Episode 111 - A HEIST of Specs
Pinball: The pinball segment focuses on COVID-19 shutdowns, American Pinball's new Hot Wheels game, and HEIST for the P3. Video Games: In video games the discussions are around COVID-19's continued impact on the Overwatch League, Overwatch's new hero Echo, and the spec comparison between Sony's PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X. Hot Wheels gameplay video by Arcade Heroes: This Week in Pinball's deep dive on HEIST for the P3: Overwatch Hero 32: Echo: Roanoke Pinball Museum (EGP Sponsor): Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
COVID impact on pinball, Hot Wheels and Heist game analysis, pricing complexity.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss pinball industry impacts from COVID-19 lockdowns, including venue closures and manufacturing disruptions. They cover two new games: American Pinball's Hot Wheels (mixed reception on design choices) and P3's Heist (modular game with innovative crane toy and third-flipper system). Pricing and licensing decisions are debated.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- P3 (Multimorphic)· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Fast and Furious· game
- Heist· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Houdini· game
- Lexi Lightspeed· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- 403 Club· organization
- Arcade Heroes· organization
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Dennis· person
- Steven Silver· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person