Ep 113: That Venom Has a Booty!
We're talking all things Venom on this episode! Also, we read some of the emails we've received.
Kineticist’s take
Venom's innovative XP/RPG system impresses but confuses market; hosts worry messaging and risk-averse buyers threaten slow adoption.
Synopsis
Josh Roop and Matt Scott Larson discuss Stern's newly released Venom pinball machine, highlighting its innovative RPG-style progression system with character selection and state-change mechanics that reconfigure playfields based on host choice. While praising the artwork and unique design philosophy, they express concerns about lukewarm market reception, poor initial messaging, the game's departure from traditional pinball mechanics, and the risk it poses to buyers unfamiliar with its system. They speculate on production delays, Dwight Sullivan code quality, and predict the game will require word-of-mouth momentum and hands-on experience at Pinball Expo to succeed.
Entities
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Bond· game
- Game of Thrones· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Godzilla· game
- Indiana Jones· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- Venom· game
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Matt Scott Larson· person
- Nicole· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Sam Stern· person
- Theatre of Magic· person
- Todd McFarlane· person
- Travis Murray· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Insider Connected· technology