Star Wars and Walking Dead | Stern Pinball's Latest Creations
The Legendary John Borg sits down with us to talk about his two more recent games, Star Wars Fall of the Empire and The Walking Dead Remastered.
Kineticist’s take
John Borg on designing Star Wars and Walking Dead Remastered simultaneously with accessibility-first philosophy.
Synopsis
John Borg discusses his dual-project design work on Star Wars: Fall of the Empire and Walking Dead Remastered, released back-to-back in 2025. He details his design philosophy emphasizing accessibility for casual players alongside competitive depth, mechanical innovations like the Jedi magnet and AT-AT mechanism, and the challenges of managing two simultaneous major IP projects with licensing requirements. Borg also previews upcoming code enhancements for Walking Dead including new mini wizard modes and expanded voice acting.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- The Walking Dead Remastered· game
- LoserKid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Andrew (Stern)· person
- Daniel Clark· person
- Dennis· person
- George (Stern mechanical)· person
- Jerry· person
- Jody (Stern licensing)· person
- John Borg· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Keith· person
- Mike Vinikour· person
- Ray Day· person
- Robert Laskey· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Seth (Stern)· person
- Tim Lee· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Spike 3· product