Episode 197 - Orbclectic Gamers Podcast
Pinball: We discuss Pinball Brothers reducing the price of Queen, Haggis Pinball revealing Centaur Revisited, and of course Rumor Corner. Video Games: We address Daedalic laying off staff in the wake of Gollum's failure, cover the Microsoft-FTC trial, provide a Twitch update, talk a bit about Starfield, go over Ubisoft and the blockchain, discuss Minecraft and its relationship with Reddit, cover layoffs at Niantic, talk about the final judgment against Yuji Naka, and Tony breaks down the Bandai-Namco Anime Expo disaster. Knapp Arcade coverage of Centaur Revisited: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Watches with Dennis YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Haggis Centaur Revisited pricing shock and critique of excessive luxury add-ons justify concern.
Synopsis
Tony and Dennis discuss recent pinball industry developments, focusing on Pinball Brothers' Queen price reduction ($8,995, down $300) and Haggis Pinball announcement of Centaur Revisited with two tiers: Beast Edition ($10k USD, 250 units) and Orblivion Edition ($16.7k USD, 50 units). They critique the aggressive pricing, excessive add-ons (motorcycle helmet, vinyl album, plasma topper, custom callouts), colorization of the original black-and-white artwork, and compare unfavorably to Chicago Gaming's pricing strategy.
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Flipping Out Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Celts· game
- Centaur Revisited· game
- Fathom Revisited· game
- Godfather· game
- Queen· game
- Nap Arcade· organization
- Bradley B.· person
- Dennis· person
- Tony· person