DPP #249 "Is the Barrel only half full now? DCC wins the week!"

Don criticizes Bon Jovi's underwhelming art vs. Barrels of Fun brand pedigree; praises Dungeon Crawler Carl execution over competition.

Synopsis

Don discusses the disappointing reveal of Barrels of Fun's Bon Jovi pinball machine, criticizing its generic art direction and lack of signature sculpts/animations that defined previous releases like Winchester Mystery House and Dune. He contrasts this sharply with P3 Multimorphic's dual release of Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game, praising DCC's theming and sculpts while panning Ender's Game for its bare presentation. Don reveals he passed on pre-ordering Bon Jovi despite planning to support Barrels of Fun, citing the $12,000+ price point without the premium features the brand promised.

Entities

• Barrels of Fun· company
• Kingpin Games· company
• Mad Pinball· company
• P3 Multimorphic· company
• Comic-Con· event
• Southern Fried Gaming Expo· event
• Bon Jovi· game
• Dune· game
• Dungeon Crawler Carl· game
• Ender's Game· game
• Final Resistance· game
• Labyrinth· game
• Portal· game
• Winchester Mystery House· game
• Brad Albright· person
• Chris· person
• Corbin· person
• Don· person
• Glenn Waechter· person
• Jerry· person
• Keri Hardy· person
• Matt Deniman· person
• Python Anghelo· person