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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular - May 23

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·analyzed·May 23, 2026
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TL;DR

Kaneda breaks Jersey Jack NDA embargo, hypes Sonic pinball, criticizes Stern, reveals Keith Elwin's next game.

Summary

Kaneda Pinball criticizes Jersey Jack Pinball's strict NDA policies regarding their upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog game, claiming the embargo on content creators' excitement is counterproductive marketing. He reveals details about Sonic's features (loop-de-loop, upper playfield, red armor on Collector's Edition) obtained through conversations with invited creators bound by NDAs, contrasts Jersey Jack's design philosophy favorably with Stern's, and launches a Patreon fundraiser (lowered to $100 from $500) to reveal Keith Elwin's next project after Fallout.

Key Claims

  • Jersey Jack Pinball sent Kaneda an NDA forbidding him from discussing even being invited to see Sonic the Hedgehog

    high confidence · Kaneda states he received an NDA from Jersey Jack with lawyers in the room, claims he refused to sign it

  • Content creators including Retro Ralph, Kerry Hardy, and Loser Kid Pinball Podcast attended a Jersey Jack playtest and are contractually forbidden from discussing it

    high confidence · Kaneda names specific creators who attended and claims to have extracted information from them despite their NDAs

  • Sonic the Hedgehog pinball features a loop-de-loop under the glass, an upper playfield, and red armor on the Collector's Edition

    medium confidence · Kaneda describes mechanical and visual details obtained through conversations with NDA-bound creators

  • Sonic the Hedgehog will be released in approximately two weeks

    medium confidence · Kaneda states 'Sonic is coming out in two weeks from what everybody who's played it has told me'

  • Jersey Jack's design approach prioritizes quality over cost, while Stern defaults to cheaper options when costs rise

    medium confidence · Kaneda compares philosophies based on a claimed dinner conversation with Brett Adams about Sonic development

  • Sonic the Hedgehog is significantly superior to Transformers pinball

    medium confidence · Kaneda claims 'going from Transformers to Sonic, it is just night and day how much better Sonic is' based on player feedback

  • Keith Elwin has completed Fallout and is working on a new Stern title

    high confidence · Kaneda claims to have inside information and offers to reveal the title if Patreon donations reach $100, later fulfills this

  • NDAs forbidding discussion of merely attending a game preview are unenforceable and counterproductive to marketing

    medium confidence · Kaneda argues the legal damages from discussing a pinball machine preview would be impossible to prove

Notable Quotes

  • “Why do you want to be imprisoned by their contracts? Basically, I'm just going to blow the lid off this whole thing. It's stupid. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”

    Kaneda@ 3:40 — Sets tone for entire episode — direct challenge to NDA enforcement philosophy

  • “They made you sign a piece of paper that embargoed your excitement. What a stupid thing to do.”

    Kaneda@ 11:43 — Core criticism: NDAs prevent positive word-of-mouth about Sonic

  • “The Mona Lisa is still the Mona Lisa, right? It's still a masterpiece even before he showed it to the world. Sonic the Hedgehog is an effing masterpiece. It's still a masterpiece when it gets revealed. So there will be no damages done if anything leaks.”

    Kaneda@ 25:50 — Articulates legal/business case for why strict embargoes cause no harm

  • “Stern does what they're told and the moment they reach a point where something's going to cost more, they take the cheaper option.”

    Kaneda @ Mid-stream — Contrasts manufacturer philosophies — Jersey Jack vs. Stern design priorities

  • “I ripped up the NDA. You want to drop the game that Keith is working on now.”

    Kaneda@ 29:10 — Direct defiance gesture; sets up Keith Elwin project reveal

  • “Sonic is going to crush and it is so good... it is the goat and it is Richie and it is the flow. And it is going to absolutely just make everybody who bought a Transformers look like a dope.”

    Kaneda@ 17:43 — Explicit positioning of Sonic as superior to recent Stern title

Entities

KanedapersonJersey Jack PinballcompanyStern PinballcompanySonic the HedgehoggameRetro RalphpersonKerry HardypersonLoser Kid Pinball PodcastpersonPinball NPR

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Jersey Jack's aggressive NDA strategy with content creators is creating tension and resentment; creators are frustrated by inability to discuss experiences

    high · Kaneda reports creators 'melting down' and unable to form sentences due to NDA fear; describes embargo as counterproductive

  • ?

    product_concern: Stern cutting corners on quality components (e.g., poor Optimus Prime toy in Transformers) due to cost concerns, contrasting with Jersey Jack's willingness to absorb costs for design excellence

    medium · Kaneda criticizes George/Stern for accepting substandard Optimus model; contrasts with Brett Adams' commitment to expensive additions for Sonic

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Sentiment shifting against Stern Transformers and toward Jersey Jack Sonic; perception of JJP as design-focused vs. Stern as cost-cutting

    high · Kaneda claims Sonic 'makes Transformers look like shit' and will make Transformers buyers 'look like a dope'; describes design philosophy difference

  • ?

    rumor_hype: Extremely high hype for Sonic the Hedgehog among informed insiders; NDA embargo is creating mystery and intrigue rather than dampening excitement

    high · Multiple references to Sonic being a 'masterpiece' and 'goat'; players unable to contain enthusiasm despite NDAs

  • ?

    industry_signal: Industry-wide tension over NDA practices; Kaneda publicly challenging enforceability and ethics of strict embargo policies

    high · Kaneda's sustained critique of NDA legality and morality; references to lawyers being 'in the room'; mockery of enforcement

Transcript

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0:00
KK Thank you. Oh, are we doing this? They're coming at me, telling me they can't, they can't say stuff. People taking trips to Chicago, saying we can't talk about the games. I can't even put on, I can't even do the mic today. I can't do the mic. I can't do the mic. I've got to just be free here because unlike some people out there in the pinball space, you don't get it. Why do you want to be imprisoned? Why do you want to be imprisoned by their contracts?
3:44
Basically, I'm just going to blow the lid off this whole thing. It's stupid. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Hey, come see our pinball machine and don't even talk about it. Don't tell anybody what you saw. We know you were there, Kerry Hardy. We know you were there, Loser Kid. We know you were there, Retro Ralph. We know you were there and, you know, Pinball NPR. Hey, what is this thing now? Grown men going to Chicago to see a pinball machine and they can't even say they went to see it. Oh, oh, oh, what happened?
4:29
Well, now you guys all signed your little contracts, had the lawyers in the room. Oh, yeah. Oh, we're scared now. Now, let me tell you what happens in a court of law when you go before a judge and you try to prove what damages were incurred because someone talked about seeing a pinball machine. People in court because they have abusive partners, murders, rapes, you know, robberies. Wait a minute. Hold all those cases. A grown man in his 50s who makes a good salary saw a pinball machine and spoke about it and broke the NDA. Broke the NDA when you can't even say we brought you here.
5:33

  • “Why would you put [dealer ads] in every five minutes? Like, what is that? Like have some self-respect.”

    Kaneda @ Mid-stream — Criticism of other content creators' sponsored content integration

  • “I'm literally talking to men who will spend $2,000 on a plastic topper. And then you're like $500 to receive the greatest scoop in all of pinball this year?”

    Kaneda@ 34:21 — Leverage/shaming tactic during Patreon fundraiser; reveals audience spending patterns

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    Georgeperson
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  • ?

    content_signal: Kaneda leveraging insider information and Patreon support to monetize exclusive scoops; using information gaps to drive subscription value

    high · Kaneda sets $500 Patreon goal for Keith Elwin project reveal, lowers to $100, successful fundraiser triggers announcement

  • ?

    leak_detection: Multiple content creators have leaked/confirmed details about Sonic despite NDAs; Kaneda systematically extracting information through conversations

    high · Kaneda names specific features (loop-de-loop, red armor CE, upper playfield, holographic sparkle) as coming from NDA-bound creators

  • ?

    community_signal: Tension and resentment among content creators regarding who received Jersey Jack invites; excluded creators feeling overlooked

    medium · Kaneda notes 'content creators who didn't get the invite' are upset and questioning why they were excluded

  • ?

    business_signal: Clear divergence in business approach: Jersey Jack willing to spend extra for design excellence; Stern optimizing for cost

    medium · Kaneda's claimed dinner conversation with Brett Adams contrasting design decision-making between manufacturers

  • ?

    personality_signal: Kaneda positioning himself as anti-establishment industry outsider willing to break norms; cultivating image as free-speech advocate

    high · Repeated references to ripping up NDA, refusing to be 'imprisoned,' mocking other creators for compliance; self-described as 'greatest pinball content creator'

  • $

    market_signal: Sonic expected to command premium pricing on secondary market; Kaneda mentions $50k offer for machine and $3k Transformers LE loss scenario

    medium · Reference to 'Ryan McQuaid should have taken that $50k offer for Sonic'; Ozzy buying Transformers LE at high cost

  • ?

    regulatory_signal: Kaneda publicly questioning legal enforceability of NDAs for pinball machine previews; challenging their legitimacy in court

    medium · Kaneda argues damages would be impossible to prove in court; compares NDA enforcement to serious criminal cases

    • You're not allowed to say we even invited you. Okay, Kaneda, what are you doing? Wear my stars out, baby. They don't even want to, you're not even supposed to know that these people went through the door and saw Sonic the freaking Hedgehog. They played it. They played it. And they can't even say they went.
    6:03
    What is this? What is this? This is what we've been reduced to? That grown men go to a pinball company, see a game, and can't say anything.
    6:17
    It's Sonic! There's a loop-de-loop under the glass! It's Sonic the Hedgehog! Knuckles! Tails! Retro Ralph! You saw the game! Gary Hardy! You saw the game! Tell us! Tell us! Is there a loop-de-loop? Yeah, there's an effin' loop-de-loop! Wait, what is this? Oh no, no, we're special. You're not. Nobody's special. You can't beat Kaneda. You can't get the subscriptions because you don't talk. The lawyers were in the room. This is what I heard. The lawyers were in the room, Kaneda. The lawyers. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Somebody went to law school and paid the money to protect a pinball company's secrets. If you speak about even being at Jersey Jack, you are breaking the NDA. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, we can't say we were here. We can't even say we were here. Even though we went to Stern, we saw Transformers, we ate from Stern's free buffet, we talked to Elliot and George and Elizabeth. Even though we pretended like we were their friends, we then went down the block and we saw the competitor's machine. But we're not going to tell you we went there. We're not. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't say you even got the invite was what the NDA was.
    8:07
    Whoa, whoa, whoa. Well, I got an NDA from Jersey Jack. I got one. I got one. They sent me one. They're like, if you even say we invited you, you're in trouble. I got it. I mean, look, I'll just tell you this. I'll tell you this. I don't play like that. I'm getting hot in this coat. I got to take it off. Hold on. Hold on. Hold up. Put the Gucci coat back. Put the Gucci coat back. Come on. Let's do this.
    8:47
    Oh, my. Okay. They gave me the NDA. And I'm like, you know what? You know what? I can't sign it, bro. Can't sign it, Tom. I can't sign it, Alex. I can't do it. I can't do it. You know why? You know why? Because I'm like, you know, because I'm a grown man. And if I see a pinball machine, I want to be able to tell people I saw it. Yo, I saw it, bro. And it's got a loop-de-loop. And it's got Sonic. And it's fast. And it's a fan layout. And there's an upper playfield. And I saw it. I saw it all. I saw it all, guys. And it's amazing.
    9:35
    Let me tell you something right now. Jersey Jack sent me an NDA. You want to see it? I was shocked. I was shocked that they would actually threaten Kaneda with legal notice. Okay. And like, you know, I also was shocked because I thought, you know, with all the money and all the lawyers over there that they would send me something a little bit more professional. But this is what they said.
    10:03
    Please. I mean, the NDA from, I mean, I get it. Please don't talk about Zadi. Okay? Ridiculous. You sent me this? You're going to send me this, Brett? Alex Manning, Tom Kempere, Retro Ralph was there.
    10:21
    Kerry Hardy was there. Loser Kid Pinball Podcast was there. They all have seen it. They saw all three trims. They played the loop-de-loop. They saw the red armor on the CD. I just told you the color! It sparkles! The playfield's got the cabinet. It's got this big sparkle effect like one of those holograms. Yeah! What about them apples, boys? You played the damn game. Just tell us it was effin' awesome! That's what I heard. The game is effin' awesome! It makes Transformers look like shit! I'm not even gonna say it! But here's the thing. Here's the thing. You are grown men. You are now prisoners to Jersey Jack. They have, in fact, done the weirdest thing ever in marketing. They have embargoed your excitement. You are not even allowed to tell people that you played the game and it was effing awesome.
    11:43
    They made you sign a piece of paper that embargoed your excitement. What a stupid thing to do. Because I don't roll like that, baby. No, no, take your NDA and I'm going to share the play field. Maybe not today, but you know what I'm saying? It's out there. We know it. And here's what I, you know, I talked to, I talked to those guys and they told me like, it's, it was weird talking to them because they're like, yeah, well, yeah, I can't say they, they wouldn't like, they're like, I can't even say it was there. Like literally talk to them. And it was like, it was like taking candy from a baby just to get them to be like, it was awesome. That's all. You know what it's like? I was talking to these guys and I'm like, look, I don't even care what the mechs are. They confirm there's a loop-de-loop under the glass. Awesome Sonic, duh. But like, again, like it's like, it's like me saying, hey guys, here's an exclusive. Back to the future has a DeLorean in it. You can't say that. Like, seriously. It's like, who are they? Come on. Like, grow a pair. And then, and then the best part. It was like, finally, they're just like, man, the game's amazing. Game's a masterpiece. You know, it's incredible. It blows Transformers. You know, it's like, like, we know it already. Like, the worst thing is embargoing their excitement. What Jersy Jack should have done was film their reactions of how awesome the game was and release those reactions only. You know what I'm saying? So we see Retro Ralph's face. Whoa! We see Kerry Hardy's face. Amazing! And just release that. Instead, they can't even say they went.
    13:43
    They can't even say they went. Like, what? Like, what's like Area 51 security over at Jersey Jack Pinball? So yeah, like, screw that. You don't even, dude, when they invited me, and I love Brett, he knows this, like, this is doing more hype for the game than anything. Those guys can't even tell you the game is effing awesome. They can't even tell you there's a loop-de-loop. They can't even tell you the armor's red on the CE. They can't even tell you what the top is. They can't tell you anything. And here I am generating more hype and excitement without any NDA. But seriously, so silly. So silly. You know, it's like, come on, Terry. Come on. Come on. It's like the funny thing is, is like they literally can't even say how excited they are. Thank you for watching. Sonic is coming out in two weeks from what everybody who's played it has told me. Those same dudes played Transformers that day, bro.
    15:17
    They have told me that going from Transformers to Sonic, it is just night and day how much better Sonic is.
    15:28
    And Ozzy, you just lost $3,000, bro. It's just weird. I mean, if you want to lose three grand, just donate it to Kaneda. And then you can do this. Donate three grand to Kaneda, and then I'll send you an LE. New in box. In three months. Which I will buy for $10,000.
    15:46
    And if you want to give me $13,000, that's how we do it. It's that simple. Game's going to lose money.
    15:55
    Vic, what's up, baby? Vic, did you get to go to Jersey, Jack? Brent's going to text you. Dude, she was great. That's what they want. Don't upload it. And then I sent it to Brett. He's like, dude, this is cool. Proves that it's not from the movie. Upload it. I love it. You know what I love it? That's it. It's it. Because Brett is like, Brett's like taking a helicopter to lunch. You know, he's like calling up the restaurant. He's like, man, sell me all the uni you got for the year. I'm hungry. You know what I'm saying? It's like, that's Brett, baby. And it's like, it's a difference between being the owner and the employee. The employees are all like, and Brett's like, Yeah, man. Roll, Kaneda. Roll, baby. Like, you know what I'm saying? It's like, what conversation are we having, Alex? You know, it's like, and then I was talking to another dude who saw the game. He couldn't even form a sentence. He like couldn't even like, because you know what it's like, that does not compute. I'm not supposed to say, you're not even supposed to know I was there. And I'm like, literally, bro, I know you were there. I know you saw the game. I talked to the guys that walked. You know, it's like he's just like he's like melting down in his head. I don't know what legal like fear they put into these grown men. But trust me, trust me, this is where it's at, baby. Sonic is going to crush and it is so good. And what I've heard, it is the goat and it is Richie and it is the flow. And it is going to absolutely just make everybody who bought a Transformers look like a dope. And like the reason why you're a dope is not that the game, you know, look, we're going to talk about Elizabeth and the code in this game is amazing. But like, man, it's like, you know, you just you look at the Grimlock toy and you're just like, hey, like, like, like when George sent me the photo of the Optimus model. Right. It's terrible. Like it like literally. And I'm like, yeah, but George, like, why didn't you send it back and be like, I can't use this in a thirteen thousand dollar product, George? Like, you know, you can pick up the phone and push back against the license holder. You don't have to like just do what you're told. You know, Stern, you know, like, you know what? I was having dinner with Brett Adams, right? You know, I was having dinner with him and we were talking about something in Sonic and it was, I'll tell you, this is the difference between Stern and JJP. Stern does what they're told and the moment they reach a point where something's going to cost more, they take the cheaper option. Okay. I'm having dinner with Brett and his amazing dad and like, and you know, He's like, look, I need to get something in this Sonic game. And it's not easy and it's going to be expensive and like they don't usually do it. And he's like, but I need it. Like, you can't have Sonic without that. And it was like this mentality of like, we will do whatever it takes to make the game the way it should be made. And, you know, it's just like, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And that is the difference. And that is why when we see Sonic and the dude that didn't even go is hyping it more than the dude. I can't say anything. I can't say anything. I can't say anything. And meanwhile, they're shilling the Stern Transformers like there's no tomorrow. Have you noticed this? It's like these dudes go to JJP. They see Sonic that blows Transformers away. And then all their content is they're shilling Transformers. Because they got to put their dealer friend ad in front of all the content. Have you noticed that? Hey guys, buy from blah, blah, blah. Like what is that? Like have some, have some self-respect. And I say this to their faces. Why would you put, why would you do that? Like at least find an interesting way to weave in that content. Remember when Howard Stern used to do ads? And at least he made it a little bit more organic. But he's just like, hey, guys, like every five minutes, hey, guys, if you need to get a machine, call up, blah, blah, blah. Like, what the? Dudes. Dudes, I almost want the opposite. You know, it's like it's silly. It's silly.
    20:45
    How's everybody doing? You can tell I'm wired, baby. I've been working out all week, this military workout. I've been eating healthy. I've been cleansing. This is like Kaneda cleansed. And it's just great. I got like maybe like three to five more pounds. I want to get just Bruce Lee shreddy. We're getting these gifts, baby. Thank you for the gifts. Who's got the gifts? Ozzy, where are we at?
    21:10
    Sonic has a loop. Sonic has a loop-de-loop. Right now, Ryan McQuaid's like, oh, man. Right now, Ryan McQuaid's like, man, I should have taken that 50 grand someone maybe offered me for the game, for my Sonic. Thank you for watching. I'm going to hit you up with, we got to be, Ozzy, we got to, I got to get you in the next layer of friendship with Kaneda. It's the best, bro. Like, literally, that other layer is where you start to get the back to the future images. You start to get the real goods, man. It's like, you know, in the circle of trust, brother, the circle of trust, the only one that can't be trusted is me.
    22:22
    You guys are funny, man. The grown men that went to Jersey Jack who won't even tell us they went. Can we just go back to that for a minute? Take their balls. Now, look, when you go somewhere and you sign an NDA, you know you can tell them, Mike, I want this part out of it. Like, why can't, as a content creator, what good does it do you? Oh, so you've got the, here's what I told Alex Manning. I don't roll with, oh, you're going to like, let me get content and I'm going to sign an NDA and the lawyer is going to threaten me and the embargo date is this. Cool, because here's what's going to happen. The day that you release your content, everyone does. And you have nothing because then everyone has everything. So you really have nothing. What these gentlemen have right now is the ability to get everybody excited. What they have right now is the ability to compare Transformers to Sonic. They have the ability to communicate that to their audiences and they're not. So I think it's stupid on Jersey Jack's part to gag order them, right? It's stupid. Why would you do that? What benefit to anybody does it do that you like try to, you know, in a clandestine way, poach the people that were coming in for the Stern Media Tour? Thank you for watching I not going to drop to play something I 30 minutes from in just a couple weeks Okay So, look, I think that the thing is this. I think those gentlemen really should ask if they can just at least articulate how excited they are. I know they want to do this. I know Ralph wants to tell you how much the game is awesome. I know Kerry does. I know all of them do. I know, you know, Loser Kid does. I know that Pinball NPR does. You know, it's also funny is the content creators who didn't get the invite. That's the other reason why they want to keep it a secret, because there's a lot of content creators who did not get the invite. And they're like, what did I do? What did I do to Jersey Jack? It's just like, you know, it's just all so stupid, you know, and I say this, I say this as, you know, I think about it. Look what's going on in the world. Yeah, in my family, I'm like watching family member battle cancer. My mom is battling cancer. We've got friends on this chat who are struggling with some real important health issues. And we have to keep the fact that you saw a pinball game secret.
    25:21
    I would love to know what damages would happen if anything got out. You know, I was talking to someone else who saw the game and they're like, If it got out that we talked and I told you, like, it would damage. And I was like, what would it damage? You know what I said to him? I'm like, let me just, I was like, you know, let me just explain this to you.
    25:45
    The Mona Lisa is still the Mona Lisa, right? It's still a masterpiece even before he showed it to the world. Sonic the Hedgehog is an effing masterpiece. It's still a masterpiece when it gets revealed. So there will be no damages done if anything leaks. None. Because it's still amazing.
    26:09
    You know what I'm saying? Like, what damages would be incurred? Other than maybe a media outlet has the exclusive on it. Yeah, like, remember when we used to, like, get the IGN exclusive and it's like, everyone's like, why is this on IGN? No one who buys pinball reads this garbage. They want to control their lot. Yeah, then control it.
    26:31
    Control. They can't control Kaneda. I ripped up the NDA. I ripped it up. You want to drop the game that Keith is working on now. Yeah, let's do that. Let's get this. Hold on. Let's do it. I need it. Hold on.
    26:45
    Yeah, hit me. Let's do this. This is how we go. All right, we're going to do something here, baby. And I normally do this for the Patreon crowd, but I think someone's hitting me up because I'm on fire. And he's just pouring gasoline into the fire pit, baby. This is why we like, this is why we like used to win the Twippies, which by the way, what, what, how sad is it? That in the greatest year of pinball, we're not going to have a real award show. The Twippies should be, Colin should give it up because he sucks. And the Twippies should be at Expo. The Twippies should be every game between October and October. And the Twippies should be a live award show the Saturday night at Expo. Like, just Colin, you had your chance. You suck. You destroyed the Twippies, bro. Like, honestly, bro, you've had it for how many years now? And you ruined the whole thing. Give it up. Let like Ralph run it with Jamie and Kale. Let it go, bro. And then have it as a live show at Expo. Everyone's there. They've got the space. It would be awesome. Instead, you're going to hold on to it. You're going to hold on to it and destroy it again. Nobody cared, bro. You had like the lowest engagement in the history of the whole show last year. All right, hold on. Like, you know, if you're going to like say you're going to come on, man.
    28:29
    Oh, man. OK, I got it for you guys. Oh, you want it? You know what? Here's the deal. I just I just got something that is worth. I'm just going to say it's worth. We've got a hundred bucks here.
    28:47
    This is worth five hundred dollars. And because the reason why I'm saying that the reason why I'm saying that is simply this.
    28:53
    This should go to my Patreon Club members. If we hit $500, I'm just throwing it out there. I don't care. If we hit $500, I will tell you what game Keith Elwin is working on after Fallout. How about them apples? I will tell you what game he is working on after Fallout. He has finished Fallout. And we are at $110 right now. And we can get there with this crew. Frank Mack will come in and give the whole 500 bucks. It's nothing to that guy. I love Frank Mack. You know what I'm saying? That's it. That's the offer. We've got about an hour and something.
    29:34
    It's a fundraiser. You guys have made Project Pinball millionaires. Because this is just 500 bucks for you guys. Nothing. There we got it. Fizz with the two bucks. I love it.
    29:50
    That's the offer on the table, gang. Can we get it? You know, the week in pinball, this week in pinball, it's been interesting.
    30:04
    Keefe Elwin's next game. Man, this came out of nowhere, man. This came out of nowhere. Like, like, I haven't ever done this, like broken live on a show what Keef Eilwin's next game is going to be. And I love it that, like, we're literally in front of dudes who will spend $2,000 on a, Ozzy just lost $3,000 by buying Transformers LE, brand new. There we go. There we go. There we go. Space Ace baby coming in. We're getting closer. We're getting closer. Let's see. I think I can set a goal. Let's do this. Let's see. Let's see. We don't need it. I can just do the math. Look at Don's in here. I mean, guys, the $2 donations are going to be tough. It's going to be tough. It's going to be tough to get there. I'll also put in Facebook. You guys on Facebook just absolutely suck. Facebook used to be where we went and we got the stars. And now I don't even know why I have this open for 14 people. Right now, the phone's ringing. He ripped up a Jersey Jack NDA that he made out of crayons that is from his kids' arts and crafts drawer. Right now, that phone calls go. Right now, Alex Manning is calling like, Brett, there's like an emergency meeting. Kaneda has ripped up a Jersey Jack NDA that he made with his kids, Cran said. He is now threatening to release Keef Eilwin's next game after Fallout, but only if they give him $500.
    31:53
    He's also threatening to show the Sonic the Hedgehog unpopulated playfield, and he may even show a little bit of the Back to the Future playfield. We can't stop this guy. He's doing it from his house. So we can't sue his employer or threaten to get him fired like somebody tried to do. He's on his own computer and Wi-Fi. So we can't go that route and try to ruin the man's job. How do we stop this man? We've already destroyed the Twippies in which he used to clean house and made it so unfair to the point where he can never win again. He got 100 more votes and lost first place. That's just a great thing. But you know, the silver lining is Cale and I are now besties.
    32:43
    How do we stop this, man? People on Pins are like, nobody should listen to that clown. He's always wrong. And here he is about to give the new Keith Elwin game to everybody out there. Well, you know, this is why Pinside losers don't get it. This is why we got Iceman in the house. I'm happy to say that Doug and I have like, we have like made up. You know, Iceman44, like, for some reason we were back, we are like kindred souls, like we basically have the same point of view. And we were clashing for so long. And then I saw Iceman44 in my Patreon chat, and I just assumed it was somebody else just trolling. And, you know, he was always like awesome in there. I'm like, but then on Pinside, he'd be like, Kandeda's a loser. I'm like, I just, you know what I'm saying? I didn't think they were the same person. And then this week I was like, is this really you, Doug? And he's like, yeah. I'm like, prove it. Like, what are the last two digits of your phone number? And he said it.
    33:47
    And I'm like, wait, I've been texting you for like a year or two stuff. You never respond. He's like, I might have blocked you. He blocked me like three years ago. And now we're back. And I love it. It's like, you know, I love him so much, you know. Because I love his passion, man. And he's like me, you know, the more whiskey we get in us, the more interesting it just gets.
    34:12
    But guys, we can do this, right? We can get to $500. Is that too much? Do I need to lower it? You guys don't have the money, right? I'm literally talking to men who will spend $2,000 on a plastic topper. And then you're like $500 to receive the greatest scoop in all of pinball this year. And they're like, you know, that's where we draw the line. I spent like 500 bucks yesterday on lunch and snacks for my boys. Not my kids. I mean, my friends. We went out to my friend's restaurant. And, you know, and here we are. It's tough for you guys, right? It's tough. I know. I know. You know, and this is the other like, hey, you can't shame us now into doing it, Kaneda.
    34:55
    Can't do it. It's not going to work. Now, Don, you missed you missed everything, man. You missed everything. I ripped up the Jersey Jack NDA. You have to go back and watch, man. This is going to go down in the record books because, Don, I'm also about to release what Keefe Elwin's next game is after Fallout.
    35:14
    You know what I'm saying? Look, normally I drive everybody to the Kaneda Club to do this, but I think I've kind of reached a critical mass there.
    35:28
    It's great. No one's going to leave. You know, the support people give there is because they're supporting all of this, that I take 90 minutes out of my Saturday and I give everybody a free show. And I really do appreciate every single person that subscribes to the show. It means a lot to my family. And I mean that like, you know, you guys have made some dealers very wealthy and I'm not getting wealthy off of this, but every little bit counts, especially, you know, now that we're a single income household, every bit counts. It's an expensive stage in life. I don't know how anyone has kids when they're young. I make a good salary, daycare, five grand, this mortgage, car insurance. You go out, every glass of wine is $19. It's tough.
    36:16
    But, all right, we'll see if we get there. If we get there, you guys will hear Keith Elwin's next game. If we don't, we don't get there. We don't get there. I'll take it to the Kaneda Club. But I hope we get there because we're close. We're close. Let's see how much we got. We got 100, 120, 140, 160. All those two. We're around like 200 bucks. We only need 300 more dollars. $300 away. Run to Pinside right now. This is what you need to do. Go to Pinside right now. Be like, thou who shall not be named is going to tell everybody what game Keith Elwin is working on after Fallout. Thank you for watching. I bought a house. I bought a demon. 13 years ago, I was banned from Pinside. Was it 13 years ago? Yeah, because it's as long as I've been doing my podcast. 13 years ago. I mean, I feel like I haven't aged. It got like vampire blood in me or something. But it's the fact that Robin and Colin should have a baby. They really should. They're both so woke that I bet they could. You know what I'm saying? If you took Robin and Colin, I bet they could actually biologically have a baby. That's how woke and ridiculous both of them are. It really is, okay?
    38:19
    I mean, think about being a grown man who runs a pinball website that makes him $400,000 a year. You guys know this, right? Robin makes over $400,000 a year running Pinside with all of your donations. What work is he doing? Explain to me what work Robin is doing when he wakes up on a Wednesday. What pressures does that man have? You've made him very wealthy, and it's comical. Now, look, I think he deserves the money. That's not it. It's just like the fact that he like literally is still holding on to a 13 year old. And the fact that he's banning the guy that's like the greatest pinball content creator of all time. You know, I'm saying he's like banning the greatest pinball content creator that ever lived. The most humble pinball content creator that has ever walked the earth. You know, the most articulate, the most handsome, the most self-deprecating, the most insecure, the most sociopathic. You know, all of it. It's true. All of it. The guy that can't handle it. He's still holding on to it.
    39:29
    He's such a beautiful baby. If Colin and Robin had a baby, what should they call the baby? Like, Cobin?
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    You know what I'm saying? They literally get together and between them, their wokeness would just birth a baby.
    39:45
    They're like, well, it depends on what your definition of pinball is. I identify as a collector's edition.
    39:54
    Anyway. Kale. All right. Kale, we're going to release. We're going to release. You know what? I'll do this. I'll do this. I will lower the goal. One more $100 and I will tell you what Keith Ellwin's next game is. Okay. Just one more hundred bucks. We were going to get it anyway. Frank Mack was going to do it. You know, like one more $100 and you all get to say that you did it. You did it. You unlocked for everybody the next game by Keef Eilwin.
    40:42
    Let's go. Let's just go. Come on. We can do it. We can do it. You guys can do it. Do the checking accounts. I lost $1,000 on DraftKings like Friday night. Stupid. I'm like deleted the app again. I just can't, you know, too addictive. It's not good for me. And if someone told me a hundred bucks to get this, aren't you guys pinball fans? Aren't you guys pinball fans? I thought you guys were real pinball fans.
    41:12
    Did we just get it? No, this is the game. This is not a rumor. This is what he's working on, okay? I guarantee it. How about this? If I'm wrong, if I'm wrong, I will refund you your money. How about that? I don't know. It's a better offer than Damien Harding gave you. If my rumor is wrong, I'll refund your donation.
    41:45
    I don't care. I'm going to spend that at lunch today. You know what? The world is expensive. I'm giving you the cheapest option. Option. The amount of time I'm going to save you. You know what I'm saying? There we go. Well, we're one cent away. Sad boy. All right, now we did it. All right. Are you guys ready? You guys ready? Is there a drum roll? All right, let's get in close. Let's not let the Jersey Jack lawyers hear this. Can we get, let's get intimate. Thank you for watching. And it was like she was like really nervous about asking for like a $10,000 raise. And I'm like, I was like, you know, what will make it easier for you to ask about that raise is I make a lot more than that talking about pinball four hours a week. She's like, what?
    43:04
    All right. Here we go. Are you guys ready? Are you ready on Facebook? You know what I want to do? I want to make this more dramatic. Okay, I'm going to go get the crayons and write it out and lift it up, okay? Just get ready.
    43:23
    You guys are lucky. And feel free to keep donating while I'm gone. Thank you for watching. Thank you. All right. Thank you for watching. I'm here as a 49-year-old man wearing a Bugs Bunny Gucci t-shirt and a Charizard necklace about to reveal to the world in the worst way possible what Stern Pinball is going to do with Keith Elwin after Fallout. Ssshhhhhh.
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    The game. Take this to, take this to Pinside. Let's get this even. Yep, right here. The game Keefe Ellwin is working on.
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    After. Follow. Oh, what's this? Here we go. Okay, hold on, hold on. Okay, hold on. I got to get this down. In all new. See that? All new. Original. Right now, Keef Ellwin's like, this is the worst that could happen to me. Are you ready? I'm gonna, I don't wanna, I gotta, okay. Here we go. There it is. There it is. The greatest pinball reveal of all time.
    48:08
    Keefe Elwin will be working on an all-new original Star Trek game. The world exclusive. Exactly how they did not want it. We now know what Keef Eilwin next game is Courtesy of Kaneda Pinball Podcast the greatest pinball content creator of our time
    48:45
    Should we do more of this right now? Should we continue to show you some stuff that nobody's heard about before? How's that NDA, Ralph? How's that NDA, Kerry? How's that NDA that you're not even allowed to say you were at Jersey Jack Pinball? They were there. They saw the game. They saw the red armor. They saw the sparkling cabinet. They saw the loop-de-loop. They saw it all. They can't say they were even there. They can't even say they were there and Kanaeda's like revealing Keefe Ellwin's next game. They can't even say they were there. I mean, it's like, who's having fun? Like, oh, man, what did he say? You know, I could just see, like, right now people are texting all of them. Be like, oh, man, like, he's a, yeah. Yeah, he did. He did. Yeah. Everything that they thought I did, I just did. They can't even say they were there. Retro Django, baby.
    49:44
    I mean, seriously. We're literally grown idiots. We're all losers. This is the part that's funny to me about pinball content creators in general. And just like anyone, all of us, we're the biggest losers.
    49:57
    And you have to lean into it. Like losers played pinball in the 90s, not cool kids. You guys get this, right? Like the cool kids were on Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition. They were on Mortal Kombat. The Cool Kids were playing games where they beat other people up and bragging rights and swagger. I mean, the coolest kids were playing Street Fighter, man.
    50:27
    Okay, you want more? You want more? It is the original Captain Kirk and Spock. Okay, it is the William Shatner Star Trek.
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    The original series. Okay, the original series of Star Trek. He's like, Kaneda, are you out of your fucking mind? Your fucking mind, that's what I mean. Are you out of your fucking mind?
    51:00
    I just did it. I just told you guys everything. I mean, we can take more. I think, I think, do you think that deserves a few more donations now?
    51:08
    I mean, if we get more donations, you might even see the Sonic Unpopulated Playfield. They don't even care. They don't care. They don't care. Just, you know, imagine loop-de-loop on it. Or just draw loop-de-loop on it.
    51:28
    But that's the thing. It's like, it's weird to me when pinball people get really, like, mad. Like, ah, man, he's like, he's calling us losers, but he called himself one, and we're all losers. Like, seriously. Like, do you think it's, you think like, you ever want to like, you ever want to, again, I say this, like, go into a bar with a bunch of hot chicks and be like, hey, guys, hey, ladies, Pokemon code is stuck at 0.8. Like, it's like, shut the, nobody cares. A hot woman will jump on Pokemon and have a good time. And we'd be like, well, you know, it's a little bare and I'm hoping for a little mini. Shut the up, you loser. You loser. You know what I'm saying? Like, why can't other pinball content creators talk like this? Are they literally, they're down in their basements or in their garages. You know, their wives are like playing Mahjong. I'm like, my husband's a loser. You know what I'm saying? They're not like, oh yeah, my husband's really cool, man. He's got this pinball channel. No, he's a loser.
    52:26
    A loser. Brenda, like you, like Brenda's talking to wives whose husbands are like partners at like, like law firms and they're all making like six figure bonuses. My husband's a loser.
    52:40
    He literally, like all these dudes are putting in swimming pools. He's a loser. I could have done so. Thank you for watching. Wait, you're going to put a coin-operated vending machine in your home that's designed to make money for operators? You're going to put it in your home, not make any money, lose thousands of dollars, and then keep buying more of them? Is that like what you're doing? Are you okay, Bob? Are you all there? Are you suffering from long COVID? Oh, and you're paying twice as much money for these machines as you used to? And there's half as much in them. Are you, Bob, is like, are things okay? Do we need to stage an intervention? Like there should be like pinball interventions, you know, like where your whole family's there and you walk into the room and like, well, what's going on, man? Like, what are you doing here? Like, and they're like, we need you to sit down. Like, okay, cool. Like, you know, and then all of your family members just start like one by one reading a letter about how much of a loser you are for investing tens of thousands of dollars in a company. Ss
    54:46
    You know, all the pinball, my dad won't even, when I try to talk to my dad, it is the fastest, like my dad was senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions for Bristol Myers Squibb for 30, you know, 38 years. The man is a great businessman. He traveled the world when it was cool to travel the world. Like he bought Squibb for Bristol Myers. He did the biggest pharma merger of the time in like the late 80s. Like my dad was a baller, like baller, like making more money than I make now, way more money than I make now in the 80s, bro. In the 80s. I'm like, okay, so when I start talking to him about pinball, I say, hey, son, I love you, but hang up. Hang up. You know what I'm saying? The dude's like shifting six speeds in his Porsche GT. Boop. Hang up. Hey son, glad I sacrificed so much for your education so you can tell me about the code problems on Pokemon! Like, I wish my dad would literally just talk some sense into me, be like, what is wrong? I gave you the best education the world could, that you could buy in the world, and you want to talk to me that did major deals about the code in Pokemon? Who the F do you think you're talking to?
    56:11
    Literally, like, when are we all going to just stop? Like, you know what I'm saying? I wish everyone would just get the bug out of their ass and stop acting like we got to sign an NDA to see a new pinball machine. We can't say we were there. You go on Pinside. He's a loser. He's a jerk. I don't know why anyone. This is why they give me money, you jackasses, because if you jackasses on Pinside had to go live like this, just live for 90 minutes. Think about these losers. They type for years.
    56:43
    You don't even know what they look like. You don't even know how they speak. And they literally couldn't do this for 10 minutes and keep it entertaining. Hey, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm really thinking about putting that. Shut up! Nobody cares that you put a mod in your game. Nobody cares. Like literally all of it. If I were George Gomez, I literally would just be like this. Look, I'm going to take all of your opinions and put it in the trash. You're all a bunch of losers. Delete. You know what I'm saying? Like George Gomez, like, you know how annoying it must be to be George Gomez to work your ass off and make these products. And a bunch of anonymous losers are telling you what a crappy job you're doing making the thing that they're so into. Okay, cool. If I stop doing this, this which you love, what are you going to go do with your life now? This is all you got. These men should be praising every single move they make because they've got nothing else. You know who I'm talking about. That guy that's got nothing else going on.
    57:49
    This is why they hate me so much, Vince. You know, it's like he's got it true. He's kind of annoying. He's got that face you just want to punch. Yeah, I do.
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    Love you guys. The problem is I'm so unhinged. I'm so unhinged when it comes to this topic of pinball. And I've always been. It's like impossible for the sincere content creators that actually do. They do care about it on a level that is unhealthy. We'll see you next time. At Madison Square Garden and then we're going to the club afterwards, bro. Do you think during that night we're going to be like, yo, let's go play some pinball? No, bro, it's not happening. It's not happening. Let's go. Let's go not engage in the most culturally enriching things and go stand in front of something that's at my home.
    59:10
    That's like going to Paris and asking people, can I see the toilets? You know what I'm saying? Like who's got some nice toilets? Like, you know, like, wait, wait, you have it in your home. Go engage.
    59:26
    You know, Brent is listening to all this downstairs and being like, what is going on? Can you imagine? Can you imagine if my parents were outside that door right now?
    59:36
    And you're my dad and, you know, he's probably spent like a million dollars on my education and he's like literally listening to this being like, what is happening? And it's on YouTube. And he's like, you just made what, three, four hundred bucks? And he's literally looking at his like dividend check being like.
    60:02
    What's funny to me, man, is like it's it's it's just. Sperry Pintball, Bicol, Keefe, and Zerath. I mean, that's the thing about our hobby. It's not even that expensive. Like the point of entry, people spend millions of dollars on a single Pokemon card.
    60:47
    It's been a fun show. I've had a good time. You guys had a good time? It's been a really fun show.
    60:55
    And we've got 20 minutes more. I'm really excited. I've really been screaming a lot. I think I've burned a lot of calories. Right now, oh, I think I might have got more information.
    61:06
    Let's see. Hold on, hold on here. Hey, guys, just got to notice that Retro Ralph, my friend, he has just dropped his Transformer video.
    61:29
    Ralph, like Transformers is like, you saw Sonic, Ralph. We don't want the Transformer video. You know what I'm saying? He saw Sonic. He knows it blows Transformers away. And it's just, you know, it's, it was funny to me too, is, you know, people say stuff and they'll say stuff like, well, you know, I still want to get invited. Like I'm literally invited to every Stern launch, every JJP. Like after saying all this, why do you think, let's put two and two, like, why do you think they still invite Kandida to everything? Because I'm good for the hobby. They know this. You want someone who is the glue that entertains the community every week. It makes it more exciting. You know what I'm saying? If I went away, you know, if I went away from pinball content, you'd miss me. I know you would. And I'm not saying that because I'm arrogant. You would. Because there's not even like a close replacement. You know what I'm saying? It'd be different if there was like a similar kind of content creator out there. But there's not. There's not. You know, when I paused my show for six months, you know, there was a vacuum, baby. And the moment I came back, everybody came rushing back. And I'll tell you this, the crazy part, when you go behind a paywall, the typical, what is the retention percentage is usually one to three percent of people will actually subscribe from your free audience. I'm so happy that we are like, we had about 15 to 20% retention of my audience followed me to Patreon. I mean, that makes me so happy. It makes me so happy. And every month when I see that number, it's at 708 now, 707. You know, my goal is always 800. I think maybe one day we get there. I don't know. It's hard because, you know, ultimately, I don't know how else to promote it. And I think I do a good job promoting it. And if I were like into pinball, I don't know how.
    63:31
    Like you could not watch this as part of your pinball content. You know, I heard a great message. I want to talk about this right now. I want to end the show with this because this means a lot.
    63:43
    I got a really nice message from Jack Danger yesterday. And he said, I really want to thank you for all the kind words you said about Elizabeth. Because she is a force to be reckoned with and one of the greatest coders this hobby has ever seen. And I don't, you know, for those of you who don't subscribe to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, I said that I think Elizabeth Izageski is the next Lyman Sheets. I think what we're witnessing with her code is so magical. And as someone who grew up with Transformers, the cartoon, I don't think I've seen a better translation in code ever. I mean, ever. It really is like, it's like she nailed it, man. Like, and everything that you remember, the sound effects, the commercial breaks, the way the call outs and like, but not just that, like the way she's woven together, everything we love with gameplay, with moments of magic, with like, you know, it's the game is the game will be fine. Again, look, I still think it's going to lose money because everything loses money now. But I think, you know, much like the debate and the meltdown over Jaws not eating the ball, I think similarly Optimist not transforming is going to like control the narrative for the first few weeks. But I think once people spend more time on this game, I do think it's going to go down as like a Jaws-like game in terms of how much people love it. And I know there's a lot of emphasis on the value and the LE losing money. And yeah, it's going to lose $3,000. And yeah, it's going to be worth $10,000. And yeah, it's not fair to these Stern designers and the talent that Stern has overpriced what Stern can deliver in a product. I don't think Stern's platform and Stern's product is of high enough caliber to warrant the price. And I mean like the physical product. Now, you could argue that, well, like, what is Elizabeth's code worth, right? But the problem is that same code's in the $6,000 machine, right? That's the problem. If Elizabeth was coding unique modes and experiences exclusive to the LE, then all of a sudden we can have a conversation that that would be a justification for the price of the LE. But because you don't and you put all it's like it'd be like putting the big engine in the base level Dodge. OK, imagine if they put the Hellcat engine in the regular like thirty thousand dollar Challenger. If you did that, you know what I'm saying? It does. You know, now you're not getting enough value if you want someone to spend eighty thousand on the Hellcat. OK, so I really do think that the the code in Transformers and here's the other thing I said, And this needs to be a big change in pinball. That I think it is absolutely criminal that the coder does not sign the game alongside the designer of the playfield. The person who puts the software in a game should sign that game right next to or underneath the designer. So Elizabeth should be signing every Transformer with Elliot. I think this needs to change. Lyman Sheets should have signed all of his games. Every single great game that is out there is because of the software in it. There are plenty of great mechanically engineered games with a lot in it that have boring code. I would argue that it's more important, especially in modern pinball, that the software in the game makes those moments of magic come to life. Because remember, think about a pinball machine. I want to use a little bit of a metaphor. Come along with me on this. A pinball machine is basically a piano.
    68:17
    Okay? Like you put everything in it and, you know, unless software is running, nothing's happening on that piano, on that game.
    68:28
    It is the – imagine how difficult it is from a software standpoint to look at like 12 shots, these switches, these mix, these lights, this, this, this, this, you know? And then also, what's the journey for the player going to be? How is it going to feel rewarding? Is it going to be satisfying if we do this? If I make it so in this mode, you just hit spinners. If I make it so it's one... Think about all they have to do. So much more complex, so much harder, so much more at stake than Elliot Eisman being like, well, if I put a third foot here, I can open up these shots. So much harder. So much harder to turn that piano because the software engineer is really who's Mozart. That's really who's Beethoven. Okay. So I think there's way too much credit given to the people making the piano and not enough credit given to the people making the music. And then I would also say, as someone just said this, like how important sound is in pinball as well. And maybe those three people should sign the game.
    69:39
    I think four people should sign the game. I think I mean this. I think every game should be signed by the designer, the software coder, the artist and the music composer.
    69:52
    I don't know why only the designer gets to sign it. I'll tell you, Keith, I don't like, well, who cares about, Keith, trust me. When you work on something, Keith, you know why that's the, I don't mean to call anybody dumb, but I'm going to say that's a dumb thing to say. Who cares about signing?
    70:17
    Let me tell you a story about signing. Thank you. But let's create the greatest that man can create or mankind. Women too, right? But more men back then, right?
    70:59
    And we need a new renaissance now, especially post AI. It's going to be about what humans can do. Trust me, it's going to happen. We're going to get there. Don't worry. I'm not worried about the future. Humans will figure it out. Anyway, Michelangelo, unknown artist in a world of all these other famous artists. He's very young, unknown. He sculpts out of a single piece of marble. If you got to go look at this image.
    71:24
    Let me, I think I can share a screen. Let me show you this. Hold on. This is like, and if you've ever seen this, it is absolutely the most beautiful thing.
    71:44
    I mean, imagine the skill to sculpt this. Let me share a screen real quick. Out of a single piece of marble, he sculpts the Pietà, Which is, you know, maybe one of the most powerful moments in the belief of or the moment of Jesus's life of him coming off the cross and Mary holding his dead body.
    72:36
    So he sculpts this and he brings it in you know he brings it into the into like I believe it the Vatican or Rome or whatever he drops it off first Okay I can wait to And so what happens is this It is heralded as the greatest sculpting masterpiece anyone ever seen And they start giving credit to other artists. It must have been, you know, Raphael or it must have been like Donatello or whoever else was like, you know, Is it Berlini or Bertucci? They started giving other artists the credit for the Pietà because he was an unknown Michelangelo. So what he did do was he went back.
    73:25
    Let me see if I can. I'm trying to. There's like all these ads popping up. It's hard to see. Stay zoomed in.
    73:50
    I think you can see it. Across Mary's chest, right there, that ribbon, it's hard to see here, but he writes Michelangelo. He writes his name on Mary's robe.
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    And look, I know that was like a long story about something. And but there's a reason artists sign artwork that they worked really hard on. You want you just want your stamp on it in a way that, you know, everyone sees it. And I think she deserves it. And I think everyone would agree. I think everybody would agree. Does Sana give the ball? Thank you all. Really trying to get to that 800 number would mean a lot. It's been a personal goal of mine. You also can give the gift of Kaneda Pinball Podcast to a friend. So, you know, what's beautiful is like there's 170 people on YouTube right now. If even just 100 of you gifted it to one of your pinball buddies, look, it's, trust me, once they start listening, I think they'll get into it. And look, I hate to say this, but there's probably a lot of people that might even be listening who are not even paying. I don't know if people are sharing logins or whatnot, because I feel like a lot more people listen than even subscribe, which is fine. I just got a new pledge here. I love it. I just got a new subscriber, and his name is Crappio. You know, I like I do implore when people do.
    75:41
    When people do sign up to Patreon to use your real name, because it just when we're in the chat, it's just nice. We're kind of like it's nice to know who's who.
    75:51
    Exploded Mills career. Yeah, gambling's not good. Bro, was your best live show ever? Thank you, brother.
    76:08
    I mean, like, it is, we all can agree, right? It's comical that, like, Ralph went to see, he can't even say he was there.
    76:17
    Like, Loser Kid, they were there. You know what I'm saying? They were there. Like, you know, like, talking to, Carrie, you were there. And talking to them today, they're like, just, you guys should all go run and ask them to tell you what they thought of Sonic today. Let's just do that. Everybody go reach out to Carrie, Ralph, Loser Kid. Ask them what their thoughts are on Sonic and watch them all just like melt down. Like, I can't say what I said. NDA.
    76:44
    They embargoed their excitement. That is the dumbest thing ever. Like, I'm literally going to tell Brett that. Brett, why would you embargo these people? Why would you embargo their excitement on the week your competitor is launching a product? Wouldn't you want them to be out there being like, hold your money? I mean, even Jack did that. Remember when Jack announced Harry Potter before he was supposed to at the show? Because he was like, you're going to want to spend your money on Harry Potter. And it was like, oh, yeah, because he doesn't. And guess they've sold a ton of Harry Potters. And from what I've heard from people is this. The loop-de-loop is in it. The game is amazing. The game blows Transformers away. Like, just in terms of, like, overall package. Look, but I do think this. I do think the Transformer code is going to make the game a really good game. I do. I think that we're going to cry about no – like the mod community is going to make the game look better. Like also talk about – like I don't know what is going on with that Grimlock. Let's do this real quick. Before I end this show, I literally – I want to just pull up the Grimlock sculpt because – let's go to Naps Arcade because I feel like Jason always has everything. Let's see.
    77:55
    Jason has a rumor about Grateful Dead Pinball. No, please no. Please no. Who wants a Grateful Dead? I just can never get into the dead. It's like a whole nother...
    78:11
    Let's pull it up. What is happening with Grimlock? I mean... There he is. I mean, they didn't even try.
    78:28
    I mean, like, this is the thing. And, you know, George, I love George Gomez. But George, you got to mean like when someone when when when someone walks into your office with this. You know, I mean, his head looks like a whistle. There's no detail on his body. Like, what are those like lines on him? There's like they literally this just looks like can I curse like I don't like the curse. I don't need the curse. You know, I don't need the curse because you know what this looks like and you could just insert expletive of what it looks like.
    79:07
    I don't I don't really know. You know, like it it doesn't it's not even like 3D printed. It just looks so bad.
    79:18
    And like, let's go to the, let's, here, let me pull up the Transformer. Man, Brenda keeps like, I gotta just, let me see. I want to pull up the Transformer that George Gomez sent me. Like, this is the funniest thing ever.
    79:32
    Oh man, like, why? Brenda's like, she's like logged in on this Chrome. And that's why I can't open up my Facebook here. Let me see. Maybe I did.
    79:51
    Hold on. I got to put in this code. Where is it? There we go. Let's see. Okay, we're in. Allow. Trust this device. All right. All right. Where's Kaneda? Where's Kaneda? I mean, seriously, like we got to I got to just pull this up real quick. Like, you know, I love Ralph. You know, like what do people always say is genuine enthusiasm. You want to see what genuine enthusiasm looks like?
    80:50
    Ralph, we know you've seen. We know you've seen Sonic, Ralph. That's why he's smiling. He's not smiling because he went to Stern. He's smiling because he's smiling because he saw Sonic. That's what that smile is. All right, I'm going to finish on Facebook here.
    81:15
    He's Facebook. Goodbye. He's smiling because he's seen Sonic. That's why he's smiling. But let me show you. Hold on. Let's go back. Let's do this. Do, do, do. Kaneda. I've had some funny stuff, man. Look at this. Like, I'm getting good. Like, this is funny, right? Am I not good?
    81:41
    This is real. Like, I'm really funny. You guys are lucky. This is a funny guy. You know what I'm saying?
    81:48
    You ever see these, like, the cranky people on Pinside are like, he's not even. This is funny. How could you not find this funny?
    81:55
    I created this. Hold on. Let's see. There I am. There I am again. All right. We got to get to the, oh my God, I created this too. Look at this. Like this is funny stuff. You know what I'm saying? This is really funny stuff. I created an a Zempik ad for Optimus Prime because he looks a little, like literally, like everyone needs to learn how to laugh at this hobby more. It's like, so everyone's like way too serious. Like dude, look at this, man. Hold up. Look at this. Look at me. I put me in the game. Someone did that. Someone sent me that. All right. All right. Let's just let's just talk about this for a minute. Like, let's talk about this. This is what George Gomez said Hasbro sent him to put in the game. I don't understand why his arms can't come around. You know, his arms are like that. Why can't they come around? I don't get it. I've never seen an optimist look this bad. Like, look how chunky he is. I don't understand. I've played with this toy my whole life. It's so bad. You guys, look at this other one. Look at this. Doesn't he look like he's taking a crap? You know what I'm saying? It's like he's trying to squeeze one out. He literally looks like he's taking a crap. He looks like he's on the toilet. I am I the only one seeing this? It's unfortunate that I'm in this hobby for them. But he looks like he's taking a crap.
    83:41
    I don't think Retro Ralph is a tool. I think he is genuinely excited. Yeah, I mean, look, you know, like there's a lot of shilling that goes on, but like enthusiasm and shilling go hand in hand. I just, you know, my only thing, my only thing is I just, and I tell this to Ralph, I just don't think he should be making ads for dealers in front of his content. I just, he doesn't need the money. That's the part I don't get.
    84:15
    If Melissa was like, Chris, I want to give you like $2,000 to put ads for CoinTaker in front of all the shows, I'd be like, nope, maybe for three.
    84:29
    All right, let's see what else we got here real quick, then we're going to go. All right, we got that. What other fun stuff have I put up recently?
    84:44
    Do you guys want to see a little bit more of the Sonic play field? It's going to be blurry. See it? Hold on. This is that dangerous part after 1130 where I just start doing stuff and they're like, wait, he didn't even ask for more money.
    85:06
    Let's see. I got to be careful because I got Back to the Future in here and they're all right next to each other.
    85:16
    Hold on. Dude, I mean, it's just like this is from the game. Like what? Look at this. Looks like... Let's see. Franchi, man.
    85:36
    Let's see. Where is the Sonic playfield? It was Back to the Future. Can you see it in my glasses? Back to the Future, baby. It does look kind of awesome. I won't lie.
    86:00
    All right, let's see. Let's do this. It's a little blurry. Less blurry? More blurry? Sorry. Sonic the Hedgehog, he didn't sign our NDA. He stays letting everybody know who came. We told everybody who came they can't even say they were here and he's doing it. He's doing it again. The world's most entertaining, prolific, unprofessional 49-year-old on the planet.
    86:53
    You know, one guy said it the best. He's like, I think he kind of is in on it. You know what I'm saying?
    86:59
    That guy's right. He's like, some guy was like, I think Kaneda is like fully self-aware of what he's doing.
    87:07
    I am, guys. Look, 20 more people just joined. Look, they're back. They're back. Like all of a sudden they're like, oh, the JJP lawyers, all 20 of them are back. He said he ripped off the NDA.
    87:24
    Yeah, that's a that's like up the middle. There's like a Dr. Robotnik like battle arena. He didn't sign it. He's getting everybody hyped. We should sue him for hyping our product. Is that illegal? I would love to see, like, right now, like, JJP lawyers are like, is it, what, what, he's damaging our company by telling everybody how amazing the game is!
    87:55
    He didn't sign the NDA, so he's allowed to say he's excited about Sonic the Hedgehog! Right now, Leonard's like, Brett, we should have just hired this guy. Like, literally, Brett, are we really going to spend $100,000? Brett, that's the lunch bill today, but are we really going to spend $100,000 to make a video when this guy's got more people excited?
    88:24
    No blue lights needed. Let him go. Let him bake. Show him the game. Give him the game. Spooky Pinball Inc. Shut up. If the foil doesn't look right, then put better decals. Then put more of like the embossed decals like Batman SLE. It's not like foil is the only option when all your competitors have better looking cabinets.
    89:17
    Barrels of Fun, much better looking. Spooky, much better looking. Jersey Jack, everybody. Oh, but we've got foil. Foil. But it looks stupid. I don't even like the foil. Foil looks stupid. Like, just give me the embossed Rad Cal look with more colors. Yeah, foil mutes everything out. Everything looks more muted on foil. Like, that's not what I would want. That is not the best way to show Transformers. Oh, we haven't got the foil back? Hey, guys, like, is our foil vendor back online or what are we doing here? How are we charging 13? Like, he's like, what's wrong with that guy?
    89:53
    What's wrong with him? Make sure you get him an invite to the next launch party. He's not coming. The media day. Did you see that media day picture? Look at this. Hold on. You guys are going to laugh at this.
    90:04
    Oh, my God. The Kaneda after 1130 is dangerous Kaneda. Like, literally dangerous. Like, literally. You want to see a little bit of Back to the Future?
    90:14
    Okay, I'm going to do a little bit more. A little bit more. All right. Got to move that. Oh, man, he's doing more Back to the Future. It's after 1130. Right now, this is like when you leave the game. It's like when you left the Knick game with seven minutes to go, right? Game one. And now you're running back to the, you ever do that? You ever leave a sporting event because you think it's over? And then you ran back to the arena because the comeback happened. This is what's happening right now. Everyone's like, oh, I think he's done now. It's 1130. He's done his 90 minutes of thing. He's not going to do anything. Okay, I'm going to go and rejoin the wife who doesn't think I'm a loser. She thinks you're a loser. If you listen to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast or listen to me for 90 minutes, your wife thinks you're a loser. If my voice is traveling through your house, there is a 50% chance you're going to get a divorce. I 100% mean that. Like, you should be careful. Like, if your wife has to hear me, there is a 50% chance you're getting divorced. Okay? I should probably, like, lawyer up. Here's a little bit more.
    91:26
    Here we go. Oh! Oh, he's doing it! Oh, looks like there's a guitar there! Sir Guitar, does Johnny be good?
    91:42
    My wife likes your show. Want to see some more stuff? Let's do this. Okay. Where are we at? The Media Day photos were making me laugh. Let me show you the media day photos.
    91:55
    First of all, also, like, I don't look, I've been a little, I'm not a fan. I look. And Brian Allen, like, what I mean is like, what, why is everybody just look like they, again, they're just like, what, what, who is this? Is there a devil in Toted? Like, I'm not sure. Maybe there is. Is this like from the books? But who is that? Looks like a Satan anyway. Just got to tone it down, brother. Tone it down. Okay, here we go. Ozzy, man, you're in this photo. The source photo is amazing. This is the media day.
    92:43
    I mean, Ozzy, you're the only one that deserves to be in that room, brother, with your Matrix t-shirt on. You literally are like, you should be on the wall at Stern. If we just can find 4,000 Ozzy's, this company is fine.
    93:05
    Two dudes, two dudes who are literally trying to figure out how to get to Jersey Jack Pinball without anybody knowing they're there. They're both there. Right.
    93:24
    More. I don't know who all these people are. Who's who's the. This guy looks like he doesn't like Kaneda. They all seem like maybe he does.
    93:43
    Okay, but that's the source photo, but let me show you what I made. All right, this is one. You know, when you think Stern Media Day? I love that it kept Ozzy in, you know? It's like even AI knows that only Ozzy should have been in that room.
    94:07
    It's absolutely incredible. I mean, you know, look, there's just, you know, it's again because everybody takes themselves so seriously in this hobby. And like nobody else takes the piss out of it. Like, we're all going to die. We're all going to get a phone call one day that, you know, the biopsy came back and it's cancer or something else. You know, no one lives forever. And the fact that, you know, the fact that literally people on pinball take it seriously and don't take the piss out of it. It's like, you know, then, of course, I put these two guys there. You guys notice that one? This is the one I put up on Facebook.
    94:54
    Even Ozzy. Ozzy's still bad. It's like AI is just like will not touch Ozzy. And then, of course, I mean, this was just my, you know, this one was just like, like, I mean, you can't.
    95:14
    You can't, you know. Anyway, guys, look, have a great Saturday. This was an amazing show. This was one of my best lives ever. We confirm for those who came late that Keith Elwin's next game is an all original Star Trek featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. It is the original OG Star Trek. It has been revealed to the world like this. This was how everybody now knows on a pink pony club piece of paper from Killian and Cassian. So this is not how Stern wanted you to find out. I apologize in advance for spoiling their launch plans like this. It is a real serious egregious crime against Pinball and the other content creators who will be offended by this. I apologize to you. I apologize to all of the grown men who have won trans lights at launch parties that they don't want. I apologize to all the men who have held up $40 as a celebratory thing. I'm sorry that I made fun of you for wasting hours of your life. I apologize to Jamie, who always reminds me how much fun those launch parties are, and that I don't get it. And then if I only played more pinball, I would understand the value of getting together with more losers like myself and hanging out. So thank you, Jamie, without you reminding me. You know, when you're a loser, it's more fun when other losers are with you. Everybody, enjoy your Saturday.
    96:51
    Every day above ground is a good day. We're all going to die and nobody cares that we're into pinball. All right. Goodbye. God bless.
    97:00
    Thank you.