Episode 228 - The Uncanny Battle for Concord
Video Games: We summarize a big change at Annapurna Interactive, the Unity backpedal, the rise and fall of Concord, the disaster that is the Borderlands movie, and the Playstation 5 Pro. Kineticist article on The Uncanny X-Men pinball: Kineticist article on Avatar: Battle for Pandora pinball: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Hosts analyze Stern X-Men and JJP Avatar reveals; X-Men praised for geometry, Avatar's art impressive but feature questions raised.
Synopsis
Eclectic Gamers discusses two major pinball reveals: Stern's Uncanny X-Men (designed by Jack Danger, $7,000-$13,000, offset layout with three flippers) and Jersey Jack Pinball's Avatar: The Battle for Pandora (Mark Seiden first JJP release, $12,000-$15,000, six flippers with lower playfields). Both games received positive initial sentiment, though hosts express concerns about X-Men's bare-bones code at launch and Avatar's feature density relative to pricing, questioning whether the design justifies the premium cost.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avatar: The Battle for Pandora· game
- Elton John· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Gold Wings· game
- Space Hunt· game
- Space Marine 2· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Kineticist· organization
- Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jason Allen· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Keith Johnson· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Lea Faske· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Taylor Snyder· person
- Tony· person
- Waysen Ching· person
- Zach Sharpe· person