Ep 10 - Steve Ritchie
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TL;DR
Steve Ritchie joins Jersey Jack Pinball after 16 years at Stern; Wonka 2.0 code rebalances difficulty.
Synopsis
Steve Ritchie, legendary pinball designer with 47 years in the gaming industry, officially joins Jersey Jack Pinball after 16 years at Stern. In a candid interview, Ritchie discusses his March 2021 decision to leave Stern due to unhappiness, his first impressions of JJP, and his design philosophy prioritizing action, mechanical gameplay, and strong licensing. The episode also features Joe Katz discussing the Willy Wonka 2.0 code update, which represents a significant difficulty rebalance to make the game more accessible to casual players.
Tags
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Black Knight: Sword of Rage· game
- High Speed· game
- Star Trek (pinball)· game
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory· game
- Stern Engineering team· organization
- Barry Osler· person
- Eric· person
- Jack· person
- Joe Katz· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Ken Trudeau· person
- Leonard Abbas· person
- Pat· person
- Steve Ritchie· person