Pinball Magazine & Pinball News December 2020 recap PINcast
The Pinball Magazine and Pinball News PINcast is back, as Martin Ayub and Jonathan Joosten review all the key events in the pinball world during December 2020. We celebrate the first ten years of Jersey Jack Pinball by interviewing founder Jack Guarnieri, look at the reveal of Stern Pinball's new Led Zeppelin and the sale of Deeproot Pinball's RAZA game, discuss Pinball Brothers' new Alien remake, talk about Dennis Nordman's new appointment at American Pinball, talk code updates and EULAs, compare different pinball awards, bring you the news from other pinball companies and much more in this packed episode. Head over to Anchor.fm or catch us on Spotify or Apple podcasts and ensure you get 2021 off to a great start.
Kineticist’s take
December 2020 pinball recap: Led Zeppelin, Alien remake, Stern EULA restrictions, and code updates.
Synopsis
Jonathan Euston (Pinball Magazine) and Martin Eyre (Pinball News) recap December 2020 pinball industry news, including Stern's Led Zeppelin reveal by Steve Ritchie, the 30-year Stern book finally shipping, new restrictive EULA terms limiting streaming and modifications, and Pinball Brothers announcing a remake of the Alien machine to be manufactured in Italy. The hosts discuss concerns about rule complexity in modern Stern games versus accessibility, licensing issues affecting streaming, and manufacturing reliability questions around the Alien remake's Italian contract manufacturer.
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Highway Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Paperflop· company
- Pedretti· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Planetary Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Zen Studios· company
- Alien· game
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Iron Man· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Star Wars· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Andrew Heighway· person
- Gary Flower· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Martin Eyre· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tim Sexton· person