DPP #250 "Calm Down Everybody!"
This has been the strangest week in pinball. What is going on? Everyone is angry, accusing each other of leaking this, or trashing that. We got 3 new pinball releases this week and we all need some time to process.No one is making you buy anything. Let's just breathe and play some games. There's bigger issues out there than this.It's an appeal to sanity everybody! Myself included.
Kineticist’s take
Don argues community outrage over Bon Jovi reveal stems from unmet expectations, not bad game design.
Synopsis
Don addresses community backlash following the reveal of Barrels of Fun's Bon Jovi pinball machine, arguing that gamer expectations ("Anticipation Demons") shaped by months of speculation collided with reality, causing overreaction. He contextualizes the vitriol as predictable disappointment (wanting SpongeBob/Big Trouble in Little China instead), defends leaking pre-release photos as harmless, expresses frustration with the backglass artwork and lack of backbox screen, yet ultimately predicts the game will sell well and urges the community to calm down and support all manufacturers.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- IFPA· event
- Southern Fried Gaming Expo· event
- ABBA· game
- Bon Jovi· game
- Dungeon Crawler Carl· game
- Elton John· game
- Ender's Game· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Pinside· organization
- Brenda· person
- David Fix· person
- Don· person
- Dr. Tone· person
- Jerry· person
- Kaneda· person
- MC Chris· person
- Retro Ralph· person