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Episode 19: "The TWIPYs are Back & Stern’s Next Game is King Kong?!"

The Flipside Pinball Podcast·podcast_episode·47m 51s·analyzed·Dec 7, 2024
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TL;DR

Twippies returns with voting Jan 3rd; Stern rumored to flip Kong/D&D timeline.

Summary

Retro Ralph hosts The Flipside Pinball Podcast discussing the revival of the Twippies awards with voting opening January 3rd, co-hosting duties with multiple industry figures, and major Stern rumors including the possibility that King Kong and Dungeons & Dragons timelines may be flipped, with Kong potentially arriving first around CES. The episode also covers speculation about Spike3 hardware updates, reactions to recent American Pinball and Spooky releases, and personal tournament commentary.

Key Claims

  • Twippies voting opens January 3rd

    high confidence · Retro Ralph states this directly as upcoming voting date

  • Retro Ralph will co-host the Twippies awards show at Wormhole Pinball in Texas

    high confidence · Ralph confirms he's co-hosting with Aaron Seiden, Erica from Erica's Pinball Journey, Rob Rath, Aaron Davis, Ryan Gratzer, and Will Oding

  • Stern may flip the timeline so King Kong releases before Dungeons & Dragons

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph: 'The Canadian Pinball Podcast said that he felt they were gonna flip flop those games... Kong as a rumor... and that would be a Keith Elwin game and Dungeons and Dragons would be Dwight and Brian Eddy'

  • King Kong is expected to be designed by Keith Elwin

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph citing Canadian Pinball Podcast rumor about designer assignments

  • Dungeons & Dragons (Stern) is expected to be designed by Dwight and Brian Eddy

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph citing Canadian Pinball Podcast rumor about designer assignments

  • Stern is working on Spike3 platform updates

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph mentions Spike3 as updated platform currently in development, speculating about lighting system upgrades

  • George Gomez wants Stern cabinet designs to still look good in a lineup

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph: 'George Gomez on a podcast somewhere did talk about how he's like, look, I want it to still look good in a lineup'

  • Jersey Jack Pinball is working on Harry Potter

    medium confidence · Retro Ralph mentions hope that 'Jersey Jack makes it amazing' for Harry Potter

  • Stern had opportunity to make Back to the Future but passed on it

    low confidence · Retro Ralph: 'there was some talks that the team over there had the capability or had the chance to make a Back to the Future at one point and they passed on it' - attribution unclear, possibly from other podcasts

Notable Quotes

  • “I'm very, very honored to be a part of this because there's a history, a rich history of some very big hosts and some very exciting people that you've known for a long time in pinball.”

    Retro Ralph @ ~10 min — Demonstrates respect for Twippies legacy and emotional investment in hosting the awards show

  • “The Kong thing has floated in and out, so I believe that to be true too. But whether you believe that the timelines are going to be flipped or not, I'm not sure.”

    Retro Ralph @ ~15 min — Shows uncertainty about rumor credibility while acknowledging strongest Stern rumors are Kong and D&D

  • “I don't know, like, when I'm with a friend, maybe I'm subconsciously trying to impress him or make sure I play well in front of my friend and it makes it worse”

    Retro Ralph @ ~25 min — Personal reflection on competitive mindset during Electric Bat tournament

  • “I just don't understand who that speaks to... but maybe they could have done it in a different way. Like maybe released a super limited version of it, like 50 games or 100 games”

    Retro Ralph @ ~32 min — Criticism of American Pinball's barbecue-themed game design choices

  • “if Spooky's next game was The Goonies, I think that would be one I would... The Goonies, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters... in modern times, put Spike3 on a Ghostbusters... you got a hit right there.”

    Retro Ralph @ ~35 min — Expresses preference for classic IP and frustration with current licensing choices

  • “the modes are still a mess. Like, they don't make any sense, really. It's just like, yeah, shoot a bunch of lit stuff... But the new Lights Out feature's cool. I am liking the game more as the code updates”

    Retro Ralph @ ~38 min — Mixed review of John Wick Stern machine with acknowledgment of code improvement trajectory

Entities

Retro RalphpersonColinpersonWormhole PinballorganizationAaron SeidenpersonEricapersonRob RathpersonAaron DavispersonRyan GratzerpersonWill Odingperson

Signals

  • ?

    announcement: Twippies awards show officially revived with voting opening January 3rd; live event at Wormhole Pinball in Texas with YouTube stream

    high · Retro Ralph confirmed voting date, venue, streaming details, co-hosts, and sponsor details

  • ?

    rumor_hype: Strong rumors that Stern will flip release timeline, accelerating King Kong (Keith Elwin design) ahead of Dungeons & Dragons (Eddy brothers design)

    medium · Canadian Pinball Podcast cited as source; Retro Ralph notes Kong rumor has 'floated in and out' but D&D is 'pretty strong rumor'

  • ?

    machine_intel: Stern developing Spike3 platform with expected improvements to lighting systems and component upgrades; cabinet aesthetic design maintaining classic lineup compatibility

    medium · Retro Ralph speculation based on industry knowledge; George Gomez quote about lineup aesthetics; no official confirmation

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Community frustration with pinball manufacturer IP licensing choices; preference expressed for classic 80s/90s movies (Back to the Future, Goonies, Ghostbusters) over current selections

    high · Retro Ralph extensively critiques American Pinball's barbecue theme, questions Cuphead selection, expresses 'weird' feelings about Stern passing on Back to the Future

  • ?

    product_concern: John Wick pinball praised for Lights Out feature and code improvement trajectory but criticized for initial mode design confusion

    high · Retro Ralph: 'modes are still a mess... But the new Lights Out feature's cool. I am liking the game more as the code updates'

Topics

Twippies Awards 2025 RevivalprimaryStern Pinball Game Rumors (King Kong, Dungeons & Dragons)primaryStern Spike3 Hardware Platform SpeculationprimaryGame Design Licensing and IP StrategyprimaryAmerican Pinball Recent Releases (Barbecue, Cuphead)secondarySpooky Pinball Future Titles (Goonies, Beetlejuice)secondaryTournament Play and Competitive StrategysecondaryJohn Wick Code Updates and Game Evolutionsecondary

Sentiment

mixed(0.55)— Retro Ralph is enthusiastic about Twippies revival and excited about industry rumors, but frustrated with some recent game design choices (American Pinball, Cuphead, barbecue theme) and IP licensing decisions (Back to the Future passing). Generally optimistic about code improvements and Stern's future but critical of current manufacturer licensing selections.

Transcript

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I will have a link in the description to that so if you want to check that out and be a part of the show and be able to be there live, that's probably going to be the most fun way to enjoy it but it's going to be streamed on YouTube on the Wormhole YouTube channel. So there's a lot of logistics that have to happen here but hey, you got a crack team of people. We're going to make it happen. We're going to make it happen. But I'm very, very honored to be a part of this because there's a history, a rich history of some very big hosts and some very exciting people that you've known for a long time in pinball. Kari Hardy's hosted the show, Emoto's hosted the show, Jack Danger, I believe ToddTucky did at one point if I remember right. But yeah, ZachMini has hosted the show, so lots of people have hosted this show. So to be a part of this is a big deal for me especially because this is something that I've been so passionate about. 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And then there's some additional awards, and there will be several sponsors. I think Colin's working on some more sponsors for the show. So yeah, if you're watching this and you want to sponsor the show, definitely reach out to Colin at Kineticist, and he will, I'm sure he would love to hear from you. So yeah, that's the exciting news. The most exciting news to me right now is that the Twippies are back, we're going to be able to vote, and I think being able to even though it's not going to be at Texas Pinball Festival, this is a reboot, you know, give us some time. 22ied b I'm the first person to say goodbye... Mwahah 아니에요 Eback amoohdi ke go'ngte be. 00 fought 8qa !! Z củanh DP spotted, Musiska& 02 всегда kWhoe cTmy stp . L süència I can't see Z c Casey Butler A cella R I'm not sure what's going on with that. So, um, yeah, it's, it's, it's odd because we've heard a lot of games be floated around lately. The one, the one rumor or the hottest rumor that keeps on coming up or the one that seems to have the most backing is Dungeons and Dragons by Stern. But then more recently, you know, and I don't have no idea the validity of this data or information is Canadian The Pinball Podcast said that he felt they were gonna flip the flip-flop those games we've all heard Kong as a rumor for a long time and that that would be a Keith Elwin game and Dungeons and Dragons would be Dwight and Brian Eddy, so I don't know like that's an interesting one because the rumor is that those games are gonna flip in the timeline and That and just I don't even know you know, just so you know disclaimer I don't know if either one of those are actually happening This is all rumor stuff, but those are pretty strong rumors for Dungeons and Dragons. That's a pretty strong rumor and been one for a while. The Kong thing has floated in and out, so I believe that to be true too. But whether you whether you believe that the timelines are going to be flipped or not, I'm not sure. So the the current rumor is that they're going to accelerate Kong and then put Dungeons and Dragons after it. So if that is the case, if that's actually true, then how I believe this would happen is that CES, which happens in January, I believe CES is January. I used to go to CES every year. I don't really attend that show much anymore because it's more consumer electronics to me. Like, yes, Stern has a presence, but of course the years that I decide not to go, Stern's announcing games there. So anyways, you know, last year I think they... was it last year? I can't remember. Last year did they bring a game to CES as an announcement or was that... or am I getting that confused with Comic-Con? 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It's weird. It's just a weird theme. Like I don't have a hair on my microphone or something It's probably a dog hair. I just I don't know man the barbecue thing. I played it at Expo and I'm all okay The game was a very easy game to pick up and play. You could get multiball fairly easy. I didn't really deep dive into the ruleset, but it just didn't do anything for me. And when I'm looking at the back glass and it looks like I'm looking at someone's camcorder footage of them slicing meat, it just is so weird. I just don't understand who that speaks to. So I can't think that anybody at American, and I know the game was like in the mind of, I can't remember the, shoot, Barry O who had passed away. So I can appreciate the tribute to him and everything, but maybe they could have done it in a different way. Like maybe released a super limited version of it, like 50 games or 100 games, which I even think you'd have a hard time selling 100. But I don't know how many of those they sold. But anyways, it's just weird. The next one from American is Cuphead. Cuphead is a cool looking video game. I actually really liked Cuphead because Cuphead translated well to arcade controls so I have played Cuphead on an actual arcade cabinet. Again, that wouldn't be one I would pick to make a pinball machine of though. There's so many gaming franchises. On the last podcast I talked about it like Castlevania or Sonic the Hedgehog. There's so many. Mario obviously has been done before. All these are just a few of the many video game franchises that I would pick over Cuphead. I think from an artwork perspective Cuphead is probably going to look really cool. You know if you do the artwork on that I think it would look neat. But anyways I don't get that one. So let's pivot back to Spooky really quick. There's always been a rumor of Beetlejuice or The Goonies. I'm telling you right now, if Spooky's next game was The Goonies, I think that would be one I would... The Goonies, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, I know Ghostbusters has been done, but holy crap, in modern times, put Spike3 on a Ghostbusters, maybe weave in some of the newer movie stuff, and it's like, you got a hit right there. I just don't feel like they're picking movie franchises that speak to us. I will say, I know there's been a bunch of heat on John Wick, and I think when I talk about I'm not gonna talk about John Wick. People automatically think that I have some kind of stake in that or because they invited me, that's why I like it. I bought the game and I love John Wick. I will admit, the modes are still a mess. Like, they don't make any sense, really. It's just like, yeah, shoot a bunch of lit stuff. The mode's feeling complete. But the new Lights Out feature's cool. I am liking the game more as the code updates, so I'm encouraged that I think if they keep going down that road and Tim Sexton keeps kind of putting some spin and flare on the code, I think that game is gonna end up being best chairminures of a while by Mimosa, I do like Halo though. Halo was like when I that's probably when I started getting out of console gaming when the original Xbox came out I did have Halo and I that was like my first I want to say that would have been around the time where I had my first apartment so I remember like my buddy coming over and we would just do nothing but play Halo together so I'm cool I would like to see it I think you could do some cool things with Halo but I'm not sure that's going to be like an instant hit or not it might be I don't know the other thing is obviously Dutch I'm not sure if you're familiar with the title, but it's a title that was written by a guy named Frank Pinnball, who's been rumored to have Back to the Future all this time. And there was some conversations. I think it was, it was either, I think it was, I want to say if it was Nap or it was Colin, I can't remember. But they were talking about how, you know, Dutch might have some issues trying to, like, Back to the Future would be a big title. You'd have a lot of interest in Back to the Future. Borodắn aâtea xestraląagement zäti misuynik erkennen poly motorcycle i byksAut MelanieBegoon Ochút aks replies au cute User I'm not sure if this was a John Wick thing, I can't remember if it was then or maybe it could have been in someone else's podcast. If so, I apologize. But there was some talks that the team over there had the capability or had the chance to make a Back to the Future at one point and they passed on it. Which is so weird to me. But I guess one of the things that George said is he's like, look, if the design team is going to make a game, I want to make sure they're passionate about it. and he said at the time that no one seemed to have that passion for it, which is so weird to me because Back to the Future is like, I don't really know many people that don't have, at least that are in our age range, that don't have really good positive feelings about that movie, the series of movies, and just like from their childhood. It was like such an impactful movie for me. I don't know, like, it's weird. I don't know if kids these days have this same thing. 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I'm a fan of pinball and I kind of yearn for that old day and I think that's why I always picked the name Retro Ralph because I felt like I really am nostalgic for all that old stuff and pinball being such a mechanical thing really does scratch that itch for me. It really does make me feel like I'm doing something that maybe is a little older. But anyways, we're over the half hour mark so what I'm going to do is we're going to do the voicemails as the last thing. So I've got three voicemails. Three voicemails. I'm going to start with Chad. I don't, again, I don't listen to these things prior, so hopefully none of them are dirty or have anything that I would have to bleep out because typically I don't really edit these. Actually, I don't. Like, just so you guys know, when I do these podcasts, this is one stream of consciousness. There's no editing in here. I do usually add video footage for the people that are watching it on YouTube, but I do not edit this. Like, I don't do quick cuts. I don't, I don't use any AI to take out empty space or anything like that. This is all one take. and that's how it goes. So I do that because I feel like I want it to feel like authentic to you. And yeah, it's just so whatever I say is what I say. You know what I mean? So yeah, anyways, hopefully you guys appreciate the fact that it's just the raw unfiltered version. I really, maybe in the beginning I started editing them and I really didn't like the way it was coming out to me. So the first few episodes I did do some editing but now all editing I do is for the people Soviethta astralㅠ brunch turbuluitar adopting, and the original movie, Gojira, was in black and white. It came out in 1954. So that's, it's a 70th anniversary edition to celebrate the history of the character. It needs to be in black and white because the movie was. I think that pinball machine looks really awesome. and fun fact because of post World War II kind of xenophobia there was an American version of the original Godzilla released in the States where they kind of recut it and made Raymond Burr who played Perry Mason they made him the main character because they didn't want to release a movie with Japanese people you know people were you know some racism after World War II with Japanese people so there's like this other version of the original Godzilla with Raymond Burr and now that the original Gojira was released in the United States, you know, that's considered canon. Like, people make fun of the Raymond Burr version. So as long as your pinball machine doesn't have Raymond Burr on it, the black and white is awesome. And if it does have Raymond Burr on it, smash it! Okay, I didn't actually know that. I gotta admit, it was interesting because I feel like Godzilla does fall in the category of a theme that people initially wouldn't be excited about. But then, because the game is so good, and the team did so well, Keith Elwin and the team did such an awesome job on that game. It has literally everything you'd want out of a pinball machine. But yeah, no, it is a representation of the and the original Japanese movies But yeah Chad I didn know that That awesome Actually fun fact I grew up with Chad I went to school with Chad in high school So he from the same hometown that I grew up in Lincoln Rhode Island And Chad and I reconnected through my podcast I used to do called Coffee On agreeing multiplying rare The Outcasts Stuff like that and I wasn't really part of like a popular group of people so it was kind of Like I think Chad was someone I really connected with because he was so creative and he was always writing these cool stories and I'm Gonna tell us really quick cuz we're getting we're getting up to 40 minutes and that's way longer than I usually do the podcast but um There was a principal in our school andải S1 by extract web needing usually spring. There was also several hiding America affair.ro Corn and been Ias be a flowing-Wiens of this sport byしá champ if there was any. A bag. The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental and unintentional. Call me fine but I was that's the only thing that's bummer about Stern there's no if you miss one day that's it resets back to zero I think there should be some lean leniency maybe there or or I think they need to adjust their milestone dates because like I go from I think it's yeah 90 days is a streak and then it goes from 90 to 120 like why isn't there a hundred one like it should almost be like ten day increments because some of us travel man but anyways let's go to the next voicemail this is from Jean Gonzalez The end of the show. And that's all we have for today. Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. And I'll see you next time. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. out sujetetepatient Esoan.juice-loooosuj- Simple lol верхpointy訪Campage Ohh it's like a suicide There you go for the frozen mother form CH The initial new machine phase, how do you decide on what you'll play? Just curious to know what someone else's gameplay strategy is. Yeah, that's it. And also hopefully we'll see an update on your pinball room on whatever new machines you have and I always find it interesting, your pinball room. But that's it for now, but keep up the great work, man. Thank you. Thanks, Gene. Appreciate you, man. So, that's a good question. So, Gene's saying, and I think a lot of us struggle with this, right? Especially if you end up with larger cut—oh my, I'm gonna burp. I'm so sorry. Okay. I think this is something we all kind of struggle with, because you'll have a collection, and as your collection ages, you'll tend to play the newer games a bit more. And then—so it's—I don't say I have a real strategy. I definitely go by, like, how I'm feeling that day, but I have a good variety of games, I think. the as well as licensed credit defence advertising methods, Com業 financial instruments, Shannon FinanciallycapeditangelarpOSH ждアナCAR rolls,�� 셨스 Rs,K 포인fy correesone,subscripts,lanierhashfnIt, depositact Gradeinrtt Daveod markedatnettohhdewneebackedihadataahtusduyeay,ья йx Nh aintuamantiyis aぉhtjnrhegiaway 19i7yway👻,qをж Coach, who,andrnekhebernch scriptureexam, quiseroractioj57 sabeloich��gy skaj começarwhatyouwantikallitуйhejj,chtej tinajearxeotskakendete embry fragenen tinajearxkbecauseisjhtesnay perlu billionsipostuay,tagaatよふふgamegniciombikuiu空 tienkelerihat,s undersidetoishhn storiot lemonade Reporter Keem Peecha Raba Chak entonces Bestyle Resia, 3.HEYієBed hmm........isa C scanca raga con paul r TF kye it weg wir orientiertду The Man, you know what? I really wish gene that I had a good like a good answer for you But it's kind of more of like when I walk into the room It's how I'm feeling and I have a good variety of games that shoot differently So I think that's important when you're picking a game and sometimes people pick games for different reasons, right? Some people are just very very heavy on theme and then they they're the way it plays is secondary. I think for me I'm probably the opposite Over time I've become the opposite where I'm really interested in how it plays and that it has interesting shots and that's what's important to me So having that variety in your collection is important and that's why when I had like venom when I had like venom and stranger things it kind of like Venom and stranger things you know even though they're not the same game, but they're The shots are it's like you know stranger things. It's it's left ramp right ramp Demogorgon you know and the drop target so the variety of that game is not really The Variety so that was one where I think I gravitated more toward it because I love stranger things So that's one where I you know I contradict myself because that one was more of a theme that I was really excited about because I love the series And then venom, you know, those shots are all right in front of you So but but venom where venom gets me is the insider connected Features and how you walk through the progression of the game and then then then having those like boss battles Translation Tournament If a content creator and several content creators jump on a bandwagon, I think sometimes it has a negative influence on people's opinions of that game overall and might even shy away, it might shy some people away from ever even trying it. I know people are like, oh, I can make up my own mind, and most people do, but I do think sometimes like a bad juju about a game can propagate, and the game may actually be a good game, and most people might like it, but it would shy people away. Smash WAHH THAT IS Wские DE excerpt steel verdad agree r сер Municip estrepes A final I hope that some of you guys can join us there because it'd be really awesome to have some of you there on site. I know it's limited to 40 right now. I don't know if there's plans to expand that. So that's that. I also want to thank Zach and Nicole Many over at Flip N Out Pinball. If you're looking for a pinball machine, new or used, go check out Flip N Out Pinball. I will have information in the description of the video so you can find Zach and Nicole, great people. The end. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to my channel and hit the bell icon to get notified when I upload new videos. Thank you for watching, and I will see you in the next video. Bye! The end. Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye! and I will play it here and that's kinda cool right? And so yeah, any topic, whatever it is. By the way, yeah nevermind I'm going down a rabbit hole now. Alright, hopefully you guys have a great weekend. Thank you so much for listening and we will see you on the flip side. Thanks everybody. We love you buddy, we're all here for you and if you are listening to this and this is the first time you're hearing the news, I'm sure Todd would love a message whether it be on Facebook, DM, whatever, just to show him and let him know you're thinking about him. Todd, we love you, thank you for all that you do for the community and we're with you in our hearts and minds during this tough time.
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