inventory sitting at dealers and distributors in boxes ready for purchase (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'this company is pretty much done with the Pulp Fiction production... Those SEs are sitting at dealers and distros as inventory in boxes. You could go get one today if you wanted one'
- **[machine_intel]** Kaneda speculates Chicago Gaming Company may surprise with Twilight Zone remake reveal at Texas Pinball Festival, positioned as strategic counter-announcement opportunity (confidence: low) — Kaneda: 'I think this company might surprise us and reveal the Twilight Zone' with reasoning that it's next logical step after Pulp Fiction completion

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## Transcript

 Welcome everybody to Kenea's Pinball Podcast. I feel like I got shot and kicked between the legs at the same time and I'm not talking about the Twippy loss. I'm talking about this hernia recovery. Oh my gosh. This is not a walk in the park on this episode. Let's talk about who we think is going to strike first in the pinball world. Who's going to create the next chapter of excitement in pinball? It is March 5th. Now, you know, I've been saying this for a while now. I don't think TPF is going to be the place. We're going to see like the big new games. We've got Dungeons and Dragons already out from Stern. We've got We've got Evil Dead from Spooky Pinball already out in the world. We've got Alice's Adventures in Wonderland still delayed going out one day soon from Dutch Pinball. What else? We've got Jersey Jack Pinball. We're waiting on Harry Potter. We're going to talk about that. We've got Stern Pinball. We know King Kong is around the corner. It's crazy, right? But it's not coming just yet. We're going to have to wait till like early summer, I think, for the big gorilla. So that leaves Texas Pinball Festival as an opportunity for someone to really steal the story. To control the narrative of like early spring, this is going to be the game everybody talks about. And we've been talking about what's most likely going to be the game that strikes first is going to be the barrels of fun game. But is anyone else going to have a surprise? We know P3 Multimorphic is not just making new glass. Did you see that story? They're going to make some All these things are the same. So, I'm going to show you how to make a pinball that's not reflective glass. I don't care. Everybody, heck, everybody's going to have non-reflective glass offerings. Stern has non-reflective glass. JJP. I've got PDI glass on my machine. And now we're going to have another option. It's good. I hope all the different non-reflective glass will just drive the price down of non-reflective glass. And by the way, the thing is I never envy you guys who have like 50 pinball machines With normal glass because the moment you put non reflective on one of your machines, trust me, you're going to want them on all of your machines. It's just such a nicer way to play pinball. So P3 Multimorphic, the rumor is that Jerry has a new title he's going to launch at Texas Pinball Festival, which by the way, is the show that's in his backyard. The close companies to this show are barrels of fun. You got Multimorphic and you've got Chris Turner I'm here for another episode of P3. I don't know if you guys know this, but the game is being released. I'm here to talk about a series of games that have been released, and it's called Portal Pinball, based on the old video game where you go in one portal and you come out another one. And if you think about the P3 platform and those targets that disappear and the ball comes out of another one, it really is a platform that might make Portal a really interesting offering. The problem with all of Multimorbic, and not just the fact that you wait a long time, I mean, he announced The PrincessBride a year ago and they still haven't sent out those expensive collector's edition versions of the game. I think what's gone out so far after a year are all the preorders, but I believe it's the preorders of the modules that go into existing P3 Multimorphic customer cabinets. I have still not heard from Jerry or anyone associated with this company. All I want to know is how many P3 Multimorphics this company has sold to date. Does nobody have that answer? The reason why I want to know that, I just want to know when they make just the modules, how many of them they need to make to satiate most of the owners that are out there. If I had to guess, I would say this company has not sold 500 or more of cabinets of multi morphic over like 12 years of the game being available. Maybe it's less than that. Maybe it's been available commercially for about eight years. But you know, portal, maybe, maybe the thing about the platform that will never change, whether it's weird out, whether it's portal, whether it's final resistance, it doesn't matter. The thing is, you need to watch I'm going to be talking about the game that you want to own, not just the game that's out that gets you excited. You also need to be excited about the other games on the platform. And the one downside of the people who have committed to this platform is the moment you might want to get out of the platform, you might be like $20,000 or more invested into all of these games. And you're never going to get anywhere near that back because who wants to absorb like four to five different David David Van Es Knapp much sense I really wish Jerry would just take a risk and make a normal pinball machine in the traditional way and have a theme people wanted if he made the princess bride in a normal cabinet with someone like Franchi on artwork he would have sold way more than putting it on a platform like this I mean that and you could still do everything that gets people excited about the game on a normal pinball platform it never gonna happen Playingbookpendeknoitect, Starman, Playbook easiest T которомpn, Playbookundent, atractivefilmoney, playbookじゃない, Playbook Playbook enlarge playbook enlarge I'm a fan of the pinball game. I was a fan of the pinball game when Neo Geo games were 200 bucks and to stop me and my twin brother from going to the arcade, we came home one day and my mom put a Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition in the house. Best believe we're the most popular kids on the block with an arcade in the house and best believe we bought all of those friendships. All right, so it's not going to be Portal. What else might happen at Texas Pinball Festival? Are we going to get maybe the next game from Pedretti Gaming? We don't talk about this very much, but this company is about to remake Tales of the Arabian Nights. And even on Pinside, I've been telling people this. It's the next game from them. There's not a lot of interest. There's not a lot of conversation, but go on the Pinside marketplace and try to find a Tales of the Arabian Nights game in mint condition for anywhere south of $12,000 and you won't find one. It's like these games are and I had one. It's a beautiful game. That game has more toys in it than the last four offerings from Jersey Jack Pinball. Only problem with the Tales of the Arabian Nights, everybody knows, it's very shallow, you can see the end of the game easily, easily within a weekend if you're a decent player, and then it's just the same thing over and over again, and then you get used to all the mechs and the toys, and you get bored of it. But man, what a stunning game. So is that going to come out at Texas Pinball Festival? That game is most likely going to have the updated code. I don't know, right? The build quality of a Pedretti Gaming, Bally Williams remake isn't as good as the CGC remakes. And we know that CGC also has Twilight Zone. So we don't talk about this. This company is pretty much done with the Pulp Fiction LE production. And after that, there's no more Pulp Fiction SEs to be made. Those SEs are sitting at dealers and distros as inventory in boxes. You could go get one today if you wanted one. So I think this company might surprise us and reveal the Twilight Zone. I mean, think about this. The Twilight Zone from Chicago Gaming Company, one of the most loaded games of all time. Pat Lawler said this is what happens when they give you a blank check. This week's topic is the most popular topic in the game. The game is called Twilight Zone and it is a remake of Twilight Zone. The game is a remake of Twilight Zone with all of the toys and mechs. On a mech level, it embarrasses everything else in the pinball world. Isn't it crazy? Like 30 years later, we are spending so much more money on every single game and all the games have a third in it as the games used to have in the mid 90s. Now what would be fun with this Twilight Zone remake? I would love it. I would love it. I love it. If there ever was a game, if you could do it at the factory level, have you seen that great American pinball black and white edition of Twilight Zone? Makes total sense. The show was in black and white. And if they made a black and white like SLE or LE edition of this game, I think that would be awesome. It would be a nice way to sort of create a new modern version of a classic. And then you have the classic version of the game. I would give people the ability to order a black and white version The If every single thing is black and white, it is awesome how disruptive it is when you put that in a modern lineup and it's like color, color, color, black and white. It almost looks like someone turned the world off or took us back like 80 years. It's absolutely so cool. So will it be CGC's The Twilight Zone? Now the thing about CGC is if they reveal Twilightzone, are you really going to put a deposit down? So, when do you actually think you're going to get your game? Like the day after you die? So, that's CGC Twilight Zone, maybe Pedretti. The other thing that I know they have the license, the Pinball Brothers, we never talk about them. We never talk about Queen, we never talk about the Ripley edition of Alien anymore. This company has the license to make Predator. This week in Pinball, Razaariest The big question mark is what version of Predator? I highly doubt they have the Arnold and Carl Carl Weathers classic because that what everybody wants That the iconic predator There been lots of predator movies There been Alien vs Predator The new predator movie prey is absolutely amazing but that not what you want You don't want to spend eight to $10,000 on one of the later installments of predator. You don't want an original predator machine. You need those classic lines. Ghost nest mofo. I ain't got time to bleed. Get to the choppa. I mean, this is where get to the choppa comes from, right? I think so. It might come from commandos. I feel like we've all been saying that line for like 40 years. But Predator, man, the original one, it is just iconic. Everything about it. Obviously, there was the skit B version of the game that was an utter disaster. I miss those days when half a pin side said that Kevin Kulik had the license and Kaneda's Pinball Podcast was telling everybody he didn't. And the company was going to go under and there was no way this guy was going to make in his mom's basement an Arnold Schwarzenegger pinball machine and people said I was an idiot and to stop supporting Kaneda. I was right. I was right about Andrew Highway. I was right about Damien at Haggis Pinball. How many times do I say a pinball company is actually going to fail and go out of business? I think when I actually say that, it's come true I think every time I've called it. You know, you don't hear me saying JJP is going to go out of business or Stern. I'm not going to happen is not going to happen. All right, so maybe the pinball brothers is going to surprise us with predator. That's pretty cool. They made alien and predator. I don't know. You don't hear anything about these guys. Now, I will say this if they don't have a banger coming. I think these guys might be done with it. I mean it. I think they just might be done with it. I don't think Abba was a big seller and I don't mean like they're going to go out of business. I just mean the pinball brothers themselves who by the way are not brothers. I just think they're going to fall out of love with the amount of heavy lifting required to bring a commercial pinball machine to market to make it safe to put in people's homes. It's so much work. The juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore. Remember a lot of these guys got into pinball 10 years ago. They had stars in their eyes. Games were like $5,500. The world is so different now. I think Alien when it first came out was $6,500 for a wide body Alien machine. We'll see if it's the Pinball Brothers. It's not going to be anything from Stern. Stern's going to be D&D all in at TPF. Jersey Jack is not going to have Harry Potter ready. I want to talk about Potter for a minute because I'm really wondering when Harry Potter is going to be revealed. I heard that they are working on the reveal video for Harry Potter. Let's The earliest. So, that's not that far away, but it's a two month window. And I know Jersey Jack wants to get that game out in front of King Kong, but trust me when I say this everybody, Jersey Jack is not worried about selling Harry Potter pinball machines. Stern Pinball is not worried about selling a Keith Elwin King Kong machine. This Week in Pinball, Trash Talks with John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, We know Barrels of Fun needs to get their game revealed and get preorder money locked into that bank account that's nonrefundable. They need to do that before Harry Potter. Now, Potter's the big thing they need to worry about. Now, they also don't wanna have like Twilight Zone revealed or Predator or anything else because I think after witnessing what happened with Labyrinth and we're gonna make 1100 games, They made it to one thousand and seven. I think they're going to make, but we witnessed the birth of a new pinball company and we witnessed the market reaction to their game. We witnessed the reaction to their quality, which is good. I don't hear a lot of quality issues with labyrinth. They did the right thing. They established themselves as a legitimate pinball company. They have some great innovations in their product and they got everybody a game or will get everybody a game. Tit Caroline Shepard Anthony Pcock Matthew Young Zach M Vision specialize Chengi Spooky Pinball went 250 350 and then a thousand So for Barrels of Fun in their first inaugural game to make a thousand machines built together and not burning down anyone's houses, you have to give this company credit. But now on your second game, the follow up game, right? I would say that they didn't have a hit first game. Would anyone argue with that? Barrels of Fun's Labyrinth isn't really like a hit. It's a good game for people who love the theme. It didn't come out and like really, really land culturally in the pinball community as like one of the coolest games you gotta jump on. It just didn't. But now we know they can make it and manufacturing is the hard part. I think all eyes are on them. Are they gonna release a second game that's gonna get us more excited, get our blood going, and look this is gonna happen this is gonna be the one that is gonna happen I think in the next four weeks because they need to get out before April they have no idea when Jersey Jack's gonna hit with Potter the whole thing is funny to me because JJP is a little bit nervous probably about going up against Keith Elwin so they want to get out in front of Elwin but they don't know when Elwin's gonna drop it's easy to kind of guess when Elwin's gonna drop because it's usually four months after D&D drops Sturn does three cornerstones a year and they're four months apart. So if D and D came out in January, February, March, April, then you're looking at May for King Kong, which gives you all of now until May to get Harry Potter out. So they know that. So all we got to do is get our thing out before then. I also know that Jersey Jack must want to have some Harry Potter's on the line, not make people wait a few months. Like if this company makes collector's edition people wait six months after reveal to get the game, what are we doing JJP? Just get the CEs on the line right away, get them to customers, and you know we're so used to being guinea pigs, we don't even care anymore. We don't even care anymore. Like we know there's gonna be issues. Just let us have the product, and we know that Harry Potter, the good thing about Potter is this. Jersey Jack Pinball ships their games. They don't reveal a game until the code is pretty much complete. And then they make you wait six years for the final wizard mode that you're not good enough to ever see. But that's always been their MO, right? 99% done on day one and still 99% done on day like 900. I don't know why they do it that way. I don't know why Keith just can't finish the last question on the test, but that's how they do it. But so what's interesting is like, Like everyone knows Kong's sort of tentative date. Then we don't know Harry Potter and then you've got barrels of fun trying to sort of guess when Potter's gonna drop and give themselves enough of a window to have a little bit of a moment on the stage before all the attention goes to Harry Potter. Now David David Van Es is a smart guy and he's like Chris I don't want to reveal this game or release it until we're ready. Well, they might have to wake up to a little bit of market reality. You might have to reveal this game before it is on the line and you might even need a couple months to get it ready. But what you just need, David, is a theme people want and you need a good showing. Nobody is worried about whether or not Barrels of Fun can make a game. We know you can. Anything you show us in the video, we will have 100% confidence that that will work and be in the game. The one thing you might not be able to do is show us code. Code might be early on, but David and team over there, where you been? Has that ever stopped anybody from ordering a pinball machine? This community would buy a game that hasn't even been put in a damn cabinet yet. So I think this company is going to reveal their game, not at TPF. I don't think they're going to make it. I think they're going to be early April at MGC and I think that's something like April 5th or something and I think that's when we're going to see the new game from Barrels of Fun. Gang, that's only 30 days from now. That means between now and then you get to enjoy somewhere in the vicinity of 15 more, maybe 10 more episodes of Canadian Pinball Podcast and then we will have the new game from Barrels of Fun. So I look forward to keeping you entertained and making it easier to be patient as you enjoy the world's only pinball Podcaster doing pinball podcast as he recovers from hernia surgery Let's go put an ice pack between my legs and cry myself to sleep. Everybody. Have a great night. We'll talk to you soon Also watched Pinball GO Anchor

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