Episode 233″ – Weird Al Pinball Designers Stephen Silver & Michael Ocean (Part 1)
Original Air Date – June 12, 2024
Dave and Ethan welcome the Co-Creative Directors & Game Designers of the official Weird Al pinball machine – Stephen Silver and Michael Ocean!
In this first part of their interview, Stephen and Michael discuss the origins of Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity, the approval process with Weird Al, and more about Multimorphic’s P3 Pinball Platform.
Dave and Ethan are also visited by Jordan Cooper of Don’t Let’s Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants!
Stephen Silver joined Multimorphic in 2012. He was the Creative Director on Heist and their most recent release, The Princess Bride, as well as Co-Creative Director on Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity.
Michael Ocean is a software developer and professor of Computer Science who has been working in the pinball industry for over 15 years. At Multimorphic, Michael was the Sole Software Developer on Final Resistance, and Lead Software Developer and Co-Creative Director on Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity.