53: 8th Day of Balls: Craig Bobbie
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Highlights
- Godzilla is the greatest game ever made in pinball form.
- Barrels of Fun's Labyrinth was a shocking success for a first effort by a new manufacturer.
- Elton John is one of the best shooting games and game of Expo 2023.
- American Pinball and Chicago Gaming Company have not yet produced their best work.
- Keith Elwin is the greatest designer in the pinball hobby today.
- The Pinball Show's Top Stories news segment evolved from Ken Cromwell and Bill Webb's work starting in 2019.
- Elton John has one noticeable bad shot: a dead-end up near the top of the playfield.
- The Top Stories segment takes hours to write despite being only 3-5 minutes long.
- James Bond production/availability issues held up releases recently.
- Craig has been earnestly in the pinball hobby for 4-5 years; active since around 2019-2020.
Notable quotes
“I do believe, courtesy of Keith Elwin and the folks at Stern, that Godzilla overall is the greatest game that has ever been made in pinball form.”
“I was super skeptical about Barrels of Fun...when I went to Expo, I was so shocked at how great this game was. It completely blew me away for a first effort from this company.”
“I think he put a lot of concerns to bed with this effort...he really made Lemonade out of a lemon there. I think it's a fantastic game.”
“My grievance is with folks like American Pinball and Chicago Pinball. God damn it, guys. Step it the fuck up...I still haven't seen what that company has to offer yet.”
“Keith Elwin...he's just on a different level...the greatest designer in the hobby today and that's no offense to the other designers.”
“It even takes the three to five minute show I do right now takes me hours literally to write it. I'm thinking about every sentence.”
“Original themes can be great, but not in comparison to an established license that's done well.”
“Everything he touches is coming up gold for him so I have no doubt it doesn't even matter to me what the fucking theme is it could be the Brady bunch it is going to be spectacular whatever it is.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Elton John· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Godzilla· game
- James Bond· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Pinside Top 100· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Bill Webb· person
- Craig Bobbie· person
- David Fix· person
- Dennis Kriesel· person
- Jason· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
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