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Harry Potter pinball first impressions

Walt Wood Pinball·video·44m 30s·analyzed·Jun 7, 2025
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TL;DR

Walt Wood reviews Harry Potter pinball: innovative mechanics, great theme, but overly complex modes and confusing LED design.

Summary

Walt Wood provides a detailed first impressions review of the newly announced Harry Potter pinball by Jersey Jack Pinball, comparing it to King Kong and other recent releases. He praises the innovative mechanical features like the rotating staircase box and rail system, but criticizes the overly complex rule set with confusing mode structure and the problematic use of different LED colors for every shot, which he finds disorienting. While generally positive about the game's theme integration and design quality, Wood expresses frustration that the game doesn't achieve the 'flow state' he experiences with King Kong's shot sequences.

Key Claims

  • Harry Potter pinball was officially revealed by Jersey Jack Pinball at noon

    high confidence · Walt Wood discussing the official announcement and viewing the trailer

  • The Collector's Edition of Harry Potter costs $15,000

    high confidence · Walt Wood reading pricing information from the official reveal materials

  • Other editions of Harry Potter are priced at $12,000 and $9,999

    high confidence · Walt Wood citing pricing tier information during the reveal discussion

  • The game features five 30-second modes in each term (fall and spring)

    medium confidence · Walt Wood attempting to understand the mode structure explained in the reveal video

  • Harry Potter features innovative mechanical elements including a rotating staircase diverter and rail system

    high confidence · Walt Wood describing the visible playfield mechanics in the trailer footage

  • The game is designed by Eric Minor with sound design by David Seal and voice work by Marc Silk

    high confidence · Walt Wood reading the credits from the official reveal materials

  • King Kong has superior 'flow state' gameplay compared to Harry Potter

    medium confidence · Walt Wood's comparative opinion after reviewing both games' mechanics

  • King Kong's left outlane is problematic and causes excessive ball loss

    medium confidence · Walt Wood's personal gameplay experience with King Kong, noting the outlane 'snags the ball over and over'

  • Every shot in Harry Potter is lit a different color, making the game visually confusing

    high confidence · Walt Wood repeatedly criticizing the LED color scheme throughout his review

  • Jersey Jack Pinball is known for quality games and Eric Minor is a renowned designer

Notable Quotes

  • “I'm into the theme. I'm into it...the whimsical nature of it and all that dude. I'm into it. And with Jersey Jack Pinball. Perfect.”

    Walt Wood@ 3:33 — Establishes Wood's positive initial impression of the game and JJP's involvement

  • “Everything's lit. And everything's a different color. God damn you. What are you doing? Are you trying to put me in the funny farm?”

    Walt Wood@ 20:19 — Main criticism: the confusing multi-color LED design making the game difficult to read

  • “Jersey Jack Pinball, why do you do it? Every shot is different color, dude. Why can't you make the arrows the same color?”

    Walt Wood@ 20:25 — Specific design complaint comparing Harry Potter unfavorably to Godzilla and Iron Man's color progression

  • “It reminds me of Godzilla. It's almost like a lot of influence from Godzilla, but I'm just again the modes, bro. I'm kind of lost so far.”

    Walt Wood@ 24:00 — Acknowledges mechanical innovation but expresses frustration with complexity

  • “You get me all hot and bothered and then you leave town for the night. You know what I'm saying?”

    Walt Wood@ 35:05 — Metaphorical criticism of anti-climactic payoffs in gameplay mechanics

  • “Keith has a flow. Keith has a way with a flow, man...That's what Keith's good at. He knows where it's at. You know, like some games, like this game doesn't necessarily have the flow state.”

    Walt Wood@ 38:00 — High praise for Keith Elwin's shot design philosophy vs. lack of flow in Harry Potter

Entities

Walt WoodpersonJersey Jack PinballcompanyHarry PottergameEric MinorpersonDavid SealpersonMarc SilkpersonKing Konggame

Signals

  • ?

    announcement: Jersey Jack Pinball officially revealed Harry Potter pinball at noon with full trailer, pricing, credits, and mechanical specifications

    high · Walt Wood viewing and discussing the official reveal materials, pricing ($9,999-$15,000), and designer credits

  • ?

    product_launch: Harry Potter offers multiple edition tiers: Pro ($9,999), Premium ($12,000), and Collector's Edition ($15,000) with three playfield variations

    high · Walt Wood reading official pricing information from the reveal

  • ?

    design_innovation: Harry Potter features innovative mechanical elements including rotating staircase diverter, four flippers, dual playfield sections, and magnetic ball control systems

    high · Walt Wood describing visible mechanical features in trailer: 'rotates again to lead to a path', 'flux capacitor rail', diverter mechanisms

  • ?

    product_concern: Harry Potter's LED lighting design is problematic: every shot is a different color, making the game visually confusing and difficult to read during play and multiball

    high · Walt Wood repeatedly criticizing: 'every shot is different color dude', 'everything's lit. And everything's a different color', 'this drives me crazy', comparing unfavorably to Godzilla and Iron Man's consistent color progression

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Harry Potter features complex rule set with multi-stage modes (fall term/spring term with 5 lessons each, 30-second modes) that are confusing even after explanation

    high · Walt Wood stating 'their modes are so complicated, bro' and 'even though he even after he explained it, I still was lost'

Transcript

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0:06
Oh, hello. You know what time it Yeah. Oh, man. I usually have a song or something to go with this. Let me think. Me kick this. How you doing? Let's see. You hear [Music]
0:45
that? Okay, let's see what we got here. [Music] New pinball day has come my
1:06
way. New pinball day is here to say new pinball day is going to make my life whole. New pinball day is going to restore my soul. Baby, baby, come on in. Yeah. Yeah. Hear it in the morning. Baby, come on. And baby. Yeah. Yeah.
1:43
Yeah. New pinball day. New pinball day. Talking about it. New pinball day. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! [Music] Yay! New pinball
2:16
day. [ __ ] yeah, dude. That's my song. I just wrote it. Let me fix the camera. New pinball day is coming my way. We'll [ __ ] with the lyrics later. All right. I love it. There you go. There's a new pinball song for you. New pinball day is coming my way. What were we talking about? [Laughter] [ __ ] new pinball day. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. I've never seen a Harry Potter flick before, but I'll tell you what. Get the [ __ ] out of here. I'll tell you what, I'm into the theme. I'm into it. The last one I saw with Dune, I wasn't really I didn't know that theme either. I saw the trailer, bro. Honestly, I didn't see nothing like I like put your hand in the box or your dad. [ __ ] you, dude. I don't know. And then you see the game, it goes in the box all the time, bro. I don't know how I feel about it. So now, but Harry Potter, same thing. I don't know just as much about the theme, but I'll tell you like the whimsical nature of it and all that [ __ ] dude. I'm into it. And with Jersey Jack. Perfect to get it. You're setting me up. You're lubing me up. I'm getting ready. Do you understand me? You You're putting me You're saying all Jersey Jack, you're saying all the right things. You're making all the right moves. This is what you're doing to me. You better not let me down. I haven't seen I've been avoiding it. Okay. I've I've seen it for a day or two. I needed some time. I want to make sure there's nobody else around so that when I'm yelling and getting nuts, people don't think I'm crazy calling the cops, whatever they want to do on me. Never. Now, we're going to get into it. Okay, I got a couple things. I got First of all, let's see what they said. Let's see what they said about it. What what they say about it. Here we go. Let's see what they say. Harry Potter revealed. He took his shirt off and everything. Ever since word leaked that Jersey Jack Pinball obtained the creator game based upon the popular license, fans of both the pinball hobby and the book film series have be anxiously awaiting the game's arrival. Well, my friends, that day has

high confidence · Walt Wood expressing excitement about JJP's involvement and the designer's reputation

  • “Here's my recommendation. Everybody in the pinball industry arcade who works on games, start getting yourself into competitive tournaments.”

    Walt Wood@ 40:35 — Industry advice based on his tournament background and game design philosophy

  • “That outlane, dude. The left outlane in King Kong. It makes me want to punch my grandmother in the head, dude.”

    Walt Wood@ 42:27 — Hyperbolic but genuine frustration with poor outlane design

  • “So far, what I can tell is it's not bad. I kind of like some of the some of the things, but not that flow state like King Kong has, you know?”

    Walt Wood@ 42:11 — Final verdict: Harry Potter is acceptable but lacks the superior shot design of King Kong

  • “I want to be blown the away. Like there's some elements in there that almost got me there, dude, but not enough of it, you know?”

    Walt Wood@ 34:33 — Expresses desire for more impactful, memorable game moments

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    design_philosophy: Harry Potter lacks strong shot flow sequences compared to King Kong's superior flow state design by Keith Elwin; this is a key differentiator in player experience

    high · Walt Wood contrasting: 'this game doesn't necessarily have the flow state' vs. King Kong's design philosophy where 'you could shoot center ramp to left flipper...shot right to upper right flipper' creating continuous flow

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    sentiment_shift: Community enthusiasm for Harry Potter is high but tempered by design concerns; Walt Wood represents measured optimism: good game but not 'blown away'

    medium · Walt Wood: 'So far, what I can tell is it's not bad. I kind of like some of the some of the things' and 'I want to be blown the away' but game falls short of that threshold

  • ?

    design_innovation: Harry Potter integrates theme through specific mechanics: cauldron scoop with ball pass-through, staircase diverter, Quidditch playfield, and spell-casting shots

    high · Walt Wood describing 'the little box...the little cauldron pot', 'puts them in the pot', 'Quidditch pitch', and spell selection modes

  • ?

    product_concern: Harry Potter's outlane design appears problematic based on trailer footage; shows poor ball retention similar to King Kong's notorious left outlane issue

    medium · Walt Wood: 'The inlane outlanes look like a mess...that looks horrible...It reminds me of King Kong, man, on the goddamn left'

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    content_signal: Walt Wood publishing first impressions video of Harry Potter pinball, comparing to recent releases like King Kong; actively analyzing official reveal materials

    high · This video is Walt Wood's detailed review covering mechanics, rules, pricing, and comparative analysis

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Harry Potter credits include designer Eric Minor, sound designer David Seal, and voice actor Marc Silk; represents significant creative team assembly by Jersey Jack

    high · Walt Wood reading official credits: 'Developed by renowned designer Eric Minor, featuring sound design David Seal...Voice work by award-winning actor Marc Silk'

    • 4:59
    arrived. And they they officially revealed the game at noon. Yeah. What was it?
    5:10
    Yeah. All right. All right. Here we go. What else we got? Three versions of the Playfield. Collectors, Wizards, and Arcade. Basically the same. Okay. Wait. Bro, let me see the trailer real quick. Here's the trailer. You know it. You know it. Trailer. I got I did prep. I got three tabs. Look at me go. Here we go. Come on. Ready? You ready? Let's go on this journey together. Let's go on it together. I love you all. Thanks for tuning in, students. You Let's go. accepted to a special place. Oh, she got the letter. She got the letter. She got the letter. Students, you have been accepted. Dear so and so, prepare to get your world [ __ ] That's what the letter said. Go to a special. What does it say? Actually, I want to read that. Accepted. Damn. Mrs. Here, I'll read the letter to Mrs. K Castel Williams something high park street turdenham sofulk dear Mrs. Williams, Mast's Minor, Cats, Latchic, and some other guy of Jersey Jack Pinball. Purveyors of the finest and most enchanting devices buildable by most muggle hands. Oh god, I can't [ __ ] read this. God damn it. [ __ ] [ __ ] dude. I can't [ __ ] read it. God damn. Oh, here we go. Buildable by muggle hands here. Oh, hereby invite you to play Harry Potter pinball. May your journey through the magical world under glass bring you as much joy as it brought in creation. Yours sincerely, Jersey. A place where every flicker of light holds a mystery waiting to rediscover. Return to Hogwarts and reignite.
    7:43
    Okay. Magic re. Oh, that thing's kind of cool. Let me see that. Reignite
    7:54
    the magic. Yeah, this thing's [ __ ] cool. Look at that little box that turns. [ __ ] yeah. Let's go. And then it's got a thing on the top with the rail. Look. See, there's a rail there where the ball can drop to feed that. That's kind of cool. Oh, and then it turns again. Look at that. Reignite the magic. Look. And then it turns again to lead to a path over there. Yo, that's pretty [ __ ] cool. Iconic scenes from all eight Harry Potter films and take to the Quidditch pitch to become the ultimate pinball.
    8:33
    Whoa, that's pretty [ __ ] cool right there, dude. Wizard, explore the castle and uncover its secrets. Shop Diagon Ali for visiting brew potent potions in the ad tilt warning. I like how this is a common thing on games now, bro. I'm shaking the You got to move the [ __ ] game, dude. I don't care who you are, what you do, what how tall you are, what country you're from, what food you eat. You got to move the [ __ ] Okay, listen to me. Listen to the words coming out of my face. Move it. You got to move it. I see some people stand there like goddamn statues, bro. I'm talking about like this. You can see the fern like ferns going around them, dude. Like [ __ ] move it. I'm glad this is getting to be a common thing in games. Keep it up, man. That's [ __ ] great. Potter frenzy. Bombastic
    9:31
    bomb. That reminds me of myself this morning, dude. Bombastic [ __ ] bomb. [Music] Oh, and learn.
    9:48
    Look, there's a flux capacitor on there. There's a flux capacitor rail. Look, it kicks it up there. magnet. So, it can divert it over here or diverts it over to there and it falls down onto this rail or it falls over to there to some [ __ ] You'll end your job. Oh, but
    10:18
    take danger lurks beyond. Is that Wayne Static's [ __ ] replacement? School [Music] grounds bombs ready. Prepare to defend yourself against the dark gods.
    10:40
    Oh, let me see that shot real quick. Real quick. Go [Music] back. Right.
    10:54
    Little bit of Avatar on the ramp here. I'm getting like some Avatar vibes from this. I got another video we'll go through here after this. But um yeah, I can't really see from there. I just wanted to see that overhead shot of like a little bit of the shots. Okay, got it. [Music]
    11:16
    Oh, that's cool. Puts them in the pot. A magical world of adventure awaits. You rise to the challenge and become a hero of Hogwarts. The wizarding world. God, it's so fast. Master of magic. I feel like that chick, bro. This is how I feel. That's how I feel with that. What's up with all the edits, dude? There's like 90 edits right there. Did you see that? Look at this. become a hero of Hogwarts. The wizarding world, bro, I got to watch that at like a [ __ ] quarter speed. Hold on, dude. What the [ __ ] are they doing to me? Look at this. There's like so many edits right there. [Music] Edit, edit, edit, edit, edit, edit. [Music]
    12:27
    Bro, it's hard when they they're they're showing it to me so quick. God damn. I got another video here. [ __ ] [ __ ] dude. Look at this, bro. Look at this. This is normal speed. This is normal speed. Here's normal speed. The wizarding world. this your finger. How the [ __ ] are you supposed to get a read on the game? Come on, Jersey Jack. How the [ __ ] are you supposed to get a read on the game with that, bro? I could take a fistful of aderall and I still wouldn't get it. Do you understand me?
    13:04
    Look at the chick. I feel just like her. Her damn face says it all, bro. That's how I feel. Her mug and my mug are in symmetry. We are in in sync right now in mugs. I know. I feel the same way,
    13:23
    dude. Holy [ __ ] bro. I need to see more of that. Yo, I like the little spinning box, dude. I like it, bro. It looks [ __ ] cool. I like it. We got another video with some gameplay. They put gameplay out real quick. That's the way to do it. Jersey Jack, [ __ ] yeah. We got another video right here. Some gameplay. Um, here we go. Hey everyone, my name is Eric Miner. I am the game designer of the new Harry Potter pinball machine. What you're going to see today is a gameplay video of Joe Catz, senior programmer on the project. So, let's Okay, so he's just going to talk about it. I just want to see the ball flipping around, bro. That's all I want to see. Let's see where where we at. Where we at? Where we at? Where we at? Uh, here we go. Okay, here we go. Yeah. I just want to see the ball moving around and bouncing around. That's what I want to see now. All right. Come on. Show it to me. Give it to me. Give me what I need. Give me what I crave. Teach me how to behave. All right. Here we go. I'm fired up. This game looks good. This ramp looks like like Avatar, though. It looks like it leads up to here, dude. Okay. So, it's going up to here, through here, and then you could shoot the ramp up to there. Oh, maybe comes hooking around back there. I got to see the ball moving around. I got to see the ball moving around, dude. [ __ ] Let me see it. Let me see it. I want to see it. Give it to me. Give me what I need. Here we go. Here we go. Are you fired up a game? Here we go. Come on. Let's go. We don't need audio. We're good. All right. All right. Here we go. Yeah. All right. Let's see. All right. So, we
    15:19
    go? All right, let's turn up some game audio. See? [Music] Whoa. [Music] Okay. sucks. [Music] Physical ball lock. Nice. Where's that loop going? Kicks it up over there to another ball lock. Okay.
    16:02
    That's cool. depending on how many Oh, it's got the [ __ ] same in lane as goddamn uh King Kong [ __ ] The [ __ ] lane right there, dude. It's almost the same one as King Kong. This ramp is cool. It's going up here, hitting the spinner, coming around to a flipper. He hits the [ __ ] ramp again, and it looks like it [ __ ] leads back around to the upper flipper. I like that. to determine the value of my quiddage points which you receive at the end of the game. Starting my second ball, I see that I have explore Hogwarts multiball lit at the grand staircase. All I got to do is shoot it to start it. In this multiball, you're trying to collect the right arrow jackpots, which will eventually start a robing super jackpot. Okay. Once this robing super jackpot is moving, even if you drain out of this multiball, it will still be lit until you drain your ball. Oh, great. As you will see during gold trio multiball, I actually collect the super jackpot from Explore Hogwarts multiball. What does it do? Just fall in back there. I like the scoop kick out. That's nice. Scoop kick out is nice. Okay, the loop's pretty nice. Oh, look. See that? He got screwed. You see that? Look at this. Right in there, bro. [ __ ] off.
    17:27
    Oh, that outlane sucks, dude. Look at this [ __ ] out. Look at the state of this out lane.
    17:36
    Oh, eat my [ __ ] dude. Look at that. Look at that. Oh, and it bounces off of there and comes right down. Oh, diabolical bastards. You diabolical bastards. [Music]
    17:57
    [ __ ] hell. Yo, that is mean as [ __ ] dude. Death battle.
    18:07
    That was cool. I like how the flipper stuck like that here. sure I'm shooting the right loading to get the final lock for golden trio multiball. Golden trio multiball. All right, put them in the pot. Puts it in this
    18:35
    Uh, that's kind of underwhelming, dude, to be honest with you. Like, I was kind of So, there's like a pot over here, a cauldron. All right, eat my dick. It's a cauldron, whatever the [ __ ] you want to call it. And the and like I was kind of like I was wondering what happens with it. And then the ball just falls through it. Yeah, dude. the ball. It's kind of like uh if you guys have ever played pinball magic, well, when you're when you plunge the ball, you can do a skill shot and the ball will go through a hat and then it looks exactly like that. Yeah, exactly. It looks exactly like that. But it's This is a top hat. It's like a magician's hat, but this is a cauldron. It just goes straight through. It's kind of cool. I I don't know. I thought it was going to be something cooler, but All right.
    19:36
    Yo, he just started this multiball. I'm going to tell you right now, I know my TV's hard to see. Keep your eye on that [ __ ] out lane, dude. This thing's a murderer. Jesus, look at it. I guarantee that's going to eat him up, dude. That [ __ ]
    19:53
    out. I like that shot. That ramp shot is cool. Maybe he's going to run away. Oh, you're killing me with the lights, bro. I don't know what's going on.
    20:07
    Look, everything's [ __ ] lit, dude. Jersey Jack, why do you do it? Everything's lit.
    20:15
    And everything's a [ __ ] different color arrow. God damn you. What are you doing? Are you trying to put me in the funny farm? Ah, bro. Every arrow is different color, dude. Why can't you make the arrows the same color? If I'm in a multiball mode green Stern's got that good green, yellow. Just think of Godzilla. You hit one Godzilla jackpot, it goes green to yellow, then yellow to red, right? So, you know that the red one's more valuable than the other one. Iron Man, it does the same thing. It goes from like green to white to orange, whatever the [ __ ] dude. Every [ __ ] arrow is different [ __ ] color again. Look at this. It just drives me crazy. Like my I don't know if you got OCD like me, bro. This drives you nuts. Look at this. Orange, yellow, [ __ ] blue, orange, diamond, purple, pink. [ __ ] you, dude. Come on. What the [ __ ] am I supposed to shoot?
    21:22
    and draw the library. That [ __ ] drives me nuts, dude. You got to make this [ __ ] more simple, bro. God damn it, [Music]
    21:39
    man. Come on. Hit something. Shoot something, [ __ ] [Music]
    21:54
    [Music] Oh, that's a cool little spinner shot. I like this little shot. Goes in there. Comes around. These these lanes are cool. They're kind of cool. [Music] On the count of three, cast your charms to disarm your opponent. Only to disarm. We can't do that. Who's that dork?
    22:24
    Hey, [ __ ] off, man. We're checking this pinball machine now. You mind? It presents the players with three awards. Okay, here you go. By shooting one of the selected shots, it will lock in that award. Now I've completed the fall term for the school. I've made the final shot of the final lesson. After this, we will begin the spring term, which will be another set of five lessons from the movie. Each of those lessons lasts about 30 seconds. Completing them consist. Wait, hold on. What? It will lock in that award. Now I've completed the fall term for the school. I've made the final shot of the final lesson. After this, we will begin the spring term, which will be another set of five lessons from the movie. Each of those lessons lasts about 30 seconds. Completing them consecutively will greatly increase the amount of points there are. That shot is cool. I was trying to understand what he was talking about, but the the fall term and the spring term and the [ __ ] your uncle's term, whatever the [ __ ] Jesus Christ, their modes are so complicated, bro. Jersey Jack, god damn it. So, I guess like there's five 30 secondond modes in each term. Is that what I'm I'm to believe? Is that what I'm led to believe here? That [ __ ] R when it goes through the box, dude. The box is [ __ ] cool. This is awesome, bro. The box cuz it can go through. It reminds me of Godzilla. It's almost got like a a lot of influence from Godzilla, but I'm I'm just again the modes, bro. I'm kind of lost so
    24:14
    far. Whoa. What the [ __ ] That was cool. Look at that. Look at his
    24:20
    [Music] face. I didn't do it on purpose. I broke the law. Here's a nice little four shot combo for the wizard travel that Eric explained at the beginning of the video. Repeat flipper loop shots. I don't like this. [Music] The inner loop here. I am visiting one of the four. Dude, it's just weird how he's like not talking but did a voice over later. I don't know why that's weird. I would It's just be It doesn't feel as authentic. It'd be cool if he's like, "All right, let's now I'm going to shoot for that. Now I'm shooting for this. Now I'm He's like And this is when I did that." Like this almost reminds me of like Dine when he's like And this is where I placed the bloody hatchet before after I killed the victims. Like it's it's all like a somber delivery too. Like godamn [Music] Alley's particular hurry up. it will select one shot and drop the ball to the required flipper to make it as easy as possible for you to hit that shot. In this case, it dropped it to the upper playfield and I just didn't take it. But it runs for a little while and I was able to get back up to the upper like it sounds like an interrogation and collect where where were you? Hey, where were you on the night of the fourth? Uh, actually sir, I was uh at a church function and I walked home. I picked up a turkey. Uh, I stopped at the store to get some toothpaste because I like to brush my teeth after I eaten turkey. And then I proceeded to to walk the rest of the way home. When the hurry up begins, the screen will tell you which flipper it's going to feed it to, so you can be prepared as the ball drops onto the stairs and comes toward your flippers. Congratulations. [Music] All extra credit category score. [Music]
    26:27
    Do what you have to do. I'm doing everything I can. Travel advised.
    26:37
    So now I have the extra ball lid, which as a classic error game, it's a pretty tough shot. It's under the flipper. So as you can see, I'm I'm constantly missing here a few times in a row, but I eventually do get it. Extra. [Music] You are more
    27:02
    important. I don't know. [Music] There's some things I kind of like. I like that shot and I like the other one. [Music] Spiders attack. The inlane outlanes look like a
    27:35
    mess. Yeah, look at that. That looks hor that's going to happen a lot. That looks horrible.
    27:46
    [Music] Is that all we get? I think that's all we get. Okay. Well, extra credit. [Music] Spiders attack. That sucks right there, dude. This [ __ ] these in these outlanes. [ __ ] It reminds me of [ __ ] uh King Kong, man, on the goddamn left, man. The same thing. Oh, man. This doesn't look bad, though. I'd like to see it in person. I like to see it in person. So far, I don't know. I kind of I kind of like it.
    28:31
    Um God, there's every light is a different [ __ ] color, dude. That's so disorienting, man, when every insert is a different color.
    28:58
    Not bad. Thank you for watching and I can't wait for you to play this game. This was just a small taste. I didn't want to go into too many details. I just wanted you to be able to watch the ball. go around on the playfield and see some of the rules. Yeah, man. Hell yeah. Some of the rails are cool, man. Okay. Okay, I got it. All right. Anything else in here I need to know? Okay, let's see. Uh let's see.
    29:34
    Um, developed by renowned designer Eric Min, featuring sound design David Seal. You're the man, bro. Voice work by award-winning actor Mark Silk. Uh, let's see. Ark meat. This has been the most personal and passionate project of my career. As a lifelong fan, I wanted to Everybody has the same accent when I'm reading, by the way. I wanted to build something worthy of the wizardry world. From gameplay to audio, every detail is designed to transport players into the story. It's the most ambitious game I've ever made. Collector's Edition. 15 grand, bro. Get ready. Holy [ __ ]
    30:32
    god. 12 grand. Or you can get it for $9,999. [ __ ] Damn, dude. Oh my god. I don't know, bro. I don't know. What do the people say about it? Let's see.
    30:53
    The sheer technical expertise necessary to pull this off is truly impressive. I own the Adams family table and I love it. But this is something entirely different. Just incredible. I dream of owning this table. Bro, you're comparing the Adams family to this? Are you [ __ ] serious? That's like comparing a Packard to a Tesla. Are you kidding me? You're like, I own a 1949 Packard and I see these uh you know these new Teslas. I think I might get one day. What the [ __ ] dude? Oh my
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    god. Yeah, just a lot of you did the best. You're the best. It's the best. Everybody loves it. Everybody loves it. Everybody loves it. Why won't you? I don't know. What do you guys think, man? Um, I think it looks pretty cool. It's giving me some Avatar vibes. Like, there's some similar things in Avatar. Like, the scoop reminds me a little bit of it and the ramp, the left ramp reminds me of it. It just goes to a different spot. Like, this this is a better ramp than Avatar because it goes like to a loop and then goes uh Yeah, it goes like to a little loop to the flipper and then you could shoot the ramp. You can shoot the [ __ ] ramp and have a nice day. You know what I'm saying? You can have a great day. But I I kind of like that because you can Yeah. You get it around and shoot the ramp. The ramp hooks around. The rail is cool. It's a nice design. I like the rail. The box on the right. I like I'm intrigued by the box. I like to see all the ball pads in the
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    box. This what I'm telling you. But that's going to take some like playing on my end. I'm gonna have to really get to play it a little bit and and and get back to you on it. Like I've like how much What are we at? 32. Okay, we got 32 minutes. I I I could tell you some thoughts on Kong. I played Kong, you know.
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    Um [ __ ] But yeah, but this just to tie this one up. I think, you know, uh [ __ ] I I need to play a little more. I like the animations are cool and the [ __ ] uh the still though the modes man killing me with the modes. Like even though he even after he explained it, I still was lost because after those three arrows flashed, they're all different colors again, dude. And it's like in the multiball, everything's flashing in a different color again, man. It's the same [ __ ] thing over and over. Like, bro, you don't know how disorienting that is as a player, dude. Especially when you're in a tournament trying to figure [ __ ] out, it's like I don't know what to shoot cuz everything's flashing a different [ __ ] color arrow. So, we're seeing a lot of that again. But that's cool. You know, that might make sense to them. I'm sure the rule sheet is like a [ __ ] yard long. Anyway, that's what I think about that.
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    That's what I think about it. When I think about Kong, um, I like it. I'm not blown away, but I like it. Okay. I want to have my dick kicked off. Don't you understand
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    me? Why is it so hard for people to understand? I want to be blown the [ __ ] away. Like there's some elements in there that almost got me there, dude, but not enough of it, you know? Like the little box kind of in uh Harry Potter, almost with the little box, but not quite, you know? But I want to just be blown the [ __ ] away. And almost with the little cauldron pot. I was like, "Oh, what's going to happen with the cauldron pot?" And then it fell right through it. I'm like, "Fuck, god damn it. That didn't get me either. You get me all hot and bothered and then you leave town for the night. You know what I'm saying?
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    Uh, but Kong, I like it. I don't love it. There's a flow state. Keith has a flow. Keith has a way with a flow, man. And there's a there's a flow in there. I'm telling you, there's a flow in con. It's a nice flow. Like you could shoot the center ramp to your left flipper. Shoot the shot right next to right to the right of Kong of the center ramp which will lead to your upper left flipper. And then you shoot the little ramp there that'll drop it off to the upper right flipper. And then you could either shoot the upper uh shot in the middle that'll lead it back to the left flipper or you can just do what I do, shoot the side ramp and that'll lead it back to the right flipper in the bottom. And you could keep doing the same thing over and over. Eventually, you'll start that buy plane mode. And then that's the way it's coded right now. I was getting 12 million, 18 million, and I think I don't remember the next one. I think it was in the 20s. I ended the mode with like 70 or 80 million. So, I don't remember. There's a few shots in there. I'm sure they'll dial that down. But that's the way to go. And the way I realize it right now is starting by plane is just shooting the side ramp a few times. That's it. That's all there is to it.
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    But yeah, you get into flow state. Keith is amazing with that flow state, dude. When you just hit a bunch of shots in a row, dude. Like the shadow when you just combo the ramp, hit the shoot the ramp, diverter, other ramp diverter, ramp, ramp, vengeance mode, and then over and over, rinse and repeat, and you're having a good day. Oh, it gets me worked up even talking about it here. That's what Keith's good at. So, yeah, like I said, you can Yeah, the left the middle ramp left flipper shot to the right to the right of the middle ramp upper to the upper left flipper to the ramp to the side upper right flipper to the side ramp down to the right and then shoot the middle ramp and start all over again. Just do that over and over, bro. You will feel like you're jogging. It's a flow state. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. You're going to be
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    [Music] work. The villagers will come and shower you with kisses and [ __ ] daisies. You'll be the talk of the
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    town. All the women will want your babies. All of them. Do you understand the words coming out of my face? Cuz I don't.
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    Keith is good at that. Okay. A flow state. He knows where it's at. You know, like some games, like this game doesn't necessarily have the flow state. It doesn't like there's a couple shots you could shoot to another shot. Like I saw, but this is why Keith is the best, you know? But I saw like on um uh the left ramp to the And I'm going back to uh I know I'm going back and forth. I'm going back to Harry Potter. I saw on the left rim, you could shoot the left ramp and then you could kind of flow that into the upper flipper a little bit, but that's all on one side of the table. You know, I'm hitting I want to flow to here to here to here to here to here. Keith knows that, bro. He knows. That's why he's the best, bro. I'm telling you. I don't need to tell you. Everybody knows it. [ __ ] Everybody looks his nuts everywhere he goes. It's all good, man. You know,
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    it's like one of the like I known Keith for a long time. I played against him in my first my first state tournament ever. I won in Colorado in 2014. And then the Nationals, well, I won it in 2013, but it wasn't it was in the year 2014 cuz I have it like two months later. And then the Nationals was in the same state. Thankfully, dude, cuz if it was anywhere else, I wouldn't have been able to go. I had no money. I was broke, dude. I was alcoholic back then. I don't even know like all the drugs I was on back then. A lot [ __ ] But from the grace of God, it was in the same state, the Nationals. So, Donovan, world famous Donovan Step, one of my people I look up to in the pinball world, gave me a lift up there. And I made it through the first round. First round, second round. And then there's Elwin. I had to play Owen. And then when I got to meet him, bro, he wasn't mobbed on anybody. It was just there. It was just I got to talk to him. But this is before he had any games. So it was just great to talk to him about pin and [ __ ] you know, and just see how he played. Oh man, it was awesome. I learned a lot. But he understands the flow, bro. Cuz he's a tournament player in the beginning. That's what it takes. That's what it takes. I would recommend, you know, here's my recommendation. Everybody in the pinball industry who works on games, start getting yourself into competitive tournaments. Start getting yourself into tournaments. That's my advice. Cuz then you'll start learning like what players like, what you like in tournaments, what works, what's annoying in tournaments, what like breaks down, what games break down, what games you'll find that aren't even [ __ ] There's some games that like I play that aren't even in tournaments, you know? Like they won't even put him in. Like they treat him like like poor Godfather, dude. Minier, I'm sorry. Your last game Godfather, they don't even put in the tournament, dude. I don't even know why, but out here in Colorado, the last time I've been to tournaments, they take that game out. I don't know why. It's a beautiful, sparkling game. Come [ __ ] with me. Come press my buttons and say, "Uh-huh." But they said, "No, not in the tournament. Not around
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    here. [ __ ] your mother. That's what they said to me. Can you believe it? Write your [Laughter] congressman. But yeah, dude. They don't even put it in the [ __ ] tournament. Like, what the [ __ ] You know, I don't know. I guess that's all I got to say about it, man. That's it. Kong, it feels good. I like it. The modes are coming along. Climb the building. I get it. Um, Harry Potter I have to play. So far, what I see it's not bad. I kind of like some of the some of the things, but not that flow state like Kong has, you know? That's the one thing Kong like that. But in Kong, that [ __ ] outlane, dude. The left out lane in Kong. It makes me want to punch my grandmother in the head, dude. And she like dig her up from her precious slumber, punch her in her head. I swear, dude. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You say, "Well, how can you say? How can you think it? How can you believe you would ever dig up your grandmother?" Yes, I would. Cuz I'm that mad from that [ __ ] out lane. That's how mad it makes me. You understand? I'll dig up a body. I will do it.
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    I'm pissed off. That's how mad I am. This is how mad I am. It snags the ball over and over. Like over and over the [ __ ] again. And I don't even know like how to get it out of there. Like for the life of me, bro. I swear. Like I swear to Christ, every time I look up, it's going down the [ __ ] left alley. I don't know what else to
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    do. Well, that was fun. We learned a lot. Game looks promising. And uh thanks for joining me on this journey. That was a lot of fun, man. Thanks for reaching out. Thanks for checking me out. I wish you all the best. I will try my best to sniff out. If you guys have anything you want me to check out, let me know. Like, I don't have my finger on the pulse too much, man. I've been kind of writing a lot of music, honestly. So, if there's something you want me to look into, just let me know, man, and I'll I'll get my peepers on it. Okay. But with that said, much love everybody. Take it easy and uh I'll talk to you on the other side, man.