The Walking Dead (Pro) #Pinball (Stern 2014) 09/03/15

TL;DR

DeadFlip streams Walking Dead Pro with guest Richie, discussing new code updates and personal life updates.

Summary

Key Claims

• Jack Danger helped do the Wicked Witch animations on Jersey Jack Pinball's The Wizard of Oz, shot in the streaming room

  high confidence · Jack directly states: 'I actually helped do the Wicked Witch animations on Jersey Jack Pinball's The Wizard of Oz. That was actually shot here in this room that we're in.'

• Jack Danger also helped John Popaduke on Magic Girl animations

  high confidence · Jack states: 'and I helped John Popaduke a little bit on Magic Girl.'

• Jack Danger was invited back to Jersey Jack Pinball to work on a new unannounced machine but had to pass due to time constraints

  high confidence · Jack states: 'We were also invited back to Jersey Jack Pinball when they were going to start talking about the new machine that we were working on. We just didn't have the time to work on it, so we had to pass.'

• The Walking Dead code update includes a new Escape from Turbos wizard mode

  high confidence · Richie states: 'There's The Wizard mode that we hit where if you play all the modes and wipe the targets down again, there's a mode called Escape from Turbos.'

• The Walking Dead code update adjusted scoring, particularly for Riot mode which was 'tweaked down'

  medium confidence · Richie states: 'The scoring has been adjusted. I don't know in what direction, but I'm definitely putting up some big scores. I think Riot was tweaked down.'

• Jack Danger comes from a long line of artists: his mother is a painter, his grandmother is a painter, and his grandfather is a John Carpenter-style wood sculptor

  high confidence · Jack states: 'I come from a long line of artists. My mom's a painter, my grandma's a painter, so on and so forth. My grandfather is a John Carpenter slash wood sculptor.'

• Jack Danger did not attend college for animation but taught himself through passion and drive

  high confidence · Jack states: 'I did not go to college for animation I just picked it up You know If you're really really into something And you're driven enough to go out of your way to learn stuff yourself, man, then kudos.'

Notable Quotes

• “I did not go to college for animation I just picked it up... If you're really really into something And you're driven enough to go out of your way to learn stuff yourself, man, then kudos.”

  Jack Danger@ 23:01 — Reflects Jack's self-taught approach to animation and art, relevant to understanding his career path and creative philosophy

• “I actually helped do the Wicked Witch animations on Jersey Jack Pinball's The Wizard of Oz. That was actually shot here in this room that we're in.”

  Jack Danger@ 26:45 — Key disclosure of Jack's professional animation work on a major pinball manufacturer's game

• “We were also invited back to Jersey Jack Pinball when they were going to start talking about the new machine that we were working on. We just didn't have the time to work on it, so we had to pass.”

  Jack Danger@ 27:05 — Hints at an unannounced Jersey Jack machine in development that Jack was approached to work on

• “There's The Wizard mode that we hit where if you play all the modes and wipe the targets down again, there's a mode called Escape from Turbos.”

  Richie@ 31:38 — Details on new Walking Dead code update content

• “The scoring has been adjusted. I don't know in what direction, but I'm definitely putting up some big scores. I think Riot was tweaked down.”

  Richie@ 31:59 — Comment on Walking Dead code scoring rebalancing

Entities

Signals

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  community_signal: DeadFlip merchandise and shipping operations; shirts mailed out to international customers; merchandise planned for Pinball Expo including flippers, stickers, and potential lapel pins

  high · Jack mentions: 'I mailed out all the shirts today... cost a lot of man to mail all that stuff out especially the stuff that went overseas' and discusses future merchandise at Pinball Expo

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  leak_detection: Unannounced Jersey Jack Pinball machine in development; Jack Danger was invited to work on animations but declined due to time constraints

  medium · Jack states: 'We were also invited back to Jersey Jack Pinball when they were going to start talking about the new machine that we were working on. We just didn't have the time to work on it, so we had to pass. We figured the less we know about the machine, the better.'

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  personnel_signal: Jack Danger has professional animation experience with Jersey Jack Pinball, including Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch animations and Magic Girl collaboration

  high · Jack directly states animation work on Jersey Jack titles and mentions collaboration with John Popaduke

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  code_update: The Walking Dead code update includes new Escape from Turbos wizard mode and adjusted scoring; Riot mode tweaked down while Bloodbath multiball strategy remains viable

  high · Richie discusses new wizard mode and scoring adjustments; Jack mentions hitting 480+ million with current code

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  content_signal: DeadFlip's previous 7-hour drunken stream generated increasing viewership during party/dancing segments rather than pinball gameplay, suggesting audience appetite for personality-driven content