Episode 115 - Jurassic Showdown!
Jeff Bakalar (CNET, Giant Beastcast) joins as a guest host in this pinball-centric episode. In the show Tony and Dennis quickly go over Episode 114's Build a Bank game results, discuss the This Week in Pinball promoter database, and the announcement that ReplayFX is cancelled for 2020. Afterwards, the guys discuss Jeff's top 10 pinball machines (as of 2019) from an article he wrote. Along the way they talk about what goes into their vision of a good pinball machine. Finally, a quick run through Stern Pinball's Stern Showdown, to determine which pinball machine reigns supreme (spoiler, Supreme Pinball did not win). CNET: Giant Beastcast: Jeff Bakalar's Top 10 Pinball Machines as of 2019: Roanoke Pinball Museum (EGP Sponsor): Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
CNET's Jeff Bacalar discusses his top 10 pinball machines and recent hobby involvement with hosts Dennis and Tony.
Synopsis
Eclectic Gamers Podcast episode featuring guest Jeff Bacalar (CNET editor, BeastCast host) discussing his 2019 top 10 pinball machines list. The conversation covers his pinball background, ownership of Willy Wonka (Jersey Jack loan), Funhouse, Deadpool, and Jurassic Park (Stern), competitive play considerations, and detailed analysis of games from his list including Batman (Data East), Whitewater, Dialed In! (Jersey Jack), and World Cup Soccer. News includes TWIP's new promoter database and Pinberg ReplayFX's cancellation.
Entities
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinberg ReplayFX· event
- Dialed In· game
- Whitewater· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- World Cup Soccer· game
- Game Vault· organization
- Project Pinball· organization
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- Silver Ball Museum· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Dennis· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Bacalar· person
- John Papaduke· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Sharp· person