Episode 210 - You're Gonna Need a Bigger $48,000
Pinball: We go over the Stern Pinball Jaws reveal and also touch on some other Stern information. Video Games: We go over someone "beating" Tetris, Twitch updating their nudity policy (again), Square Enix and their plans for AI, Baldur's Gate 3 and troubles with the Xbox version, and a $48,000 DLC pack of Star Citizen. Pinball News article on Jaws: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Eclectic Gamers reviews 2023 stats, then analyzes new Jaws pinball design and Stern CEO strategy shift.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss 2023 podcast statistics showing 44,400+ plays (14% increase), then pivot to pinball news dominated by the Jaws 50th Anniversary reveal from Stern. The game features Keith Elwin design with Richard Dreyfuss call-outs, three-flipper Pro and four-flipper Premium/LE models with upper playfield, captive ball mechanics, and thematic toys. CEO Seth Davis confirmed Stern's return to three cornerstone games per year, discontinued art-style LE variants, and openness to vault revivals if licensing permits.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers· game
- D&D· game
- Godzilla· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Iron Man· game
- Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- LCD· game
- RoboCop Rogue City· game
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Dennis· person
- John Williams· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Michael Barnard· person
- Richard Dreyfuss· person
- Roy Scheider· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Tony· person