# The Spooky road to Annihilation.

**Source:** Dead Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2017-09-18  
**Duration:** 6m 14s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPzwauH6ec

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## Analysis

Dead Flip documents a 9+ hour road trip from Illinois to Toronto, Canada to deliver what appears to be the first Spooky Pinball 'Total Nuclear Annihilation' machine to Ed Vanderveen (referenced as 'Kaneda'). The video is a vlog-style journey showing the cross-border transport of the machine, with humorous commentary about the drive, border crossing, and logistics.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Total Nuclear Annihilation is Spooky's next game (after Game of Thrones) — _Machine being transported is identified as 'total nuclear annihilation' and 'first number one off the line'; Death Flip and Matt Scott are delivering it_
- [HIGH] Ed Vanderveen is the recipient of the first Annihilation machine off the production line — _Stated as 'I'm excited to see Ed's face when he gets this first number one off the line total nuclear annihilation'; referred to as 'Ed's place' at destination_
- [HIGH] The trip from Illinois to Toronto is approximately 9+ hours one way — _Stated explicitly: 'this 9 hour trip one way. It might actually be longer'; journey milestones confirm extended duration_

### Notable Quotes

> "I'm excited to see Ed's face when he gets this first number one off the line total nuclear annihilation"
> — **Dead Flip (host)**, Early in video
> _Confirms Ed Vanderveen is receiving the first Annihilation machine and establishes the purpose of the journey_

> "We just Game of Thrones over the border and they gave us a police escort over to a very special building here where they're going to disassemble Matt Scott's car piece by piece"
> — **Dead Flip**, Mid-video at Canadian border
> _Humorous commentary on border crossing experience; indicates machine transport required security/official handling_

> "So we just Game of Thrones over the border and hopefully they let us in"
> — **Dead Flip**, Near Canadian border
> _References Game of Thrones repeatedly as inside joke/filler; suggests Spooky's previous major release_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Dead Flip | person | Content creator/host documenting the road trip; appears to be associated with 'We Are Pinball' |
| Matt Scott | person | Co-traveler with Dead Flip; owner of the CRV transporting the machine; based in Illinois |
| Ed Vanderveen | person | Recipient of the first Spooky Annihilation machine; appears to be associated with Kaneda's Pinball Podcast; based in Toronto area |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Total Nuclear Annihilation; previous game was Game of Thrones |
| Total Nuclear Annihilation | game | Spooky Pinball's next title; first machine being transported to Ed Vanderveen |
| We Are Pinball | organization | Appears to be affiliated with Dead Flip and Matt Scott; based in Illinois |
| Kaneda's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast associated with Ed Vanderveen; based in Toronto area |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Spooky Pinball production and new releases, First machine delivery and milestone
- **Secondary:** Cross-border machine transport logistics, Community engagement and content creation

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Upbeat, enthusiastic vlog documenting a community event. Hosts are excited about delivering the machine, making jokes throughout the journey despite fatigue. Humor and camaraderie dominate the tone.

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** First machine delivery milestone being celebrated with cross-border road trip and community documentation (confidence: high) — Dead Flip and Matt Scott's extensive road trip to deliver first unit to Ed Vanderveen; vlog-style documentation suggests significant community event
- **[community_signal]** Ed Vanderveen receiving first Annihilation machine suggests continued industry recognition and relationship with Spooky Pinball (confidence: medium) — Ed Vanderveen identified as recipient of first machine off production line; context suggests this is a significant honor in the community
- **[announcement]** Total Nuclear Annihilation confirmed as Spooky Pinball's next game following Game of Thrones (confidence: high) — Machine explicitly identified as 'total nuclear annihilation' and 'first number one off the line'; being transported for delivery

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## Transcript

Alright, it's 6 o'clock in the morning. Scott and I are heading off to get some coffee and then typing in the GPS to head to Canada Line. You can't even see my face, it's so freaking dark. We are in Illinois, near Scott's house with the machine stuffed into the back of his CRV and just getting a little, you know, coffee to make sure we can get our asses there on this 9 hour trip one way. It might actually be longer. Thank you, bub. Here we go. Just rolled through Michigan. We are seven hours and 20 minutes away. Yeah. Yeah. yeah this is gonna be pretty fun i'm excited to see ed's face when he gets this first number one off the line Total Nuclear Annihilation i got to touch it Scott and I are just getting on 69 here. Music I can do it I can't do it. Alright folks, we are two hours away from the America-Canada border. And I think overall just four and a half hours, five hours away from Toronto. One hour and eighteen minutes away from the Canadian border. once we get there hopefully we get through fingers crossed knock on wood follow the above we got to get this machine there boys oh they were nice enough to let us through Thanks. We're about to pass over the bridge to Canada and hopefully they let us in. No sir I don't understand what the hell a kilometer is. So we just got over the border and they gave us a police escort over to a very special building here where they're going to disassemble Scott's car piece by piece and it's gonna be fantastic. Ed we're gonna get this game to you buddy. We got the thumbs up! Just a handful more hours until we get to Ed's place. See you soon we're in Canada now and everything says kilometers and apparently the car doesn't really convert that well so we have absolutely no idea how fast we're going so there's a button somewhere phone settings can you say hey Siri convert vehicle. Just a little under two hours away We're really a little tired. We made it to Toronto. My man. We're still about 15 minutes from our final destination, but so far so good. The machine's still intact. So are we. We haven't been arrested yet, so here we go. Thank you.

_(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: d613c618-4c85-4030-bdf1-dde6670a9774*