# Spooky Pinball Evil Dead Praise

**Source:** Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2024-11-23  
**Duration:** 40m 54s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7dkbJBYiw

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## Analysis

Kaneda delivers an extended passionate analysis of Spooky Pinball's Evil Dead machine, praising its theme integration, mechanical design, and artwork as a breakthrough moment for the boutique manufacturer. He contrasts Spooky's passion-driven approach with what he characterizes as soulless, assignment-based design at larger manufacturers like Stern and Jersey Jack, using Evil Dead as evidence that boutique companies can outperform industry giants. The stream pivots into personal commentary on politics, friendships, and broader cultural grievances.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Evil Dead represents a new beginning for Spooky Pinball; they have arrived as a serious manufacturer — _Direct statement: 'I think Spooky Pinball arrived today. I think this is a new company.' Repeated throughout segment as central thesis._
- [MEDIUM] Evil Dead has the best, most funny callouts since Rick and Morty, per Zach Minney — _Kaneda cites Zach Minney as source: 'from what Zach Manny was saying, this game's gonna have the best, most funny callouts since Rick and Morty.'_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi's artwork on Evil Dead is his greatest art package to date — _Direct assertion: 'I actually think this is Christopher Franchi's greatest art package to date. Easily.'_
- [MEDIUM] Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes prices will plummet due to Evil Dead's superior execution — _Kaneda prediction: 'I think Texas Chainsaw Massacre prices are going to plummet like you've never seen before' and 'I think Looney Tunes is also going to plummet in value.'_
- [HIGH] Stern's Metallica topper is uninspired and mediocre, costing $1,000 for four flasher caps and a logo — _Direct criticism: 'A thousand dollars for four flasher caps and just the logo. Nothing else.'_
- [HIGH] Jersey Jack's IAAPA strategy of redemption center placement and discounting is a marketing disaster — _Kaneda condemns: 'Absolute disaster from a marketing standpoint' and compares unfavorably to luxury brands Gucci/Louis Vuitton._
- [HIGH] Avatar is soulless and has no memorable mechanics or motorized toys; it is a failed game despite major IP — _Extended critique: 'There's not a single toy. There's not a single bash toy. There's not a single motorized mech.' Owner club 'is dead. It's crickets.'_
- [MEDIUM] Ben Heck brings passionate, unconventional code/rule design that larger manufacturers lack — _Kaneda: 'I want Ben Heck making the code and the rule sets for my games because I want the dude to go to, like, the local bar, get wasted, and then think about some crazy stuff.'_
- [MEDIUM] X-Men coding lacks passion; the LE version has widespread issues (autoplungers, playfields, wire forms) not present in Pro — _Criticism: 'Weisson coding X-Men was not passionate. I don't feel the passion in X-Men' and 'X-Men LE have all these issues' while Pro is superior._
- [HIGH] All Evil Dead buyers pay the same price with identical machines, avoiding class warfare unlike X-Men LE vs Pro — _Kaneda assertion: 'If I'm in the Evil Dead Club, everyone pays the same amount of money. Everyone's got the same pin. There's no class warfare.'_

### Notable Quotes

> "I see a family-run business that is making something that they would make for free—free. That's how much they love the stuff they're making. They would wake up and do this for free."
> — **Kaneda**, ~10:30
> _Core thesis distinguishing Spooky's passion-driven model from corporate assignment-based design at larger manufacturers._

> "How do you design Metallica to be as beautiful as it is and then you make the topper so uninspired, right? You make the topper so boring."
> — **Kaneda**, ~14:00
> _Flagship critique of Stern's inconsistent design execution despite resources._

> "You can't have a tiny little company in Benton, Wisconsin showing you how it's done. You can't have a tiny little company like outperforming you in a lot of these ways."
> — **Kaneda**, ~19:00
> _Direct competitive framing: Spooky outperforming larger manufacturers on design/execution._

> "If you're down there in Florida, big mistake, big mistake... the perception of value—I would rather have this game over Avatar. I would rather have this game over X-Men."
> — **Kaneda**, ~18:30
> _Jersey Jack criticism combined with explicit game preference rankings favoring Evil Dead._

> "The charlatans are going to fail. The mediocre pins are going to be worthless because no one's going to want them."
> — **Kaneda**, ~35:00
> _Prediction of market consolidation around passion-driven, quality-focused manufacturers._

> "Games that are beautiful but soulless won't work. Games that are beautiful with no mechs won't sell. Games that are based on themes that the designer did not want to make won't be effective."
> — **Kaneda**, ~37:00
> _Summarizes his design philosophy framework used to evaluate all modern releases._

> "I think what Spooky is going to show everybody is, um, you know, there's a level of enthusiasm and there's a level of commitment and responsibility I think they feel to nail these themes."
> — **Kaneda**, ~37:30
> _Positions Evil Dead as proof of Spooky's manufacturing philosophy shift._

> "Look at what's in this game. You've got the bash hand that moves back and forth. You've got two popup heads from underneath the playfield... all of those things add up. All those things are awesome, right?"
> — **Kaneda**, ~26:00
> _Detailed mechanical breakdown contrasting Evil Dead's toy density with Avatar's mechanical barrenness._

> "I think that's the ultimate question. Who's sleeping better at night?"
> — **Kaneda**, ~20:00
> _Pivots competitive analysis from business metrics to well-being, suggesting passion/purpose as success measure._

> "My show is not about negativity. It's about getting us to a place where we're happy... I want you to be happy. I want to be happy. I want these games to deliver the joy they should."
> — **Kaneda**, ~30:00
> _Articulates his podcast's mission and contrasts his approach with 'celebration of mediocrity' by other media._

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Spooky Pinball | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer in Benton, Wisconsin. Praised throughout as having achieved breakthrough quality with Evil Dead, finally aligning talent with vision. |
| Evil Dead | game | New Spooky Pinball widebody game released in 2024/2025. Limited 888-unit production. Features possessed flipper, popup heads, cabin lock, double-barrel shotgun shooter rod, RGB LEDs, Christopher Franchi artwork. Central focus of this analysis. |
| Christopher Franchi | person | Artist/designer at Spooky Pinball. Kaneda claims Evil Dead artwork is his greatest package to date. Known for photorealistic style. |
| Ben Heck | person | Pinball designer/engineer at Spooky. Code/rules for Evil Dead. Praised for unconventional, passionate rule design approach. |
| Stern Pinball | company | Large manufacturer. Criticized for soulless, assignment-based design; inconsistent execution (beautiful Metallica machine with uninspired topper); lack of passion/love in games like John Wick, Venom, X-Men. |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer. Criticized for IAAPA redemption center strategy, discounting product, treating high-end games like 'Chuck E. Cheese' rather than luxury brand. Avatar game described as dead/crickets in community. |
| Barrels of Fun | company | Similarly-sized boutique manufacturer to Spooky. Positioned as upcoming competitive test case for design quality alongside Spooky. |
| Kaneda | person | Pinball content creator and podcast host. Speaker of this analysis. High-profile community figure known for critical, opinionated takes on game design and manufacturer business practices. |
| Zach Minney | person | Source cited by Kaneda for claim that Evil Dead has best/funniest callouts since Rick and Morty. |
| Avatar | game | Jersey Jack Pinball game. Criticized as soulless, no memorable mechanics, no motorized toys, failed despite major IP. Owner community described as dead. |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre | game | Spooky Pinball game. Kaneda predicts secondary market value will plummet after Evil Dead release due to inferior execution and inappropriate tone vs Evil Dead's campy horror. |
| Looney Tunes | game | Spooky Pinball game. Secondary market price predicted to plummet post-Evil Dead. |
| X-Men | game | Stern Pinball game. LE version criticized for widespread quality issues (autoplungers, playfield problems, wire forms). Pro version superior. Weisson coding criticized as lacking passion. |
| Metallica | game | Stern Pinball game. Machine itself praised as beautiful, but topper criticized as uninspired, costing $1,000 for minimal design (4 flasher caps + logo). |
| John Wick | game | Stern Pinball game. Mentioned as whiff/failed release. Secondary market demand predicted to collapse along with other mediocre games. |
| Venom | game | Stern Pinball game. Mentioned as whiff/failed release alongside John Wick. |
| Guns N' Roses | game | Pinball game owned by Kaneda. Praised for passionate code/music integration, though criticized as expensive jukebox lacking storyline variety. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | game | Pinball game (likely by Dream Pinball Company or similar). Criticized by Kaneda and Josh as 'pretty game with no soul,' lacking weirdness despite softcore porn-style artwork. |
| Ultraman | game | Spooky Pinball game. Mentioned as example of mediocre title; secondary market value will plummet post-Evil Dead. |
| Rick and Morty | game | Benchmark game for callout quality. Mentioned as comparison point for Evil Dead's anticipated callout excellence. |
| Derek | person | Kaneda's best friend in pinball. Ghosted Kaneda post-election over voting differences. Context for Kaneda's tangent on politics/friendship. |
| Greg Colton | person | Described by Kaneda as 'rare hero' and 'greatest liberal moderate.' Attempted to mediate between Kaneda and Derek. Daily contact with Kaneda. |
| Canada's Pinball Podcast | organization | Kaneda's show. Positioned as non-shill, community-driven, high-subscriber alternative to other pinball media. $5/month membership model. |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Evil Dead machine quality and design excellence, Spooky Pinball's breakthrough moment and competitive positioning, Passion-driven vs assignment-based game design philosophy, Stern Pinball design inconsistencies and lack of soul, Jersey Jack business strategy criticism (redemption/discounting)
- **Secondary:** Secondary market price predictions (TCM, Looney Tunes, X-Men LE), Avatar failure as market indicator, Mechanical toy density and design, Luxury brand positioning vs mass-market approach in pinball
- **Mentioned:** Kaneda's podcast philosophy and community engagement

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.72) — Extremely positive toward Evil Dead and Spooky Pinball (0.95+), heavily negative toward Stern, Jersey Jack, and Avatar (0.1-0.3), but tangents into unrelated political grievance significantly dilute overall tone and detract from pinball analysis credibility.

### Signals

- **[business_signal]** Jersey Jack's IAAPA strategy (redemption center placement, product discounting) framed as brand-damaging luxury positioning failure. (confidence: high) — 'Gucci, Louis Vuitton... never put their clothes on sale... But there's a sale at Jersey Jack. Absolute disaster from a marketing standpoint.'
- **[community_signal]** Evil Dead community (owner club) characterized as unified, happy, and equal-status (no LE/Pro/Pro tier warfare), contrasted with fragmented, unhappy X-Men community. (confidence: high) — 'If I'm in the Evil Dead Club, everyone pays the same amount of money. Everyone's got the same pin. There's no class warfare... It's a happiness boat to be on.'
- **[competitive_signal]** Spooky Pinball repositioned as serious competitive threat to Stern/JJP; Evil Dead framed as watershed moment proving boutique manufacturers can outperform industry giants. (confidence: high) — 'Spooky Pinball arrived today... You can't have a tiny little company in Benton, Wisconsin outperforming you in a lot of these ways.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Stern's Metallica topper criticized as uninspired and expensive ($1,000) relative to machine quality; example of lazy design decisions. (confidence: high) — 'A thousand dollars for four flasher caps and just the logo. Nothing else... It's garbage. It's garbage.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Spooky's passion-driven, creative designer-led approach positioned as superior to corporate assignment-based manufacturing at larger competitors (Stern, JJP). (confidence: high) — 'family-run business that is making something that they would make for free—free. That's how much they love the stuff they're making... Where everyone else, it's just starting to feel like they're doing it for a paycheck.'
- **[market_signal]** Boutique manufacturers (Spooky, Barrels) positioned to dominate pinball future; large manufacturers (Stern, JJP) heading toward market consolidation due to design philosophy failures. (confidence: medium) — 'I think there's going to reach a point where it's only going to want to buy new in box from companies that bring the passion... I think we're going to see a thinning out of the pinball manufacturers.'
- **[market_signal]** Secondary market price predictions for earlier Spooky titles (TCM, Looney Tunes) expected to plummet following Evil Dead release, suggesting quality-based market correction. (confidence: medium) — Kaneda: 'I think Texas Chainsaw Massacre prices are going to plummet like you've never seen before... I think Spooky Pinball arrived today. I think this is a new company.'
- **[community_signal]** Christopher Franchi's artwork on Evil Dead cited as career-defining achievement; elevated status as top-tier pinball artist following Stern tenure. (confidence: medium) — 'I actually think this is Christopher Franchi's greatest art package to date. Easily.'
- **[market_signal]** Concern that $10,000-$15,000 price points for new games make mediocre or soulless design commercially unsustainable; only high-quality, passionate games will justify cost. (confidence: high) — 'It's at the point now where mediocre games are just not going to succeed... with everything asking us for ten grand or more, it just makes you excited to go all in when they nail it.'
- **[product_strategy]** Evil Dead positioned as boutique manufacturer (Spooky) outperforming large manufacturers on mechanical complexity, artwork, and passionate design execution. (confidence: high) — Mechanical breakdown (bash hand, popup heads, cabin lock, double-barrel shotgun) vs Avatar's barrenness; Christopher Franchi artwork described as greatest to date; repeated theme of 'love' vs 'assignments.'
- **[product_concern]** X-Men LE version has systematic quality issues (autoplungers, playfield defects, wire forms) not present in Pro version, creating value/happiness disparity. (confidence: high) — 'You're not happy with it. Like, you now gotta wait for code to maybe get to where it needs to get to... I don't want to be in the X-Men Club right now.'
- **[sentiment_shift]** Community sentiment on Evil Dead overwhelmingly positive ('nothing but good vibes'), contrasted sharply with X-Men negativity (code issues, playfield problems, autoplungers). (confidence: high) — 'go into the Evil Dead thread and you see the vibes around this game—it's there. Nothing but good vibes. And then I go over to the X-Men thread, and everyone's unhappy.'

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## Transcript

all right we're live oh let's turn this up get me some some volume I got the fireplace going a little cold in here fireplace I love I love a good fireplace what a weird angle here I I want to talk about this Evil Dead game um it's it's like really it's really exciting to me what these guys have done what they've pulled off I I really do think you know a lot of people are going to be happy with this game and and it's it's I want to talk about why I think this game matters a lot because prices are are where they're at right and they've been really high for a long time and it's it's at the point now where mediocre games are just not going to succeed um and I want games to do what this game does and let me drop into Facebook real quick everybody that we're we we're live talking about spooky it's always nice to sort of go Kajol some people from other areas to come join the fun I'd like doing this on YouTube better anyway so live now talking about Evil Dead yeah all right there we go so what a great Friday I I mean this like what a great Friday new pinball in the world gorgeous machine I mean absolutely gorgeous machine I the more I look at it and when I saw the featurette video the more I wanted this to be I wanted it to be big trouble I wanted it to be Goonies I wanted it to be Beetle Juice I wanted it to be something that I just wanted it makes me want to want Evil Dead it makes me want to have been an evil dead fan because if you're an evil dead fan man you're doing backflips today this is like the coolest uh Evil Dead machine ever in like you couldn't even have like thought about a better machine than this so I I just want to say like it is so nice to see a company nail theme integration like this like this is what you always want in a pinball machine and I think what's happening in pinball now is the GL laring misses right a game that Nails theme integration this well exposes games that are such colossal misses and with everything asking us for 10 grand or more it's just it makes you excited to go all in when they nail it right when they just get it right and I think a lot of people a lot of people are going to love the personality of this game and you know I gave my first impressions which you know I I don't love the theme it but again like it's subjective so I I don't I don't ding them on really like making this because as I said they've got to sell 8.88 I think they're gonna with a package this nice I don't think it's going to be a day one sellout or a week one sellout and I also do think it's really hard for any pinball to go up and value so if you wait you'll probably be able to get one for much less than $10,000 but man oh man oh man I think for me the big story isn't that the big story is spooky pinball this tiny little company in Benton Wisconsin just nailed it they just freaking nailed it and Brett abbis living in Miami flying in once a month letting Mark siden make Avatar with Jack gui's theme selection missed it whiffed struck out at the plate with Avatar right like I would rather own Evil Dead I would feel proud to put Evil Dead in my home whiffed on Avatar Stern whiffed on John Wick whiffed on Venom you know all the like how these big companies with hundreds of millions of dollarss billions of dollars whiffing and these these dudes in Benton Wisconsin grew up with a bad father that let them watch horror movies on being sarcastic they grew up in love with this stuff they're they're living a dream they're making games based on stuff they love and they're putting everything they love into the game I can't say that about what I'm seeing over at Jersey Jack from a lot of what I'm seeing at Stern it doesn't feel like the love is there it feels like they're answering assignments it feels like they're under a crunch it feels like they're under pressure I don't get that when I see this game I see a family run business that is making something that you they would make for free free that's how much they love the stuff they're making they would wake up and do this for free where everyone else it's just starting to feel like they're doing it for a paycheck they're making decisions for the Bean counters they're cutting corners and I'm tired of it I'm how do you how do you design Metallica to be as beautiful as it is and then you make the topper so uninspired right you make the Topp so boring when are we going to stop like how do how do you launch that Metallica topper and say this is what the world's biggest pinball company is capable of and then these dudes in Benton Wisconsin just drop this topper that goes on top of Evil Dead and and it looks like that like collectively Christopher franches art package full RGB LEDs uh the coolest topper I I want one I I want one of these games I the more I see of it the more like I and I want to be on the hype train with the people that get one it just feels like this game is going to be a a fun special game to me this is the beginning of a new spooky pinball I I mean it when I say it today is the beginning of a new spooky pinball it they are no longer going to be laughed at not that they were but they they I think they finally are like getting it and they're getting it right and they're going to get it right on more popular themes but man it just it just go I I love what I love about this whole thing is you're never gonna beat people that have passion the only way you're like like Sterns Got Talent man they got talent they've got money they've got robust teams but man like weisson coding X-Men was not passionate like I I don't feel the passion in the code in X-Men I saw the passion in Jack dangers layout um I just don't feel the passion right and and so I don't know man I don't know like I feel the passion in Guns and Roses I have the machine I I love the game but you know it's not a it's not it's not rewarding to only have one game be a music pin because you just don't feel like you're going on a journey it's more about just scoring and music which is fine it's like playing a very expensive jukebox um but man I need something that gives me a storyline that has call outs that make me laugh and you know if from what Zach Manny was saying this game's G to have the best most funny call outs since Rick and Morty I'm really feeling like yeah man yeah they they freaking nailed it they nailed the brief and I I don't know I I every hour that goes by I'm just more excited to to know that we at least have a pinball company out there like doing it right and what I love is like this is going to be like all right the balls in your court now barrels of fun like spooky spooky just crushed it crushed it and I I'm going to I'm going to love seeing barrels versus spooky and how these two sort of similarly sized Boutique companies you know how how much they give us for around $10,000 and and I really do feel like this game is a is is really well done is really well done like rest in peace cuphead there's no cuphead there's no cuphead there's no game there's no you know AP showed up at iapa and they're selling there selling games that have been out for years Jersey Jack shows up at iyappa and they're discounting all their product you know trying to get their games into redemption centers what are they doing get your games into redemption centers is that your strategy for the for you're the high-end Boutique pinball company you want to give Redemption tickets when are they going to start acting like the Bugatti of pinball and stop acting like Chuck E cheese people like are going to learn about my games is that what do you want Jersey Jack you want redemption centers to buy your your Bugattis wake up Brett come on call me bro call me you've got so much money you've got so much money you now need to hire people that understand how to steer your company in the right direction and again like the Optics of showing up at iapa with Redemption game strategy and putting your brand new game on sale do you understand the Optics of that Jersey Jack absolute disaster from a marketing standpoint if you ask me like you're you're already fire selling your products and and what that telegraphs you know Gucci Louis Vuitton you know what they don't ever do they never put their clothes on sale there's no sale at Gucci there's no sale at Louis Vuitton but there's a sale at Jersey Jack if you're down there in Florida big mistake big mistake the perception of value I I would rather have this game over Avatar I would rather have this game over X-Men I would rather have this game over Jaws I would I just I just there's something about this game it just seems like it's just different and not everybody's going to have it and it's loaded with stuff and the team Alexandre Mak it is a is a bunch of whacka dooodle weirdos and that's what I love like looking at Ben heck up there like I I want Ben heck making the code and the rule sets for my games because I want the dude to go to like the local bar get waste it and then think about some crazy stuff to put into the game you know that's what Alice's Adventures in Wonderland needs I told that to Melvin I'm like this your game's not weird enough that was my feedback to Melvin your game's not weird enough it's like you've got these beautiful porn star looking women and where's the bouncy boob mode right where's where where's the weirdness where's like the strangeness where where is the call outs that are inappropriate like it's just not weird enough and nobody wants to play this like you know it doesn't make any sense your artwork is like softcore porn and then everything else is just kind of playing it safe make it weird now he knows he can do it you got to do it you got to go make it weird with the software but I think you know we need soul and we need personality um Josh said Alice is a pretty game with no soul I I'm not going to disagree with that man I I the the soul comes from you know the vision of the team and the individuals and I feel like for Alice a lot of it was just like the struggle to get it made like that Journey can't be all it is you know what I'm saying it just can't be this like we took one a jpops broken foam core ideas and made it work that's that's cool but that's not enough to make a great game so I I just again like with games like this coming out $10,000 I would get it with the butter cabinet I would get it with the topper I would I would load it up and you know it's super cool it's super cool even if you don't know Evil Dead I think you're going to walk up to this machine and you're going to like I don't know you're gonna have like a stunning work of art I mean it it is one of the most visually stunning games I've ever seen I I actually think this is Christopher franie uh greatest art package to date easily I I think Texas Chainsaw Massacre prices are going to plummet like you've never seen before I think everyone who owns a TCM cuz to me Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not fun like it's it's like real horror it's not campy horror and it's like it's like inappropriate for a lot of families and it's like it's kind of like sadistic you know it's like it's that's the wrong side of the genre where this game is like campy and silly and over the toop and I think it's going to do way better I think Texas Chainsaw Massacre plummets in value I I think Looney Tunes is also going to plumet in value because again I said I think spooky pinballs I think spooky pinball arrived today I I think this is a new company I think they' they' I think the talent and their understanding of what makes good pinball uh is finally aligned with their abilities I think it took them a while to get there um I think the 888 sellout yeah I mean I think they're going to sell these games I don't know if they sell out today Josh uh you know I still don't think they'll be like extremely hard to get and I think there's going to be um just a lot of happy people though and if if like if if the thing is this and and I look at this with X-Men I look at this with Avatar I look at all the new releases you want to be on the happiness train you you want to be happy like you want to you want to be uh on on a on a on board with uh an owner Club where people are happy like happiness is way more infectious and way more desirable than unhappiness you know people always say like a Canada how do you have 7 like 40 followers how do you make you know people pay for your content how do you like it's because my show is not about negativity it's not it's about getting us to a place where we're happy where these companies that's the goal I want you to be happy I want to be happy I want these games to deliver the joy they should for the amount of money we're spending that's Canadas pinball podcast see all the other shows that just like they celebrate all the mediocrity to me that's how you don't get to real happiness that's how you get to fake happiness that's how you get to gaslighting a Community like they've been doing all these years by basically saying everything is awesome yeah that's not a pathway to genuinely good things and good moments and good products and great products and I love the fact that people are so happy when you go into the Evil Dead thread and you see The Vibes around this game it's there nothing but good vibes and that's what you want to be on board for and then I go over to the X-Men thread and everyone's unhappy codee's not where it needs to be there's like issues with like here and there Auto plungers playfields this and that wire forms you're like you got to build the game after you buy it you're not happy with it like you know you now you gotta wait for code to maybe get to where it needs to get to I I like it's I don't want to be in that club right now I don't want to be in the X-Men Club right now I I don't it's like people are not really that happy they're not really that happy and also like I don't want to be in the X-Men Club because the club to be in is X-Men Pro in X-Men Pro is the best game option and it's half the price of an X-Men Le and then I don't want to like buy an X-Men Le have all these issues and know that a dude that paid half as much as me is having more fun if I'm in the Evil Dead Club everyone pays the same amount of money everyone's got the same pin there's no class Warfare going on nobody got a better deal than me nobody got a different game than me nobody paid it's it's like you're all in the same boat and it's a happiness boat to be on so I I think that's like awesome I you know I don't want to be in the Avatar train or boat I mean the Avatar Club is dead it's dead there's no enthusi like go to go to the avat our owner club and it's like it's it's a it's a it it's crickets it's Cricket you take one of the biggest movie properties of all time and you make a game based on it and it's crickets you know why it's crickets because the game is soulless the game's soulless it doesn't that personality where's the personality and Avatar you hit start in that game are you ever going to hear a call out that makes you laugh are you ever going to hear a call out that makes you like want to call your friend oh my gosh I can't believe what this game just said me are you ever going to see anything happen mechanically in Avatar anything mechanically happen that you haven't seen before nothing there's nothing there's not a single toy there's not a single bash toy there's not a single like motorized Mech there's nothing there's nothing there's a UV light system that doesn't really work there's a bunch of wire forms and there's two lower playfields that are not satisfying that's it there's nothing else there's nothing else to write home about look at look what's in this game look at what's in this game you you've got the bash hand that moves back and forth you've got two popup heads from underneath the Playfield you've got popup drop targets that come up from underneath the Playfield you've got a lower Playfield you've got a cabin that locks balls physically that you can see right you've got a double barrel shotgun that you load the cartridges and you can shoot a double barrel shotgun from the shooter Lane I mean just like all of those things all of those things add it up are awesome right and so like I just I just think like you know the big companies the big companies have to wake up a little bit you know and I've been talking to stern and and they're good guys over there and they mean really well it's just I you know you can't sell people on is Passion you can't instill uh common sense you know Common Sense like common sense if we're going to make this beautiful metal a game are we is the cherry on top going to be a crappy topper right imagine making the most delicious ice cream Sunday and you put a a rotten cherry on top of it and you say here you go here's your Sunday that's what Stern did with the topper for Metallica it's garbage it's garbage $1,000 a, for that four flasher caps and just the logo nothing else no artwork from that incredible artist no no sculpts no nothing thousand F you know it's just like you know as much as I want to help Stern and George and Seth and G like I would love I would love nothing more than to like really help these guys out I I just I don't even know where to begin because I just think they don't understand the consequences of lazy moves like that there's there's no other because because you can't have a tiny little company in Benton Wisconsin showing you how it's done you can't have a tiny little company like outperforming you like in a lot of these ways and look I know that you make more games in a week than spooky pinball makes all year but that's about the change I don't mean about the change like volume wise but who's having more fun who's having more success who's sleeping better at night and I think that's the ultimate question who's sleeping better at night I mean you got all those mouss to feed you got to get it right you got to get it right um look I amum I love this game I I mean I I didn't see the feature at video when I did my podcast this morning so I've seen more of the game now and I absolutely think it's awesome I I think it's a great game I think it's um you know looks like it's going to be an easy game to shoot which is fine with me I I don't like games that are like too too difficult I I don't understand that I make the game hard with the code you know what I'm saying a game should be hard to get through because you've coded in a lot of different like fun stuff you have to hit combos but don't make a game just like drain happy or a brickfest I don't like you know again as I I said a lot it took a lot in me to lower the post on Guns and Roses but I had a lower the outlane post it just wasn't fun anymore I was just like I'm so tired of like every sling was like throwing the ball into the into the outlanes lower play field um yeah I don't know should I get one no well maybe I sold uh we have a contract in our New York City apartment so Canada is about to back I'm about to be back to being a little bit hopefully you know high on the hog a little bit uh because my monthly payments will be significantly less when I throw my New York City Apartment against this mortgage and then knock this mortgage down to to hardly anything um so super happy for these guys and I don't know what else is to say I mean I I like I hope you guys join Canada's pinball podcast uh we've got a great community over there it's it's been a lot of fun watching these companies over the years we're all sort of experts now uh on these companies and you know I really do think I really do think we're going to reach a point where it only you know we're only going to want to buy new in box from companies that bring the passion and games that are beautiful but soulless won't work games that are beautiful with no mechs won't sell games that are based on themes that the designer did not want to make won't be effective you can't hand people assignments that that doesn't make any sense to me and I think what spooky is going to show everybody is um you know there's a level of enthusiasm and there's a level of um commitment and responsibility I think they feel to nail these themes and I think we're going to see uh a thinning out of the pinball manufacturers that don't understand that and you know I I I'm really looking forward to the next couple years in pinball I I think it's going to be a brutal battle to bring magic back it's going to be a brutal battle the the charlatans are going to fail the mediocre pins are going to be worthless because no one's going to want them you know when when you've got like a mediocre pin and look spooky pinball has mediocre pins like no one wants an Ultram man now after this nobody's gonna want your John Wick nobody's gonna want your Venom nobody's gonna want you know fill in the the game that just kind of didn't hit nobody's gonna want it you know it's hard to Abba right it's like I just think there's like a lot of games out there where you know how are you going to sell me on a tank force game for 10 grand or a an Elton John for 15 you know it's just just come on $15,000 it's it's um it's a it's a whole new world it's a whole new world and it's a good one I'm glad we have this option and thank you guys for all the support you know if you're not a member of the Canada club by now and you're like new to pinball come on I need I need help to pay for the fireplace like let's look at this thing I love this oh look at that spooky pinballs on fire INF fuo thing does work it heats up the house nicely a little chilly Canada was a little chilly um Black Friday Canada club for the cheap pin heads I mean I don't know how to get any cheaper guys I mean it's like $5 a month a month I just went and bought uh some Dunkin Donuts coffee I always use coffee as an example because it's sure like one large cup of coffee is more than Canad spinball podcasts I I don't know I don't know I don't I Josh I don't know to I don't know what to do anymore like I don't know what I don't even know what more I could possibly do I mean no one does as much content as me nobody is on top of the news with the podcast as fast as I am Nobody Breaks as much news and information uh and leaks stuff more than Canada uh Jason nap is awesome he probably does so don't go running to Jason being like Canada said he breaks more than you no bill Brandis has not joined yet he uh he doesn't have time he only has time to hang out every time I go live for like an hour hour but he doesn't have time to listen to the podcast look again it's not even about like listening to the podcast just like showing support um what I do love of course I've watched the bear what I do love is I've massed uh the most amount of subscribers in the history of pinball podcasting which is fun and I think there's a lot of good shows out there but you know I think what makes the Canada Club different is we're not a bunch of pushovers we're not a bunch of shills not that everybody is that you know this is just me saying like I think my community has money I think they're collectors I don't think they're tournament Players I think they want to put fun stuff in their house but I think they want to get what they're they're paying for I think we we love it when Stern knocks it out of the park and I think we're embarrassed for stern when they mail it in you know because Stern has to make three games a year plus like a vault you know Stern's problem is consistently having to deliver a hit time and time again is their real issue uh and Stern's biggest issue is is basically burning their old buyers to create new buyers is going to be a huge problem for them um yeah I'm pretty much a little bit more expensive than one gallon of 93 octane gas Canadas fans equals high IQ with disposable income yeah I mean my my fan base is pretty well off um probably most of you are well more well off than I am but you know what it is again gang I look at life and you know the would it could have should have of how we all could have made more money to me it's not just about that it's about how enjoyable is is every day and you know as long as you're not struggling and you have some peace of mind and you have your health and your happiness I think you're um you're doing pretty damn well in a world in which most people are poor most people are living in Conflict regions of the world um most people don't have opportunities you know America is a beautiful country too I you know I've seen a lot of anti-American rhetoric Ellen degenerous wants to go live in Europe good don't let the door hit you on the way out what what like these losers who make all of their Fortune with the opportunities of America and the second they don't get their way they turn their back on America like get the F out of here like I'm sorry but that stuff just all these loser celebrities that want to leave now go ahead go ahead you never would have become who you are if you were you know anywhere else so yeah you know so interesting times you know the Jaguar decided to blow themselves up Bud Lights finally moving back to some good advertising um you know and I want to say this over the last couple weeks right post election I want to say thank you to everybody who's had constructive conversations around it and hasn't lost you know their cool uh I also want to say you know how disappointed I am in the fact that basically my best friend in pinball hasn't talked to me since the election hasn't talked to me once he's basically because I didn't vote the way he wanted me to vote and didn't even care to hear my reasons why he's stopped talking to me and this is someone I talk to every single day so um to me that's the real danger in in what politics has done to people is they've made it so black and white you know and in the end like I I'm I was gonna be fine either way like I don't really care who wins um no Greg Colton is awesome let me tell you something Greg Colton rare hero who I also talk to pretty much every day he's like Greg is like the greatest liberal moderate like normal dude with common sense imaginable you know so I I love Greg he is not uh he was trying to talk some sense into my friend no it's my friend Derek you know I'll say it like you know Dereck if you want to ghost me uh and it's pained you so much that your best buddy that has been nothing but kind and gracious to you just doesn't align with your vote uh I I'm saddened that you think that now I'm a bad person that everybody who didn't vote like you is a is a Nazi and a mon he called those monsters anyone who voted is a monster so I shared a picture of me and my family I said look at these look at these monsters look at us just because we might want a little bit more for our family a little bit more safety for our kids a little bit more this a little bit less that you know not everybody votes the same way not everybody has the same issues so anyway that's why I love pinball because at least it's a topic we can talk about where you know it doesn't lead to people I mean people do get angry and and fight you know in the DMS on pinball and stop talking to each other but I would never stop being friends with anybody I love uh because of some way they lean politically and and I think that's a you know I I think love needs to override you know pettiness I mean that and especially especially and I mean this when I say this people who don't have children who are adults you have no idea you'll never know what it's like to have to live for somebody else to have to sacrifice things you might want for somebody else you'll never understand what really thinking about the future means when the future means more than you and you know it's real easy to like to only think about yourself your biggest concern is where you're going to vacation next you know what new car you're going to get what meal you're going to go have yeah enjoy all that because you'll never know what it's like to look at young children and and need to figure out how do you pay for daycare do you get them educated how do you prevent them from falling into the rabbit holes of social media and you just want a better life for them and yeah I'm just gonna say it you want to put more money away for your family like these socialists like get out of town want to attack everyone who's worked hard for their money and do what build bigger government programs that have failed time and time again increase the estate tax increase the capital gains tax and then launch crap like unrealized gain taxes unrealized gains okay then force force you know women's sports to have to like compromise who they're playing against and it's stupid stupid I'm very socially liberal trust me I'm the most socially liberal person you'll meet anyway I always go off in these tangents lately because I've been bottling and up inside for so many years and I'm just tired of it all I I literally am tired of it all like I'm not allowed to say how I feel like you know what I'm saying like have you noticed that vibe in America have you noticed how all of a sudden now like I'm not a Maga hat wearing radical like I'm not like but I'm like I'm tired of always for the last 11 12 years I I can never I can never express how I feel at my job I can never express how I feel in meetings I can never like no one's I can never tell anybody well actually I'm a I'm a guy I'm a male in the demographic I don't think like that like maybe I don't want to have everything I love like alter to include everybody right maybe there's just star Wars fans that skew more male and older and maybe that's okay like everything doesn't have to be for everybody and I've watched so much stuff so much stuff just be like destroyed by people who don't even care about those things all they care about is jamming down our throats their their agenda and their social initiatives and what they are really trying to do is 100% destroy so many institutions and so many things that have brought people so much joy because it didn't bring joy to them and they don't care they're not Star Wars fans they're not video game players like that like why all of a sudden do you need to jam in to every single thing and you need to represent everybody in everything so what so Killian has to go watch PAW Patrol and you're going to have some nonbinary dog whatever the hell that means so then he has to then be confused about what is going on here and then the dogs don't even identify themselves as dogs they can identify themselves as any furry creature no no dogs are dogs boys will be boys it's okay if boys you know like attractive women we don't all have to have like blue hair and be angry at the world we don't have to anyway everybody H my channel you know again like I'm you'll never find someone with more friends that are diverse um I I respect and love everybody for their differences um but I also think there's something to be said um about authenticity and being Who You Are and not always having to apologize for you know being a boy a man that has urges that men have and considers these things to be attractive and those things to be unattractive right everybody's beautiful Everybody's In Shape everybody's sexy everybody no get out of here I work really hard to be in shape you know what I'm saying is like you know yeah you could put an out of shape guy on the cover of men's fitness why because he's mentally fit everyone's got mental health issues now everybody everybody if you don't want to go to work you can take a mental health day now sure okay cool cool you know I used to have to go in like we did the job job sucked I spent the first few years of my career at a photocopy machine it wasn't fun did couldn't take a mental health day we we strolled in hung over from the club from the night before spent my entire salary on bottle service at Marquee and crowbar had sparklers coming out with $400 bottles of Grey Goose never never once went home with a woman never got lucky but we kept doing it somehow we thought something was going to happen nothing ever did we just lost all our money but we had fun we had fun we'd wake up we go to like a deli or Diner at like 6:00 in the morning and then be at work by 9:00 hung over still drunk from the night before I haven't seen anybody no one comes in to work like that anymore nobody nobody's like struggling they just don't come in they don't come in anyway Christopher Franchi great job on the artwork gang I gota go this was my lunch break I decided to talk to all of you um my phone's ringing all right love you guys be good

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