Episode 272 – Ten Years of Stupidity
-Dungeon Crawler Carl/Ender’s Game-Bon Jovi-Yukon Yeti shipping-GTF Victory Edition-Sonic/Transformers Thoughts-Venom in Vault-Stern Comings and Goings-New Stern Website-IPDB Dead?-Suzo/Happ Out of Business-XPin Closing-Pinburgh Recap-The Beast Recap-2nd…
Kineticist’s take
Slam Tilt celebrates 10 years discussing new pinball releases and community dynamics.
Synopsis
Ron Hallett and Bruce Nightingale celebrate their 10th anniversary hosting Slam Tilt Podcast by discussing recent and upcoming pinball releases, including Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game (shared playfield, $12,350 full/$5,250 kit), Barrels of Bon Jovi ($12,000, 700 units), and newly shipping games like Yukon Yeti, Galactic Tank Force, Sonic, and Transformers. The hosts offer detailed commentary on themes, mechanics, pricing, and community reception, with particular criticism of Bon Jovi marketing strategy and the Transformers edition's stripped features.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Slam Tilt Podcast· content
- Bon Jovi· game
- Dungeon Crawler Carl· game
- Ender's Game· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Portal· game
- Sonic· game
- Transformers· game
- Yukon Yeti· game
- Pinside· organization
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Carl D'Mango· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Glenn Waechter· person
- Lior· person
- Ron Hallett· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Rochester Pinball Collective· venue