DPP #229 "Can you call yourself a Pinball Company if you can't make games?"
PodcastAnalysis updated last month29 min listenBy donald garrison
Let's talk about the fall of DPX!Also I have Orbital Albert on to talk Pokemon!! Collector treasure or pump 'n' dump?Thanks to everybody involved in Pinball at the Beach!
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TL;DR
DPX implodes; Don investigates Pokemon Pinball hype authenticity with expert analysis.
Synopsis
Don discusses the shocking dissolution of DPX (Melvin Williams' collaboration with Dutch Pinball), questioning whether a company that can't deliver games deserves the title 'pinball company,' then pivots to extensive analysis of Pokemon Pinball's hype cycle, interviewing Pokemon expert Orbital Albert to assess whether collector demand is genuine or manufactured FOMO, and concluding with reflection on Stern's accessory supply chain challenges affecting his game-buying strategy.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Coin Taker· company
- DPX· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Mad Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Tampa/St. Pete Beach Event· event
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland· game
- Back to the Future· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Metallica LE· game
- Pokemon Pinball· game
- Raza· game
- Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- X-Men· game
- Barry· person
- Don· person
- Harry Hardy· person
- Lior· person
- Melvin Williams· person
- Orbital Albert· person
- Stumbler· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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