Evil Dead's playfield is magnificently designed with proper integration of lower playfield and upper flipper

Chris has a background in the film industry and recently appeared on the Company Move podcast discussing this career

Host wants to acquire a Dirty Harry machine after playing the Medway example

Host previously restored both a Judge Dread and Star Trek Next Generation machine

Navy recruiter Chris spent $5,000 at Harry Potter store in London

The stock Meta Quest 3 head strap is uncomfortable and should be immediately replaced with a third-party solution

Bobo VR M3 Pro head strap is available on Amazon for approximately $50

Bobo VR M3 Pro features a floating design that reduces facial pressure compared to stock straps

Pass-through AR on Quest 3 is a game changer that enables natural interaction with surroundings while in VR

Quest 3 pancake lenses eliminate screen door effect and god rays present in Oculus Rift

Pinball FX VR settings are accessed by holding one's palm up to trigger a wrist-mounted menu

The Accessibility height setting in Pinball FX VR is essential for seated play comfort

Quest Game Optimizer (QGO) costs approximately $10 and enables community-validated graphics improvements for VR titles

For 10+ years, buying Limited Edition pinball games at release was a reliable strategy to make money or break even.

Stern Pinball lifted MAP pricing restrictions on distributors for the first time in 2023, allowing below-list-price sales.

Stern planned to release Anniversary Editions of Godzilla, Batman, and Jaws that would devalue existing LEs.

Distributors Cointaker and others successfully pressured Stern to reverse the Anniversary Edition plan.

$10,000 is a psychological price ceiling for pinball machines that consumers resist.

Scooby-Doo CE with Butter Cabinet lost $3,419 in value (11,169 → 7,750) within 12 months of release.

James Bond 60th Anniversary was priced at $19,999 on Stern's website but distros received it for ~$15,000 cost.

Stern previously lied to the community about production intentions (e.g., claiming no Walking Dead premiums would be made).

Jersey Jack makes too many Collector's Editions to legitimately call them 'Limited Editions.'

Distributors will resort to off-the-books discounting ('backdoor deals') to move excess inventory when new-in-box asking prices are too high.

Chris is the main figure behind BlamCon with gun enthusiast background

Chris of Canadia's Pinball Podcast has won the Twippy favorite podcast award every year since the awards began

This is my first year at INDISC and it's been my favorite pinball event that I've ever been to

This is Chris's first year attending INDISC

INDISC is Chris's favorite pinball event he has ever attended

Chris from Kaneda's Pinball Podcast gave an overly harsh review of Weird Al game

Space Jam JX USB encoders cost approximately $40 for a pair on Amazon

Pro Controller Wired Communication setting must be enabled in Switch System Settings for USB encoders to function

Space Jam JX encoders use button layout starting with X, A, B, Y (different from standard encoders starting with A)

Super Smash Bros. cannot be played with these USB encoders due to D-pad mapping incompatibility

USB encoders enable Nintendo Switch play on arcade-style games including Mortal Kombat 11, Street Fighter 2 Ultra, Streets of Rage 4, Cuphead, and Double Dragon

This USB encoder solution is significantly easier to install than previous Switch arcade cabinet workarounds requiring X-Arcade components or wireless controller rewiring

Paragon's gameplay strategy centers on knowing when NOT to flip rather than when to flip, requiring advanced flipper control

Funhouse was Harry Williams' last pinball using alphanumeric display

Ed Boon voiced Rudy in Funhouse

Pinball Arcade achieves superior performance and authenticity compared to FX and Future Pinball

Pinball Arcade has DirectX 11 rendering bug causing bottom-of-screen cutoff hiding flippers

Funhouse contains kidnapping narrative symbolism visible in backglass artwork

Pinball FX 2/3 has cartoony mechanics and corny dialogue compared to other emulators

Walmart is releasing Mortal Kombat 1 compact arcade cabinet with six buttons and block buttons on far right

Willy Wonka has seven magnets, more than any recent pinball game

The upper playfield on Black Knight: Swords of Rage Pro may play like a brick or undesirable east-west machine if not set up perfectly

Willy Wonka shot design and layout is brilliant and comparable to classic game designs

Iron Maiden Pro is the best game Stern has released since Metallica

Early AC/DC Premium and LE machines developed haze on the lower playfield plastic

Fish Tales censorship is justified because it's a free bundled table requiring higher content standards than paid tables

Insert labels on Eldorado don't match the in-game callouts; the airfield insert actually refers to the U-turn shot

Chris didn't discover Tesla had modes for months of play

Mars table rules were improved in FX3 compared to FX2, suggesting Zen can fix early tables through iteration

Eldorado is Chris's second-least favorite Zen Pinball table overall

V12 is Chris's absolute least favorite Zen Pinball table

Tesla required months of play before Chris discovered it had actual modes via the central dial mechanic

Taxi is an unrewarding game in real play despite good maintenance; most casual players struggle to score over 1 million

Creature from the Black Lagoon plays significantly different and more difficult in real life versus Pinball Arcade digital version

Stern pinball machines lack standard headphone port features, making soundtrack audio unavailable to players

Pinball machine Taxi variant at Netherworld is owned/maintained by a specific private collector who leases it to venue

Chris makes notable championship-level saves and demonstrates strong play throughout the tournament

Chris achieved a five billion point high score on Creature from the Black Lagoon in TPA before the beta update

Creature from the Black Lagoon in the new TPA build is significantly more difficult and Chris could not activate multiball in a dozen-plus games

Stern Pinball tables will not appear on Arcooda's platform unless Arcooda negotiates a separate license with Stern

Stern pinball machines use digitized speaker-based replay knocker sounds rather than physical knockers in modern machines

The Arcooda cabinet integration level with backglass lighting and coil mapping was never contemplated by Farsight during previous cabinet support discussions

Doom table features Nine Inch Nails-style music similar to Trent Reznor's original game score

Force Awakens is more fun and playable than Might of the First Order despite less realistic physics

Haunted House is the worst table Chris has played, rivaling or exceeding his dislike of Going Nuts

Phantom of the Opera's wizard goal design is nearly impossible due to timing constraints in Farsight's implementation

Super League Football could be built as a physical pinball machine with modern engineering

Samson USB microphone (~$20) delivers professional audio quality comparable to higher-end recording equipment