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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular Take 2

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·1h 8m·analyzed·Aug 31, 2025
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TL;DR

Kaneda announces Beetlejuice LE exclusivity for club members and predicts major game releases disrupting the market.

Summary

Kaneda discusses upcoming pinball releases including Spooky's Beetlejuice (999 units at $9,999), announces exclusive allocations for Kaneda Club members, critiques Stern's recent Limited Edition offerings, and speculates on upcoming games including Star Wars, Walking Dead Remastered, and Big Bang Bar Remake. He also reflects on manufacturing scale at various companies and expresses concerns about staffing and production capacity in the industry.

Key Claims

  • Beetlejuice will sell 999 units in approximately 9 minutes

    medium confidence · Kaneda speculating on Spooky Beetlejuice demand based on FOMO patterns

  • Star Wars LE will be limited to 770 units

    high confidence · Kaneda stating this as established fact about Stern's production run

  • Spooky's Evil Dead and recent games are now second-most beautiful pinball platform, behind only Jersey Jack

    medium confidence · Kaneda's personal opinion comparing manufacturer aesthetics

  • Stern has not made a great Limited Edition in a long time

    medium confidence · Kaneda criticizing Stern's LE differentiation strategy

  • Star Wars on secondary market will sell for $18,000 due to 770-unit scarcity

    medium confidence · Kaneda predicting secondary market value based on limited production

  • Multimorphic has only 3 total staff members

    high confidence · Carrie confirming staff count during discussion with Kaneda

  • Barrels of Fun has over 20 employees, similar size to Dutch Pinball

    medium confidence · Kaneda estimating Barrels' staff based on Carrie's comparison to Dutch

  • Big Bang Bar remake will be announced around Pinball Expo with 250 units produced

    medium confidence · Kaneda stating this as forthcoming announcement, Carrie later confirming details

  • We have never had a great modern Star Wars pinball game

    medium confidence · Kaneda's opinion justifying demand for new Star Wars title

  • Star Wars LE is poorly designed with ineffective TIE Fighter mech on spring plunger

    medium confidence · Kaneda critiquing George Gomez's approval of design element

Notable Quotes

  • “I've crossed the Rubicon. Now I'm like, am I a distro now? Does that mean I'm a sellout?”

    Kaneda @ ~13:30 — Kaneda reflecting on shifting role as he secures exclusive Spooky inventory for club members

  • “Spooky is going to sell you this for $9,999. Jersey Jack Pinball's platform is still just levels above everybody else's. But remember, like it's $15,000.”

    Kaneda @ ~18:00 — Comparing value propositions between premium manufacturers and acknowledging price-to-quality tradeoff

  • “Star Wars LE will sell on the secondhand market immediately for $18,000. I just don't know what to tell you.”

    Kaneda @ ~25:00 — Predicting secondary market behavior based on limited production scarcity

  • “Stern doesn't know how to make a great LE anymore. I mean, Jaws LE maybe, right? But like Kong LE, no, it's terrible.”

    Kaneda @ ~26:30 — Criticizing Stern's Limited Edition differentiation strategy across recent releases

  • “Stern needs to like unleash a Kaneda-like personality to get people more excited. Where's the excitement?”

    Kaneda @ ~40:00 — Self-referential critique of Stern's marketing approach and lack of enthusiastic promotion

  • “These guys when they're like 'Oh, they want to like, you know, they get all pissy about me talking about it.' It's like, 'Shut up. You're going to sell everyone.'”

    Kaneda @ ~75:00 — Acknowledging manufacturer frustration with leaks while asserting all games will sell out anyway

  • “I don't get how these guys stay in business to be honest. The overhead all those parts like just sitting there.”

    Kaneda @ ~62:00 — Criticizing inefficient manufacturing model at small boutique manufacturers with minimal staff

  • “There's going to be four new games that disrupt the market. Star Wars, Walking Dead Remastered, Beetlejuice, and Big Bang Bar Remake.”

    Kaneda — Predicting major market-shifting releases over next several months

Entities

KanedapersonSpooky PinballcompanyBeetlejuicegameStar WarsgameStern PinballcompanyChristopher FranchipersonJersey Jack Pinballcompany

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Small boutique manufacturers (Multimorphic, etc.) operating with skeleton crews (3-5 staff) raising questions about production capacity and quality control

    high · Carrie confirms Multimorphic has only 3 total staff members; Kaneda criticizes inefficient manufacturing model across small manufacturers; compares unfavorably to larger operations (Barrels 20+)

  • ?

    business_signal: Spooky Pinball offering exclusive Beetlejuice allocations to Kaneda Club members, indicating direct manufacturer-to-content-creator inventory arrangements

    high · Kaneda announces partnership with Spooky to allocate fully-loaded Beetlejuice machines exclusively to club members

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Spooky Pinball positioning Evil Dead and Beeteljuice as premium aesthetic competitor to Jersey Jack at lower price point ($9,999 vs $15,000+)

    high · Kaneda states Spooky games now represent 'second most beautiful pinball platform' after only JJP, with $5,000 price advantage

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Star Wars LE criticized for poor mechanical design, lack of standout mechs, weak artwork, and screen implementation issues

    high · Kaneda extensively criticizes game design elements; questions whether George Gomez adequately reviewed design; states he's not getting hyped by gameplay footage

  • ?

    leak_detection: Big Bang Bar Remake details leaked ahead of official announcement; Kaneda and Carrie reveal 250-unit production run, timing, and mechanical improvements

    high · Kaneda and Carrie discuss Big Bang Bar Remake as forthcoming announcement; detail 250-unit production, improved mechanics, pole dancer upgrade, new artwork by Stanley; acknowledge manufacturer frustration with leaks

Transcript

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0:02
So, this is going to work much better. All right. Are we back? I think we're back. We're demon speed in here, people. All right. Let me um let me get the charger.
0:42
We had a rule. No, there's supposed to be no gas powered leaf blowers. People keep breaking that rule.
0:51
[Music] All right, we're back. We're back. Ah, just, you know, is the um I don't know. I was out the side, but I'm right underneath the router now. Now you get to see the demon.
1:13
[Music] Let's pop the hood. Damn the air grabber. Mike's blocking supercharger.
2:17
Ah, demon. It's the best. The best. You know, like literally pinball is fun, but nowhere near as fun as putting on some country music, beautiful sunny five degree and no cloud in the sky, driving a demon to the beach in Connecticut and just chilling. Have a couple cold beers in the cooler. Life is good today. You know, that's kind of how I feel. Like pinball is fun, man. People take it way too seriously, you know? People people they don't get it. They don't get it. Like it's like you can This is the pinnacle of like automotive fun that these two cars like the Toyota I think like a Mazda Miata and a muscle car would be the greatest two best of both worlds in the driving world. Dodge is coming back, baby. Dodge is coming back. I don't know if you saw this. Let me find it for you. Let's watch it. It's amazing. Let's see. The It's like talk about a company that like realizes they made a mistake more than Cracker Barrel even. Um and they like they they have to go back and like course correct. But like look at this.
@ ~68:00

  • “pinball is fun, man. People take it way too seriously, you know? People, people, they don't get it.”

    Kaneda @ ~2:00 — Kaneda's philosophy on pinball community tone and engagement levels

  • “Signing Franchi was brilliant. Of course it was. Franchi's art just killer and he's going to kill Beetlejuice.”

    Kaneda @ ~20:00 — Praising Christopher Franchi's artistic contribution to Spooky's Beetlejuice machine

    • Carrie Hardy
    person
    Big Bang Bar Remakegame
    Walking Dead Remasteredgame
    Multimorphiccompany
    Barrels of Funcompany
    John Borgperson
    George Gomezperson
    Jack Dangerperson
    Kaneda Cluborganization
    Rickperson
    Retro Ralphperson
    Pinball Expoevent
    Evil Deadgame
    King Konggame
    X-Mengame
    Dutch Pinballcompany
    Automated Amusementvenue
    Kaneda's Japanese Jazz Barvenue
  • $

    market_signal: Secondary market pricing expectations indicate Star Wars LE will command significant premium despite design criticisms

    medium · Kaneda predicts Star Wars LE will sell for $18,000 on secondary market despite admitting game may not be objectively great, attributing value solely to 770-unit scarcity

  • $

    market_signal: Stern's promotional approach for Star Wars criticized as insufficient; Kaneda suggests they need stronger personality-driven marketing to generate excitement

    medium · Kaneda states 'Stern needs to like unleash a Kaneda-like personality to get people more excited' and questions where the excitement is for imminent release

  • $

    market_signal: Jersey Jack Pinball commanding $15,000+ premium over competitors (Spooky at $9,999) with justified market acceptance despite significant price gap

    medium · Kaneda acknowledges JJP platform superiority justifies $5,000+ price premium over Spooky; describes as 'levels above everybody else's'

  • ?

    announcement: Big Bang Bar Remake officially announced/confirmed with 250-unit production limit; features improved mechanics and new artwork

    medium · Kaneda predicts announcement at Pinball Expo; Carrie confirms production details; mentions improved geometry, mechs, and pole dancer mechanism

  • ?

    product_concern: Star Wars Pinball mechanical design criticized as underwhelming; TIE Fighter spring plunger mechanism appears ineffective and poorly conceived

    high · Kaneda criticizes George Gomez for approving TIE Fighter spring plunger as primary shot mechanic; describes it as obvious design flaw that undermines game quality

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Community enthusiasm for Star Wars release appears subdued; Pinside hype thread not gaining traction as expected for major IP release

    medium · Kaneda expresses surprise at lack of hype thread activity; attributes to known IP and questions community excitement level; criticizes Stern for not promoting game effectively

  • ?

    business_signal: Stern appears to be deliberately constraining Star Wars LE production to 770 units to restore FOMO/scarcity narrative

    high · Kaneda explicitly states 770-unit limit and predicts $18k secondary market prices due to scarcity; contrasts with earlier LE failures (John Wick, Venom)

    • 3:42
    I mean, this is basically how you like kind of say like, "Oh, we messed up."
    4:13
    Share. Hold on. Hold on. Always does this. Sitting on over 500 acres, our 5.4 4 million square foot North American headquarters is the second largest building in the US. But 36 years ago, 4 years before this building was completed, a very small group of engineers created something special that to this day fuels a subculture both inside this complex and the auto industry as a whole. The name has changed a couple of times and it even went quiet recently. quiet. But it is time now for us to harness our But it is time now for us to harness our past to accelerate harder and faster towards our future. So today we start we start recruiting. We start rebuilding and we refire the machine. We stop being quiet and we get loud again. Today we relaunch the worldass SRT performance division. Hell yeah. Love it. I love it. Okay. Um, Hell yeah. Love it. I love it. Okay. Um, that's how you do it. Okay, back to the spooky stuff. Very I'm very proud to announce um I'm very proud to announce that um for the first time ever, well, you know, I've always had like I would get like one LE of a game and we would auction it off, you know, for someone to get a shot at a game that sold out. We all know that Beetlejuice is going to sell out instantly. They're going to sell 999 in 9 minutes, right? 9 minutes, 9 seconds. You know what I'm saying? Like, they're going to That's how it's going to happen. Um, Spooky Pinball is going to give Canada club members a chance to get a few of the games, fully loaded games. They're going to be and I said I only want my my my club members to get access to Buttercinet Topper everything. I want the works. I want every it's there. These are going to be loaded games available exclusively if you will to Canada Club members. So I encourage all of you to try to get one w through your distros and all that. But if you get shut out, Canada Club members are going to have a shot at some. I'm really excited to do that. I'm very excited for this game. From what I've heard, um, it's going to be a jaw-dropper. Okay. So, like, but you know, as I said, as I said, please exhaust all of your other options because there's going to be more people that get locked out, I fear, then I will have games. So, like just just know uh a special Canada plaque signed by the men. Yeah, I probably I'm sure we could work on that. They're really cool. We'll do it. I think we can have a Cana edition. Canada club member edition. Be fun. You know, it's funny. I I I've crossed the Rubicon. Now I'm like, am I a DRO now? Does that mean I'm Am am I a sellout? No. No. Um I will still call this game, you know, objectively. I absolutely will. I only want that version. It's funny. Um yeah. No, I I just um you know, for me, the uh the the the desire to own this game feels personal to me as much as it does professional. It's a personal uh desire to really support these guys in in a game that I think is going to be incredible. I really do. I think I just feel the vibes from them. I see the smiles. I I know that like Evil Dead this like they got they got it to where they now have a game that when you walk by a spooky Evil Dead and then you see even Potter or Dune or Kong like they're they're now in my honest opinion the second most beautiful pinball platform and the second most beautiful game in all the pinball. still think Jersey Jack's platform is still just levels above everybody else's. But remember, like it's $15,000. Spooki is going to sell you this for $9,999.
    9:01
    Um, are you getting some pets again? Uh, yeah. You know, we put the dog. We want to get We'll get a dog again. I just need the kids to get a little bit older so they, you know, baby Cassie can uh It's a lot on our plate. You know, there's We don't have any help. This is something about you you don't see it because you get shows every week and the level of exhaustion in our family is is high. Uh there's no grandparents nearby to help out. They're nearby but they just can't help out. We don't really have a babysitter. We don't have a nanny. We we are doing it all. And so I would love a dog but it's just too much on our plate right away. We we really need to put our own peace of mind. And look, we're gonna get one. The property is perfect for one. And the town is filled with beautiful little K-9 friends. Just a little bit later. I I think sometimes you can pile too much on your plate. And I just we can't do that. And I I I know Brendan wants to move faster on it than I do, but I'm like, "No, babe. Like, come on. You're already beating down. Don't add another. It's hard to travel, you know, when you go away because we can take the kids and then we also now we have it like to find shelter for the dog. It's just a lot. Um, signing Franchie was brilliant. Of course it was. Of course it was. I mean, Franchie's art just killer and he's going to kill Beetlejuice. She's going to crush it. What if it's Goonies?
    10:39
    I love that they're making one less than Stern makes of an Ellie. I mean, now Stern's making 770 Star Wars. This is why Star Wars LE gang. I, you know, look, how many of you look I I don't even care if the game's great or not. Star Wars LE will sell on the secondhand market immediately for $18,000. I I I just don't know what to tell you. It's going to sell for $18,000. And you can hate me. You could say I'm just trying to pump and dump it. All of that might be true, but I'm telling you, Star Wars on the secondhand market, if there's only 770, uh, and and look, there is no way that uh that that half the games ever went to Europe. You hear that Star Wars theme song, bigger Stern screen, better sound system, it's going to insta sell out. My worry with with Stern's lately is they don't know how to make a good LE anymore. Have you noticed this? Like Stern doesn't know how to make a great LE anymore. I mean, Jaws Ellie maybe, right? But like Kong Ellie, no, it's terrible. Nothing special. Um, I don't think James Bond Ellie was like looked too too similar to the premium. Uh, I don't Yeah, I just don't think they made a a great LE in a long time. They have not made that like like really the LE just felt so much nicer. Like D and DLE did not look nice. Um, X-Men LE maybe. But again, they keep making the premiums too similar. I agree. X-Men looks nice, but like the premium like they make they need to sandbag the lower models. I think X-Men was was gorgeous. Poor X-Men, by the way. Like it just it's just I know it's getting better and I think it's going to get better, but man, it'll never it'll never fully recover. It just won't. Yeah. I because I don't even know like if like the mechanical side of the game was really fixed. Was it? I I don't know. I don't know.
    12:55
    Yeah, the animations are not the best. It's just just kind of like just doesn't feel like like it's worth the money.
    13:05
    No, gang. The Pro should have crap on it as art. The Pro should have just the logo. I'm serious. They need to sandbag the pros.
    13:16
    X-Men is underrated. I I don't know. X-Men is like X-Men is is just it kind of like it kind of is what it is. You know, it ended up being unfortunately it just ended up being,
    13:32
    you know, it's just all the issues with it. It It's a shame. It's a You just You can't have a game be successful when it's just going to be plagued by all those issues. Um, Big Bang Bar is coming back. There will be, what I heard was there will be 250 remade. There will be a new art package by Stanley. I think it was Stanley. I don't want to butcher his last name. Before he passed away, he worked on it. There will be improved mechanics in the game that are really cool. Uh, every time I talk about it, they get mad. They get mad. It's kind dead flip. Jack, what's up, brother? Jack, we want you back. Designing, brother. Jack's on Facebook right now. Jack, join us over at uh YouTube right now. We're on Canad Pinball. Mr. Jack Danger in the house. Jack, we love you. We always have. We always will. I mean, that's just the way it goes with Jack Danger. Coolest mofo in pinball. He's like a tall version of Canada. Like, it's it's just what happens. Jack, I want one of those stern jackets, by the way. The one you wear. You know the one I'm talking about. Just be like, "Hey, I lost mine. Can you guys make me another?" And then give me the other one. Okay. Probably a medium. All right. Let's do it. It's been too long, man. I need And we need to look like twins when when we go to a show. You just you you know, it's going to be great. It's going to be great. There's one one of my most favorite pictures ever is me, Jack Danger, and Carrie Hardy just laughing hysterically. It's just it's such a good image that captures the vibes we're all going for, right? Canadia Beetlejuice Ellies with Retro Ralph ball drains. Yeah, they're going to come with a pair of Retro Ralph gloves. He made gloves, by the way. Have you seen these like fingerless gloves? Like, what's what's going on? It's weird. It's weird stuff.
    15:37
    Poor Ralph. Poor Ralph. You know, we we we we didn't get him back. Now he can't come back. He's been locked out. We locked him out. Now he's just there making Everice all the Ralph's like he's like his videos are always like we always Is there innovation left in pinball? What do I think of the new game? It's always go look at all the thumbnail just like what? Who cares? Guys all take themselves way too seriously. You know I heard Rob's going to be in New York City. He's going to be in New York City September 10th when the Stern uh Star Wars media day, so he can't make it to Stern. And I was like, and you can hit Ralph up. I am extending an offer to bring Ralph to my Japanese Jazz bar and I think we should just break bread and and just bury it all. Like just I that's the But I'm not going to I'm not You know what? Every time I reach out, I get ignored. So just you guys can go say, "Hey, Canada would like to take you to his Japanese jazz bar on the house." He'll be my special guest. We'll go in through the VIP entrance. We won't wait online like everybody else. The line is down the block. When you go with Canada, you go in through the the back secret entrance. It's the most amazing night you'll ever have. Jack, we got to go when you're in New York City. Oh, what's up everybody? He's definitely going to regret it. We're all having fun. Yeah. No, we're all having fun. And we're all and and and look, when when you're a grown man and you can't just like chill, you're going to get made fun of. You're going to get made fun of. It's it's just the way it goes. It's just the way it goes.
    17:25
    Ah, yeah. No, it's good. It's good. Look, there's no like there's no ill will, man. I mean, I see these guys at shows. It's all fine. You know, even if they refuse to shake my hand, it's all good. Nothing nothing changes. They can't change um how I feel and how I'm vibing. And it's all about positive vibes, gang. It's all about like the new MGK album, baby. Trust me. Lost Americana. Don't sleep on it. It's so damn good. That first song is so good. Take me somewhere cheap where the living is easy. I mean, that's it. Isn't that what we all want in life? cheap pinball where the game play is easy. Um, yeah, smooth things over with a compliment regarding his gloves. I mean, I love it too. Like he he's got like FOMO on his gloves. He's like, "We're only making 99." Like, come FOMO on gloves. And he's like, I love these guys that make stuff where like, oh, I'm just breaking even to put my logo on something to get it to you guys. You notice how I stopped selling all merch. I don't care the amount of effort. Like, I don't need you walking around. I don't need that. I'd rather you guys like, you know, kick your donations. You're you're a club member. We're we're making more than all these guys. And we're having the most fun. It it we're not chilling anybody. And we're absolutely having the most fun. You can see it like they they literally are not they it's all they're all reading show notes. We ain't reading [ __ ] But how we're vibing. Okay, so here's my prediction. Well, we got Jack Danger. Jack. Jack, I heard Star Wars is just okay. Is it better than okay? Like I I know you guys are streaming the old Star Wars games. Give us a little something, man. He's the dude's seen it. He's here. He's seen it. Uh, you know, just give us like I wish they would hype it more. Like, where is the I can't wait you guys to see the mech in this game once you hear the theme song. Like, we know it's Star Wars. I'm not getting hyped watching Borg play the data east game. I know you're Jack. Literally, literally Stern needs to like unleash a Canadalike personality to get people more excited. Like, where's the excitement? I really like I I I just like, hey, like I don't care about the old games. I want you guys to make me feel like I can't live unless I get your new game cuz we all know we don't need it. Make me want it. This is it, Stern. No, it's not. It really isn't. But like whatever. Whatever. So, look, I I think it's it's coming soon. Um, you know, look, I I don't understand why there's not more of a little bit of a like it's a week. It's a week away. It's going to be a fun week. Beautiful time of year, by the way. It's like easy to wait, right? It's easy to wait when the weather's perfect and you know, you don't really want to be inside. It's easy. It's easy. Single tie fighter on.
    20:37
    You know what's funny about Stern sometimes is like literally George Gomez walked by that tie fighter on a spring
    20:51
    and he's like all right this works right. I mean it like like literally I love George Gomez but like man George how did you when you walked by Richie's game how come you weren't like uh Steve get over here for a minute what the is that we have Star Wars bro what what is this what is this bobblehead TIE fighter thing doing here like what what is this what is that screen stupid what is that what is that like what what was your idea that you're just going to slap the the lock down bar button. That's what that's going to that's how you shoot tie fighters. Stupid Steve. Come on. What are we doing here? Stern pinball. We're the world's number one pinball company. You put a tie fighter on a spring. This guy Canad is going to kill us. He's going to effing kill us. The dude doesn't even play pinball and he's going to kill us.
    21:47
    You know, he's insecure. He's wearing multiple necklaces. Like what? One's pink. Like what's with this guy? Doesn't even understand pinball rules. He hasn't put his podcast on a pair of gloves. He's not even doing gloves this year. He's not even doing gloves. And he's got an audience. He more people watch his Facebook lives than we even sell of games. He's 4,000 people are watching every video now. He's he's And he's not showing respect to everybody. He's not He's not even going to come here. How are we going to win this guy over?
    22:23
    stupid G, you know. Look, look, this is it. This is it. This is it. Like, this game better be it. Um, all right. So, like there's a Dune at Automated and I was thinking about going there to play the latest. I might text Frank D'Angelo. He's usually in here. Um, Frank Mack and see if we want to go over there. Automated. It's only 30 minute drive north. So, it's there now. So, like it's a beautiful day. I might just take the demon up there. Um, I don't know. I need an oil. It says I need an oil change, but my oil level's fine. I think it's just like after a certain amount of miles, it's saying that, too. I don't know. I don't Or I don't think it's detecting like it needs new oil cuz I It's just I've got the oil. Yeah, I called the dealership today. They're like, "Yeah, drop it off. We can sneak it in. Leave it. Leave it with us." No, I'm not leaving you my demon. No, I will wait for an oil change. Make sure the dune code is up to date and crank the volume. All right. Yeah. No, I Carrie. So Carrie, man, are you getting a Dune?
    23:32
    Yeah, it's based on miles, right, Mike? Yes. Yeah. And it probably doesn't need it. It because I already got the oil change like a few months ago. I I don't I don't know how to reset that statement, though.
    23:46
    Yeah, I know. Cars don't detect quality of oil or do I drive my Demon. This thing's got 60300 miles on it. In the Demon space, that's a lot. Like these guy, it's still on the original tires. Horrendous story of my friend was holding on to my replacement Demon tires. He threw them out. They're now worth $5,000 cuz you can't find them. They don't even make them anymore. And he's like, "Bro, I'll buy you dinner." I'm like, "Dude, you threw out my tires that were worth $5,000 and you want to just buy me dinner?" And he's not even offering to pay for replacements.
    24:24
    It just takes all the patience sometimes to be an adult that have friends that kind of suck.
    24:33
    Yeah. I mean, who does that? Who who like moves houses and doesn't tell you he's moving and then throws out your [ __ ] items? I'm sorry for cursing. Who does that? like still like I I just would never do that. Just give me a call. I would have come and picked him up. It was a hard time for him. His his dad passed away. I get it. I get it. But just give me a call. But just give me a call and I'll pick him up. Fine. We we we we made up. I mean, my Cuz my friendship with him is like really like goes much deeper than tires.
    25:12
    yeah. Um, so how many of you, let me ask you a question. How many of you have a on the list for Star Wars? I'm shocked that the the hype thread is not really blowing up. Is it even like 10 pages by now? I mean, I get it. It's like, yeah, it's like more Star Wars, right? We we all knew it was Star Wars. So I you know that's why the hype page is kind of just Neil McCrae trying to shill for Stern. Have you noticed Neil is like the biggest Stern fanboy ever. It's just like it never it never ceases to amaze me. Like literally he's like I'm tired of hype threads. He starts the hype thread. He started it. Good old Neil. He's a good guy. He's got a lot of money. Flies around the world. I mean I feel like he's just making money in his sleep which is good. And he just flies around the world. He's like, you know, he's an ambassador for the sport of pinball. They need Jack to sink Kong to hype Star Wars. Toen, uh, here's the thing. Big Bang Bar is coming out before Toaden remake. Do we need another Star Wars? Yes, Carl. Because we never had a great modern Star Wars game. So, that's why I say yes, we do need another Star Wars. I don't think we've ever had a great modern Star Wars game. And that's I think I don't think anyone would disagree with that. Would anyone disagree with that? Like, have we had a great modern Star Wars game? It's not the Steve Richie game, gang. I want to take that TIE fighter on the spring. I hate the hyperdrive. The way it's like it's cool, but it like it's it's it takes up too much room. It's also not, you know, part of the story line.
    27:01
    Yeah. Well, I'm going to get the oil change on Wednesday at the Dodge dealership. Does it matter where you get the oil change? Let me ask you guys that question cuz I could go to I could go to Valvalene and they could do it today or should I take it to Dodge? The thing is Valvoline wanted to use their oil, but I'm like, "No, I want you to use the Pens oil. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to Dodge. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz like if you need new oil filters and stuff like that, it's a demon. Like they've got the right stuff.
    27:47
    Why don't you have a motorcycle? Uh Carrie, you want me to tell you the truth on that? My mother is why I don't have a motorcycle.
    28:02
    My mother said she will write me out of the will if I ever get a motorcycle.
    28:11
    She loves me too much. She said what I'm going to get is a Vespa. Come on. I'm a I'm a primadana. I'm an insecure primadana pansy. Come on. I'm on a Vesa with a silk scarf. That's how Canadian is going to roll around this town.
    28:29
    Exactly. Like a little Italian scooter, you know, pinky out sipping my my my, you know, my espresso. Gentlemen, have you heard about Stun Pinball's latest limited edition Star Wars game? The fine folks over there in Ilkrove, Illinois, would like to sell us a 770 edition version of a Star Wars game. It's It's Bollocks. They've already done episodes 4 through six. Yeah, right, my good man. Are we chaps? Are we getting one? Are we getting one? I should do like a Canad's double- breasted pinball tournament where like you literally have to wear a double- breasted jacket to compete in the tournament. Like, let's bring some class. Have you seen the way people dress at pinball tournaments? Have you smelled the way people smell at pinball tournaments? I think we class it up. I think we do Canadas's double breasted pinball extravaganza and the winner gets like a a tailored suit. You know what I'm saying? Like, like a pinball machine in a habedasherie sounds like a great idea. We're all Everyone looks like they just got like I don't even know. Like everyone looks like they're going to paint a house at a pinball show. They look like they're about to go paint a house.
    29:57
    Yeah. A photo of me walking towards the Vespa like Aira would be amazing. Carrie. Um, Carrie, when you were at a Multimic, how many people were there making games? Like I I saw a couple people there, but what was like the total staff like? You know, it just felt like Jerry's got all these parts and like but nobody's like doing anything. Like you I I I you know that the tour was great. Thank you for doing it. But like how many people are actually there? Five. That's it. That's it. There's more. It just felt like nobody was there. It's like one dude's like, you know, like like he he's like, "Here's the portal stickers." Like like what? Stick them on, bro. Make the damn games. Get them out the door. Total staff three. We spoke about that a bit actually. And what did he say? Like I like legit it I it just felt empty. I don't find No, no, no, no. Finding good help is not hard if you're if you pay for it. What what he's trying to find, you know, and this is the problem with manufacturing. You got to find like you you have to find like almost like temp type workers and you don't pay them. So, like, yeah, like if if you would I'd rather work at McDonald's making French fries than sitting there in a, you know, in a in a threeperson pinball company trying to screw together portals. That's the problem. He hires people they don't want to work. They go to Chick-fil-A. Yeah. Because it's like, well, you know, we know that pay is crap.
    31:47
    Yeah. No. and spooky. It's like it's a family. Like that's the thing is like if you walk through the door every day, would you want to Carrie like Carrie between us? Pretend no one's listening. Would you want to walk through the door every day there and like be like slowly screwing together like Princess Brides? Right. Right. Like there's like three people there and you're you know, but also it would make me nervous too like like I don't know. like it it's like quality control and only having that many people like just feels like come on man like that's not like a manufacturing facility. It's it's it's it's a glorified garage build when you have that few people. I mean I could fit three people in this garage and we could screw together the games.
    32:41
    I don't know how many people were at barrels. You went to barrels, too, right? How many people were at barrels when you went there?
    32:54
    It's um you know, I I really do think Wow. Okay. So, good. So, Barrel's over 20. That's kind of like Dutch, you know? I feel like barrels is around the size of like Dutch pinball.
    33:15
    Turner pinball trying to sell that $10,000 Merlin's Arcade. Man, it's not happening. The yellow armor. Chris, man, you never Chris's mistake is he never should have sold Raza to Melvin. He should have just made Raza. He would have sold the Razas more than Merlin's Arcade. I don't know why. like he brought Merlin's arcade to market. I don't know why
    33:45
    there were two people at Mer. Okay, like like this is like how how can you like make games like that? Like in the end, I mean this Jerry, Chris Turner, the American V, all of that should have been consolidated. Like AP should have set up a company where that not only will they make AP games, but they'll crank out Turner's games, they'll crank out Jerry's games. This way you have, you know, 20 people every month cranking out 20 games a week for somebody. You will get orders. But to have each of these companies independently manufacturing with like two to five people, I don't get it. I don't get it.
    34:47
    I I you I don't get it. I don't I don't get how these guys stay in business to be honest. I I don't get it. I mean I I I don't get it. The overhead all those parts like just sitting there just every day parts. You're just walking. You're s staring at parts. It would drive me crazy.
    35:10
    You guys want to talk Dutch pinball? What's up? You know, the tariffs. Um,
    35:18
    you know, um, there was more talk about Ninja than Avatar. I I don't I don't Carrie, come on, man. Like, what what do you There there was there was no talk about either. I mean, there was no talk about Avatar. So, like Yeah. Like I just it it was like Yeah. You know, I could hear people say probably like, "Yeah, there's more I have more fun on Ninja Clips for like half the price." Maybe that.
    35:44
    Um, look, I think it's going to get real interesting in the next couple months. We're going to get three the three new games. There's going to be four new games that disrupt the market. Are you ready for them? Star Wars, Walking Dead Remastered, Beetlejuice, and Big Bang Bar Remake. All of that will be announced, revealed, and showcased between now and December. Uh, expect Big Bang Bar to be announced sometime around Expo. 250 coming back. Fortunately, the company's putting its logo real big on the back box. I don't like it. They need to get that off. It's just not doesn't look good. They're They're going to get mad like he's seen it. Can you You showed Canada stuff. Now he's They're going to start calling over. They can't touch us.
    36:47
    Uh-oh. Carrie just spoiled. Carrie did it. I didn't do it. Carrie did it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. Carrie said it. Carrie said it.
    37:02
    It's not my fault. Don't yell at me. Carrie Hardy. I can't confirm or deny what Carrie just said. All right. I can't confirm or deny it. Once again on Canadas Pinball Live, we're getting exclusive stuffs. And where are the super chats, gang? I'm going about to give myself some. Am I going to about to pay myself?
    37:30
    Is it Pedretti? Is it DP? Would you rather have Dudge Pinball? I'll tell you this.
    37:43
    I don't know. I don't know if it's Pretty. It's someone. I don't know for sure either to be honest. It's I haven't seen too much, but um you know Rick Rick at Planetary owns the license. You guys know that um JPL just said, "Will Stern use Predator Guy to voice Chewbacca?" Oh man, I don't know. I don't know what the call outs I don't know what the call outs will be, but um Okay, so here here's your options for who's remaking Big Bang Bar. Pinball Brothers, Padretti Gaming, Hexa Pinball, Dutch Pinball. Um, and am I missing anyone? Home Pin. It's not going to be Home Pin. Now, look, everybody would want it to be CGC if they were on schedule. I don't know. I see they're building those Merlin's arcades. Here's the thing about Big Bang Bar remake. It's going to be cool. It's going to be beautiful. It's going to be cool. It's going to be different. Um, and it's going to be collectible. and it's going to sell out. You know, this is why like these guys when they're like, "Oh, they want to like, you know, they get all pissy about me talking about it." It's like, "Shut up. You're going to sell everyone." You know, like it's not a secret. The cat's out of the bag. This this a tiny little hobby. People here talk. So, like, yeah, pinball's going to have the return of Big Bang Bar and it's going to be this year. Cool. You know, look, Rick Planetary, man. He's sitting on like a lot of stuff that will sell. You know, I don't know if if you own a Big Bang Bar, one of the remakes. Uh, you know, you're you're going to your game's going to lose value. This one's going to be nicer in every way. They did some they they improved geometry on stuff. They improved mechs. The the pole dancer has been improved. It's super super cool. It's just going to be a cooler Big Bang bar. You know, I was talking to my friend Kim Mitchell. So he's like, "I'm glad I sold mine cuz I knew this was going to happen.
    39:59
    Well, you know, the thing is the thing is the thing that's going to get tricky now, gang, is the tariffs with people, right? Because if this game's going to be made overseas, tariffs, man, it's like it's gonna it's going to get it's going to get difficult for these European companies. Here's the thing, though. If you make 250 Big Bang bars, you'll sell them all in Europe only.
    40:29
    I you know there I I know there's been some talk like maybe we just sell them here. Like does anyone know like what is the real issue with Star Wars and overseas distribution? Like like can you get a Star Wars LE in Europe or no? I I I'm I'm still confused.
    40:55
    Look, I've played Big Bang Bars. It's not even that good of a game. It's not. It's the most overrated game I think ever. It was just famous for being rare.
    41:08
    Can someone in Europe like Dave Sanders? Nobody knows like what's the like I I feel like people are trying to say I was wrong. I I I don't know. I I feel like Stern is not sending Star Wars LE's to Europe, are they? I I don't care either way. I just That's what I heard.
    41:32
    Now that Cuphead is dead, why doesn't Ryan McUade just share it? Like why doesn't he just like just like if I were Ryan, I would just share it. Try to get people excited to maybe convince someone to make it or buy the title to produce. Great shows, says Alejandro Traveria.
    41:58
    Travaria Travaria great show Star Wars is good. Her news hope Star Wars is good. Yes, I Alejandra I hope Star Wars is amazing. I keep saying this. I want Star Wars to sort of remind us all why we love pinball in the first place. And you know John Borg gets what we love. What I keep hearing about Star Wars is that it's going to be a game that casuals will really enjoy. I think they're going to make it more mainstream in terms of its layout, which means fan layout. Um, I think, you know, and I think it's going to I think they're going to, you know, they're not going to take any crazy creative like leaps on this game. I think Borg's going to put in I think it's going to be a lot of his recycled mechs that you love. I think we're going to see the the Adat is going to be the mech suit from Avatar that he made that that falls down. Makes total sense. Like the mech suit in Avatar falls down. I think we're going to see the at do that. I also think Borg is going to use the NBA Aerosmith shooting the ball up into something is going to be the Millennium Falcon popping out of the of the, you know, the creature's mouth when it needs to escape. I think that's going to be a moment. I think there's going to be some ball flying like that. I do. I think he's going to I think he's going to use those two mechs. And then we know Borg loves magnets and we want magnets in Star Wars. So like yeah,
    43:38
    I think it's going to be a just a game that makes all of us curious. I can't wait to see it. I can't wait to go to the beach today, by the way. Canada, come on, Ralph. Send me some gloves. My hands feel so they feel they feel naked without Retro Ralph gloves on. Let's wait. Oh my god. Oh my god. I'm not going to I'm not going to please myself until I got those gloves on my hands from now on. I want to feel the chafe. You know, last night we went to a restaurant locally and I was like, I ordered a $75 steak that sucked and I'm never going back. Um, it was like literally this Wag Goo, you know, it was flavorless. It was overcooked. You know, I I was going to send it back and I just like, Brenda, like whatever. Like, I don't even want to like I'm never coming back. Like, my new thing now is you can't cook a $75 steak, right? I'm never coming back. You know, I I hate I hate overcooked meat and you know, I've got some really great restaurants here. Roan Seafood is the best. Like the food is is good. It's not like But it's not about It's just the vibes, the environment. You'll see it's right on the water. It's incredible. They got a boat. It's called the Pearl. Owner and his son and family run. Like they it's just they're great people. Like the vibe in there is so amazing. You know, the older I get, the less I want to like branch out to all and try all these new places. No, you you find where the bites are amazing and they know your name when you walk through the door. And I don't need anything else anymore. I don't need to go around and like find all this new stuff. It's like food is food is food. Like give me the good stuff with the good people and the good vibes and the good service and that's what matters most. So, I'm really like I don't know. What day do you think we're going to see Star Wars? See, this is the other part that I kind of is annoying. Like why do why don't we have a a revealed date? Like like why why isn't there like a date by which all of us are like you know like blocking out our calendars? Like is it the 10th? Is it the 7th? Is it the you're literally like less than 10 days away and we don't know when it is. This Mark like what are you doing? Like what are they doing? September 8th. Carrie says, "But do they say that?" Carrie, is there like a 98 25? Are they hyping that? Is it just like I I don't understand. Like where's that been communicated? I haven't seen anything. The the thing is is like I actually think that this is why the media day is silly to me because like I you know like Like everyone's already seen it. Like I think they do it all wrong. I think the media should come in before it's revealed to the world. I think we should sign NDAs. I think we should hand over our cell phones and I think we each each content creator should get a room with a game and nobody else in it and let us bang on it for a couple hours. Don't let us have any devices on us. Closed door rooms. I don't want to see like don't don't don't like herd in like you know 25 content creators into that stern alley room. It's too crowded. It's too loud. It's the worst way to intimately experience a game for the first time. I want to walk into a pitch black room with just the game on. No, I want it sound dampening room. I want pitch black. I want to walk up to it and I want to experience it in the best possible way. What they give is it's crap, right? And and like and you could see it like people are not like getting the right experience. It's the worst way to sort of reveal a product. They've got a new chief marketing off marketing officer. Like they like why is it so hard for these pinball companies to understand that? You bring in Carrie, you bring in Cana, you bring in Ralph, you bring in D, you bring them all in separately and then you embargo their coverage so I can make videos whether I'm hyping it or that's how you should do it. They don't want to do that. No, no. They want you to pay out of your own pocket. These guys are going to pay $600 to $1,000 out of their own pocket to get what?
    48:36
    did he say that that Jaba is in the game? Is he serious? Like that's in the game? Why would he show that? Just looks terrible.
    48:55
    He said it's in the game. I think he's trolling. I don't I don't think he's being serious.
    49:05
    I'm really curious how the title's going to work. I It's It I I don't even like the logo. Like I think they didn't make it good, you know? It's like It looked like AI generated. It just looked sloppy. like the the font the E was wrong. The R was not it it didn't go to the edge of the border and the border wasn't sharp like the the movie like Empire Strikes the Empire. It should also be called the fall of the Empire, you know? I just think the Fall of the Empire sounds better. It's like the Empire Strikes Back, you know. Add the It just sounds better. It looks better when you write it in in the logo. the fall of the empire,
    49:48
    you know, not fall of the empire. The like make it more I don't know. This feels more like dramatic with the 'the' in it. The the number one pinball podcast in the world. I'm looking at all my Twippies. So, speaking of twies, right, I know Colin's trying to reboot it. He's, you know, you know what is funny is like he wasn't going to do it. He's now trying to reboot it because Canada said it wasn't happening. He's literally doing it to try to prove me wrong, which is funny. I'm so happy we're going to make him do work and the show is going to suck. It's going to suck. Like, he has no idea what he's doing. He has no vision for it. It's going to suck. And I literally can't wait to sit back this year, you know, and maybe Kale and I are going to just get together, get some whisies and some popcorn, and just sit back and watch it suck. It's a shame that our hobby does not have a great end of the year awards show. It's a shame. We were there. We had it. We all experienced it when it was good and and it turned into total garbage. It was garbage. It was garbage last year. I mean, 45 minutes they had no Wi-Fi like like what the whole thing was just like what what's happening here? Garbage. You didn't even need to do it live. They should have just like they should have just recorded it, edit it in the right way and because there's no advantage to live. There's no advantage. Nobody's there that's getting an award. Nobody,
    51:28
    you know, the thing about Colin is is is, you know, again, I I I I think his intent is in the right place, but once again, like I think he just chooses to take the wrong side of things. And you know, it's unfortunate. Like him and I were fine. I don't know. He just like started, you could tell like he just he seems really What's the word I'm looking for? What's the word I'm looking for? Starts with a W. It ends with an E. I think he's really woke. And when he you could see it like he was really trying to just like cater and virtual signal when he was doing those stories around JK Rowling and like you know trying to like align with the extreme members of our community that you know and and you could see like why are you doing this like why are you writing these stories? It's because he's trying to virtual signal and that's what woke people do. They pretend to be like, you know, all high and mighty and it's like this is pinball, bro. Like, walk around the damn floor. Like, this is this is not you're not that's not the audience here. We're back. We're back. We're back. We're back. Anyway, and I don't care if you're woke or not. just, you know, again, you but if you're trying to make a living out of pinball content, man, being like, you know, being like really far progressive to the left is not really going to really going to win you the audience. You know, when in Rome, baby, that's why I'm mo Killian. Where you going?
    53:22
    say hi. Byebye. Hi. Yeah. I'm sure what that was. Yeah. I'm sure what that was. All the so much energy. You know, I'm raising these kids to be like their daddy, moderate, socially liberal, fiscally conservative. Treat everybody with respect. Treat people how you want to be treated. That's it. That's it. And don't mess with kids. Don't mess with children. Don't try to introduce them to overly complex things they don't understand yet in the name of normalization. It's not normal to try to introduce kids to things they don't understand yet. Get that out of my family. I will raise them to be respectful of everybody. I will raise them to use common sense. But don't don't in the don't ever come after children and their purity and their innocence with with that sort of agenda like that is that is like that is why you will lose elections forever until you stop. It's just the way it goes. It's the way it goes. If you want to go after family values and you want to go after children and if you want to go after women, female sports, you want to go if you want to go after it, you're going to lose forever. So, keep doing it. Keep changing Cracker Barrel logos. Keep doing this stuff. In the end, I do believe this is the greatest country in the world. I do believe I do believe you have an idea. You can make it here. It's not easy. Look at Spooky Luke. Just join. Look at look at look at look at spooky pinball. American dream. No one's going to knock on your door and take it away from you. Nobody. You know, it's it's it's funny. Like Brenda sisters in Amsterdam like everybody hates America. Everybody Yeah. Good. Good. Hate on us. Hate on us. I love this country. My parents came from nothing. Nothing. Immigrants. They're grandparents from Italy from There's Rebecca on camera. There it is. Hi. We're talking smack. Hey, I I don't care less. I could care less. In the end, if Brenda had stayed in Ireland, she would not have got to where she got to. The opportunities are not there. She came to America. Now, now she's got this great life. She's happy. She's blessed. It's amazing. And look, there's great places everywhere. There's great people everywhere. But this anti-American sentiment, the way you and I I've noticed this like a lot as I look at my American muscle car. I've just noticed this a lot. There's a lot of like it's like the people that claim that they're they're they're fighting for stuff. They're they really hate America though. Like they're like embarrassed by us. And how are you going to win an election in America when you're like actually embarrassed by us? You know, it's it's like, you know, Rebecca was saying like, "Why do I She's like,"Wh are there so many USA flags everywhere in this town, right? I mean, I live in a very this a very it's a very like left-leaning town. Why is there Because we because people are very patriotic. We we we look at our flag with a lot of adoration for all the sacrifices people made to be free." Like if if you if people don't understand that like yeah you're not you're not flying the Irish flag because it's a symbol it actually is a symbol of unity. I the uh you know it's the what the green the orange and the white in the middle. The white is the symbol of the unions. I forget like which tribes or like what it all stands for, but it but you look at the American flag and it's a symbol of everybody who sacrificed to to the ultimate sacrifice to be free to put democracy over like socialism and communism and like so yeah like people fly the flag proudly and so when I hear people are like oh yeah in Amsterdam they don't like us or like in Europe like everyone thinks good don't like us. We sent our boys over there to fight your war. Like it it's funny cuz like it's like people forget history. Do you forget all of this? Did you forget all of this? Yeah, we've got our issues, but no other country is dealing with 50 states, different ideologies, different points of view, all it's a melting pot of people from around the world and it's still here, right? And we've got issues. Don't don't we have a lot of issues, but that's also what makes us strong because we deal with those issues, too. Just saying.
    58:27
    But I'll tell you this. I'll tell you this. The reason we didn't end up in Ireland is because Ireland is way too socialistic. like you'll get great benefits, but the opportunity to climb there so much harder. Your money goes nowhere. The ability to make money is a lot harder. And like if you want to buy anything, the way they tax stuff, you guys have no idea. This $35,000 Toyota in Ireland would be like 60 grand in euros. It just like what what you can just have a better quality of life here. Not to mention the weather. You're not going to get a week of this ever in Ireland. Anyway, anyway, look, I again like I respect all people. I And that's why you don't see me get into it. I respect people. I respect discourse. I think people should have debates. I think people should be able to debate without personally insulting each other or refusing to shake hands or or fighting. You know what I love about pinball to bring it back is like I love that we get to debate this stuff, right? Cuz it's innocuous. It it and and that's what's funny is like when when when some of these like people get all bent out of shape or they don't want to talk to you anymore about pinball drama, it's like so funny. It's like I don't know. I I don't know. It's just I I love it. I love and I know what I'm doing. And I know that, you know, I I I hit a sore spot for a lot of people, but whatever. It is what it is. Uh people don't know this. Ireland is the second most expensive country in all of Europe. It's it's it's Sweden and then Ireland. Second most expensive country. A lot of, you know, there's a lot of money in Ireland. Look, and you think we're going through issues in Ireland, like the main issue is like they're taking they're not taking they're not putting their own people first. And that's what's happening, you know, and people aren't happy about that. You can't have your own people suffering and then you're like opening up, you know, let everyone else in and use all, you know, take all the benefits that you're paying for. Pinside drama.
    60:47
    Look, Ireland is great. Carrie, when you go to Ireland, let me know. Go to Galway. Go to Cork. Go to Dingle. Dublin's all right. Just spend like a couple days in Dublin. Dublin is the worst part of Ireland. It's not It's It's Look, Dublin's a a neat city, but like you can see it all like in a you know, a day or two, but Dublin doesn't have the charm of Ireland. The charm of Ireland is when you drive and meander through Ireland and you go to these like 800 year old pubs and you know like trust me stay in a Dare Manor, right? A Dare Manner is where you want to stay. Golf at a Dare Manner. Let me pull it up here. Um and you're you will absolutely be blown away. And that's Ireland.
    61:44
    Let's see. Trip Advisor, a dare manner. Let's visit the site.
    61:51
    This This is heaven on earth. Like, we stayed here. Um, and I will say it's it's so worth it.
    62:06
    Like, look at that. And, you know, they just redid it. Let me Where's the uh Hold on. Let's see. Trip traveler. Get some photos. Oh, yeah.
    62:30
    you know, have tea here. Talk pinball. That's funny. Um, yeah. You know, like you go to Gway, go to Chinctton's. All right. Just trust me. Go to Gway. Just find your way to Chinctton's pub and just drink Guinness and Jameson all day long. There'll be like live music. Everyone's in a good mood. The thing about Ireland that I love is like nobody cares about money there. like there there's no flashing of wealth. There's no they don't respect that. They're salt of the earth. They're it's a farming nation. And so like it's really great because when you get into conversations in Ireland, um nobody cares. They're not asking like what do you do for a living? Like in America like we're like obsessed with that. Especially towns like these. Like everyone's just trying to size you up. Like what do you do? How much you make? How much square footage? Like I get it. and all y'all rich people in therapy and like you know alcoholics and your wife's on anti-depressants and she's doing GLP1s and you know she's your wife's now all of a sudden 50 pounds lighter in one year jabbing herself not eating food like I get it like all is all that making people feel better or you just like trying to find in Ireland
    63:48
    they don't care about any of that I mean I mean they're probably doing the GLP ones now I mean everybody is I I it's just crazy everyone's withering Hey, canada Canadada is 49 at the gym, working hard, eating healthy. I'm not, you know, is what it is. Who knows what the long-term health problems are going to be with all this stuff. I I think it's I think it's tragic the way we're not, you know, we're that's we're doing that. We're turning on sports betting everywhere. I think that's a tragedy. Um and we're not regulating social media for kids. These things are like we need to fix that. We need to like you you you have an age by which kids can drink legally. Why isn't there an age in in which social media is banned until you reach a certain age? You these parents are handing these kids these cell phones by age five and they're just getting addicted to doom scrolling. And they wonder why these kids are messed up. They wonder why these kids don't want to like look you in the eye. They can't talk. They can't have a real conversation. We had like our interns present, these Gen Z kids. They're looking at their phone the whole time to present, sitting down, looking at their phone, sitting down. If you challenge them or have a question, they crumble. They crumble. They like they can't even deal with confrontation and they've they've they've grown up like this. I love it because like when it comes to creating pres like presenting creative ideas like anyone my generation gen slaughter them. Slaughter them like they can't roll with it. They don't know how to roll with it in real life. They they they like they're just used to like sharing and emojiing their way through everything. Parents absolutely no. My kids are not getting cell phones. We only we only watch TV in this household on the weekends. That is it. When it is a school day, there is no TV on ever. Ever. They come home, we're we're doing activities. They come home from school, we are like, we're in the backyard. We're at the beach. We're like drawing. We are they He Killian Killian would love to watch TV every day. Only on the weekends. It's a treat.
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    Hate I hate the fact that we threw social media at kids without even thinking about the consequences of any it. I hate the fact that, you know, these tech billionaires are making $300 billion dollars are worth as they destroy the the, you know, the psyche of of humans, not even like kids, just people are addicted to this stuff. It is it is garbage in, garbage out. It is endless doom scrolling, garbage out. Everybody, you came here for pinball talk. We just started talking about other stuff. Okay. Anyway, because it's like it's like there's nothing. We're going to talk about Star Wars when it comes out. Everybody, it's been an hour and a half. I love you guys. Have a great Saturday. Do me a favor. Give your kids a kiss. Give your wife or your partner a kiss. Enjoy your weekend, your Labor Day weekend. All right. Have a good time. We are here for a very short amount of time. And let's everybody go buy those Retro Ralph gloves. Come on. He's He's selling them at cost. Can someone buy me a pair? Can someone please do that? Can someone go buy me a pair of Retro Ralph gloves? I would love to to rock them on the show next week. Can we do that? Like, I will PayPal you. Like, I don't know. I don't know how to do it. Like, like, but if someone can grab me a pair of Retro Ralph gloves, I'd really appreciate it. Oh, here's we go. I have it on good authority that Star Wars is a nonasset game. Another No, this is it's not a nonasset game. This guy, this is Dr. Frightener. He's wrong. The You got to remember like how would you do a nonasset Star Wars game? So you think you're going to animated and Disney's going to improve approve your your crappy animations? There's no way. Guy, use common sense. There's not It's not going to be animated. It's going to be it's going to be clips there. They literally there's no like there's no way there Stern is going to originally animate a Star Wars adventure. No, there's that would be dead on arrival. Dead on arrival. Peace out, everybody. Larry, you're wrong. Larry, I Larry, I know people