Episode 258 - The Walking Orange & Blue
Pinball: We discuss some more information about Beetlejuice and Spooky Pinball but spend most of our time on Stern Pinball's reveal of The Walking Dead Remaster and answering listener emails. Video Games: We talk about Zaccaria's latest pinball tables, Nintendo happenings on the sales and patent fronts, EA claiming creative control will still be with developers, Red Dead Redemption 2 moving up the sales charts, GTA 6 being pushed back yet again, and Square Enix turning into the arms of A.I. We also talk a bit about Amazon's gaming layoffs. Knapp Arcade article on The Walking Dead Remastered: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Eclectic Gamers reviews Beetlejuice and The Walking Dead Remastered (Premium/LE) announcements with mixed reactions to art direction.
Synopsis
Eclectic Gamers hosts discuss recent pinball releases, focusing on Spooky Pinball's Beetlejuice announcement and Stern's The Walking Dead Remastered (Premium/LE) reveal. Beetlejuice is limited to 999 units at $9,999 with controversial additions like a $1,599 topper and new 'Spooky Pinball' voice-control feature. The Walking Dead Remastered (Premium/LE) uses Spike 3 with mechanical improvements, new artwork featuring an orange/blue color scheme inspired by modern action movie posters, and voice work from cast members Michael Rooker and Danai Gurira. Hosts debate whether the new art direction effectively represents the TV show and license.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Nap Arcade· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Beetlejuice· game
- The Walking Dead Remastered (Premium/LE)· game
- Danai Gurira· person
- Dennis· person
- Michael Rooker· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Richard A.· person
- Tony· person
- Spooky Pinball· product