Episode 214 - The Princess Drive
Pinball: We go over some listener emails but spend most of our time talking about The Princess Bride for the P3. Video Games: We go over the games Balatro and Pacific Drive, talk about more video...
Highlights
- The majority of great basketball-themed pinball games (Hoops, Harlem Globetrotters On Tour) do not have ball-through-basket toys, suggesting toy presence can detract from game quality
- Haggis Pinball deposits are non-refundable, so customers cannot pull deposits despite recapitalization announcement
- The Princess Bride P3 module limited edition capped at 750 units, collector's edition at 500 units
- The Princess Bride P3 standard system priced at $11,500; LE at $12,750; Collector's at $13,750
- The The Princess Bride P3 game includes all major scenes and quotes from the film integrated into modes and gameplay
- The Princess Bride P3 uses a relatively subdued toy approach compared to other P3 games, with Cliffs of Insanity as main feature
Notable quotes
“What makes a game is not the toys. It's the geometry and the rules that implement around that geometry.”
“So they're all basketball, but two of these games don't actually go, hey, you know what we should do, guys? We need to put the ball into the basket as a toy. And then there are a whole host of crappy ones that did.”
“You were so busy to see if you could you didn't stop to ask if you should.”
“I would be pulling my deposit immediately.”
“I don't think overall it's going to matter. Yeah, I think this – given what they wanted to do for CEs, I think this made sense.”
“Every like major scene that you can remember every quote that anyone ever bothers with from the film it's in the game in some place.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Buffalo Pinball· event
- Centaur· game
- Fathom· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Harlem Globetrotters On Tour· game
- Hoops· game
- Jaws· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- The Princess Bride· game
- Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity· game
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- Dennis· person
- Doug· person
- Glenn· person
- Steve· person
- Steven Silver· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person
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