Episode 94 - Drama
This episode feels like almost pure drama. It isn't (there is 20 Questions, hands-on Wonka discussion, Stern's Jurassic Park gameplay talk), but it mostly is. Pinball drama. Video game drama. Drama. Dead Flip reveal stream of Stern Pinball's Jurassic Park: Pinside thread "Why does Pinstadium get to flood all market pages": Pinside thread "Nitro pinball apparently still harassing the pinball community via social media": E3 personal information leak: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball community drowning in drama: tribalism, memes, and avoidance of accountability dominate discourse.
Synopsis
Tony and Dennis from Eclectic Gamers Podcast discuss recent pinball drama and industry tensions. They review Jurassic Park and Willy Wonka gameplay reveals, then pivot to extensive discussion of community drama, including mean-spirited memes about programmers, team tribalism between manufacturer fanbases (Stern vs JJP vs Dutch Pinball), and broader criticism of podcasters who avoid discussing substantive issues in the hobby.
Entities
- Deadflip· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pembroke· event
- Black Knight: Sword of Rage· game
- Dialed In· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Munsters· game
- Roadshow· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- 403 Club· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Dennis· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Borg· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Trial by Trolley· product