PNP 650- 5 Reasons Orby Isn't A Spooky Shill+ Is 80 Beetlejuice Show Pins A MAJOR Mistake?
After hearing Spooky is making an extra 80 "Show games" which adds nearly 10% to their 999 production of Beetlejuice's Albert wanted to point out why THIS is Spookys 1st big mis-step in a long time. He also counts 5 other important reasons to PLAY Beetlejuice B4 You PAY!
Kineticist’s take
Orby critiques Spooky's game design and condemns 80 Beetlejuice show pins as unethical FOMO marketing.
Synopsis
Orby (Orbital Albert) defends himself against being called a "Spooky shill" by outlining five reasons why he remains critical of Spooky Pinball despite some improvements. He praises Evil Dead as their best game but criticizes most prior releases for poor flow, inadequate designer experience, and code quality issues. The episode's second major topic addresses Spooky's decision to produce 80 special "show games" of Beetlejuice alongside 999 standard units: a move Orby characterizes as deceptive marketing that exploits FOMO and violates consumer trust by allocating premium units to distributors before full transparency.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Halloween· game
- Rob Zombie· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation (TNA)· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Pinball Nerds Podcast· organization
- Poor Man's Pinball Network· organization
- Bowen· person
- Bug· person
- Chris· person
- Don· person
- Franchi· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Kaneda· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Mike· person
- Orby / Orbital Albert· person
- Scott Densley· person
- Spooky Luke· person
- Zach / Flippin' Out Pinball· person/company