Episode 150 - There Goes Tokyo
Pinball: The guys spend most of the pinball segment covering Godzilla, Stern Pinball's latest release. They also spend a bit of time critiquing the screen animations on Spooky Pinball's Halloween at the present time. Video Games: Discussion covers the Jagged Alliance 3 announcement, a delay on Battlefield 2042, Blizzard having yet another lawsuit filed against them, and No Man's Sky achieving positive review status. Stern Pinball's Facebook announcement of Godzilla: Halloween gameplay from animation director: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Stern's Godzilla impresses mechanically but steep pricing ($6,900-$10,500) worries community affordability.
Synopsis
On episode 150 of Eclectic Gamers Podcast, hosts Dennis and Tony discuss Stern Pinball new Godzilla machine, featuring Keith Elwin design with significant mechanical differences between Pro/Premium/LE tiers, including a collapsing bridge ramp and moving skyscraper mech exclusive to higher models. They analyze the game's features, art direction by Zombie Yeti, and substantial price increases ($700-$1,300 across all models compared to Mandalorian), raising concerns about market accessibility despite positive gameplay impressions.
Entities
- Deep Root· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Show· event
- Pizza West· event
- Godzilla· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Parsons· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Matt Frank· person
- Rick Nagel· person
- Tanya Clice· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Zombie Yeti (Jeremy Packer)· person
- Stern Insider Connected· product
- 403 Club· venue