80: Pinball Time!
Miss you long time. Its an honor to welcome you all back here. Lets gather round and talk pinball, have a chuckle, and see if we can't start this engine back up! Deep Dives, video, and more:...
Highlights
- Metallica by Stern has stereo sound, expression lighting, stronger flippers, and incorporates 72 Seasons album art and content
- X-Men has reliability issues with center post never saving the ball and asymmetrical flipper layout causing discomfort during play
- Host quit caffeine, alcohol, smoking, pot, and all non-prescription drugs approximately 4 months ago
- Ray Day sent message to host confirming he was working on Metallica after initial months of silence
- Jaws is the best game released in the last two years according to the host
- X-Men has code and design issues that make shots feel unsatisfying compared to Foo Fighters
- Foo Fighters' left ramp is one of the most satisfying shots in modern pinball
- Host has played X-Men approximately 5-6 times total, with mixed impressions that worsened on second session
- Host prefers Steve Ritchie's Star Wars design to Jack Danger's X-Men despite X-Men having more creative design ambitions
- Metallica is the next game the host intends to purchase for home play, likely soon
Notable quotes
“Metallica, fuck me, it looks so good.”
“The left ramp in Foo Fighters, one of the most satisfying shots, I think, in all I'm a fan of pinball. Every time I think of that game, that's the first thing my brain naturally goes to.”
“It's just a quick ten grand, you know No big deal.”
“Jaws is still that thing where every time I play it, I really like it, it's like an easy shooter. It's it's it's the best game in the last two years to me for sure easy.”
“without caffeine and all these like boosts, like oh my god I can't wait to buy this thing or do this thing or get into this thing. Those like impulses are gone and it's weird.”
“it drains down the middle so much too to where there's a center post and it never really saved it's never saved the ball for me once out of all the games I've played and Center posts for me are they don't they don't feel right in games”
“I feel like shit because I love Foo Fighters so much and this is no knock against Jack or his game, you know. I just... it doesn't do it for me”
“I'm looking for reasons to get back in clearly. I wanted a reason to turn on this microphone and talk to everyone. I miss it. I miss the hobby.”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Evil Dead· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Metallica· game
- Star Wars· game
- X-Men· game
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Host· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Ray Day· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- 72 Seasons· product
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