Episode 179 – Rush Hour

Slam Tilt reviews Rush pinball and debates Twippy Award nominees.

Synopsis

Ron and Bruce discuss Stern Pinball's Rush reveal, breaking down playfield design similarities to X-Men, feature comparisons across Pro/Premium/LE tiers, and song selection. They also cover Twippy Awards voting across multiple categories, debating homebrew machines and noting that Poker represents the most original custom design work despite using less recognizable names.

Entities

• Stern Pinball· company
• Twippy Awards· event
• Avatar· game
• Godzilla· game
• Guns N' Roses· game
• Led Zeppelin· game
• Metallica· game
• Poker· game
• Rush· game
• X-Men· game
• Pinball Profile· media
• Rochester Pinball Collective· organization
• Stern Army· organization
• Bruce Nightingale· person
• Ed Robertson· person
• John Borg· person
• Mike Bernard· person
• Mike Vanikor· person
• Raymond Davidson· person
• Ron Hallett· person
• Steve Keeler· person
• Tim Sexton· person
• Zach· person
• Pinside· website/community