Lost in the Woods with Arcooda Pinball Forest
BlahCade Podcast
1 hr 41 min
Summary
BlahCade critiques Zen's show format, examines VR table QA issues, and explores Arcooda's pinball cabinet history and licensing hurdles.
Chris Friebus and Jared Morgan of BlahCade discuss Zen Studios' recent The Pinball Show, criticizing host chemistry and suggesting documentary-style content improvements. They analyze quality control issues in Zen's Star Wars VR tables (Han Solo and Droids), identifying problematic virtual sensor detection in the Unreal Engine conversion. The episode also covers Rollers of the Realm Reunion announcement and extensively discusses Arcooda's behind-the-scenes history of pinball machine development challenges, licensing negotiations, and future product plans.
episode's main event is a curious development with arcade machine producer Arcooda and a tweet stream they have been leaking out over the last few weeks. There are some interesting revelations in this block of tweets that we dive head-first into and explore. It is all leading somewhere, but you will need to listen to the episode to find out more.It's also time to address the elephant in the room and talk about The Pinball Show from Zen's marketing division. The show is awkward, lacks host chemistry, and needs some tweaks to make it worth tuning into. Like, actual information.
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