Episode 229 - Exclusive Square
Pinball: We discuss Stern Pinball's fallout from their first X-Men reveal stream, Christopher Franchi becoming the exclusive artist for Spooky Pinball, and a brief discussion on the state of pinball purchasing today. Video Games: We summarize what's going on with Square Enix, Nintendo suing Palworld and resisting A.I. (while EA embraces the technology), the upcoming end of Kingdom Hearts, Steam changing their subscriber agreement, Remedy getting an interesting loan, and the return of Fntastic. None! Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball market shows signs of malaise as pricing, saturation, and lost speculation economics dampen enthusiasm.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss their recent gaming activities and pinball market conditions. While Tony has been busy with video games (Space Marine 2, Dredge, Satisfactory) and a trip to see Big Brutus, Dennis has played mobile games. The hosts provide brief pinball news: Stern's Uncanny X-Men reveal faced criticism for apparent difficulty and gameplay quality, prompting a second video; Jersey Jack's Avatar received generally positive feedback at a media event; Christopher Franchi signed an exclusive artist agreement with Spooky Pinball. The main discussion focuses on perceived market malaise in pinball: saturation, pricing concerns, loss of speculative buying power post-COVID, and collector space constraints making purchases highly selective.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Big Brutus· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Avatar (Jersey Jack)· game
- Campus Queen· game
- Elton John (Stern)· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws 50th Anniversary (Stern)· game
- John Wick (Stern)· game
- Uncanny X-Men (Stern)· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tony· person