DPP #81 "Mike Barnard interview! Venom final review!"
Hey hi howdy and good evening fellow chums. Are you ready for my final review on Venom? 200 games deep now hear all about it, and buy it! haha Also had a chance to talk to Mike Barnard, Stern artist for Rush Pinball! I got to ask about the process, inspiration, and just how Pinball art packages come together. Thanks so much for coming on man! You are welcome back anytime! Hit me up by email at donspinballpodcast@gmail.com Give the facebook page a follow at Don's Pinball Podcast. Let's Pinball!
Kineticist’s take
Don reviews Venom as B-tier after 200 plays; interviews Rush artist Mike Barnard on pinball art process.
Synopsis
Don's A Pinball Podcast episode 81 features a comprehensive review of Stern's Venom pinball machine after 200 plays, followed by an interview with artist Mike Barnard who created the art for Rush pinball. Don rates Venom a solid B-tier game (5.9/10), praising its character-based mechanics and Premium edition features while criticizing incomplete code, single-flipper design, and casual player accessibility issues. The interview covers Barnard's background in rock band art, his selection process for the Rush project, and the collaborative art design workflow with Stern's art director Greg.
Entities
- Motley Crue· band
- Skid Row· band
- Flip Mods· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Blood Red Kiss· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Rush· game
- Venom· game
- Doppelgänger· game_feature
- Grendel· game_feature
- Null· game_feature
- IFPA· organization
- Don· person
- Greg· person
- Mike Barnard· person
- Mike Ford· person
- Multimorphic P3· platform
- Pinside· platform
- Spike 2· platform
- Garbage Pail Kids· product