Episode 255 – The Real Deal
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Kineticist’s take
Slam Tilt discusses Final Round beef, Predator production collapse, tariffs, and Star Wars pinball news.
Synopsis
Slam Tilt hosts Ron and Bruce discuss community drama with Final Round podcast (accused of copying their format), Pinball Brothers' Predator production cutbacks from 800 to 150 units with direct-to-consumer pricing strategy, tariff impacts on manufacturers, King Kong code updates, American Pinball trademark expiration and rebranding to Orbit Games, Chicago Gaming's Medieval Madness release, Spooky's $450 shotgun handle accessory, and Stern's upcoming Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine with Spike 3 platform.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Disney· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Orbit Games· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Alien· game
- Full Throttle· game
- King Kong· game
- Predator· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- Final Round Podcast· organization
- NAP Arcade· organization
- Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- John Borg· person
- Ron Hallett· person
- Spike 3· product