We Are Pinball #40 "Where are all the good pinball themes??!"

We Are Pinball argues current 2025 pinball themes are the best in a decade, contradicting community criticism.

Synopsis

We Are Pinball episode 40 features Don and Genghis discussing their Patreon community, sponsor Mad Pinball, and a central debate: whether current pinball themes are worse than past years. Don argues the 2025 lineup (Predator, Harry Potter, King Kong, Dune, Evil Dead, Avatar, etc.) represents the strongest era of themes in a decade, while community members claim themes have declined. They systematically compare theme quality year-by-year (2020, 2019, 2018) to test this claim, finding current offerings superior by volume and IP strength.

Entities

• Electric Playground Pinball· company
• Mad Pinball / Jeff· company
• Pinball Brothers· company
• Pinball Studio (Savannah, Georgia)· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• ABBA· game
• Alice Adventures in Wonderland· game
• Avatar· game
• Dune· game
• Dungeons & Dragons· game
• Evil Dead· game
• Harry Potter· game
• Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
• King Kong· game
• Metallica Remastered· game
• Portal· game
• Predator· game
• Star Wars· game
• X-Men· game
• JBS Show· organization
• Don· person
• Enzo Ferrari· person
• Genghis· person
• Spooky Luke· person