Episode 178 - Let's Just Rename Everything
Pinball: We briefly talk about Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, and then move into the manufacturing/business/development updates from Multimorphic. After that, we talk about the new version and renamed iterations of Legends of Valhalla from American Pinball. We conclude with a discussion about meaningful tier differences with pinball machines and of course Rumor Corner. Video Games: This segment covers another sexual harassment complaint at Activision-Blizzard, the troubled Overwatch 2 launch, the chaos and information out of TwitchCon, Google's not-quite-Stadia Chromebooks, and a legal update regarding Microsoft's attempted purchase of Activision. Multimorphic's 10/12/2022 manufacturing/business/development update: Pinball News article on the new Legends of Valhalla Classic: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Watches with Dennis YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Multimorphic and American Pinball production updates; debate on announcing games amid backlogs.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss manufacturing updates from Multimorphic (12-13 month lead times, hiring ramp-up, two new game kits planned for 2023) and American Pinball confusing rollout of Legends of Valhalla in classic and deluxe versions. They debate whether manufacturers should announce new games while still behind on existing orders, and comment on competitive pricing and production challenges across the industry.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Expo· event
- Bond· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Godzilla Premium· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Star Wars· game
- Weird Al· game
- Pinball Show· media
- Pinball News· organization
- Dennis· person
- Eric· person
- Jeff Keeley· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person