New Eminem Greatest Hits Pinball Teaser Video featuring Williams Fire! & Police Force

Knapp Arcade·article·analyzed·Aug 10, 2022

Analysis

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TL;DR

Eminem's Curtain Call 2 album teaser video features classic Williams pinball machines Fire! and Police Force.

Summary

Eminem's official Facebook page shared a teaser video for his Curtain Call 2 Greatest Hits album that is themed around pinball, featuring gameplay footage from two classic Williams pinball machines: Fire! (1987) and Police Force (1989). This follows earlier observation that the album cover resembles a pinball backglass and the box set resembles a complete pinball machine.

Key Claims

Eminem's Curtain Call 2 Greatest Hits album cover visually resembles a pinball backglass
medium confidence · Author observed in July that the cover looks like a pinball backglass and the box set looks like an entire pinball machine
Eminem's official Facebook page shared a pinball-themed teaser video for Curtain Call 2
high confidence · Article states 'The rapper's official Facebook page recently shared a minute and a half long teaser video for the album themed entirely around our beloved hobby...Pinball!'
The teaser video was filmed using Williams Fire! (1987) and Police Force (1989)
high confidence · Article states 'by looking closely at the video you can see that it was filmed using two different classic Williams pinball machines, its 1987 game Fire! and the 1989 game Police Force'

Notable Quotes

“The rapper's official Facebook page recently shared a minute and a half long teaser video for the album themed entirely around our beloved hobby...Pinball!”
Knapp Arcade author — Confirms official Eminem Facebook promotion of pinball-themed content for major album release
“by looking closely at the video you can see that it was filmed using two different classic Williams pinball machines, its 1987 game Fire! and the 1989 game Police Force”
Knapp Arcade author — Identifies specific classic machines featured in the promotional video

Entities

EminempersonCurtain Call 2productFire!game Police Forcegame Williamscompany Knapp ArcadeorganizationTrent Kennedyperson

Signals

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community_signal: Mainstream entertainment (Eminem album promotion) features classic Williams pinball machines prominently in official teaser content, indicating growing mainstream cultural visibility for the hobby
high · Eminem's official Facebook page shared pinball-themed teaser for major album release, suggesting intentional association of artist brand with pinball aesthetic and culture

Topics

Pop culture / Entertainment IP crossover with pinballprimaryClassic Williams pinball machines in media promotionprimaryPinball in popular culture and mainstream visibilitysecondaryAlbum artwork and packaging designsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Author expresses enthusiasm about pinball's appearance in mainstream entertainment, uses positive language ('Pretty cool') and encourages readers to engage with the album

Transcript

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Back in July I shared a post here about how the cover of Eminem's new Greatest Hits album, Curtain Call 2, looks like a pinball backglass and that the box set looks like an entire pinball machine. The rapper's official Facebook page recently shared a minute and a half long teaser video for the album themed entirely around our beloved hobby...Pinball! Interestingly, by looking closely at the video you can see that it was filmed using two different classic Williams pinball machines, its 1987 game Fire! and the 1989 game Police Force. Pretty cool. Thanks to Trent Kennedy for the heads up about the video! Time to look that album up on Spotify and listen to it today.