Foo Fighters Pinball MIGHT Be Bad A$$

Cary Hardy·video·8m 23s·analyzed·Feb 27, 2023

Analysis

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TL;DR

Foo Fighters pinball looks promising but hinges on Jack Danger's first cornerstone design.

Summary

Cary Hardy expresses optimism about the upcoming Foo Fighters Stern Pinball machine, praising the alien theme, Zombie Yeti's art direction, and expected humor based on the band's character-driven music videos. His primary concern is Jack Danger's limited track record as a designer—this is his first cornerstone title after only one homebrew game, making the design a key unknown factor for whether the game will be a major hit.

Key Claims

Stern Pinball has confirmed Foo Fighters as their next cornerstone title with an alien theme
high confidence · Official announcement with teaser art and screen details released by Stern
Zombie Yeti is doing the art for Foo Fighters pinball
high confidence · Screen art style revealed in teaser; Hardy identifies it as Zombie Yeti's work based on visual signature
Jack Danger only has one homebrew pinball game to his credit before Foo Fighters
high confidence · Hardy states 'he merely made one so far which was a home pin' and this is 'his first cornerstone'
Games with alien themes historically perform better in pinball in terms of enjoyment, sales, and play style
medium confidence · Hardy's observation based on pinball history; stated as generalization without specific examples
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters are known for humor, character work, and visual creativity in their music videos
high confidence · Common knowledge about the band's public persona and creative output
Slash from Guns N' Roses was heavily involved in the creation of the GNR pinball game
medium confidence · Hardy references this as precedent for band involvement; not independently verified in this content

Notable Quotes

“the Foo Fighters are one of my favorite bands... there's more than just their music that attracts me and that is actually the characters, the band themselves and how they are not scared to come out of being we are the Foo Fighters”
Cary Hardy@ 0:59 — Explains why the alien/character-driven theme works for Foo Fighters conceptually
“From what little we seen when it comes to the art style on the screen this is Zombie Yeti art so I pretty much already sold on that”
Cary Hardy@ 1:56 — Expresses confidence in the artist based on established track record
“there's only one thing that I feel like could possibly hurt this pinball machine from being a major hit and that's design”
Cary Hardy@ 0:00 — States the core concern: Jack Danger's lack of cornerstone game experience
“jack danger on the other hand doesn't really have a long history in making games he merely made one so far which was a home pin”
Cary Hardy@ 6:02 — Key criticism of designer's limited track record before this major title
“This is his big coming out, so to speak... This is where we're going to actually see if the proof is in the pudding”
Cary Hardy@ 6:55 — Frames Foo Fighters as the definitive test of Jack Danger's design abilities
“This is going to be his big coming out, so to speak. Maybe not the best words to use.”
Cary Hardy@ 6:43 — Self-aware humor acknowledging awkward phrasing

Entities

Foo FightersproductStern PinballcompanyJack Dangerperson Jeremy PackerpersonDave GrohlpersonCary Hardyperson Guns N' Rosesproduct

Signals

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competitive_signal: Alien-themed games historically outperform in pinball market across enjoyment, sales, and play appeal
medium · Hardy states as observed trend: 'if you implement aliens into the game it does better' based on pinball history
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design_philosophy: Jack Danger's lack of cornerstone game design experience raises questions about execution on major title
medium · Hardy emphasizes that Jack Danger has only one homebrew game to his credit and this is his 'first cornerstone,' making design the only unknown variable
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licensing_signal: Foo Fighters band involvement in game creation expected based on band's character-driven creative philosophy and precedent from Guns N' Roses
medium · Hardy expresses hope that Dave Grohl was 'really involved' similar to Slash's involvement in GNR pinball; cites band's known creative engagement and humor
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community_signal: Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti) confirmed as screen artist for Foo Fighters, demonstrating established artist trust and track record
high · Teaser artwork identified as Zombie Yeti style; Hardy bases confidence on artist's established history of quality work
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announcement: Stern Pinball officially confirmed Foo Fighters as next cornerstone title with teaser art and alien theme reveal
high · Hardy references official announcement from Stern with teaser artwork and screen details released last week

Topics

Foo Fighters pinball game design and themeprimaryJack Danger's designer credentials and track recordprimaryZombie Yeti's art direction and styleprimaryAlien theme's historical success in pinballsecondaryBand involvement in pinball game creationsecondaryScreen art quality in recent Stern gamessecondaryPinball game content ratings and parental controlsmentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Hardy is optimistic about Foo Fighters pinball's potential, praising the theme, artist, and band's creative culture. His primary concern about Jack Danger's limited design experience is voiced as a legitimate risk rather than a deal-breaker. Overall tone is enthusiastic but measured.

Transcript

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There's only one thing that I feel like could possibly hurt this pinball machine from being a major hit. Well, I guess it's time for me to record a video that will be irrelevant in T-minus less than 24 hours. So it is confirmed that Stern Pinball is doing the Foo Fighters as their next cornerstone title. And they released a little teaser bit for us last week, showing us basically the art style for the screen, and a little more details if you were paying attention. And that was the fact that it's going to be involving aliens. Now, some of you may be thinking to yourself, what does Foo Fighters and aliens, what's going on with that? And that's the beauty of it, because the Foo Fighters are one of my favorite bands. and I know there's plenty of you out there that don't care for them or whatever but there's more than just their music that attracts me and that is actually the characters, the band themselves and how they are not scared to come out of being we are the Foo Fighters. They get involved in different characters and like skits and almost all of their music videos. They are not themselves. so that goes to show that I have high expectations for what this game is going to have in it so from what I gather is that it looks like the Foo Fighters are going to be essentially kind of like Ghostbusters but he's like probably against aliens of some kind so it's obviously not going to be based on what the band actually does and that's like I said the beauty of it because I think any game that involves aliens if you look at the history when it comes to pinball and aliens the games typically do perform better when it comes to play style enjoyment sales whatever for whatever reason if you implement aliens into the game it does better From what little we seen when it comes to the art style on the screen this is Zombie Yeti art so I pretty much already sold on that And this is actually the style that I was hoping that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would have on the screen, but instead we got some subpar 3D model stuff. I don't know. But what I'm seeing on the Foo Fighters so far is what I wish that Turtles would have been like. I expect this game to have tons of humor in it because the Foo Fighters, and especially Dave Grohl, they're all about humor and just being goofy. And like I said, if you watch their music videos as well as listen to them in their live interviews and stuff like that. They're all about just having fun. So I think that this pin is going to be more than likely amazing. One of the things that made Guns N' Roses so good, aside from design and layout, but that's subjective, but one of the things that made Guns N' Roses so good was the fact that Slash, from Guns N' Roses, was heavily involved in the creation of it. So I'm hoping that Dave Grohl and the band in general, but mainly Dave Grohl, of course, was really involved in the makings of this game. I anticipate Dave being one of those guys that's like, what do you need to make this pen the best mother pen ever? And I say that because that's how he speaks. So I'm also hoping that there is an R-rated mode on this game. Let there be a parental setting inside this game, but there needs to be an R-rated mode. Because if you listen to Dave speak and how he talks, he curses quite frequently. So I really hope that there an R mode in this game So back to my point with the Foo Fighters being involved and trying to make this pen the best it can be Meaning, what songs do you guys want? Here you go. It's like, what kind of art style? Go wild, Zombie Yeti. Just show us what you got. So we should not be seeing their album cover stretched out to cover a cabinet. We better friggin' not. but we shouldn't is what i'm saying so we've got the fact that zombie yeti is doing art so when you hear that zombie yeti is doing the art what do you think you're like all right 90 plus percent of the time it's going to be freaking amazing it's always going to be good i mean i say that because there's a lot of people that didn't care for the way godzilla looked but me personally i think it looked great anyways so we got zombie yeti being announced up and showing what he's going to be doing on this game you're like yes it's gonna be good if you're a Foo Fighters fan of their music you're like yes the music's gonna be good there's only one thing that I feel like could possibly hurt this pinball machine from being a major hit and that's design and oh my god here comes all the fangirls for jack danger topping in like oh no no blah blah blah listen all i'm saying is that what i've already stated every topic that i say is going to be great about this game what do they all have in common they have a history you know Foo Fighters has good music if you're a fan of them because they have a history of years proving that you know that jeremy packard zombie yeti has great art packages because he has a history and you have he has a profile that you can see of what he's done jack danger on the other hand doesn't really have a long history in making games he merely made one so far which was a home pin it didn have the cornerstone bomb for it so you have to at least acknowledge that fact yes he can play pinball great he knows what feels good because he's played it for so long he's also even somewhat created his own i think it was called dad flip that had some interesting stuff on it. But you have to admit the fact there isn't a history so far with him. This is going to be his big coming out, so to speak. Maybe not the best words to use. But when it comes to his first, this is his first cornerstone, guys. This is where we're going to actually see if the proof is in the pudding. and trust me i hope that it's good i've already been discussing back and forth in my head whether or not this is a pin i'm going to get because like i said theme is already speaking to me art is more than likely going to be speaking to me i just need to see how it plays but i feel like this video has already gone on long enough especially since it's going to basically be pointless in less than 24 hours like I've already stated. After the game is officially revealed to everyone, I plan to do a live stream, so by all means, if you haven't already, subscribe button down there, ding my dong, so that way you can be notified of whenever I do go live, and we can all discuss what we think about this game as we go through images and trailers and stuff like that. Until next time, guys. Peace out. Thank you.