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Episode 159 - Microsoft Strikes Back
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 20 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
In pinball discussion we discuss the tragic loss of Lyman Sheats, talk about Haggis finally starting production on Fathom Revisited, cover the new P3 game Flipper Foxtrot Rhythm Explosion, discuss...
Highlights
- Lyman Sheets Jr., famed rules designer and competitive player, passed away recently
- Lyman Sheets programmed or co-programmed Attack from Mars, Medieval Madness, Batman 66, Spider-Man, and The Walking Dead
- Lyman Sheets was working on enhanced software for Chicago Gaming Company's Cactus Canyon remake/revisited before his passing
- Haggis Pinball's Fathom Revisited began production in January 2022 as planned after pushing from summer 2021
- Multimorphic P3 now has a new rhythm-action hybrid game called Flipper Foxtrot Rhythm Explosion by Nick Baldrige using Cannon Lagoon module for $149
- American Pinball's Dennis Nordman is rumored to be working on a Whitewater sequel as the next AP game
- Microsoft initiated purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the largest video game acquisition in history
- Microsoft has purchased approximately 23 game companies total over recent years, roughly a dozen in the last 18 months
- The 2000-2009 Pinball Industry Awards Hall of Fame decade may need to be closed after 3-4 years to avoid inducting all eligible games
- Only one manufacturer (Stern) really meets Hall of Fame criteria for the 2000-2009 decade
Notable quotes
“In Lyman we trust. Because if he was on the rules, you knew that they might not start where you want them to be. But once he's done with it, it will be an excellent piece of software.”
“Lyman saved Spider-Man. It was not a great game. And then he came in and saved it.”
“When you're new, you're sus. This is how it is. Everything, especially with just how poorly pinheads have been treated by new people.”
“I'm at the point that if the company's name isn't Stern, we'll see a pinball machine when we see a pinball machine. It could be next week, it could be 15 years from now, it could be never.”
“Both of those companies through them have been talking multiple games a year. Honestly, I'm getting really sick of it. Give me one game a year for a couple years. I'll be happy.”
“This is literally the largest video game purchase in history.”
“I guess they saved some thanks to all those harassment claims driving that stock down.”
“It's a rhythm action game. So it's combination rhythm video game and combination pinball game.”
Entities
- Activision Blizzard· company
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Epic Games· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Microsoft· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Nintendo· company
- Sony· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Tencent· company
- Brian Eddy· person
- David Fix· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Jack Winery· person
- Jonathan Morel· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Lyman Sheets Jr.· person
- Nick Baldrige· person
- Steve Bowden· person
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