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KANEDA LIVE Dungeon Crawler Carl Reveal

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·analyzed·Jul 27, 2026
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TL;DR

Multimorphic reveals Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game P3 modules; Kaneda critiques marketing and platform accessibility.

Summary

Kaneda hosts a live reaction to Multimorphic's announcement of two new P3 modular games: Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game. Both titles launched simultaneously at noon ET with gameplay videos, pricing ($12,350 and lower for Ender's Game), and no limited edition variants. Kaneda critiques the marketing strategy, platform barriers, lack of FOMO, and the content creator preview strategy, while acknowledging impressive mechanical engineering but questioning mass-market appeal.

Key Claims

  • Multimorphic is removing FOMO by offering no limited edition versions and stating they will make as many units as people want

    high confidence · Kaneda discussing Jerry's stated production philosophy during the livestream analysis

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game have different mechanical sculpts and will not be interchangeable software-only downloads

    high confidence · Kaneda's direct observation: 'it does not seem like people will be like downloading the software from one game and playing it on the other with the sheer significant difference in the sculpts'

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl pricing is $12,350 for game kit only, and Ender's Game is priced lower

    high confidence · Kaneda reading pricing directly from Multimorphic's website announcement

  • Portal modular kit came in two versions priced around $3,500 and $5,500

    medium confidence · Kaneda recalling from previous Portal pricing: 'I think there was like a $3,500 version and a $5,500 version'

  • Gameplay videos for both games were announced as coming the next day, not launching simultaneously with the reveal

    high confidence · Kaneda reading site copy: 'Gameplay videos tomorrow'

  • Stern Pokemon is priced at $13,000 for Limited Edition, suggesting Multimorphic's engineering is comparable despite lower pricing

    high confidence · Kaneda's comparative analysis: 'like a $13,000' Stern Pokemon versus $12,350 Dungeon Crawler Carl pricing

  • Content creator previews and leaked cell phone images preceded the official Monday noon announcement

    high confidence · Kaneda: 'we've got another crappy cell phone camera images leaking a machine' and references to content creators recording before the announcement

  • Jerry (Multimorphic owner) is hiring pinball content creators to provide marketing and sales support for the platform

    high confidence · Kaneda: 'Jerry does need, this is probably why he's hiring all these pinball content creators to do this and a little bit more charisma'

Notable Quotes

  • “They will take your money, but you won't get your game for like six months.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:05:00 — Kaneda expressing skepticism about small manufacturer production timelines and the wisdom of pre-ordering

  • “The engineering in Transformers was a huge miss that they didn't get Optimus to transform... for this much money, you got to give a little bit more.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:07:30 — Establishing a standard for mechanical 'wow factor' at premium pinball price points

  • “This is the best multimorphic game to date. That's like without a doubt... It's the most impressive mechanically.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:35:00 — High praise for Dungeon Crawler Carl's engineering despite reservations about the theme and platform

  • “Without any limited edition number, without any FOMO, not sure why you'd feel compelled to order right now knowing that the time frame to get it is going to be very significant.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:22:00 — Core criticism of Multimorphic's removal of scarcity-driven purchasing incentives

  • “I think if you're a fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl, you're going to be excited by what you just saw... If you're not a fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl, I just don't think you're going to jump in.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:48:00 — Identifying the core market challenge: niche IP appeal limiting addressable market beyond existing fans

  • “The larger question for everyone who's going to pull the trigger on this platform is you need to feel like you're going to buy some of those older modulars... and you're also going to commit to buying more P3 games down the road.”

    Kaneda @ ~0:52:00 — Explaining the true cost-of-ownership problem for P3 collectors and portfolio expansion costs

  • “It's very dorky. It's very nerdy. It's very geeky. And I get why people like it. Okay. It's just not for me.”

    Kaneda @ ~1:00:00 — Personal opinion on Dungeon Crawler Carl's niche audience appeal

Entities

MultimorphiccompanyDungeon Crawler CarlgameEnder's GamegameP3productKanedapersonJerrypersonTJpersonPokemon

Signals

  • ?

    announcement: Multimorphic simultaneously announced two P3 modular games (Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game) at Monday noon with gameplay videos

    high · Official Multimorphic website announcement; Kaneda watched both reveal videos live during broadcast

  • ?

    product_strategy: Multimorphic eliminated limited edition tiers and announced unlimited production, removing scarcity-based purchasing incentives

    high · Kaneda: 'no limited edition version, which is interesting' and 'Jerry's removed all FOMO' and 'he's going on the record for saying he's going to make as many as people want'

  • $

    market_signal: P3 platform creates significant market segmentation; niche IP (Dungeon Crawler Carl) limits addressable market to existing fans only

    high · Kaneda: 'if you're not a fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl, I just don't think you're going to jump in' and discussion of platform commitment costs

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Dungeon Crawler Carl features substantial mechanical additions including large spinning disc with rotating targets, massive upper playfield with articulated arm mechanism

    high · Kaneda analyzing video: 'got a lot in this game... massive spinning disc with targets that can rotate... whole upper play field and you get the arm'

  • ?

    product_concern: Small manufacturers (Multimorphic) face extended production cycles; customers ordering now should expect 6+ month delivery delays

    high · Kaneda: 'They will take your money, but you won't get your game for like six months' and 'You're not going to get it anytime soon'

Transcript

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0:04
All right, we are live. Studio Canada. No fancy ceiling lights, nothing. Just a mic, a Pokemon with no code. And we're going to see this multimorphic game. Let's do this, baby. Let's do this. Let's get everybody on Patreon in here. How many people are going to order on day one? So, I'm already hearing that um that this is going to be like end of the year is when they're going to ship these games. It's going to be funny, man. It's going to be funny. I'm just gonna, you know, I'm just going to sit back and watch the newbies not understand the way the production cycles are of these small companies. But we'll see. We'll see. Aussiey's gonna get one. How many people are going in? What's it going to be, Ralph? Jamie, flipping out. All the content creators are ready in just 12 minutes. They will take your money, but you won't get your game for like six months. No one wants to say that. How many weird house are for sale? Look, it's um I I I still think that that the way to go, the play is simply to just wait until November. I mean, it's not I'm not saying don't buy stuff, just don't buy stuff right now, you know? It's um it's just like there's no point. You're not going to get it anytime soon. And we know how this thing always goes is like the ability to cut the line and get one like it's going to happen cuz like
1:53
what's up?
1:55
Huh?
1:57
Joy.

“If your name is Carl, you get like $100 off the price... that's just a simple thing that is fun and brings personality into your launch and makes people talk.”

Kaneda @ ~1:03:00 — Criticism of bland marketing execution and suggestion for creative launch tactics

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Transformersgame
The Princess Bridegame
Stern Pinballcompany
American Pinballcompany
Barrels of Funcompany
Jamie Bushnellperson
Carrieperson
Retro Ralphperson
Tommyperson
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[name withheld pending review]person
  • ?

    leak_detection: Multimorphic allowed content creators early access, resulting in leaked cell phone images and preview content circulating before official Monday announcement

    high · Kaneda: 'we've got another crappy cell phone camera images leaking a machine' and references to Comic Con seminar preview

  • ?

    industry_signal: Pinball dealer allegedly posted game listing on personal site before official launch to gain competitive advantage over other dealers

    medium · Kaneda calling out 'Tommy': 'he put up his page... That's a really crummy thing to do... trying to snake the other dealers... These guys have no integrity'

  • ?

    content_signal: Multimorphic hired pinball content creators to produce promotional material and add 'charisma' and 'sales sizzle' to platform launches

    high · Kaneda: 'this is probably why he's hiring all these pinball content creators' and references to Jamie, Carrie producing reveal content

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Ender's Game pinball delivery diverges significantly from source material tone; adapted as Disney-style family-friendly interpretation rather than darker Lord of the Flies-style drama

    high · Kaneda: 'Delivering Enders game like this feels a lot more familyfriendly... the book itself is much more of a uh of a serious sort of Lord of the Flies'

  • $

    market_signal: Pinball secondary market showing signs of saturation; operators and collectors struggling to move inventory at asking prices compared to historical liquidity

    medium · Kaneda: 'I'm hearing more and more stories from people about how they can't move their games like they used to and people are still asking in name prices'

  • ?

    product_strategy: Official launch videos created by content creators (e.g., Buffalo pinball guy) rather than internal marketing team; Kaneda critiques lack of sex appeal and charisma in presentation

    medium · Kaneda: 'Having the Buffalo pinball guy do the video, not really what I would have done... I would have had a hot chick... I don't know why we're still getting like old guys up there'

  • $

    market_signal: Premium pinball pricing compressed across manufacturers ($12,000-$13,000 range); Multimorphic positioning slightly below Stern despite comparable engineering, yet targeting niche audiences

    high · Kaneda pricing comparison: Dungeon Crawler Carl $12,350 vs. Stern Pokemon $13,000 vs. Stern Star Wars comparisons

    • 2:00
    Oh, okay. Hold on.
    2:10
    Um, yeah. Hold on. All right, let's see. Let's see what this is. The big question is, does Carl transform? Well, we're going to see. Oh man, everyone calling me now.
    3:07
    Hold on. Let me just let me just make a call real quick. Hold on, guys. I'm put you on mute because we we have 10 minutes. Everybody gather here.
    4:29
    Sorry. We're back. We're back. We're back. We just had to do a little We got nine minutes. Nine minutes. How many are they going to sell? Well, look, every look, we we've seen like Star Wars fan base not cross over properly. We've seen Pokemon fan base. I don't know, man. Like, I really don't know what to tell you. I think it's getting hard to just sell any pinball on the normal platforms. So, it's just getting difficult to do that. So, it's even harder to sell on a platform that, you know, you have to really want to go all in on it. And and we're going to see uh what the response is. I definitely think what's going to be fun to see is just engineering. You know, I think when we look at Thank you for the 20 bucks, Buddy Lee. Pump for the best mech in pinball this year. Well, that's the thing, buddy. I just, you know, I think what this game will do is highlight the sheer lack of engineering in games like this. You know, there wasn't much. There's like no the engineering in Transformers was a big miss, right? It was a huge engineering miss that they didn't get Optimus to transform. And I and I think everyone's, you know, Sonic, when you think about it, has got some cool stuff mechanically, not as much as like older JJP games. We're sort of in a place now where for this much money, you know, you got to give a little bit more. Boom. I think there's going to be more mechanical boom in Goonies than there is in Beetlejuice. Seeing Back to the Future doesn't really have nearly as much mechanical wow as the big Labowski. It doesn't. So, I I just think like that's what a lot of people are looking at now. Where is this launch going to happen? Does anyone know because I want to pull up the page like where is this thing taking place? Is it going to be like a video? We'll watch it together. I'll share screen. We'll do all that that fun stuff. So, here is like let's see multimorphic. I don't know if they ban me or not. I don't think so. just don't go to Multimorphic Facebook page very often. Gota be honest. Multimorphic pinball news. I don't know, man. I don't know if it's coming up. Here we go. Multimorphic pinball deolved. All right.
    6:55
    All right. Okay. So, I'm on their Facebook page. It should be on their website. Let's see. I know Jamie's got some um stuff, too. Hitting
    7:18
    just like Yeah, these websites. I don't know where to look. All right, we'll um we'll find it. Well, noon is in six minutes, so we're all going to check in together and see it. I don't think it's going to We've already kind of seen it. This is why it's a little like underwhelming. I I mean, I did my show about this today. I don't understand why he didn't just have all the content go up when the Comic Con seminar happened. Maybe he didn't know it was going to happen. Again, none of this is like none of this is shocking to anybody here that we've got another crappy cell phone camera images leaking a machine. Like that is the part for the course. Are there any videos of it? I'm sure there's going to be videos. I know they had some content creators come over and record stuff. So, it's on their me. It says check at noon. Where where does it say check at noon? Let's see. We're in store. Where does it say check at noon? I'm on their website. Oh, here we go. Announcement coming soon. Check back on Monday at noon Eastern time. All right, that's in four minutes. I see it. I see it. Let's share screen. Let's see if that's where this is going to. All right, here we are in four minutes. We expected to go here.
    9:04
    Well, you know the um what I'm really curious about because I think we've seen the mechs. I curious about the code, curious about the build timeline. I'm not in on this, guys. I'm literally just spent like a ton on an Italian vacation. I'm going to spend a ton on a vacation in Japan and I've got like Beetlejuice, Goonies, and Back to the Future. So, trust me when I say like it doesn't even matter what I see here. I'm not in on this. I I just You know what's funny is, you know, I should be a candidate for P3 because I really only have room for one game, but you know, I just I like the way the artwork looks when the game's turned off. I can't can't do the screen thing. Yeah, but Azie Azie, why would he plan it that way? Why would you want Why would you serve up the first look to an audience that's not likely to buy? Aussie, it's bad marketing. So don't Aussie, don't even even if you did plan it that way, it's it's bad marketing. You you do not la like you get one chance to launch and let people see something. It was just bad marketing. I don't know what to tell you. Like it it if that was their plan, then it was a bad plan. Again, I don't really care. We're going to see it in three minutes. doesn't matter. Like sometimes this desire to make a mountain out of a molehill is is ridiculous. I I still think, you know, it's going to be difficult to sell a few hundred of these, you know, full games, if you will. I think anyone who owns a P3 is going to get the the modular kit. And so that's like I'm assuming it'll be around the Portal price. There was like two different versions of Portal. There was like a I think there was like a $3,500 version and a $5,500 version. So, all of our questions should be answered in two minutes. Has it leaked on Pinside yet? Let's see. I feel like I feel like this stuff always leaks early. Um, but let's see. Dungeon Crawler Carl hype thread. 20 pages long, man. It's pretty cool. Like it's got way more hype thread going here than Oh, here we go. Look at Look at Nitro, man. Tommy put up his assets before everybody. What? Like that's a crummy thing to do, Tommy. Like he put up his Let's go there. He put up his page. That's a really crummy thing to do. Even just to go early to try to snake the other dealers. Like these guys have no integrity, man. I'm I'm just sorry. Like he knows what he's doing. Like here. So now we can see the game on his site. Let's see the screen. Trying to see like where I mean there's a lot of sculpts in this game. But I kind of need a video. All right, let's go back to the multimorphic page. Let's do that. And I hope it's more than just It's noon. I'm reloading. Nothing yet. Gameplay videos tomorrow. What? You You're telling me they're not going to launch with a video? So, they're going to take orders. Come on, man. Like, this whole thing is silly. Like, I want I need to see a video. But where is the video? I'm reloading their page. It is now noon. Okay, here we go. All right.
    13:14
    Hello, crawlers. Welcome to the dungeon on beh
    13:18
    Okay, let's go. Now, we're going to share here. Let's do this. up. Okay, it's live. I know. I know. Relax, guys. Let's do dungeon crawler Carl first.
    13:32
    Hello crawlers. Welcome to the dungeon. On behalf of the Bor Corporation, I want to thank you for volunteering and I wish you all good luck and a happy crawl.
    13:44
    Volunteering my
    13:46
    Carl. Please remember the universe is watching.
    13:50
    HI, SE. [ __ ] SAYS HI ALSO. Isn't that right [ __ ]
    14:05
    Yoohoo. What the girl got to do to get a shorty dirty?
    14:10
    It's dirty Shirley. And don't get drunk.
    14:13
    I'M GOING TO KILL YOUR MOTHER.
    14:14
    NEW ACHIEVEMENT. You've killed a mob. You're a murderer. He probably had a family. A battle Ralph Frenzied Terble.
    14:28
    As Miss Beatatrice used to say, time to pay the daddy tax.
    14:32
    God damn it, donut.
    14:38
    I really like that.
    14:41
    HOARDER. A LITTLE HELP HERE.
    14:45
    MY MISSILES aren't ready yet.
    14:47
    You need to fill your mana before you can cast spells. Cast now.
    14:53
    Magic missile.
    14:57
    NOT COOL. THAT WAS MY BRO.
    15:01
    Confusing fog.
    15:04
    BRO, I can't see. Cracker clone.
    15:08
    Keep them away. I need to make a goddamn smoothie.
    15:11
    Fireball or custard?
    15:14
    Custard. Yummy. THE BALL OF SWINE.
    15:21
    HERE it comes. BRACE. ONE MORE STAB. COME HERE. [ __ ]
    15:30
    PLOT WORK TRIPLICATE.
    15:32
    Sick them. Goose boy. Goose. [ __ ] Let's go talk to Morai. Open your boxes. Get some rest and reset your buffs.
    15:43
    Listen, kid. As your attorney, all I can say is you'd better think long and hard before you decide what floor you want to visit next.
    15:49
    Carl, you idiotic, bumbling, fitless imbecile.
    15:53
    Eat a BAG OF PONY.
    15:55
    QUIT DRAWING AND GET ON WITH IT.
    15:57
    You can't hide meat.
    15:59
    You come for donut or Carl. You come for all of us.
    16:02
    Glurper.
    16:04
    That's it for now. Now get out there and kill kill kill.
    16:14
    Okay, let's see what we got here price-wise. We've got Okay, so no limited edition version, which is interesting. 12350 game kit only. Okay, I think that's a little cheaper than Portal. Um, look, that was a lot. That was a lot to take in. Um, a lot to take in. There was a lot. Let's go now and watch the Enders game video. Um, next. Okay, let's just I just want to watch everything first and then we will discuss a little bit quickly. Hold on. Just game chair. Two games at once. Really feels like
    16:53
    the bugger threat is real and we need the next generation commanders. The fate of the planet is in your hands. Enderwan, welcome to battle school. Let's do this.
    17:07
    Skillshot.
    17:10
    Excellent worker. Let's get you into the trading room.
    17:16
    Agility trading.
    17:19
    Whoa.
    17:21
    Nice throw. This looks like a handy skill.
    17:26
    Balanced emotions are key to a good commander. Channel your sister to better recruit allies. Empathy will help you recruit your team.
    17:36
    Ready to fight, commander.
    17:38
    Welcome to the team.
    17:41
    Harness your aggression to prevail in fights.
    17:44
    Build your anger and no one will ever defeat you.
    17:51
    To make it through this school, you'll need to learn how to defend yourself.
    17:58
    Defense training started. You have to get creative in battle.
    18:06
    Dragon army, report to the battle room. Dragon versus badger.
    18:12
    Our mission is to completely freeze their soldiers.
    18:15
    Let's get them. They're spreading out and attacking from all corners.
    18:21
    We've got them on the run.
    18:23
    Excellent work, Commander. The victory ritual awaits.
    18:27
    I'm locked in. Helmet is locked in, sir. I'm locked in, commander.
    18:36
    Last helmet in position. Ender pop multiball. All of this is to prepare you for the real enemy. Ender Game by Multimorphic.
    19:23
    Remember the enemy's gate is down.
    19:28
    Okay. So, Ender's game is a little cheaper. Okay. Wow. I I feel like it's exhausting um to hear all the call. There's a lot. First of all, I think those were both really good videos. I want to say like I think they both showed a lot more of the game than we see in a lot of pinball launch videos. So, thank you for that. I think I actually think the light show and Ender Game looks like cooler than the Carl light show, but again, they're running off the same hardware, so ostensibly they could create the same thing. Um the um you know I I just think let's let's analyze this thing like from a mechanical standpoint. I mean it's got a lot in this game, right? That that that massive spinning disc with targets that can rotate and be those targets are close to the flipper, man. When those targets are in front of your flippers, yeah, you are looking at uh yeah, that that's coming back quickly. Um, man, I just think the I don't know, Django, like I just felt like the Enders game, like the call outs, I mean, there's a reason why they had like a young girl playing it. It just felt a little like I think Enders Game is a hard theme to translate because it's like it's very childlike in its delivery. Again, with this target demographic, I think the dungeon crawler Carl obviously has a lot more like an I get what they did. I mean, just to look at both of them, like one's an adult theme and one's a fan familyfriendly theme. Like, dungeon crawler Carl is clearly not a familyfriendly game. There's going to be a lot of swearing, a lot of cursing. It's kind of like they're Rick and Morty. Um, but the the like code looks more developed on Ender's game than it does on Dungeon Crawler Carl. I'm you know, it just it seemed like it was more dynamic stuff happening on the screen. Um, you know, look, I like both themes be I I think Carl is definitely like the lead horse here. Um, the fact that you get you get the whole upper play field and you get the arm. This is a big mech. You know, this is like a this looks like a pretty substantial addition, if you will, to your multimorphic cabinet if you have one for the I mean, look, the money you're at you're you're 5250. you're you're at the price of a lot like an entire game when you're thinking about, you know, near near that ballpark of a Stern Pro. But, you know, look, we're in pinball now where like everything like Yukon Yeti is freaking 10 grand. Um, are there more details? Are there more details on like when and you know how See, here's the mistake I think that's happened though. Jerry's removed all FOMO. So I was shocked that there is not a different edition of either game with exclusive topper and you know that's why the price I think was a little bit more with Portal. I think it came with the topper the the collector's edition of Portal. I do think here's here's the mistake. He's he's gone on the record for saying he's going to make as many as people want. Right? So there's no limited edition here. They take a long time to make games. So, I just without any limited edition number, without any FOMO, not sure why you'd feel compelled to order right now knowing that the time frame to get it is going to be very significant. So, with that in mind, look, I think if you're a dungeon crawler, Carl fanatic and that those call outs and all that stuff speaks to you, you're going to knock yourself out, right? I just don't know it. I don't haven't listened to the audiobooks. It doesn't do anything for me. Sort of watching the code. I've read Ender Game. It's a little like I I don't know what's weird about seeing Ender Game delivered in such a more of like a comical light-hearted way is that's not really what the book is all about. You know, the Enders Enders Game is is much more of a of a drama than it is like a Disney flick, right? This feels a little bit like if Disney were to make an Enders game, it would kind of look and feel and sound like that. Um, in the book itself, it's much more of a uh of a serious sort of Lord of the Flies kind of book with bullying and trying to survive and, you know, it's got a darker nature to it. And I I think Delivering Enders game like this feels a lot more familyfriendly. And again, I I I see what they're doing is they've developed all this and now they, you know, they they ostensibly can sell two games um versus one. I now now looking at them like this, it it does not seem like people will be like downloading the software from one game and playing it on the other with the the sheer significant difference in the sculpts and like the look and feel of the games. So, I think um you know, I think it's going to come down to like the produ like a few things. I think if you're a fan of these themes, they've got your attention. If you're not, I think it's going to be hard to sort of warm up to it, if you will. I think some people might explore the books now that it's become part of pinball, but it it is like it it's that's going to be like if if we think about the doors or the mental steps people need to go through to order one, I think, you know, first and foremost like are you a fan of these themes? Okay, so that's going to be that first question. Then are you comfortable waiting the the amount of time you're going to have to wait to get it? So that's the second question. Do you want to see more of what's coming from other manufacturers before you pull the trigger? But it's crystal clear that like Jerry's got a lot of engineers over there that are doing some interesting things that we're not seeing from other pinball companies. And from a pure engineering standpoint, it's it's really like impressive what these guys are putting, you know, into the games when you look over and you see like a $13,000. Now given Stern is paying for the Pokemon license, right? But there's a lot of engineering happening, reverse engineering to make more happen in in this platform. So the you know the mechs have been look the mechs have been very impressive since like heist really right. So they've got like a lot of really impressive engineering going on. It's just to me it's just it's the ultimately it comes down to this platform again just is the big hurdle for people and the the if you want to put it into your collection. You know, you've got to really want this sort of pinball evolved platform. And again, that's just a decision like each and every one of you needs to make. Um, you know, I've always had fun playing the P3 at shows, but I haven't really felt this um like compelled to buy one. Mainly because like there hasn't ever been a theme that's been a theme that's like, you know, the closest I think they got was Princess Bride for me. Not really sure how many people like bought the Princess Bride. Like you don't really I was just saying this the other day, you don't really see many people talking about these things. And you know, and I will say like I think Jerry does need, this is probably why he's hiring all these pinball content creators to do this and a little bit more charisma, a little bit more sales sizzle for his platform. Like when he talks about it, he gets a little stern, a little serious. He's like the engineer. I get it. There's a reason why the engineering department and the marketing department usually have different different employees and and different goals and objectives. Um, but I just I look at this and I'm like, "All right, cool." Like there's it's this is like the best multimmorphic game to date. That's like without a doubt. Like this is the best multimorphic game to date. It's the most impressive mechanically. Uh, I think the adult sort of theme and cursing is good. I do. I think uh Jerry needs a game that has a little bit more swagger and and a lot more like sort of uh edgginess to it. Having the Buffalo pinball guy do the video, not really what I would have done, you know? I would have had a hot chick. Just just being honest, man. I don't know why like we're still getting like old guys up there. Like come on, man. Like add some sex appeal that I'm just being candid. Being candid. Like look, I'm just saying like it's hard for these guys to like come across as like I that you know just ma make it make it sexy. Um you are not going to make fun of the crockpot lid. What What was that? Was that where the it opens up and the magnet or the or the whole like circular thing? What what what's the crockpot lid? is that there's there there is a P4 in development. No, there's not. Is there? Um, there's not a P4, is there, in development? I look, I I mean, look, I don't know, man, where people get the money to keep these dreams going, but and I know it is a 10-year-old platform. Well, I don't know if if there's a P4 in development, then who's going to want to buy the last game on the P3. It's like I don't know, man. I don't know. Look, I I just encourage all of you guys out there, knock yourselves out if you feel the need to pull the trigger. I think with no FOMO, no limited edition numbers here. I think buying now is is is kind of silly. I think all these pinball companies removing their own FOMO is silly. I think they need to do the opposite. I think they need to add more reasons to buy now. They need to add more secondhand value with limited edition games. I think, you know, I even think like making 300 more Goonies is like I don't I wouldn't do this. Like I just think we're oversaturated to begin with and everyone just keeps creeping up wanting to make more and more and more. It's like it's also like there's no reason why David Vaness doesn't just tell you the next theme because he can't sell any more dunes and anymore Winchesterers. you know, there's there's and I think we're going to get that on Friday. I think we're going to see what the next game from Barrels of Fun is, but it's just really going to be I I think people are just kind of good and they want to see what everything is before they pull the trigger. But look, I I think I'm being fair here. If you're a fan of Dungeon Crawler, Carl, you're going to be excited by what you just saw. You know what I'm saying? Like I you probably thought you were never getting a Dungeon Crawler Carl game, but I think if you're not a fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl, I just don't think you're going to jump in. It was different when like Rick and Morty hit, right? And a lot of people, even if you hadn't seen Rick and Morty, Scott, the Scott Deni element helped, the spooky love helped. And also like, you know, Rick and Morty was a traditional pinball machine. Again, the the the larger question for everyone who's going to pull the trigger on this platform is you need to feel like you're going to buy some of those older modulars modules modulars and you're also going to commit to buying more P3 games down the road. And again, you see how quickly that turns into not just a $12,000 proposition. You know, you add Portal, you're now at 17,000. You add Princess Bride, you're now at $22,000. You know, so this is what happens is historically the people that have bought a lot of these kits have had a hard time selling their units. And if you do want to move on, it's not easy to like to do that where it's a lot easier to sell traditional games. It's it's actually getting increasingly harder to sell some of these older games. I'm hearing more and more stories from people about how they can't move their games like they used to and people are still asking in name prices for things or their games are just sitting. So, is there a video of the thing? Yeah, gamer fridge. Where you been, man? We watch Should we watch it again? Let's watch it again. Let's watch the Carl one again and um and just see, you know, I I do appreciate this video. I think it's a great three minute video. I think they show off the game in a really nice light. I don't even need content from a content creator. I think there's enough here. Did anyone else did like Jaime's content go live anywhere? Has anyone seen like Jaime's content?
    33:11
    Let's see. Dungeon crawler Carl. Let's watch it again. All right,
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    brawlers. Welcome to the dungeon. On behalf of the Boring Corporation, I want to thank you for volunteering and I wish you all GOOD LUCK AND A happy crawl.
    33:33
    Volunteering my ass.
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    Carl, please remember the universe is watching.
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    Hi, Z. [ __ ] says hi also.
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    Isn't that right, [ __ ] you. Oh, what I got to do to get a short I just want to ask I just want to ask a question because I want to Is this this is a neoight question. I was on Princess Bride. Was there not a screen on the backbox area? Like I'm just confused. Is it Is the backbox area is the only screen in the game below the glass? I thought there is a screen. Is the screen I thought this there was a screen in Princess Bride? No. In the upgraded units traded translate for screen. It's standard now. The backbox has a screen on newer game. Okay. So the the back box is a screen. Okay. Is there code there though? Does code go into that screen area or not? Is it just the translate? All right.
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    You What's the girl got to do to get a shorty dirty?
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    It's dirty. Shirley. And don't get drunk.
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    I'm going TO KILL YOUR MOTHER.
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    NEW ACHIEVEMENT. You've killed A MOB. YOU'RE A MURDERER. He probably had a family. BATTLE RALPH FRENZIED TERBLE.
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    As Miss Beatatrice used to say, time to pay the daddy tax.
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    God damn it, donut. I really liked that. HOARDER. A LITTLE HELP HERE.
    35:33
    MY MISSILE IS aren't ready yet.
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    You need to fill your mana before you can cast spells. Cast now.
    35:41
    Magic missile.
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    NOT COOL. THAT WAS MY BRO.
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    Confusing fog.
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    BRO, I CAN'T SEE. Cracker clone.
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    Keep them away. I need to make a goddamn smoothie.
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    Fireball or custard?
    36:03
    Custard. Yummy. The ball OF SWINE.
    36:10
    Here it comes. BRACE. ONE MORE STAB.
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    Come here. [ __ ]
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    CLOCKWORK. TRIPLICATE.
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    SICKUM.
    36:23
    Goose boy. Goose. [ __ ] Let's go talk to Morai. Open your boxes. Get some rest and reset your buffs.
    36:32
    Listen, kid. As your attorney, all I can say is you'd better think long and hard before you decide what floor you want to visit next. Carl, you idiotic, bumbling, fitless imbecile.
    36:41
    Eat a BAG OF PONY.
    36:43
    QUIT DRAW TOYING AND GET ON WITH IT.
    36:45
    You can't hide meat.
    36:48
    You come for donut or Carl. You come for all of us.
    36:51
    Glurper.
    36:53
    That's it for now. Now get out there and kill kill.
    36:59
    Oh man. Okay. I have to be let's see if you just close your eyes and listen to that as a grown man. It's a little like I don't know, man. I I get like if you like these audiobooks, more power to you, but it it's not really like it's a little cringey. It's a little cringy, guys. you all like, you know, it just feels like it feels like the Dungeons and Dragons Club kids like made this call outs like I I'm just like I I don't know, man. I just want to say this. You know what? Knock yourselves out if you're into DCC. You know what I'm not going to argue with anybody. I'm not going to argue with what you love. Go buy it. Go order it. Do your thing. I just to me I don't know, man. Like, it's not my thing. It's just not I'm allowed to like pick and choose in a world in which I can choose from Transformers and Sonic the Hedgehog and Pokemon and Fallout and Goonies and Back to the Future. This whole like dungeon crawler Carl like thing, it's just not for me. It's just not for me. But that being said, I can be impressed by the mechanical wow in the game. I still think the mechanical team over there should just go work for American Pinball. Are you listening, Brian? Are you listening? Hire these guys. You know, I think his name is TJ. I think he's been there like a decade. It's going to be hard to get TJ out of Multimorphic, but man, make him an offer. You can't He can't refuse. But it is what it is. You know, look, that's just it. Like, I'm not like, look, I I I just I it's it's a thing, man. I get it. I get it. Some of you are into this thing. And I I think Transformers when you close your eyes and you hear the code, man, it just makes you feel like a kid again. And and this I I don't know, man. I don't know. I think there's a lot of like It's very dorky. It's very nerdy. It's very geeky. And I get why people like it. Okay. It's just not for me. Is there is Jaime's video up? You know, they nailed it. Who nailed it? Azie, I look I don't know. I don't know. It's like weird because Azy's excited about everything and you know I he's gonna order it and that's cool. You know, we love Azie. I want to play some Carl. Yeah. No, look, I the the thing is is like the gameplay videos are going to be soon. Again, no FOMO, no orders. Like if you don't create any urgency to order. I think those I think it's just I'll play it. I'm surprised he didn't think about doing something in. You know what I would have done? Just being honest. If your name is Carl, you get like $100 off the price like that. How easy would that marketing move? How easy would that have been just from a fun marketing move? If your name is Carl, you get $100 off the price. The thing that people don't get about marketing is like you can just do a simple thing that is just fun and you know brings personality into your launch and makes people talk but you know no one even thinks about it. There's the like there's no real creative launch here. Um but the video is good. I want to give the whoever did the video for this did a good job. Um my order went in at 1203. Yeah, you're going to be unboxing it in November. Good luck, bro. U let's see. Let's see if there's any other videos. Did Jamie put up his video? Jamie Bushnau, our friend over there. He like flew over there on his own dime and like let's see the JBS show. Is that what it is? I don't even know like where he puts his stuff. Let's see. Is there any other multi? Is there any other content that we should be looking at? I know Carrie just went live with his first impressions. Let's do that. Let's go watch We can go watch Carrie for a little bit and then I got to jump into stuff. Hold on.
    40:58
    Um, let's see. All right, let's do this. Let's see. Where's the sound? Here we go.
    41:33
    Go. Guys, and welcome back to the channel. Today is the day that I finally get to show and tell all of you guys what Multimic has been working on behind the scenes. They have released not one but two modules shows. We've seen comic books. We've seen bands, video games, but we haven't seen books implemented into a pinball machine. Now, I know some of you are going to be like, "Oh, you know, Carrie, there's Dune." You know, I realize this is Carrie's I think this is behind Car's pay wall. So, I'm I'm just going to jump I'm not going to, you know, spoil his exclusive content. I just want to see some footage. Let's see.
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    360°. It's huge. And it's practically an entire mini playfield by itself. It has a slingshot, multiple targets, a scoop, a ball launcher. It redirect shots. It feeds different areas of the playfield. It can fire the ball back at you. And somehow they still managed to put a ball path on top of it. Every time I thought I knew what it did, I noticed something else. Now, the shots are smooth, but the game is constantly trying to mess with you. I mean, you'll hit the scoop and it instead of it just politely giving the ball back to you, it fires it back almost too quickly in my opinion because you better be on your toes because it launches very fast and it's very close to your flippers. Then you've got the multimorphic walls that rise up during boss fights, changing your shot selection on the fly. It's one of those games that kind of like refuses to let you settle into autopilot. Now, here's where you need to remember what we're playing currently. This isn't code that has been refined over a year. This is pretty early code, and you can absolutely feel that in places. There were moments where I wanted more narration, more sound effects, more feedback, and and better guidance towards my next objective. But here's the encouraging part. None of my complaints were mechanical related. And Jerry told me those are exactly the kinds of things they plan to continue building out before these. It's a
    43:53
    good look here of the upper playfield area or just the upper area of of game play. Yeah, it looks good. Look, this is world under glass, man. You know, I like I've um I've been asking for Worlds Under Glass for a while, and this is a definitely a nice World Underlas. And this is very unique this from Ender. Let's see. I just want to I don't want to show all of Car's stuff. I just want to see Ender game, man. Let's get to the Enders look. Enders is just weird to me. I got to be honest. I I think Enders is a strange distraction. I do. I don't I just think he should have just done one game because like this to me feels like empty, right? And it's cheaper, right? But I just I don't know. I just feel like why you're going to order both? I don't know, man. I The Ender light show is cool. It's definitely It's just I don't know.
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    I it's it's kind of
    45:04
    a few hours can't really go into detail on the code, but definitely they explain the road map and how the game's going to function down the road. And I think for those of you that enjoy the Enders game books, this is something that you're probably going to really enjoy. Now, one of the challenges with dealing with books as your main theme is that where's the assets? So, you kind of have to come up with this stuff. But I think with Dungeon Crawler Carl, the the artist that does the the work for this particular machine, I'm guessing he's done Dungeon Crawler Carl artwork on other things. And I'm not, you know, I'm only halfway through the first book, guys. But from my perspective, the art for Dungeon Crawler Carl is awesome. Looks great. But so if I think it looks great and from the feedback I'm reading online for those that have already seen what they has been shown, I'm pretty sure everyone is agreeing that the art for Dungeon Crawler Carl is spoton. Now when it comes to Ender Game, this is where you kind of have to go uh they basically are creating what we are reading in the books. So, what you're seeing on the art package is kind of like the description from the books when they're doing their battles and like virtual stuff and everything. If you see the description from the books being where you reading in the books, so what you're see
    46:26
    come on. It's like Carrie just say the art's not good. This this is not good. Like this is like not good. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, let's call good art where it is, but like let's also this just feels like AI could have made this in three seconds. And it's just a weird perspective. And yeah. Okay. So, like I just feel like everyone just has to be nice all the time, but this looks does not look awesome.
    46:58
    Being on the art package is kind of like the description from the books when they're doing their battles and like virtual stuff and everything. If you've seen the movie, you kind of have a better idea of what I'm talking about, but they have done a pretty damn good job with the art package on Enders Game as well. I mean, both of these themes are like pretty damn different from another. One of them is more sci-fi while the other one is more of a fantasy type of thing. So, I think that's also going to be really good for them. With this particular launch, they're hitting multiple demographics. Now, whether these games end up being a huge commercial success, I honestly do not know. Themes based on novels are a gamble and they're not instantly recognizable like Jurassic Park or Jaws, but I really respect Multim for taking the risk. The easy route would have been a movie license. Instead, they tried something genuinely different. And regardless of which theme you prefer, I think everyone can appreciate the engineering behind these modules.
    48:01
    Yeah, I'm going to end it there. I I I agree and but I do think from a marketing standpoint, they they should have made a little bit more of a FOMO to order, but again, I just think there's we're just right. So, we've got the best multimorphic offering to date. Keith Elwin's coming back soon in a couple months with a game that needs to be like one of his best ever. Goonies is gonna be banger. Back to the Future is gonna be impossible to get, but everyone's going to want it. Fifth Element, maybe. Like, there's so much happening. It's It's just And then we didn't even talk about Barrels of Fun. They're going to knew they're going to show their new game Friday. Is it Bon Joy? Is it something else? Was Bon Joy a big misdirect? I don't know. We're all going to find out on Friday. So again, I think when you sleep on these things and you realize so much is happening all at once, it makes it easier. I think it makes it really easy to just wait and see all the options that are going to be in front of you. And then make up your mind. Remember, the dealers are going to want you to buy bye-bye because they're writing big checks to Jerry to get allocations. Just remember that there's no urgency. The the building of these things is not going to happen fast. So it is a good time for pinball. I also think most of you have nothing but incredible games already. And this is what's getting harder about all these new launches. For a lot of you, something has to go for something to go in to your house. Selling those old games is not as easy it used to be. And are these things enough, you know, to make you want to write another check for north of $10,000 again and again and again? You know, so you know how I feel. I I've spent that money on vacations and my money is being allocated to Goonies SLE, Back to the Future SLE, and I have Beetlejuice 999. So, I've got like all right, like and those all might hit at the same time. So, I I'm like, ah, like what am I going to do? And then this thing might be sold if there's not a a significant code update this year. I'm just like whatever. This is like a 350 pound paper weight right now with no code in it. But anyway, there it is. kind of saw them. We kind of saw the game a few days early. It made some of the reveal a little underwhelming, but I think these three minute videos were good. I think they did a good job showing off both sides of the platform. I still think it's a hard sell for a lot of people to want because again, it's a bigger commitment. It's not just a commitment for one of these games. It's a commitment to buying more modular units. I think 95% of the orders will be dungeon crawler Carl. I think Enders is a little too childlike, a little too cringy for the demographic here. I I think adult theme with the cursing is going to go much further. Enders is awesome. I don't know, man. I I don't know. I just see this to me feels like Enders as if Disney made it. But I Enders as a story in my opinion is a lot darker, a lot grittier, a lot more um hard. It's harder to translate. It really is. And the whole thing about Enders Game, what's weird about it, it's such a book where the twist at the end is everything. And once you know that, the movie was really good. The Enders Game movie. Uh, no it wasn't. Mike, what are you talking about, man? Like, I don't think it was good at all. Like, it it was uh All right, man. Like, I man, I I love sci-fi movies, but Enders Game was not a There's a reason why they didn't make any more of them, man. It just did not hit. The movie was great. Let's see what the What's the What was the Rotten Tomatoes score in Enders Game? Let me see. Rotten Tomatoes. I just uh I don't know.
    51:58
    65 by the audience and 63 by the media. So, all right. All right, everybody, be good. I got to jump into important work, which is it's the work day right now. And um yeah, I think um if I were you, I would just be patient. See what else comes out this week. I think we're going to get the new barrels. And again, my advice to everybody is still wait until November. you will see everything by then. And don't fall for the urgency and the fake FOMO that the the content creator shills are gonna drum up today because they need to help out their their friends who put dealer ads in front of their content. Don't for don't forget that. You got to see the context of everything. Canada out.