Episode 255 - Worst Decisions
Pinball: We provide some brief update information and then discuss the top five worst decisions a pinball manufacturer or designer has made. Video Games: We talk about Pinball FX, Doug Bowser retiring from Nintendo, the Death Stranding film, Costco pulling Xbox, Hades 2 releasing, Star Trek Voyager getting a video game, Splinter Cell getting an animated series, and various reveals from the Playstation State of Play and Xbox Tokyo Game Show. None! Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball podcast ranks worst manufacturer decisions and speculates on upcoming Spooky games.
Synopsis
Tony and Dennis discuss worst decisions in pinball manufacturing and design, covering licensing failures (Predator, Led Zeppelin), poor game design (Rob Zombie, X-Files), strategic blunders (Gottlieb's gambling ventures, JJP's confusing naming conventions and per-game tilt systems), and unsuccessful rehabilitation attempts (J-pop/Deep Root). They speculate on upcoming Spooky Pinball releases including rumors of Beetlejuice and Goonies, and discuss the importance of music licensing for theme-based games.
Entities
- Gottlieb/Premier· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP)· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Beetlejuice· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Fall of the Empire· game
- Goonies· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Predator· game
- Rob Zombie· game
- Toy Story 4· game
- X-Files· game
- Andrew D· person
- Dennis· person
- John Norris· person
- Tony· person
- J-pop (John Popaduuk)/Deep Root Pinball· person/company