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Stream 543: TMNT (Stern) Premium

Don't Panic Flip·video·2h 8m·analyzed·Mar 15, 2022
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TL;DR

Don't Panic Flip streams TMNT Premium with guests, mixing gameplay tutorial and community chat.

Summary

George from Don't Panic Flip streams Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Stern) Premium with guests including Joe Hills, Janelle, and Dialed In! (Collectors Edition). The stream features casual gameplay walkthrough, rule explanations, and extensive off-topic banter about TV shows, travel, pinball history museums, and community engagement. Technical issues with camera color correction occur throughout.

Key Claims

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles features eight episodes/modes based on the 1980s cartoon, with character selection (Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael) offering unique starting abilities

    high confidence · George explaining game mechanics during gameplay walkthrough on Don't Panic Flip stream

  • Donatello's unique ability grants a starting multiball due to his technological abilities

    high confidence · George explaining Donatello's character-specific feature during TMNT gameplay

  • John Borg (designer) is known for including a small metal piece between inlanes that can cause outlane drains, referred to as 'getting John Borg'

    medium confidence · George discussing playfield design quirk and naming convention during stream

  • Stranger Things pinball is ranked as the third greatest pinball machine of all time, behind Taxi and Medieval Madness

    low confidence · George and guests discussing pinball rankings; George questions the validity of the ranking

  • Stranger Things pinball was originally designed as a one-season show concept

    medium confidence · George discussing Stranger Things TV show production context and connection to pinball game

  • Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas is owned/operated by Tim and includes games previously from his location collections

    high confidence · George and Dialed In discussing Vegas pinball museum visit plans

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee has a pinball history museum within walking distance of a craft brewery, allowing all-day wristband visits

    high confidence · George describing Chattanooga pinball/brewery combination to guests

  • Joe Hills recently relaunched Hermitcraft Minecraft series with first episodes dropping last Saturday, third episode released on stream day

    high confidence · Joe Hills discussing his Minecraft streaming content during Don't Panic Flip appearance

Notable Quotes

  • “That left outlane. That, by the way, is called getting John Borg, because John Borg likes to put this little piece of metal in between the two inlanes, which often causes a bounce to go down that left outlane.”

    George@ 21:01 — Reveals designer signature quirk and community terminology for specific playfield hazard

  • “That sense of community, it's so cool. It really is enjoyable... And that's just one of the cool drivers, I feel like, to pinball.”

    Joe Hills@ 11:51 — Commentary on community-driven aspects of pinball culture parallel to gaming communities

  • “I'll try to make time to stop by Tim's. You know, they're for business. I've got to run the booth.”

    Dialed In! (Collectors Edition)@ 24:44 — Indicates business constraints limiting leisure activity during Vegas marijuana convention trip

  • “I drove from here to Tennessee, picked up Guardians of the Galaxy, dropped off Total Nuclear Annihilation with Joe Fox, and then kept driving to South Carolina.”

    Basetone (Iron Fox)@ 7:33 — Describes transportation logistics of pinball machine acquisitions and trades

  • “I went from making $6 a stream to enough to not work at an agency anymore. It's been good.”

    Joe Hills@ 15:50 — Commentary on streaming monetization enabling career transition

Entities

GeorgepersonJoe HillspersonJanellepersonDialed In! (Collectors Edition)personBasetonepersonJohn BorgpersonTimpersonEscherpersonTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Stern)game

Signals

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    community_signal: Pinball community demonstrates cross-game machine trading and logistics networks; players actively transport machines between locations

    high · Basetone describes extensive multi-state route: 'I drove from here to Tennessee, picked up Guardians of the Galaxy, dropped off Total Nuclear Annihilation with Joe Fox, and then kept driving to South Carolina'

  • ?

    community_signal: Pinball museums (Vegas, Chattanooga) serve as community destinations integrating with tourism and leisure activities; accessible venues supporting operator education and collector engagement

    high · George and guests discuss Pinball Hall of Fame Vegas and Chattanooga pinball museum; Dialed In plans Vegas museum visit during convention; George highlights brewery/museum combination in Chattanooga

  • ?

    design_philosophy: John Borg's signature playfield design element (metal piece between inlanes causing outlane drains) is recognized and named within the community as 'getting John Borg'

    high · George explicitly names and explains the design quirk during stream: 'That's called getting John Borg, because John Borg likes to put this little piece of metal in between the two inlanes'

  • ?

    community_signal: Joe Hills is active Minecraft streamer balancing gaming content across multiple platforms while maintaining pinball community engagement

    medium · Joe Hills discusses recently relaunched Hermitcraft series ('I think last Saturday was when our first episodes dropped. And, yeah, so I've got my third episode out today') while appearing as pinball stream guest

  • ?

    announcement: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Premium by Stern is confirmed in production/circulation; George is playing and reviewing it on Don't Panic Flip

Transcript

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0:00
Thank you very much. Thank you. Welcome to the podcast. Welcome back, everyone. My name is George. This show is Don't Panic Flip, and man, we're back after roughly, it was a week off, and we have a couple of guests. In, from someplace in the world, we have Dice. Dice, how are you doing this evening?
6:48
I'm doing absolutely fantastic. How is George and Janelle doing this evening? I'm doing amazing. We also, ow, I just ran into the sword over here as the plunger. Danger. We also have Janelle back here, who we've had as a guest a few times now. Janelle, how are you doing? Galactic.
7:07
Galactic. Well, and I used the phrase, which is one that's in Zoe's vocab book, that says it's deliferous. Deliferous. Which is of and or pertaining to stars or constellations. Well, there you go. Yep, that's how I'm doing. That's how you're doing. Also, Iron Fox, hire Peanut and Basetone. Good evening. Thought a few days ago that I hadn't seen you for a bit. Yeah, Basetone. It has... I drove from here to Tennessee, picked up Guardians of the Galaxy, dropped off Total Nuclear Annihilation with Joe Fox, and then kept driving to South Carolina. Ended up doing only a single stream. I was hoping to do three, but ran into issues with Guardians of the Galaxy that I was only able to repair on, like, late Tuesday night where I couldn't make that stream happen. But we went on TPM Thursday, and that was from South Carolina at my brother's, and then drove back Saturday, started driving back Saturday morning and got back really late last night. So that was a trip.
8:10
Guardians of the Galaxy
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Stranger Thingsgame
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high · George streams full gameplay walkthrough of TMNT Premium, explaining rules, modes, character abilities, and mechanical features; game appears fully playable and reviewed

  • ?

    product_concern: Guardians of the Galaxy machine experienced significant mechanical issues requiring repair work; identified as problematic for gameplay

    medium · Basetone states: 'I drove from here to Tennessee, picked up Guardians of the Galaxy... ran into issues with Guardians of the Galaxy that I was only able to repair on, like, late Tuesday night'

    • And speaking of trips, Dice, you are going on a trip very soon. Are you comfortable announcing kind of the gist of where you're going because I love what you have planned. Absolutely. I will be going to Las Vegas for a marijuana convention and then I will be going to three different cities in Florida after that for three different marijuana conventions. Then I will be shipping up to Boston as the Dropkick Murphy say to open my second dispensary and then I will be ending up in Sleepy Hollow, New York to shoot a movie that I wrote over the course of quarantine. howdy y'all joe hills right here joe hills oh my god did you just drop 525 people on the stream i was like it's a palindrome day today everybody's like it's an irrational holiday let's celebrate pie and i'm like no we will have order 525 precisely for george don't panic flip playing teenage mutant ninja turtles that's how we're rolling that's how we're rolling oh my gosh Joe, thank you so much, and thank you for stopping by. If you're just joining us, this is what we have going on today here, is some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I almost said Total Nuclear Annihilation, but Joe, you've got it. That's the one you left at my place. Exactly, yeah. That's the one that we left at your place. Total Mutant Annihilation. One of your Elk Battles crept out, I think. I just, thank you so much. I have a button on my stream deck that brings me to a different view that has the belly cam that I like to use, but I don't have it plugged in right now. So I caught that like a second before you did. Oh my God, we have another raid. Sarah is raiding with a party of 15.
    9:58
    First of all, Joe, my hat's off to you. And I must say, thank you so much for hosting and hanging out and inviting me to the board game convention. I had such an amazing time while I was out by you last week. That was a really, really good, good fun week. Oh, I'm so glad. And I'm looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip, because you went all the way from Colorado through Nashville to the East Coast. That's pretty big travel there. Right. Yeah, that was here to Tennessee to then South Carolina, hung out around Charleston for the week, and then drove all the way back in two days. So that was Saturday and Sunday. And let me tell you, it was 25 and a half hours of driving in two days. That's a little on the rough side. Oh, wow. I'm amazed you're standing.
    10:52
    It's definitely, yeah, it was something. Lots of phone calls to family and friends, lots of music, lots of podcasts. It was quite the trip.
    11:05
    So, yeah, double rainbow. I love that, Iron Fox. Thank you. And then, Sarah, my hat's off to you as well. Thank you so much. Stream looked awesome. I happened to swing by and check things out. And Joe Hills, you were streaming Hermitcraft again. I think you relaunched Hermitcraft last, was it last week? Yeah, I think last Saturday was when our first episodes dropped. And, yeah, so I've got my third episode out today. I just have been having so much fun playing games with my friends. And that's one of the things I love about the pinball community, too, is, like, y'all are all about playing games together. and so for the people who are coming in from the Minecraft raid, there's actually a lot of overlap in kind of the goodwill toward your fellow players necessary to all be in a pinball tournament together, much like playing on a server together. It's just good to see. It is. And that's just one of the cool drivers, I feel like, to pinball. And even your own. That sense of community, it's so cool. It really is enjoyable. But I'm going to get a game started. and I'm going to choose two players here and we're going to focus today on kind of walking through the base rule set and talking a little bit about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Right? Because this is a game I don't think you've played, have you, Joe? No. I played it at Game Terminal, actually. Okay. And Joe, what do you think of TMNT?
    12:28
    I mean, I liked it when I played it, but, you know, until you really have time to learn the rules, it's hard to, you know, know a game. Right? So I had a few lucky multiball triggers, and I was like, either this game is really easy, or I'm very unlikely to ever do this again when I played it. So yeah, I don't really know what to think yet. I haven't played it enough times. Okay.
    12:51
    So I'm going to do a quick walkthrough of kind of what the goals are. First of all, if you're familiar at all with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you know that there are four turtles, right? And what's fun is you get to play as any one of them, and they have unique kind of starting abilities. They're not that crazy. Also, hi, Jeff. Welcome. Condolence, welcome. Chaotix, welcome. Mr. Hardluck, welcome. I got to hang out with Mr. Hardluck. I'm so distracted, and I'm very distracted. Sorry, I can't see. There's like a giant glare right there. Oh, right there? Yeah. I'm so sorry. Can we do something like this? Here we go. Does that help a little bit? Yeah. Okay. And then switch forward. And so getting back to the game, you can play as any one of them. There's some unique abilities, and we'll get into that as we play through each one of them. But the goal here is to play through eight episodes of the game, which are like episodes in the television show. And you'll see all of your favorite 1984-style characters that end up showing up. Chaotix, thank you so much for those bits. That's appreciated. And this is old school, right? Like, there is... Krang is in the back. You've got Bebop and Rocksteady. It's the cartoon, and it's so great.
    14:01
    But you make it through the eight episodes, and those are initiated by hitting left ramp, right ramp, and then making it under the bus, which is over here in the back. That actually allows you to start your scene. So we're going to start there, and then I'll walk you through a little bit about how to actually complete each one of the scenes. That's actually pretty straightforward. And to start off, I'm going to plunge with rap. Why are the colors messed up?
    14:26
    The colors are messed up. Thank you, by the way, whoever noticed. No worries. Yeah, so the colors are absolutely messed up on the capture.
    14:43
    Wow, I'm just going crazy. It's a loose connection inside the backboard. I duct taped it, and the duct tape isn't helping right now at all because the board is getting so hot that the connection's coming loose. so it's I decided we're just going to go with it the colors are cool, think of it this way for our vaporware I do all sorts of weird stuff with colors and filters and stuff on my stream just pretend this is intentional people yeah, exactly so I only found out recently because I lurk so much on your stream Joe, I didn't realize that as you get donations your camera gets bigger and bigger and bigger where it actually becomes distracting at a certain point and then to get it to be less distracting you have to make it so big and so transparent that suddenly it's like we've just got the bottom half of your chin or something and it's like 90% transparent or just your eye, yeah, and it's mostly transparent. I really like that. That's fun. Thank you. Yeah, that's what let me quit my day job. I went from making $6 a stream to enough to not work at an agency anymore. It's been good. That's awesome. And yes, Doc Fork, old school. You mean my Ninja Turtles? It's my Ninja Turtles too. There's just been so many different variations of Ninja Turtles. It's,
    16:10
    I wanted to be specific, I guess, about which one it is. And it is the 1984. Also, Janelle, you are up. That's the unbeatable, like the NES version. Oh, no it's not because Escher came over here and beat it, I think, in an hour? Multiple times. I feel like Escher doesn't count. Escher should not count. I feel like I'm, I'm doing these games. I feel like I'm, I'm like warped, but you're still like taller than me. I'm just wearing really tall shoes. That makes me more eye to eye with you and it's weird. Oh, so you're saying playing in heels is somehow messing with your, with your pinball abilities. Yeah. Well, I mean, I don't have pinball abilities. Also, the power stands, by the way, Game Club Central, thank you so much. That's appreciated. And how did you get 300 people to watch you? Something must be wrong. I do not see a hot tub. Oh, I see why now. It's Game Club Central. I think he's referring to you. No, he's referring to you. Oh, wait, no, I get it.
    17:09
    Okay. Oh, nope, you got another one. Keep going. All right. So you are trying to hit right now the left ramp and the right ramp in order to qualify a mode. That's also awesome if you can do that.
    17:32
    There's your right ramp, and that's going to put you immediately into a multiball because evidently you started with, what's his name, Donatello,
    17:42
    whose ability is he gives you, because of his technological abilities, gives you a multiball. Did you just burp? I did just burp. Somebody made me a drink that was very carbonated.
    17:56
    All right, Game Club Central dropping another under this. Thank you. I can smell it. It smells like pizza.
    18:05
    Is that just because I haven't had pizza? Is this a scented pin? Oh, my God. So because of the fact that it's so technologically advanced, you get to start off with a multiball, which is great. The problem is that you can't start a mode before you start that multiball, which makes the multiball itself a little less awesome. Usually you want to bring a multiball into a mode. Hey, George, do you hear that?
    18:38
    What is that? Hype train coming. Oh, my gosh, we got a hype train. Game Club Century is dropping another 200 bits. You're amazing. Thank you. And, oh, my God, that train whistle is awesome. I'm sorry? Until you burp again. Oh.
    18:56
    Game Club Central, I'm going to have to give you that back for the streaming's done. I don't have it enabled right now.
    19:04
    I'm feeling like it was a good thing it's not enabled at the moment. Yeah, I was going to say, George, you can get a train whistle at any children's toy store. Like, I just went to the local toy store, and it was on a shelf for three bucks or whatever. Okay. Oh, that was like a legit whistle. Like, you blew that. Yeah, no, I'm not on camera right now, but yeah.
    19:27
    If you do it wrong, you can tell it's like... See, like, you wouldn't be able to do that with a soundboard. Queen Dark Lady, Mr. Hardluck, good evening. Mr. Hardluck, dropping 300 bits, my head's off to you. Thank you. And I think I said it earlier, but Queen Dark Lady, it was awesome meeting you. Mr. Hardluck, it was awesome meeting you. I had so much fun. Thank you guys so much for making that a really, really fun weekend. So I had started a mode, right ramp, left ramp, and then I hit the middle. Now I'm in a scene, or sorry, an episode right now, and this episode wants me to hit the left ramp, right ramp again. So I'm going to backhand that one.
    20:08
    And now it wants me to hit the left ramp. And now it wants me to hit the left orbit. Totally, totally got there.
    20:25
    I'm going to try that again. You know what? I'm just going to backhand that shot. And, okay, now we've got the left ramp and left orbit lit again. I'm going to go left ramp.
    20:42
    And that is going to finish off that mode. So that mode's done, and you can see the light right by Crane's face right here is now lit solid, and we're moving on to our second mode slash scene. Kathy McAfee, welcome to the stream, and thank you for... Oh, no. That left outline. That, by the way, is called getting Borg, because John Borg likes to put this little piece of metal in between the two inlanes, which often causes a bounce to go down that left outline. That's like what happened with the Game of Thrones.
    21:18
    That you were playing at Kyle's. Oh, Guardians of the Galaxy. But yes, we, Kyle, hate Guardians of the Galaxy. He played it so many times and it drained so many times.
    21:30
    All you, show us how it's done. No. Chris and Jill thank you so much for that follow and I'm so sorry I interrupted you I was just going to say also it's nice to meet you Janelle I don't think we've actually been on a call together it was very briefly okay yes did you guys play board games together out in whatever state you were in No, well, it wasn't the other folks at the convention did, but George got there kind of late and was pretty tired, so we didn't make him play games with us. We just piled around on the back patio of the hotel for most of the time. And you talked for hours. That was actually a lot of fun. I think I saw the picture of everybody on the Discord.
    22:27
    Yeah, it was just really fun just being outside. The weather was gorgeous, and so we just sat outside, you know, Enjoyed some snacks and drinks.
    22:34
    Caught up, you know? Yeah. Uh-oh. What? I just nudged. Is that going to come back? Yeah, okay, it came back. Was that a temporary loss there? I think I'm going to be out that region in about a month. No. How many? June, whenever that is. How awesome. No concept of time. What brings you out this way? A friend of mine lives in that area, and she's getting married. Oh. Fun. Yeah, Nashville is a big bachelorette party capital right now, so there's plenty of places to go. She's actually out a little east of there, Chattanooga. Oh, yeah, yeah. I've got a lot of family that lives down in Chattanooga. That is a beautiful part of the state.
    23:19
    It's way less built up than Nashville. Also, there's a pinball history museum in downtown Chattanooga within walking distance of a place that makes their own beer. so you can get the all-day wristband at the pinball place, go back and forth to the brewery for meals. It's pretty nice. That's a nice setup. And watch your playing get better as you go back and forth? Well, you know, it's not about getting better. It's about feeling better about yourself.
    23:48
    On that note, then, about the pinball museum, Dice, when you're out in Vegas for the marijuana convention, you're going to, are you going to hit up the pinball museum? You have to say it right. Oh, I'm sorry, marijuana?
    24:03
    Why would you want to marry George? Sorry, what? Marry Juana. Why would you want to marry her? I agree.
    24:14
    Did that give you the ball lock? Oh my god, there is a ball in there. I don't understand why it kicked mine out. Lucky goose. Were you asking me if I'd be stopping off to see Tim at the pinball hall, fam? Yes, exactly. I mean, I didn't know his name was Tim. we're not on a first-name basis, but I'm assuming that's the person who opened that up, right? Yep, that is his collection. Some of those were the games he had on location before he packed up and moved out to Vegas. Okay.
    24:40
    And, sorry, so are you going to be stopping by Tim's? I will try to make time to stop by Tim's. You know, they're for business. Got to run the booth.
    24:51
    Okay. Madaking Nightman says Chattanooga is the best place in Tennessee. My wife and I went on our honeymoon there.
    25:03
    MickLeslie15 says, heck, sign me up for a Chattanooga trip. GustyGal says, oh, well, I have family near there. I'll have to visit them. TNK, I assume you're talking to me.
    25:17
    If you very discreetly let me know where you live, Yeah, I could probably hook you up with some products.
    25:28
    I mean, they could have been talking about samples of Chattanooga. Yeah, I mean, you couldn't bottle the stuff, but you could try.
    25:39
    Very refreshing. Right on. Okay, I'll see you there, CNK. I'm leaving Friday. There you go. Chaotic says soil samples. Exactly. Yeah. Big forestry service presence in Chattanooga.
    25:56
    Forest service, not forestry. Cardinal Sin. Oh, my gosh. How much does that pizza mess with you, or does it help? It does actually mess with you quite a bit.
    26:09
    All right. I thought you had a pizza like that at one point. That has messed you up absolutely. Whoa. Yeah, follow.
    26:17
    That's right. On the computer. Are you kidding me? Come on. Learn a skill. Get a trade. I know there's a pandemic going on, but pinball? Geez, you could be playing pinball. You're sitting there watching someone else pinball? You're like the sad guy at the bar who didn't bring any frigging quarters. Hope you have a great day. Cheers. Thanks so much for watching. Hey, Bombs420, thank you so much for that sub. That is appreciated. That is what heroes do.
    26:42
    Funny what he was saying there. And my hat's off to you. You know, it's funny. Dice, I don't know if I brought this up to you, but somebody pointed out recently that Cookie, was it you, that Cookie is a marijuana brand of clothing?
    26:57
    I brought it up to you first, and then someone at the gym, who was obviously a partaker, complimented you on your hat. Yes. I was somewhere like, nice cookie hat, man. Yeah. Exactly what you sounded like. and then he probably went off to find some sort of recreational gym beverage maybe a kombucha a kombucha? a kombucha, I like that finally, a new season of Letter Kenny on the internet for Wednesday oh, Chaotix, it was such a good season and I'm very excited that it's set up I need to catch up for the Shorzy spin-off yeah, there's the Shorzy spin-off coming now I can't remember Joe are you a partaker of Letterkenny no I haven't seen Letterkenny sorry I'll figure it out there are so many quotable lines I've seen a lot of Canadian television I've watched the Red Green Show I've seen every season of Little Mosque on the Prairie but no I just haven't seen Letterkenny What was that? Strangers with Candy?
    28:14
    Oh, yeah. That's comedy show. I've got a lot of airplay on Comedy Central here. Yeah. I was about to pick some school. Don't meal kick me. I'm sorry.
    28:23
    Pinball Network. Rating with 11. P-A-N-D. News. Pinball Network. Thank you. Welcome to the stream. Now for the real question, George. Which one of them is leading the ring? Oh, that has got to be, that is Frisco Pinball, I think, who's leading the rave today. And welcome.
    28:47
    So, with us tonight... Apex also enjoyed Red Green. Red Green, Red Green, no, I'm thinking of Blue Red. The Red Green show was basically about these guys who ran like a lodge out in rural Canada, and they had all sorts of, like, weird segments about how to, like, you know, let's say that you wanted a car that was wider, but you couldn't afford a Humvee. So here now you duct tape two Hondas together and... It's okay. It's very, very, like, you know, it's like, oh, hey, you want an automated way to mow your lawn, but you can't afford a robot lawnmower. Well, you know, let's figure out how to, you know, tie something. If you put a big post in the middle of your lawn, and then you tie a rope to the lawnmower, it'll just go around it like a, uh, a pebble, you know?
    29:46
    Um, that sort of thing. Okay. Hello, Frisco Pinball. He says hello, George. Frisco! Oh, no. Oh, no. No, no, no. So what I'm trying to do here is actually make some progress on my modes. I need to hit this layer shot over here.
    30:10
    Yeah, let's see if we can do it. Nope. I totally... That was an egregious kick, right? I accidentally hit the wall trying to... Yeah.
    30:25
    Just waiting for your paintings to fall down. Ah! I've never seen someone stop a stream midway through and change it to a text stream as they grab some plaster because they kicked a hole through the wall.
    30:37
    Well, there is a first time for everything. You know, I really like this idea. I'm like in the danger zone. I really like this idea. Like, hey, I'm going to put a new PCI card in my computer. Okay, now we've punched a hole in the wall, so luckily we've got our spackling gear right here. You can pull it out from directly under the desk, you know. I like that, yeah. The, uh... I don't know, it's like every screen you end up doing something completely different that was wildly unexpected. Yeah, yeah, I think that has a value.
    31:12
    Uh, that red-green show that you were talking about sounds like the opposite of Pimp My Ride. I mean, kind of. It's like, well, what if you didn't have any money, though? Like, a lot of those shows are like, oh, yeah, if you had an unlimited budget, what can you do with your car or whatever.
    31:29
    You've got duct tape and a rope. What can you do with anything motorized in your general vicinity? Yeah.
    31:36
    Or, you say that, or if you happen to live somewhere in Texas, you can get away with like $40,000 total on a house and end up with a mansion. I don't understand how they do that on HGTV.
    31:50
    Now the Magnolia Network. Oh, that's a good point. It is the Magnolia Network. Dude Dad Who is out here in Fort Collins now He is With his new TV show called Super Dad
    32:11
    I'll never understand those house renovation TV shows. They're like, she breeds rare iguanas for a living and I'm an amateur banjo player. Our budget is five million dollars. Exactly. well said sir if I was more funny I would have said exactly that Waco, Texas is kind of a dump is what from Zexy, I haven't been to Waco got asked for it actually Tim Allen's material for home improvement came from his stand up career yeah that's how he dropped off the grunt this is going to be a terrible impression It'll be, hmm? Hmm? Yeah.
    32:54
    What was Binford? There's a Binford Tools on the way to Denver with the same logo and everything. That was the sponsor of his TV show. Oh, I didn't know that. Sexy. Waco is where most of those cheap Texas houses are sold.
    33:11
    Didn't something else historically happen in Waco, Texas? Yeah, there was a big problem in Waco a few years back with law enforcement overreactions. you know, it's been a problem nationwide now, but they really kicked that off.
    33:25
    West Texas.com More than the 90s. It's like chaotic. Chaotic, right? Yes. Sorry, I read like Adam Sandler in most of the movies. Like Billy Madison?
    33:42
    How see are you going to the ballroom? No, I'm not going to the ball. Oh, my gosh. I went to see my daughter down in Colorado Springs, and I saw a Hollister and an Aero Castile, which are two stores I did not know existed anymore.
    34:07
    Oh, yeah, they still exist. They do. Yeah. I know whenever I'm coming up on Abercrombie & Fitch in our local mall because I can smell it, like, two halls away before I get there. Yeah, same with Hollister. Like, the whole, like, banana beach hut, like, top with, like, the shutters and, yeah. Yeah, and your throat closed up a little bit. You're like, oh, God, that smell. Yeah, yep. Yeah, and the food court, like, walking through the food court with, like, all the, like, brown mosaic tile and the fountains. I swear like a Demi-Gorgon was going to like come flying through there at any moment.
    34:54
    Yeah, but at least Eleven could just throw a car at it. This is true. Who is excited for season four of Stranger Things?
    35:05
    I got it. Sorry, what did you say about season four? Who is excited for season four of Stranger Things? Yeah. Well, they keep pushing the date back by like four months. Like it was supposed to be out in November and then February, and now when is it? What's the update? The first half is coming out in May. The second half is coming out in July.
    35:26
    Okay. They're only six weeks apart. They're going to make every bit of money off of it they can. They're cutting it in half because this is going to be the longest season yet. Yep. Yeah. It's going to be longer than eight hours. Well, this is a show that was only designed to be one season. And when it, like, caught on like gangbusters... It didn't work. Yeah. Well, see, I don't know, though, because one of the things I liked the most about the first season was that it was three different movies combined, right? There's the adult movie, there's the teen movie, and there's the kids movie, right? And they all had plots that ended up intermingling and creating a series, you know, of an appropriate length. But then they kind of dropped that genre boundary or age range boundary when they got to season two. And the show was still interesting in a lot of ways with the premise and everything, but I felt like what made it technically interesting from a writing standpoint was Lost after that first season. Right. Well, the first season was... I can't believe you said... Oh, extreme. Oh, wait. Hello.
    36:32
    I can't. Oh, I can't get there. You're amazing. Wasting your money. Play pinball. Exactly, Rank Hill. Thanks for the second season. We got a great pinball game. Oh, that's right. Yeah. I thought you were talking about that game, like that ball right then. It makes so much more sense if you're talking about stranger things, the pinball machine. You know, George, the third greatest pinball machine of all time. Is it the third greatest, really? Right behind Taxi and Medieval Madness, yes.
    37:11
    Is that the Pinside rankings? Because I'm... No, it's not my rankings. Okay, okay. Because I was going to say, I'm too lazy to go open Pinside, but there's no way. Oh, but first of all, Pinside, you never check the comments on Pinside. No, I don't want to open Pinside. Yeah, I'll let people complain to me about Pinside, but that's their problem, not mine. The second I opened the site, now it's my problem. the thing oops sorry go I was like four times wait wait yeah yeah yeah you're good um by the way this is the thing about the about the first season is that in order to research the roles the director had all of the younger kids watch the Goonies um and all of like the 1980s like kids movies right like I can't think of yeah like all of like never ending stories right All of the kids' movies that, like, just made all of the kids, like, bond, right? And then the teenagers had to watch, like, a whole bunch of John Hughes films to, like, really get into their characters, right? Oh, that's really cool. I like that. And one of the biggest challenges that they had filming it was the flashlights because they couldn't find any old light bulb flashlights because all the flashlights were LED. So they had to make them yellow and dim. So, yeah. Okay. Fine. Sorry. That was the... It's funny because if you get incandescent pinball machine bulbs, you might be able to just modify those for a flashlight. Yeah. Yes. There's got to be somebody in Hollywood who knows how to get a hold of incandescent bulbs. I have a bag of like a thousand of them from when I replaced... I've got two pinball machines I've gone through and replaced all the incandescent lights with LED's.
    38:59
    I just have bags. I'd say a thousand is probably more like 500. I exaggerated. I apologize for rounding up. Did you count them?
    39:12
    Well, I mean, there's some counting. Like, I knew based on a picture where, like, the green ones had to go, so there was a lot of I'm pulling out an incandescent here and putting in one green. Okay, and I'm going to go do the second one. I've got ten bulbs. They gave me one spare. I have nine that have to go in. So there was some, but I did not count them all. And thanks for coming to this TED Talk. You're welcome.
    39:33
    George, your counting method reminds me of that Mitch Hedberg joke. I saw a billboard that said estimated lotto, $5 million. I didn't know that shit was estimated.
    39:45
    Sorry, we were off by two zeros. We estimate that you are angry. That sucks we lost him. also Zexy earlier asking about the games it was great right up until that moment where I decided I was finally going to respond to Zexy earlier they were it was going pretty well Zexy also streams I think has two games right now and has a TMNT and has put a decent amount of time into TMNT okay you're back up oh man this would be an amazing four person game right now if both of you guys were here in Colorado. Yeah, sorry, I couldn't make it tonight.
    40:29
    Yeah, why didn't you hop in the car with him? Yeah, he could come back. And so there's only so much, you know, child abandonment you can do before the courts get involved, so eh.
    40:41
    The court. I have a teenager. They could have babysat. Yeah. Spring break. Good to know for next time.
    40:50
    What do all teenagers want to do with their spring break? Watch out for strangers. Well, I mean, in fairness, I would pay them. Like, I'm not, you know, expecting them to do it for free. We don't even know you do. We're not watching your kid. I'll pay you. Where are you? Oh. Okay, now I'm interested.
    41:11
    Doc Fork mentioned earlier, what was it? I see your Waco, Texas, then raise you west. It was someplace, west something in Utah. And then it was mentioning, I hope it's not western Colorado. I'm adjacent here in Utah. Dustborg, I just recently drove to Utah to go see the Midnight and Pick Up Tron from Faye, who was out there and got to hang out with the pinball crowd a little bit.
    41:41
    I'm so excited for this year that shows are back up and happening. Sorry, what show? Just shows. Just live shows in general. Oh, got it. concerts, so the fact that that's back brings me so much joy and a very large deficit to my bank account.
    41:59
    How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? Right now, you know, it's been so long since we got to see any that I'm like, are they coming here? They're not? Okay, how much does it cost to go to them? Yeah, it's definitely up there. Like, as I'm traveling, are you okay? Yeah, it's warm. Is it warm? I'm wearing a sweater dress. Okay, that seems warm.
    42:23
    Let's see, George is rocking out with some all-new components. From Cake, you had quoted the rock and roll lifestyle. And you're up over here.
    42:34
    I complain, but I moved to Utah willingly. That's how it's worked. And a Utah trip. I don't know when that is in the cards. If I do, I've got to swing by Mr. Cute and Flipstream. And there's probably a few other people. I nudged! Good job nudging! I thought you nudged twice. You saved it and then you nudged off the flipper to get it across the way.
    42:58
    George, if you end up doing a Utah trip, can you please screen yourself going to the SLC Pump filming locations? Please!
    43:06
    You got very excited. My favorite movie ever! It's a great movie! One of my favorite Matthew Lillard performances. Thank you! Thank you. Matthew Lillard was my free pass for forever.
    43:21
    Matthew Lillard. I also loved his very pierced-up character in Senseless. In Senseless? Senseless. Yeah, it was a movie with Damon Wayans and David Spade. Yeah, where he, like, could, like, he couldn't, like, he lost. That was how that better, Janelle. Yeah, that's what he, like, like, he lost his sense of touch and taste and, yeah. But, yeah, he's a college student who wants to go into business, but he literally has no money, and his mom has to help him build. So he signs up to take an experimental drug that will heighten all of his senses like superhuman strength.
    44:01
    This is a movie? Yes. This sounds amazing. It's a way-in movie. It's a late 90s. It didn't do extremely well, but it's very funny.
    44:12
    Huh. Wait, what was the name of the movie? go see Sandlot filming location Manu hey Manu where? it's crowded in here not in the chat yet that movie is so depressing SLC I found SLC Pump to be super depressing you need to re-watch it as an adult is it less depressing as an adult? It's more interesting. Yes, because you see him become an adult. It's very philosophical.
    44:49
    Although in high school, one of my favorite lines from that to use with my teachers was, I'm going to get a 4.0 in damage.
    44:57
    And for the first time in my life, I'm 18 and I can say... I'd rather you didn't do that. I can't. So you can't? Okay. Well, thank you for holding back. I'll use my one non-sexual use of the F word for it, George. Okay. Mark, I love you guys. It's all about what's in here. But for the first time in my life, I'm 18, and I can say, fuck you.
    45:24
    I didn't sell out, son. I bought it. Yeah. Okay. He's just like his father. Zaxby says, the NFL Seat Pong hits me hard. Reminds me a lot of high school in every way.
    45:37
    And Ken Swift, welcome. This table is so stupid difficult. Do you think Borg found out as well? Was cheating when he created this? Like, he's punishing us? I think Ken's book is what you're getting at. I don't think so. I don't...
    45:52
    I think... I'm going to scroll up. Oh, did I miss something? There. Right there. That movie is so depressing. James Merendino. That's a movie from the same. It's incredibly accessible via Facebook. Stupid bastard, Jake. Think you're fooling. It's the Great Pulse Lake. It's buoyant. Thank you, Fools. I have not been. Well, it's like a car.
    46:17
    This remote has six different settings, which I will show you now. It's a laser game. There's a movie on there.
    46:29
    Anyone who's seen SLC Punk is enjoying this, and everyone else is like, okay, why are they enjoying it and I'm not?
    46:38
    I mean, I know why I make my choices. But this one has no waves. Normal waterbed goes... Napoleon... Get up there. ...poisoned up his hair. It really makes you think when you don't see yourself called an LSD, doesn't it? Makes you think what? The chemistry is the wrong fucking major for a guy like you. It's the wrong major, Bob. Oh, hey, Sean, do you see any land anywhere? No. Water. And I'm not a very good swimmer.
    47:28
    I've been in the house and it's not until my mom. She's a ball. I don't get any of these clothes. Yeah. That's fine, George. I don't either. Okay. I'll pitch this some other time, I guess. Or I'll catch the movie sometime. You know, Manu, maybe put this in the pinball theater so that I, you know, can see it on front. Do you have any experience in what? Women's clothing? What the F would I be doing in women's clothing?
    47:56
    Extra ball is heaved. I think I just started at multi-ball, too. The story doesn't even make sense. I have a premium of Buddy Let Me. I can complete two episodes and get as many points from pizza-eating mash buttons. Yeah, so I'm on the second episode right now. We just got an extra ball. I'll take that. That was pretty good.
    48:19
    I have not seen SLB Punk, but my roommate relates to it a lot, she says. I don't know what that says about your roommate. I've gained a new listing on my two watch lists, Bill. Oh, yeah, Neoria. It's an experience. Yeah.
    48:42
    A baby alone in the universe. A punk alone in the universe. A redneck. Man, throw a fist. Oh, my God.
    49:00
    But he did raise the devil that night. He's a reason to feel alive. Yeah. Yeah, Jason Segel. Somebody's got to defend the kids, man.
    49:15
    One of my favorite scenes at the con, he's like the nicest guy, and then someone bumps him, and he's like, oh my God. Yeah, punk rock!
    49:24
    No, man, it's too bloody violent. Look, I'm really sorry I had to do that, man. I was just doing my job. I'm a bouncer.
    49:37
    I just don't like how this game is super heavy on the people. I'm in America. Kicked out the back of a police car. He thought all the cars on the street would look good with no windshields.
    49:56
    All right, we got to... Oh, my God. No! No, you... No! George, when I come for the pinball tournament, me, you, and Janelle absolutely need to get stoned together.
    50:12
    Done. I don't get stoned ever, pretty much. But when you're out here, we'll make it a thing. And I'll just have to go retreat into a corner somewhere when it starts to get bad. Hit intended shot. I'll just give you one of the space cakes we make. You'll be good for three days. Okay. Space cakes.
    50:32
    Yeah, available now in vanilla and chocolate. What was it? Robbed. Robbed! Did you guys... It jumped and then ran down the left side and just is like, nope, I'm going out. That rank says you don't have the ball. for when the balls like hit the layer.
    50:56
    Rainkill, I'm guessing it just got set back to factory default settings. No, I want pizza. Oh, it's still me because I had an extra ball. We're going to beat this. It's always you, George.
    51:08
    Did the cabinet just troll you? The cabinet just trolled me. Absolutely. Oh my God, CNK. That's a brilliant piece of cross-marketing. We could redo the TPN coding but make it an edible. Did you say crotch marketing? Yeah.
    51:26
    Crotch marketing. Well, I mean, I'm going to be doing some work with the 420 nurses, so yeah, technically crotch marketing.
    51:40
    Okay, so I read a thing today that said filling your drink right after you bought it is the equivalent of losing your balloon as a kid. So it got me thinking, like, what other adult experiences are equivalent to childhood experiences? And I thought, like, okay, being drunk is the equivalent to, like, spinning around over and over and over again in your front yard. and maybe actually any stimulants as an adult because we're just trying to recapture our childhood, which is a little more.
    52:25
    But what other experiences do we engage in as adults to try and recapture our childhood? Isaiah, we're playing pinball. I'd say I'm more childlike than ever. I spent more time crying as an adult than I did as a kid.
    52:41
    Well, that's because my dad told me, stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about. Right. I play video games, says Zexy.
    52:50
    Mine was a bit morbid. My chemo has been a bit like being a toddler again. George, I'm sorry about your chemo.
    53:02
    Dad's board. Oh, wow. I didn't hear that, but yes, absolutely sorry about that. That sucks. Uh, I swing on swings on my stomach. That sounds like fun.
    53:17
    The government takes my money just like my dad took my Halloween candy. That's chaotic. You should mark not exclusively.
    53:30
    Cross-marketing is another phrase for dating. future mode. You've got to market yourself, you know? The new Tinder dating craze. Cotch marketing is another word for something pics. Nobody wants it. Tracy!
    53:48
    Tracy, hi! Tracy's in the chat. Nope. Almost? No? Is it just calling her again? I don't know. Is it like randomly calling? Please, we have problems from time to time. Okay, so... I want to see if she can answer the phone. I switched from my computer to my phone, and apparently it's recalling the whole group. Oh! Joe. And she and... Surreal? Joe is calling everybody.
    54:15
    I was going to say, it sounds like he's in the background. He's so low. Oh, God. Is the audio not working? No, no, you're good. You're good. Jenny says she wouldn't know. She never grew up. Yeah, right? I also feel... No! It's true. Once I hit about 5'3", I stopped going up.
    54:38
    Yeah, so the thing is, I've been hanging out still at my streaming PC talking up until this point, but I was like, I really want to go get a beer.
    54:46
    Fair. Ooh, yeah, totally fair. All right, post-transfer. There we go, nice and easy. Hit this left ram. Oh, he's a boom. Yeah, can you read what Ken Swift says? Sure, exactly. I'm so old, I remember something called on TV, which has the first girl in Ohio who messed with the vertical hold to see it without pain. Didn't know if I was looking at an elbow or a boob, but it didn't matter.
    55:25
    Ice-Kidoo, good evening. My other main man. Ha. Is that a reference to his hair? Oh, wait. George, was it my turn? Yeah. Okay. I just went.
    55:44
    No comment. You got that back. You got it back. All right. You want to hit that left ramp, right ramp.
    55:54
    In order to, so you can backhand the right ramp. You cannot really backhand the left ramp. I mean, it's possible you can only do it after a break.
    56:06
    The left flipper gets tired. It works really hard. Your left flipper gets tired. I officially know too much about George.
    56:19
    The left flipper on the game. That wasn't a personal attack. Oh my god, Dice. Difting a tier one sub to Ice Ski Duke. Dice, you are ten subs away from 500. That is ridiculous. Does that get him a plane ticket to Colorado? Wow.
    56:38
    Dice is wildly more successful than I am. How about that gives you a place to stay when you're out here?
    56:46
    An entire place to stay? Yeah. No, please. What was that? Sammy Higgins. Sammy. Oh, my God. I got bored. Hi, Sammy. Thank you for bringing 14 beautiful people over here. Oh, I can take my actual hats off. And Sammy, it was amazing to meet you out at the board game convention. Thank you again for hanging out. That was a lot of fun.
    57:16
    Ken whiffed. That reminds me of Liar Liar. Hey, how's it hanging, Fletcher? Short, shriveled, and always to the left.
    57:23
    Oh, my God. That is such a good movie. I need to go back and watch it because somebody had quoted it recently, and I forgot.
    57:32
    Oh, it was my brother Kyle I was out there was quoting it. He knew so many more lines from the movie that I had forgotten because it's been a decade.
    57:42
    What's your problem, jerk? I'm an inconsiderate prick! There's the what about when he gets pulled over and he's like... I remember that fella too closely. I spent some more. I changed lanes in the soft light. I changed lanes running the intersection more running a red light. and speeding.
    57:59
    Is that it? No. MPC 3K, good for you, George. Sorry, MPC 3K. What the hell are you doing? I'm kicking my ass. Do you mind? Oh, my God. Yeah, in your bra.
    58:20
    135. Yeah, in your bra. Manu, why are you crying? good for you, George. What did I say? I missed it. You gave her dog a sausage. You stopped her like a Thanksgiving. What?
    58:36
    Whoa! The pen! The color of the pen that I hold in my hand! Thank you, Red Dragon. Roar! The goddamn pen is blue!
    58:57
    Okay, see, that one I can quote. He talks over another ATM at knife point. He makes some legal advice. Stop making the world a asshole!
    59:07
    Hey, you got it to stick. Ooh, boss way. I would like to hear more about this games convention, George. Oh, the games convention was awesome. So it was at a fancy hotel. Oh, shit. And there was only fancy rooms left. Nice catch over there. so I had an amazing room while I was out and they had and Joe can probably do a much better job of describing this but I'll try and give the highlights and then Joe can come in and clean up after me they had two large rooms dedicated to just gameplay it was just table after table they had a third room that was a massive like imagine a board game aficionado's basement where it's just lined with shelves with all the best games.
    60:01
    It's kind of like that, except imagine it was like three or four. So sorry. It's carbonated. I burped again.
    60:09
    Did you have onions today? Did I have onions? I don't know. Maybe. Where's your micro-pocket, Pepsi?
    60:20
    And what was great is there was someone who was... Because managing, I think, all of the games and walking people through what was happening when, and Joe signed me up to get on the text chain. So whenever big events were happening, they would text about it. And let everyone know that this event was happening here, and quick, make it to this room over here if you want to jump in on this game. It seemed like it was really well coordinated, and the community seemed to really be enjoying themselves. And for an event like that, it was at such a beautiful location with a Starbucks and a nice restaurant and a swanky bar. It was a lot of fun. Joe, is there anything else you want to add there?
    61:07
    Yeah, just for anybody who's been to, like, Penny Arcade Expo or PAX, basically, if you imagine the open gaming area from PAX, but just as the entire convention, the entire convention is just this huge board game library and a bunch of tables. and you keep saying like how nice this is. Like this thing is 20 minutes outside of Nashville. This is where we go to get away from the nice places. So I'm really wondering what Colorado hotels are like. This is not as nice as George is saying. Like a hotel having a bar is not a big deal here, but it was nice. You know, it's not a bad hotel, but they did have a great patio area out back where we spent a lot of time hanging out too. but yeah the convention itself you just check out any game you want you play it, you check it back in and you do that all weekend fun ok and I don't if you because I live in Colorado I don't know what kind of hotels Colorado has but it was I don't know what I was expecting but it was awesome it was so much the outside patio was great It was super clean. It was, I don't know, it was just a great experience. Mr. Hardback says, maybe we'll see. Let me think about it. Oh. She's going to get the Febreze. Oh, your breath. Yeah.
    62:35
    It was a lot of fun. Sam Higgins says, the weather was amazing. Awesome, he says. It was amazing. That's me. Hi, Libby. We might see about attending Expo Oh nice Expo is a lot of fun Maybe we'll see Let me think about it No that tracks You're such a tease Absolutely love the game terminal in Nashville I go every visit Oh game terminal So Joe took us out to game terminal So that was Sammy, Mr. Hardlock, Queen Dark Lady, Joe, his kiddo, and me. And it was insane. It was so much fun.
    63:25
    So I recommend, I got a t-shirt. In fact, I haven't taken it out of the plastic yet. Is this me? Fash. What's up?
    63:38
    Me? Yeah, you. Sorry. I don't know what you were pointing at, but I got this great Game Terminal t-shirt. You got a ball, Sam? What is the Game Terminal? Can you tell us about it? Yes. It is a bar and it is They have a lot of games and then they have a lot of outdoor games It's, it's an adult in, it's more of an adult playground, I feel like, and they have, um, like food truck style food outside that you can order from a menu, they have a great beer selection, um, yeah, it's, it's like a, it's, it's an adult arcade, but also outside they have giant Connect Four. Did you burp again? I did not. Oh, my God.
    64:34
    There you go, Sammy. Game Terminal is so fun. I'm glad we got to go this time, too. Yeah, it was a very cool experience.
    64:41
    Yeah, so the thing about Game Terminal, to get a sense of the scale, the terminal in the name means like a trucking terminal. Oh, not like that.
    64:49
    So if you've ever driven past a trucking terminal where you would have, like, 30 or 40 trucks in a row moving, you know, cargo or whatever. Like, it's that scale of building just full of pinball machines. They converted it to an arcade. And so when you're driving up there, it's kind of super sketchy because it's like you're driving past all of these other wheel-hopping terminals, and then you get this one, and it's like, oh, that's the one with the good barbecue and the pinball. Okay, cool. That's the one with the good barbecue. Yes, it was really, really good. I had a barbecue salad. It was fantastic.
    65:29
    Jenny Girl says have a good night. They did not coat it? They don't cook the whole salad. They put the barbecue on the salad. Yeah, yeah, but the barbecue was awesome. By the way, I had barbecue in Kansas.
    65:46
    Not good. it's a distributor's building it's not happy with you it is not also Sammy yes that was the salad Jenny said goodnight Jenny have a great night thank you so much for hanging out I feel vindicated that your brother also agreed with me that you look like David Cross he doesn't even know the thing. Like, he just laughed. He's like, oh, I see it. Like, that was a genuine, that was genuine, which I feel like makes it so much worse. But I feel like your brother also jumps on any excuse to make fun of you. Oh, yeah. Tracy, are you back? Oh, hello. Hi, Tracy. Hi. How are y'all? Good. All right. The ears are burning. I heard you were talking shit about Texas.
    66:47
    No, that was the chat. Yeah, that was definitely the chat. We would never. And it was just West Texas and Waco.
    66:58
    West Texas is pretty, though. I took a trip to Big Bend, the national park in West Texas, just over a year ago. It was very beautiful.
    67:09
    That was because I was looking at the scenery and I was dealing with too many of the people. So. Where's the place in Texas that has all the cenotes?
    67:19
    Sorry, what's the cenote? Cenote is like an underground river that has like a cavern that kind of opens up and like, I don't know. That's what that word means. I know there's a coffee shop here. There was like a few in West Texas, even just a little bit west of Austin. I went to a few caverns here. Still your turn.
    67:50
    I'm not sure. What? I know that, yes, that was. George, I would like to ask a very dumb question. Oh my God, please. Okay. Do it first, thanks. Do it, because it's directed at you, Tracy. So Tracy, you're from Texas. I was going to say, because of my Xbox and the podcast, and there was a Tracy from Texas talking about Weird Al. Is that the same you? That would be me. That was an excellent episode.
    68:19
    Thank you. Now I'm excited to get to play it. It will happen at TTF. I know they are streaming it this Saturday on Booklet. So I'm excited. But I will advertise Weird Al pinball.
    68:35
    I was really hoping to get to TPF this year, but there's just no way logistically to make it happen, sadly. But maybe next year I'll catch you. Yeah, well, hopefully we see you next time.
    68:48
    I feel like I really want to see you in a drag show as Weird Al. Oh, I could see if maybe there's video. Yeah, that has happened. Oh, that is the most favorite thing I've ever heard.
    69:05
    those were my early days when I was so cool Ken Swift asking if I'm looking forward to Toy Story I'm kind of not from Jersey Jack yeah it doesn't I don't know it could blow like if Toy Story becomes just the new movie that's coming out that looks amazing that's just about the space guy I can't think of his name Buzz Lightyear? Yeah, yeah, so there's a new movie coming out called Lightyear. Space-age? The space guy! I got you there! The space guy? I mean, it's about space. Most likely know what you're talking about, right?
    69:47
    But George, we already got a Buzz Lightyear origin story. I don't... How so? It was visiting the ABC cartoon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
    70:02
    Huh. Alright, we're going to let those go. I didn't realize... Okay. It's Chris Pratt as Mario as has been.
    70:25
    Really? Does Chris Pratt have to voice everybody? Well, he's so good divorcing Chris Pratt, he figured he could try other more diverse ones.
    70:39
    George, speaking of Penny Arcade, have you been to Manitou Springs? Penny Arcade? I have not. You know about it, though, right? I don't even know where Manitou Springs is. It's near Colorado Springs. Oh, I have been there. Sorry, I've been to that area. I have never been to Manitou Springs. Manitou.
    71:02
    Manitou, Manitou, Manitou, Manitou. You say Manitou, I say... Get out. I don't know. Okay, that I up there is freaking me out. Oh, yeah. I don't like it. It makes noises.
    71:20
    It's... No, it's weird. It looks like Skynet. It looks like Skynet, huh? You can lift easy. This was built by Uncle Phil. He has a bunch of belly.
    71:32
    Isn't he dead? A little. A little? Nearly dead. All a little dead. He said to blaze. Which we all know means to bluff.
    71:52
    I thought you said glittier. Glittier. Glitterier. Not good. Oh, my gosh. Chris Evans. And how did you, so it's going to say everything about you, how you were introduced to Chris Evans.
    72:10
    Well, he was in Fast and Furious, right? Yes. Yes, absolutely. One of my favorite films ever. But before that, he was in not another teenage movie. Yep. and he had a whipped cream bikini on with a banana in his butt.
    72:32
    It wasn't when you say it like that. He did have a banana in his butt. I mean, it was there. I don't know that I'd call it in. It was in his butt. We've been confirmed that it's come out, George.
    72:47
    It could still be there. It was very beautiful. I don't know what you're talking about, and I think I'm more comfortable with that.
    73:01
    There was, oh, there was tonguing the line. It says Daz Fork. Queen Dark Lady, yeah, he was in the Fantastic Four movie. Fantastic Four, yeah.
    73:15
    It's so funny, too, because he was kind of awesome in that. Sam Higgins oh no Sammy Higgins thank you so much for subscribing you need to change your cameo the pandemic's over didn't you hear Sammy Higgins my hat's off to you thank you so much
    73:48
    TNK's got a call back. He wants to hear Tracy yelp some lines from Liar Locket. Uh, I don't remember much of that movie. I don't even know if I've even seen it. Delete it!
    74:12
    Either way, I'm not a dancing monkey. Get out of here. That's a future class. Oh, hey, Tracy, congratulations on your win.
    74:22
    On my win? What did I win? A tournament this past weekend. Well, yeah, yeah. Thank you for checking. Thank you for your bad.
    74:33
    Thank you for that. It was fun and exhausting and stressful. I was running it, and I was sitting using my friend's rig and equipment and stuff. Congratulations! Thank you! So you took second and you streamed it? And you were running it! And you were running the tournament! Wow! Well, I have to shout out my buds Mark and Jason, they were doing commentary the entire time and helping with the rig with me and everything and shout out also goes to a lot of the Austin Bells and Chimes members as well as San Antonio Castors We had 50 participants and about half of them were just San Antonio folks. So big up for them. We love our sister bells, as we call them.
    75:26
    For the people here who might not be in the know, Tracy, can you explain a little bit about what Bells and Chimes is? Oh, good call. Bells and Chimes is a pinball chapter. We have a bunch of chapters all over the world, and they're for female and non-binary participants just to kind of create a safe space for pinball and have it be fun and not as stressful and, yeah, just kind of in a welcoming environment.
    75:58
    Try to get more and more ladies, more different people involved in the pinball scene. And what's the process? If somebody wants to start up a Bells and Chimes in their area, what's that process look like to try and get something started it might be a little bit different now um the person who started it um came with x-mas really um and i haven't spoken to her in a while um i luckily was able to reach out to her a few months before pandemic to get that started but i think she passed it on to i believe jc um there's not really too much of a requirement to me or anything um you just have to be kind of
    76:49
    welcoming and don't don't be a dick you know right uh and uh yeah that's um i mean that's pretty much it i mean there's not much today you just have to tell everyone else that there are other Melbourne Times chapters.
    77:07
    Yeah. Could I ask an etiquette question, Tracy? Sure. So, like, my daughter is nine. At what age would it be appropriate for me to start taking her to things like this? I would hang back, but I would need to, like, stay in the building type of thing. But I'm not looking for free babysitting either, you know. Thank you for saying that. So would you be surprised? I work part-time at a arcade, and there are people who come in, and they're like, what do you mean I have to stand by my 8-year-old? I can't meet my 8-year-old here in a strange room with strange people.
    77:42
    So thank you. I just want to first offer that. Sure. Well, we do all ages. We just started our second league night of the month at Side Arcade, which is not all ages, because at the time that we usually do our lead nights, they put up to 21 up. Okay, so my daughter actually got to play at Cidercade when she was visiting some family in Austin. And she loves going with me to the coffee shop and getting hot cider. And so she was really excited that she was going to be able to play pinball and get a hot cider, but they only have alcoholic ciders. Man, I knew that at that age when I learned what real cider meant. what a hard period to learn but she did manage to get the fourth high score on the Godzilla there and was just like you know what this is still a good trip so yeah well I mean if you want to come to Austin again and bring your little baby girl she can definitely play with us at Texas Game Roast that's the first Wednesday and that's all ages but I mean you could play Pretty much any time with any of the members, we're pretty open, you know, whenever someone wants to play on a random day at a random place, you know, we'll meet up. And we go to other events, too, nearby. San Antonio is an hour away from us. So they have a really cool place called Red Rooing, and there's a little kid there.
    79:18
    Yeah, I mean, there was a little girl. Oh, my gosh, I forgot her name. I'm so bad. I don't really know her name. But Alana? I think her name's Alana, actually. I don't want to say her name on stream.
    79:30
    Yeah, no, I mean, she actually was dreamed and placed at the Houston Women's Tournament. So she's not foreign to any of this stuff. Her parents play pinball, and she's really good. I saw her get her Red and Ted multiball going immediately and immediately get a teapot. And like I said, she plays. So there's lots of kids that are doing events.
    80:10
    Awesome. Thank you. Yeah. That's a really good question to know. Yeah. Right? Well, because it's hard because as a single father, you know, I want my daughter to do things with other women. Even though, and like, but like a lot of those spaces I need to be respectful of, like, how do I bring her there but not abandon her there type of thing. So, yeah. Good to know.
    80:37
    I mean, we're totally okay with Belgian Times members bringing their, you know, friends or husbands or whatever. You know, as long as they're respectful. which if they're knowing what their partner is doing they're likely going to be respectful so it's definitely not a problem if you were to hang around because we would want to have as many Melting Times members as possible and try to get the word out and create a good safe space that's fun and just promotes positivity in the pinball scene so we're totally all about it awesome that's awesome that you guys are talking about that because I think in in the past um I've worked for an interactive hands-on museum and uh the museum was treated very much like a um child care facility frequently and uh and it's just um when it comes down to it, it's liability, right? Like, I mean, if a child gets hurt and there's nobody around, like, authorities cannot physically practice health care on the child without parental permission. Yeah. At a certain age. And ultimately, that's what it comes down to. And 12 to 14. Yeah, you're the responsible for your kid, you know. Definitely. 12 to 14 is usually the base mark, especially for, like, mental health care decisions and stuff like that. And I work in a gym, and it's still that, 12 to 14, with training and parental relief.
    82:23
    So, same with gaming. I remember, what was that place that we all used to go to in Old Town, George, where there was, like, the cornhole and the exchange?
    82:38
    And, like, there were, like, all the cornhole things, and, like, without it, without it avail, there were always, like, parents, like, just trashed. And always tiny little babies climbing on the cornhole boards. and I'm like, I give this four months before those cornhole boards are not out there anymore. Exactly.
    83:00
    Somebody's going to fall off. And are there cornhole boards out there anymore? No, there are not. If a child gets hurt and there is no one around, do they really get hurt?
    83:13
    Manu is like, nope, I'll be quiet at school. So don't ever leave your kid with Manu. Good to know. All right. Yep.
    83:24
    No, my mom was a nurse, and I feel like if you have anybody who practices medicine in your family, like, you need to lose a limb before anything is done. Like, is it, like, do you have any feelings? No, you're fine.
    83:43
    That's horrible. I don't have any feelings. No, not really. They were talking about bananas and butts earlier, so, I mean, you came in at a way better time than I did.
    83:59
    I have another X-Cabal in there. I have another X-Cabal. Sorry. You're good. I just don't want to get kicked. I'm sorry. I'm crying.
    84:09
    I saw what happened to Dave that one time he was here. Oh, crap. I'm on the final mode. Final. It's the final countdown. I just started re-watching Arrested Development, and so please don't get that song stuck in my head, because it gets stuck in my head anyways, because of gobs. I mean, jokes.
    84:38
    I was reading something, and it was, what's the main character's name? Jason Bateman? Mm-hmm. he's the villain like it changed my perspective everyone's a villain everyone's awful in that they're just a family of awful people he's the worst though because he is the one who turns his back on like his family they are true to their word like they are who they are through and through they're bad people and they're awful people and they stick to who they are but he's constantly they're just honest about being bad so they're better Yeah, I know. It's weird. It's like, it was, and I can't remember, it was like an essay I read, and it was like, he's the villain in this story. And, like, you go back and rewatch it with the understanding that he's the villain, that he's always trying to sell his family out, and it's like, holy crap.
    85:36
    Oh, no. I want to see a team-up with that family and the family from Schitt's Creek. Oh, my God. That was loud. Sorry. had to save it had to save it family first immediately abandons family how do you say that and i was thinking it'd be funny if they went to like philadelphia where it's always funny because they're awful people too kind of figure that awful people i could not people yeah i could not get past season one in philadelphia and and maybe that's just because I didn't grow with it. The first lizard vote. Woo! There are some very sad moments in It's Always Loony, and some episodes aren't even streamable because they're like, yeah, you know what? Maybe we should not have this on a streaming service because of how racist it is, or how, this is why they keep some stuff in, it's like, wait, so they left that in?
    86:39
    Pretty shitty. Well, the gang wanted to make lethal weapons 5, 6, and 7, and they wanted to be really accurate. This is it! I get to do the wizard mode tonight! Hey!
    86:53
    I don't think I've ever played Minotaurals for longer than like 5 seconds, so I'm just in awe, to be totally honest. But I mean, you own it, so you better know how to play it. No excuses, George.
    87:05
    Well, I mean, Escher beat it, so now, like, I have to beat it. competitive mode. I mean, if you're trying to do anything in comparison to Escher, you're just, I don't know, you're just in for a hurt you. You know what I mean? I completely agree.
    87:24
    That guy is so crazy good. It's silly. Well, he's good, and he just knows all, like, the rules and exploits. So he knows how to get points real, real fast. Oh, my God. Without doing too much. And he can get practice in as much as possible. So... He's only good because he can't legally drink yet. Once he turns 21 he'll be ruined. I mean, it's not like this means though?
    87:51
    Could be. Isn't it what was said again? I don't know, I feel like he's turning 21 real soon because he was just under 18... when I was doing commentary for him in 2019.
    88:07
    So that was some years ago. So he's either 21 or coming up on it. Higher Peanut says, Usher beef machines by default.
    88:18
    Sam Higgins says, it's a good thing to have goals, though. It doesn't have goals, but don't do it in comparison to someone else. That's the last thing. I was going to say, it's actually Sammy.
    88:30
    Oh, Sammy Higgins. My apologies. This glare is like, and I can't read. Oh, no worries, no worries. I saw you've done that twice, and I know Sammy doesn't appreciate it.
    88:44
    Apology, Sammy. All right, so I need to hit layer. Got it. I hired somebody, and her email was, thank you for the no worries, and the pardon for misusing your name, and her email was Vic, but her proper name was Victoria, and I referred to her as Vic, because that was her email, and that was like the only thing that stuck in my head, and she said, only my friends call me Vic, and I just met you. And I said, okay. What? Good to know.
    89:31
    It's pretty okay. You have your boundaries. Good. I like that confidence. Yeah, I want to spun that, only my friends call me Vic, and I don't have any friends.
    89:51
    I was going to say, all my friends call me Vic, and we have just met, but we will be friends, and later you can call me Vic. There's a door here that can be opened, friendship can be built.
    90:05
    Wait until we're close enough for you to call me that. Yeah, there you go. Okay, okay, Victor. I'm looking forward to our future together. Yeah, well, the funny thing is I was her boss. um Vertzilla which is Ty asking is this a good game to own after having it for a bit I'm really liking it and the pimped out version with all of the stuff it's so nostalgic and I grew up playing this a lot by the way now I gotta try to get to Cowabunga is Escher an MC? I've been playing with Spikeman since the beginning of time is Escher really an MC?
    90:44
    huh I do think that is maybe where his name comes from. You know, he's so good at everything else, he might as well start spitting bars. Oh, see, I just assumed his family name was Escher. Uh-uh. And there that goes.
    91:01
    I thought Tracy said she emceed for Escher. No? Am I missing something? Just emcee Escher, like the artist. Oh, huh. By the way, it's your turn. Oh, I was about to use Escher. Okay. Well, this will be quick.
    91:18
    Thank you, Brooklyn. That was like the most nonchalant wizard mode I think I've ever done. It kind of surprised me, and we played it, man. I don't need to do the dance. Interesting humblebrag there, George. Yeah. Thank you. I'll take it. The wizard mode was pretty nonchalant. I wasn't really expecting it, but it showed up. I played it.
    91:46
    Normally, I freak out. I guess I just, I don't, I... It's okay, I'm proud of your accomplishments, George. Thank you, well, I was so blown away by my own modesty there.
    92:03
    Modesty you're blown away by, not playing modesty, gotcha. I just can't believe how modest I'm being right now.
    92:13
    Alright, take that. Take that. you just, no, you can leave the, you have to leave that in and just take that out. And then this stays here. There you go. Also, it is midnight. That was, that's a good, oh, no, wait. It's only hour and a half. We still go for another half hour. Thank you. Thank you, Manu. That's appreciated.
    92:35
    Lefkoff is Escher's family name. Correct. Hey! Oh, I get to put somebody in on here. Joe Hills, raiding with 500-odd people. It's the first time I get to put my name in on this game because I have never done this. Don't put your name in. Don't put... No. Oh, my God. I always give the GCs away. Joe, what are your initials? Or is it just Joe? It's J-B-H. Joseph Benedict Hills. I come from a very Catholic family. Oh, my God. I was going to say Bartholomew, but that's almost as crazy as Benedict. Right, right. that's interesting okay okay I kinda like this does everyone else feel comfortable mentioning their middle names yeah I'm comfortable with that the A is actually for anonymous I do not have a middle name okay I do not have a middle name either so I got tired after the first kid they're like you know what Second and third day, we don't need to give out more names. Are you kidding me? Get out of here with that.
    93:50
    Sammy Higgins is a Dolly Parton song. You need to guess this, DNK. You should know his initials, George. They should be plastered all over the Guardians of the Galaxy pin. You're absolutely right. They should be plastered all over. Yeah, I actually am on the Guardians pin, unless Escher's already wiped me off it. I haven't brought it in yet it's still in the back of the truck yeah by the way if somebody wants to steal a guardian for the galaxy yeah I was going to say George don't tell people that danger is my middle name I was going to say his middle name is Jolene yeah that's got to be it right Jolene oh my gosh did I hear Joe Hill's middle name is Beverly Benedict oh I tried to get my daughter named Beverly and my ex-wife would not have it. This was probably not a contributing factor to the divorce, but I can't rule that out.
    94:48
    You almost had me. That would have been the third time on stream with a sit-down. Thank you. It's going to be the same people. No, no, no. Priscilla, thank you for the offer. You're amazing. And I will definitely take you up on that and get you over here to play some Guardians of the Galaxy at the same time. But I am, I'm done. I need to, I'm going to get some actual sleep tonight. I did not get sleep last night.
    95:16
    Yeah. But thank you. You know what you should do to get more sleep is you should drink more, George. You might as well get me a cocktail for yourself.
    95:27
    You think, you think that's, that's... Oh, that would definitely help you sleep, yeah. I think Dice has a remedy for that. Dice has a remedy? Wow, and, oh, we lost the camera. Oh, I've got so many types of remedies. If you just want something that'll help you get to sleep, I recommend our strain, Comatose. Did you have a Comatose strain?
    95:48
    Yeah, but it's a pre-roll that's 95% THC, and the whole wrap is coated in keef. Delicious. That sounds delicious It also sounds I don know it a little scary It actually a cupcake flavor Like I going to die Why is that scary You live in Colorado Isn the air like all just weed smoke That's got to be what you're, like, inhaling all the time there. It's a game we play called skunk or weed.
    96:17
    That is a game. Yeah, I play that game, too, but it's usually just skunk. Just read tax forms. Oh, hey, are we stoner-friendly here? Oh, hey, you guys are in Colorado? Yeah, noel's bell. And, I mean, as long as you're doing something legal, there shouldn't be any issues. The air is forest fire.
    96:37
    Legal and moral are not the same thing. Just saying. Yeah. Sorry, legal and what? Legal and moral is not the same thing. Are you saying that weed is not moral?
    96:50
    No, I'm saying weed is not legal. It is? Oh, that its state of legality is not moral. Well, yes, that is well, but I'm just saying,
    97:03
    for places that it is illegal, it does not mean it is immoral. Oh, no, no, no. I'm just trying to make sure that when I make a statement like that, I'm not doing so and going to get myself in trouble. that, like, we follow the rules here on Don't Panic Flip.
    97:24
    Don't all you there in Colorado partake of the devil's lettuce. I heard somebody else call it devil's lettuce recently. It was probably Queen Dark Lady. That's the one who said it. Okay. Oh, God, I flew in and out of Denver to Nashville running through the airport at that altitude, not great.
    97:53
    Yeah, the altitude here is genuinely, like, it's very impactful. The air is thin, but the weed smoke is thick.
    98:07
    Oh, wow, that was a really bad double drain. Novell's Colorado local as well, blazing some grape strength. It's a wonderful. purple ink.
    98:26
    And up next on the Fort Collins Shopping Network we have a lovely... Ooooooh! I don't know how to... Yeah, I actually don't have anything to show off. And speaking of the Home Shopping Network, did you guys go with George at lunch?
    98:53
    I feel like I need to update that. I love my emos, but I feel like I'm ready for some updated t-shirts. Don't update it until someone gets the tattoo.
    99:08
    Is somebody actually going to get the tattoo at some point? Do you know how many people are saving points for that? Really?
    99:15
    Oh, yeah. The tattoo of Vietnam? Get that tattoo. I thought they were saying for you to get the tattoo. It could be me or them. It's completely... Queen Dark Lady has almost 70k. Higher Peanut at 60. Oh, my gosh. I told you, George, people want you to get these.
    99:32
    It's a really high amount, which is fair, because tattoos are... Actually, wait. The penguin would be meaningful. So, Sammy, it's any one of my emotes, right? Like, you can either, I will pay for you to get any one of my emotes tattooed, or vice versa, you can redeem it, and you get to pick which one of the emotes of mine that I get tattooed on me. You do not get to pick the location. Nintendo Ravey says... I got 139,000. Are you kidding me? Nintendo Ravey?
    100:04
    Oh my god, there are so many people who are halfway there. I guess I need to limit it to the number of emotes I have. It'll be like a drawing. Oh my, yeah, everybody just redeems him in one night. Reese's Cup throwing up peanut butter or the hot dog eating the hot dog. I still have those emotes to do. Are you... They're in Europe? You wanted to do the... You wanted to get the... Oh, it's an Easter ball. Sorry. Like the good old days.
    100:34
    Which one is the... Oh, the actual... That's right. That's what I'm talking about. That's one of those things where I keep getting reminded of that. Like, oh, yeah, I do remember saying that now. I will forget about it for weeks or months and then get reminded of it.
    100:56
    In my opinion, the inferior one by adding years, I want a George Staple Reese's Cup filling up peanut butter.
    101:04
    That is just not a great tattoo. Like, I'm not super excited about that. I didn't know where to put that one. Can Manu and I team up and go in on it together with our points? No, Queen Dark Lady. There's no teaming up. If you were to do the reading of the first puppet, it won't be a tramp stamp at least, right?
    101:23
    I get to pick the location. You get to pick the location? Yeah. Right there. George had these, like, sweatshirts that had a logo across the small of his back, and I called them his tramp stamp sweatshirts. Yeah, I have three of them. Yeah, because he loves when there's branding right across the small of his back. It was an interesting design choice.
    101:46
    Hashtag crotch advertisement. There's the callback. Nailed it. And we circle just like a perfect comedian. Yep.
    101:57
    Always quick with a joker to light up your sticky. Just sticky. But there's some place that you'd rather be. singing where I would lie Sing us a song, you're the pinball man There you go.
    102:14
    Crotchvertising? That's the highest key, dude. I was going to say madvertising, but okay. Madvertising. I think madvertising might be... Madvertising just sounds like some really worked up, like, red-faced, sweaty business guy just screaming his pitch at you. Badgertising.
    102:33
    No, nads, let's go nads. I was not mad at him. No, no, she said badgetizing. Badgetizing. Badge. No, I know. I just, I just, I just, I mean, we've got to be equal with the genders. You said nads. I said badge. Badgetizing. Well, I mean, it was only just this year that I had to tell George what the definition of the band Pearl Jam was.
    102:57
    I, I don't, I don't. I didn't, I didn't know. You said you gave Mary Jane a pearl necklace. You did not get the point of that story.
    103:07
    What's your turn to like a 10-year-old innocent boy? That's not hard. I ruined his night when I told him that. You're going to have to explain to me. It's not. I am.
    103:21
    It's exactly what it sounds like. It's a euphemism for a guy's bazooka juice. I like you went with bazooka. I feel like that's a... That's rather aggressive, no? Yeah. It is the name of one of the most popular bands of all time.
    103:42
    Wait, the bazooka? No, the bazooka seems very aggressive. Yeah. What is this? A leaky water balloon. The fluid that emerges from a man's satanic meat piston. I mean, we understand what's happening here. There doesn't need to be, you know, different orations of the same thing. I think we've got it. kiss from diddlyumptious his cash and price everyone's very quiet right now i'd really appreciate someone else saying something yes so that season is almost here so george you have merch uh taylor and i were just uh working on the new shirt design a secret shirt design. Is this for you and your stream or is this for Bells and Chimes? This is kind of on the side of Bells and Chimes. It does represent Bells and Chimes but it's not for members of the Bells and Chimes. It's for supporters of Bells and Chimes. Once you get those shirts made you'll be one of the first people to know about it. Okay. I still have a pin on my backpack from Bells and Chimes. Nice. Thank you for the support, man. Yeah, I have a couple other shirt ideas that I'm trying to work out. Just know why, since I've done some Photoshop and whatnot. No!
    105:08
    This is key. Absolutely key, Tracy. What if it's a lock? No, no, no. This shirt has to be made from tri-blend. Right? Like, tri-blend or die. What if it's duo-gladyshack? No. This is a Joe You Nasty. I think you are trying to announce George actually, like when he wanted to buy the shirt from Game Trouble He's like, is it okay if I touch it first?
    105:34
    This is no joke Like, I Yeah, he goes through the streams all the time About like, oh, it's gotta be Tribal It's gotta be Tribal And then like, he's gonna buy a shirt And he's like, but you know what? Can I just feel it? And the guy's like, I guess Whatever It was kind of an awkward request Is it a sensory thing? Is it an allergy thing? or is it just a question? It could be a little bit of both. Because you do have allergic reactions to a lot of ish.
    106:04
    It's just better. Like, TriBlend is the best. I mean, don't come out like a D-bag. But, like, legit, like, got him a blanket for Christmas, and, like, he washed it, and, like, all of a sudden he, like, almost went into anaphylax. Yeah. That was pretty awful. And it was like a carbon neutral recycled material cotton blend blanket. It checked all the boxes. But what's funny is I washed it six times before using it. And it still hit me really hard. But TriBlend is awesome. Wait, so like you got like a rash or you like legit couldn't breathe? No, like legit couldn't breathe.
    106:51
    Did I get a rash? Yeah. Oh. Well, not now. That was like six months ago. I mean, is it still there? Mr. Hardlock. There's people in chat doing it. Mr. Hardlock, I won't lie. My DPF shirt is one of the comfiest shirts I've ever... Like, it just... TriBlend sits well. It is very comfy. It's stretchy. It plays on his decolletage very well. Yeah. Declatage? What does that word mean?
    107:29
    It's this region. Oh, your camera. Look it, we broke your camera. I pointed at your chest and it broke your camera.
    107:38
    Chestles? What is that? Dice, explain your deck of cards, I think. Janelle made it very clear she doesn't want me to use any more euphemisms tonight, so I cannot help you. Tracy's going to have to explain to George what chestels are.
    107:59
    I have no idea. I am not helping with that at all. I know the camera went out at the same... The problem is the camera is overheating. It's not that hot in here. It's like 72. I think it's a bit warm.
    108:12
    Aren't you wearing a sweater dress? Yes, she is wearing a sweater dress. Way to put logic into it, dyke.
    108:21
    What's that? Am I muted? No, no, you're not muted. I feel like I'm in a Zoom call. You need a flipper fan. I do need a flipper fan on the camera. I think your thermostat's broken.
    108:38
    It says it's 73, but it also says it's 1117. Yeah, I haven't updated one of those. That doesn't have enough power. if we had flipper coil fans.
    108:53
    We could hit that. You said it's called Bechtel, but where's the fan? You need to get like a whirlwind fan or something on top of it. Oh, well, it doesn't have a fan, but it does have the eye thing from the turtles. I don't remember what that... Technodrome, yeah. So it has the Technodrome and the eye just moves around and it has a whole bunch of lights on it with some plastic. It is very cool. Dice has been reduced to only nouns for the rest of the evening.
    109:29
    Pin Monk, not only for flippers. Pin Monk also has the flipper coolers. J.C., you are up over here. I think my... Oh, did your headset... Oh, you were at medium power on the headset, so you can't hear anymore. Because I was hearing... I'm so sorry. No, I hear Tracy. Hey, hey. Dice, can you say something? Hi, Fliptronic.
    109:52
    One, two, testing. Yes, I hear Dice. No, I don't have the screenings done. I'm sorry. But I will make sure to get that back to you, and Game Club Central also redeemed one earlier as well.
    110:06
    I'm kind of glad you turned it off, George. It's a lot. Also, of course, Game Club Central tried to redeem it seconds after you raided earlier. here. So I'm kind of, I'm kind of happy it didn't, it didn't trigger. Screaming suns, total, well, higher peanut. That's the other way that we tackle that is I start introducing redemptions that are, that, that, that you can't say no to. Like you see the redemption, you're like, I have to spend points on that, like a screaming sun, which reduces the chance of tattoos. That said, I'm not opposed to a tattoo. I, I, I kind of want the, the dabbing narwhal at some point. I just, um, I pinged, uh, Zombie Yeti, who has done the artwork on this pinball machine right here. Oh, nope, wrong one. Uh, I pinged Zombie Yeti, and I asked if, uh, if he could redo my, uh, my, my, uh, dabbing narwhal emote in a, in a vaporwave style, like a narwhal with cool sunglasses dabbing off in a corner while smoking a cigarette or something. It was supposed to look really, really cool.
    111:12
    Smoking a cigarette is out. No, no, no, but not in Synthwave. It's still there. I feel like the narwhal needs to be, like, doing something else. But it's a candied cigarette. Okay, but I don't know if that's, like, I don't know if the Twins Terms of Service will let you have, like, things that promote smoking because there's a lot of legal stuff about advertising and kids and smoking, and Twitch wants to run ads on your stream.
    111:39
    That's a really good point. So, okay, we won't do smoking. What if he's chewing bubble gum? There you go.
    111:49
    Or brushing his teeth. He could be brushing his teeth. That's less cool. I'm going to be hopping off here for the night, guys. I've got to get up early and renew my passport. Okay. Guys, have a great night. We're going to be ending here. I think this is our last game.
    112:05
    Radio, have a good night, everybody. Radio to you, too. I don't know if that's what she said. Radio 2-2.
    112:15
    George, if you could attach to this anything like your moving background, that would look real insane, like, in a great way. Like, it would just line, the lines are all, like, pink and blue and purple and stuff. It would look really great.
    112:30
    It's, uh, it's typically everything I have so far, with the exception of my very first head, which is nice, nice. Oh, no. which was a sun on my shoulder but everything else is all book related there or there? right shoulder with all the not constellations what are the other things?
    112:55
    the symbols for like cancer and Libra and things like that astrological signs zodiac signs, there you go eating a special brownie Let's try this.
    113:09
    Let's try this. There it goes. Oh, there it goes. There it goes. So, but everything else is book-related, so this would be the first time I get a tattoo of something that's not book-related.
    113:22
    Even the dragon. I'm sorry? You can write a book about it. Oh, there you go. Until you write your first Don't Panic With book autobiography.
    113:33
    Yeah. Fun fact, when you were getting that, you walked into the room at the same time I was getting this? Yes. We were tattoo buddies.
    113:44
    Yeah. You started before me, and I finished way before you. Right? I'm having a hard time making it past that obvious layup, but I'm not baking the bake. Oh, wait. Oh, huh. Yeah, thank you, Plectronic. Jordan was there with me.
    114:11
    Blood killer. That was eating a special brownie. No, wait, that wasn't a suggestion for what the narwhal could be doing instead of smoking a cig.
    114:21
    Oh, that was. Sorry. Yeah, but writing a book means you have to actually write a book, and writing is hard. Sammy Higgins completely agreed. Yeah. But you like writing. I do like writing. You can write a picture book. Yeah, but then you've got to hire an illustrator or even worse, illustrate a picture book. Yeah, that to me seems not fun. I mean, come on.
    114:44
    You can doodle, I'm sure. Tranky, do you draw? I have it in the hot jacket, but I used to do some Farky Farky stuff.
    114:57
    But I'm starting to get my creativity back this way here. I had this really cool actually moment in one of my where I wrote this couple of paragraphs let's say, I don't know what to call it, almost like an essay on creativity because what happens is I go through maybe like two or three months where I have to really force myself to be creative and then it starts to build back up, and then I feel like I can be creative for a bit. And I tried to visualize creativity as like a beaker of some sort of a liquid.
    115:44
    And the beaker can get bigger the more you exercise that creativity muscle, so it can store more liquid.
    115:54
    And then you can use that liquid to be creative, But also what uses that liquid is like vices or other, yeah, like a spud killer, a creativity reservoir. But vices or other things like watching television or... Or day jobs. Yeah, day jobs, exactly. Like if you really dislike your day job, you may end up using that creativity just to get through the day. Sammy Higgins says that they get paid to write. How many foods do you have for creativity? How many what? Spoons. How many spoons?
    116:29
    How many spoons? Have you never heard of that before? So in some cultures they use spoons instead of forks to eat rice, George. But other people use it to measure their ability to apply themselves in a particular situation.
    116:42
    I am so confused right now. What? So spoon theory is basically like you have a certain amount of spoons that you have for, you know, doing activities. It's basically like how much energy you have for certain things. But what's the significance of the spoon?
    116:59
    You know, one thing, you may not have enough spoons to put towards another. So if all your spoons are used up, you might not have a lot of spoons for, you know, fun stuff.
    117:10
    There is no spoon from Neo. Das Bork says, my spoons were plastic and they all broke. I think both those theories definitely apply to me as well. Right. There's something called the knife theory as well, where basically you can push yourself beyond your spoon limit to your direct physical detriment. And with my digestive stuff, I didn't realize how much I was leaning into that knife drawer until I quit my... Well, when we first got sent home from my day job because of COVID, I went from like getting sick at night like four or five times a week down to like once a week. And then once I quit my day job entirely, it was like once or twice a month. and I was just like, oh, I thought with this digestive problem, I would just be sick all the time. But, like, no, it turns out that if I don't stress myself out an insane amount, like, oh, I could just be relatively functional like other human beings. I was putting all my energy into this job, you know? Yeah. Right. If you don't have all this energy going towards earning a living, which is a ridiculous thing in my opinion, yeah, you actually can live. Yeah. Weird, huh? Huh. And what was blowing my mind was the fact that we were talking about spoons. I'm like, I am not getting the connection. But Queen Dark Lady says spoons were used because it was readily available as a prop for the person who came up with the theory. Got it. So like one of those, I got this thought, and they go to the drawer and pull out a bunch of spoons. This is the amount of creativity you have. And then we start taking them away to do other things. I like that. It makes the story so much more fun. So are you talking about when you say the knife theory, you started to cut away all the things? No, so the idea is that, like, people kind of have a natural threshold if they have certain physical problems, like my digestive thing, where most people would know better and just say, oh, I should stop doing this. But because I have, like, trained my willpower, I was in ROTC to be a Marine Corps infantry officer and stuff like that. Oh, shit. I was pushing through my body's natural limitations to the point where, at the end of the day, I was just absolutely wiped out. And it was causing me a ton of long-term problems. So the idea is that, like, you know, well, what if you just pretend you have more spoons than you have? Well, that's knife theory at that point, if that makes sense. huh it's like oh you know I don't have many spoons to do the dishes to make sure I have spoons in my drawer so I'm going to go and eat my cereal with a knife I was just wondering if okay so we're continuing with the metaphor of silverware and rather we went from spoons we're skipping forks entirely and we're going straight to knives and I just didn't know if there was significance to the fact that we're just trying to avoid any innuendo there.
    120:12
    Oh, nicely done. Okay. Well, that's only left, so I don't think we have to worry too much about that. Yeah, okay, and Tracy, I can do a part, I was going to like, maybe I should message Tracy about this earlier, but you know what, I'm going to do this now. I'm sorry, I know when you were like, somebody should jump in here, I'm like, I just don't know what to say when stuff like that happens. Because it's not great, but like, I don't know how to make it not worse. And most of the time when I jump in on stuff like that, I somehow make it worse, even when I'm trying not to, so I just kind of freeze up. Sorry about that. Yeah, it's fine. We all have our things, you know. Was the tax conversation not a valid context switch there? I think that, oh. Yeah, but it should have come 25 seconds earlier. It should have come in your camera. No.
    120:59
    I mean, it's fine. It's in the past. It's like 10,000 spoons. I mean, how many spoons did you have at that moment? You know what I mean? I mean, I am, like, at the end of my day. This is my wind down type of thing. I streamed for, like, six hours, I think, before I raided George. Oh, yeah. I can't remember. Yeah, that is the end of the day. Two hours ago. So, yeah. Yeah, well. Were you playing Minecraft? Yeah.
    121:28
    So, man, I have so many more questions, honestly, about the Hermitcraft stuff. Hermitcraft. You should definitely start a game and talk while you're playing, because I don't think it's time to end the stream yet. It is. I can't keep the camera going, the camera on me. It keeps dying every seemingly about three minutes now.
    121:50
    Man, I've got more questions, but I've got a quick one for you. Joe, so on Hermitcraft, at this point, you've got you and 20 plus other people all building and fashioning this world. and I watched you today and you seemingly had so much direction as to what you were doing. Do you have a plan? Is it more organic? And are you coordinating with the other Hermitcraft people? Well, in today's case, that was a special Monday stream we do called Hermits Helping Hermits where if somebody has a big project that they can't execute on their own, they lay out their vision and simple repetitive ways other people can help them accomplish that vision. right and so in this particular case there was a lot of direction about one very geographically isolated project and how to make that happen but on the whole we're just making stuff up as we go and we occasionally will do something like that when we have something that's too big for us to individually make up as we go but like i didn't know i was doing this yesterday right i just showed up today and was told hey get to work you know that sort of thing let's hang out and do stuff, you know? Okay. Still, it looked like a ton of fun. You had so many other fun people in there, like Zombie Cleo, there was somebody whose first name started with an I, I feel like, and... Ijevin, yeah. Yeah, Ijevin, and it was just it was, I don't know, it was cool to see such a coordinated effort to universally build stuff. I really enjoyed it, and I had you on mute the majority of the time because I was in and out of meetings today, but yeah. A wise decision, Yeah, yeah, you don't need to hear me the whole time.
    123:27
    But, so, on that note, you guys, we have Joe Hills. If you're not already following or watching Joe Hills, make sure to follow Joe Hills either on Twitter, on YouTube, or Twitch. And that's twitch.tv slash joehills. Also, we've got Outer Spacey Tracy.
    123:47
    And I think it's Tracy from Outer Spacey. So click her name, click the follow button. She streams, oh my God, this camera, all the time.
    123:58
    This camera is not supposed to overheat. And so click the name. Alcohol kind of brings up the body temperature.
    124:08
    It's also wearing a sweater dress and drinking. Nice sweater dress, by the way. That's awesome. It's stiliferous. Or I would say it's out of this world. How about that?
    124:18
    It's outer spacey, too. Oh, and it's outer spacey. I didn't catch that. Wow. Very nice. I don't know if it was kind of cosmic or it's maybe bats. I couldn't really tell, but I like it. It's all the animals. So, yeah, there's even a narwhal. Oh, I see now. I was trying to see where the narwhal was. That's what I was, oh, there it is. It's right there. It moved from my boob to my armpit. I was looking at the negative space. I was like, those look like bats maybe. I can't really. Oh. I was just inverted. all right you guys check out outer spacey tracy check out joe hill thank you so much for hanging out everyone this evening um when the camera comes back on you'll see that we are leaving shortly so have a good one and everyone please be safe we'll be back on tomorrow with a different pinball machine and uh thank you so much for hanging out bye thanks george nice night
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