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Don's Pinball Podcast (patreon feed)·podcast_episode·20m 48s·analyzed·Dec 8, 2023

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TL;DR

Spooky Pinball reveals Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes; Don shares first impressions and announces Saturday playtest.

Summary

Don Dangler discusses two major new Spooky Pinball announcements: Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes, both revealed today as a surprise double-title drop. He provides initial impressions of the machines' themes, playfield design, and armor work, expresses uncertainty about which to purchase, and announces he'll play both at Spooky's location on Saturday. He also reviews custom acrylic art blades from a French pinball artist and thanks Patreon supporters.

Key Claims

Spooky Pinball dropped two games today: Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes
high confidence · Don Dangler opening remarks, states this happened 'today'
Texas Chainsaw Massacre features a meat locker door that slides open and uses a magnet to pull the ball
high confidence · Don's detailed playfield description
Both Spooky games feature four ramps each
medium confidence · Don states 'apparently there's four ramps' suggesting he read this rather than observed directly
Spooky Pinball used laser-cut sheet metal CAD machines to make the side armors, with Texas Chainsaw featuring chainsaw-tooth designs
high confidence · Don's detailed observation of the cabinet armor design
Don will play both Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes on Saturday at Spooky Pinball's location
high confidence · Invitation from Spooky Pinball Luke, stated multiple times
The custom acrylic art blades from the French artist cost approximately 110 euros plus shipping and took 2 months to arrive
high confidence · Don's experience purchasing and receiving the product
Don considers Texas Chainsaw Massacre the superior theme compared to Looney Tunes from a design perspective
high confidence · Direct statement: 'For atmosphere and theme Texas wins hands down'
Both games appear to have different development teams working on them rather than shared code with asset swaps
medium confidence · Don's speculation: 'I think there Sam May be a more nuanced approach Tee'd Off each different game'

Notable Quotes

“It looks like Rob Zombie's Spookshow International and Walking Dead had a baby and this is what it is.”
Don Dangler @ early in episode — Compares Texas Chainsaw Massacre's visual style to existing Spooky games, indicating design language continuation
“this thing looks like it's Spooky Pinball's flow monster for sure”
Don Dangler @ mid-episode — Suggests Texas Chainsaw Massacre represents a significant escalation in Spooky's game design and layout complexity
“For atmosphere and theme Texas wins hands down... Looney Tunes this is like if you were Tee'd Off take walking dead and just throw cartoon characters into it it's a little bit jarring”
Don Dangler @ mid-episode — Direct thematic comparison; suggests Looney Tunes feels less cohesive as a design choice
“I think if I had one I always wonder like should I have gone for the other one and that This Week In Pinball text, Terminate I think I want both of these The Games and that is absurd”
Don Dangler @ mid-episode — Expresses the FOMO and decision paralysis created by the dual-title release strategy
“These are like a thick acrylic, they are like 2mm thick or something and very shiny very glossy. Like covered with like a clear plastic clear coat... I've never had anything like this before.”
Don Dangler @ later in episode — Describes novel aftermarket product quality and construction method

Entities

Spooky PinballcompanyDon DanglerpersonLukeperson Texas Chainsaw Massacregame Looney Tunesgame Halloweengame Ultramangame Walking Deadgame

Signals

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announcement: Spooky Pinball unexpectedly announced two new games simultaneously: Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes, both featuring same playfield layout
high · Don states 'Two The Games dropped on us from Spooky Pinball' and 'they hit us with both of them' as surprise announcement
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design_innovation: Texas Chainsaw Massacre features laser-cut sheet metal armors with chainsaw-tooth design elements integrated into cabinet sides
high · Don describes: 'these guys have been doing a lot of work with doing the laser cutting, like CAD machines with the sheet metal' and 'It looks the teeth of a chainsaw'
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design_innovation: Texas Chainsaw Massacre features a meat locker door mechanism that slides open and uses magnetic attraction to pull ball into playfield feature
high · Don states: 'the meat locker door slides open and in TCM and you get pulled in there with a magnet'
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gameplay_signal: Both Spooky Pinball games feature four ramps and repeatable upper flipper shots with ball circulation through upper playfield orbits
medium · Don notes 'apparently there's four ramps' and 'I love repeatable shots. Where the ball is just zipping around and then you can hit those upper ramps'
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design_philosophy: Spooky Pinball developed Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes with different development teams, suggesting separate code bases rather than asset swaps
medium · Don speculates: 'I like the idea that there different teams working on them so it not just like you know copy paste code and just change the assets'

Topics

New game announcements (Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes by Spooky Pinball)primaryPlayfield design and mechanical featuresprimaryCabinet armor and cosmetic designprimaryThematic cohesion in dual-IP release strategyprimaryConsumer FOMO and purchasing decisions for limited inventorysecondaryAftermarket customization products (acrylic art blades)secondarySpooky Pinball's production and design evolutionsecondaryInternational commerce and shipping from Europementioned

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Don is enthusiastic about both new Spooky Pinball announcements, particularly Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Excitement tempered by uncertainty about which game to purchase. Positive sentiment about cabinet design, armor work, and aftermarket art blade quality. Minor frustration with shipping delays resolved positively.

Transcript

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This Week in Pinball Podcast, Terminate Yo, what's up Patreon people? Man, look how crazy it was today, right? Two games dropped on us from Spooky Pinball. They were largely speculated to be either Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Looney Tunes or possibly one of those other ones. Boom, they hit us with both of them. So, I've had some time to absorb it. I got some texts from Spooky Luke earlier this morning. Kind of want to know my thoughts and things. And I'm like, man, I need time to process this, you know. Sony Parish, ! Or Flug Engine NOT CONTENT FOR Y'ALL, for being patreon members I appreciate that. I spent a huge part of the day getting the orders ready for the shirts for those of you that have ordered and those of you who even jumped on the orders today they went out they're in the mail they're in the post they're on their way. Danny man I can't believe I failed you. I ordered this guy a medium black t-shirt he wanted one t-shirt he wanted it in black he wanted it in medium and it came in small gosh darn it so it was like like a bro I went ahead and threw it in there but I've ordered you another shirt and it will be drop shipped directly So you sir, so if you're listening to this jogging around your town getting ready to head into work You've got yourself a fresh meaty medium shirt in black I got myself a black one from Stickermule because they had a deal they do these deals on one offs You know get one t-shirt for 14 bucks, and they pick the color, and I'm wearing it now dude, and it's fire man I love how this holiday logo came out. So let me know I used a new shirt supplier here This is from custom ink. So let me know those shirts feel a little bit starchy So you may need to wash them once you get them, but yeah, wear it with pride All right, let me know. Give me the feedback. Should I use them again? Should we go with someone else? You know, it's all work in progress. So spooky dropped us. I sat down and I didn't even have the strength within me to do a reaction video this morning. I was like sitting on the couch exhausted, just like, all right, let's watch it. So my reactions thus, I watched the Texas Chainsaw Massacre first. I was aware that they were doing, you know, the double title. And man, I see this thing and I'm like, okay, it looks like Rob Zombie and Walking Dead had a baby and this is what it is. For spooky Pinball in particular, this looks like a nice escalation of growth for them. You know, I loved Halloween, man. I sold it. Dana's got it now. Hopefully he's having a great time with it. But I love that theme. I've always loved Michael Myers and Leatherface has always been right there too. You know, I was in the horror hip hop community. In some ways I still kinda am. And so, you know, Leatherface has been an icon. Jason and not so much Freddie. 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I love orbits. I love repeatable shots. Where the ball is just zipping around and then you can hit those upper ramps. I haven't had time to really soak in everything that's on the dang playfield. But apparently there's four ramps. The Referencedologins gedachtor The About Quand You sevi communication is real culpritix Gothpory Venture I a fan of the artblades but I don like the shooter buttons I like the feel of a plunger I like to dial in my skillshots In this manner their skillshots are mainly off the flipper like with Scooby Dooanyon We will show até ao fundo Regelamiento antes que... And, you know, I mean, it's a spooky game. I got Halloween. I would definitely get this. I'm definitely into this as in my wheelhouse. So we'll see what happens. That armor, though. Did you take a look at the armor? These guys have been, have been doing a lot of work with doing the laser cutting, like CAD machines with the sheet metal to make side armors. We saw what they did with Scooby-Doo. We saw what they did with Halloween. This is their best yet, man. It looks the teeth of a chainsaw. I didn't even notice them at first, you know. I saw that it was kind of angled on the side, which, you know, I could feel it. nichts 9 extinction I know these boys know not to put an upper flipper on a secondary button, so it's gotta be like a mag save somewhere. So that's part of the questions I'm gonna ask on the stream tonight. When that happens, it's happening here, central time, in about 40 minutes, 30, 40 minutes, so I'll be checking that out tonight. I got a friend from work coming by, we're gonna pinball it up. Looney Tunes, right? This layout looks super fun for either game. All right, so the first thing I wanted to talk about is the design of the theme. You know I was bagging on the whole double theme one layout thing because I like to have a layout designed conceptually to fit the ultimate theme. But I know this happens with Stern too. You know they go down one road then lose the license decide to go to something else. It's like oh hey by the way guys change your theme over to this or whatever. You know supposedly that's what happens with you know Star Wars that came out. In the C VERY Was killed by useful is Night a clean SNUENE найтиpodcastTV This week inaugural top topic is Question of the Week. What's more just like here's a bunch of looney tunes art it's all happening it looks like based on the back glass or or that scene that was from the LCD screen is gonna take place can be acne warehouse you know so I had to learn more about what the story of this game is but for atmosphere and theme Texas wins hands down that armors amazing mature theme and I love it looney tunes this is like if you were to take walking dead and just throw cartoon characters into it it's a little bit jarring I don't think it I don't think it jives as well you know with With you know the locking mechanism in the back. We're like You know the the meat locker door slides open and in in TCM and you get pulled in there with a magnet I don't know that's going to convey the same Gravitas when it's just you going underneath the has many and devil for who knows what reason I guess we'll find out when we When we see it but you know my wife Monica She all an on looney tune She wants this game just based on looking at it so I don think I go wrong with it I think I would really like it I think I like the layout of the game no matter what both of them I like the idea that there different teams working on them so it not just like you know copy paste code and just change the assets like I think there may be a more nuanced approach to each different game they may play completely differently and I like that I don think I be unhappy with Looney Tunes I don think I be unhappy with Texas Chainsaw Massacre I think if I had one I always wonder like should I have gone for the other one and that This Week in Pinballtext, Terminate I think I want both of these games and that is absurd ladies and gentlemen imagine having both a Halloween and an Ultraman that would seem completely Completely redundant Maybe if you had like a big arcade even I think it might work But even then it's like you know if you're gonna go on one of these one is probably enough So what do I do do I can't get both of them so do I get neither just play it on location? Do I wait and play the secondary market all these thoughts are running through my head right now? All these are the games that are being played in the game. I'm going to go play both of these games on Saturday. Boom. Let's drop that. Oh wait, I didn't have a sound effect queued up yet. Oh, that's terrible. Hang on. Pretend you didn't hear anything. Alright, I'm going to go on Saturday and play both of these games. So what do you think of that? Spooky Luke invited me on down there with the families. It's Saturday. Why don't you come down and play these. I'm not going to be able to do any live streaming. I'm going to be able to do a little bit of streaming. I'm going to be able to do a little bit of streaming. I'm going to be able to do a little bit of streaming. This Week in Pinball, I'm not going to be able to do any live streaming. I'm not going to be able to take any photos or video. I think they've got some pre-production gameplay and they don't want that going out kind of unfettered. But I'm going to get to be able to play these so I can give you back my feedback. That's what he told me. He said, come down, play them, and then talk about what you think. And I said, yes, sir. I will be there on Saturday. We're going to make it happen. So I'm going to get to go play both of these freaking games. I can't believe I'm the most blessed child in the world right now as far as pinball is concerned survice Center Animation entscheiden gakare normally Mün Stall düşilexambling The end of the video. Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please subscribe to my channel by clicking the little bell icon on the right corner, so you don't miss any of my new videos. 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! 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