Episode 132 - Star American Citizen
Pinball: Discussion covers The Pinball Industry Awards, Dennis Nordman joining American Pinball, and TWIPY voting now being open. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Star Citizen and Awesome Games...
Highlights
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast grew by over 25% in 2020 listens compared to 2019
- Pinside is the third-largest referral source for Eclectic Gamers Podcast episodes after Google and Facebook
- Dennis Nordman has joined American Pinball as senior game designer, a direct employee position
- Joe Balcer designed all three of American Pinball current games (Oktoberfest, Houdini, Hot Wheels) and will transition to contract basis
- American Pinball aims to expand production to 2-3 games per year from roughly 1 game annually
- Dennis Nordman has left multiple pinball companies (Multimorphic, Stern, Highway/Alien, Deep Root) due to slow production timelines rather than desire to job-hop
- Oktoberfest by American Pinball did not sell well according to industry grapevine
- David Fix made controversial comments suggesting only those who experienced pinball in the 1990s should have opinions on it
Notable quotes
“That's what books are for”
“He's a gun for hire, and he's good at what he does. That's the reason why people want to hire him.”
“I'm very skeptical that they're actually going to hit that production schedule. That's the part where I think they could fail him.”
“They still, as far as I'm concerned, haven't punched out a game that really sets them. It doesn't really create their place.”
“I just don't think that C-tier licensing will cut it. Yeah. I don't expect them to let's be fair I'm not expecting them to get A tier licensing out there... but they're going to have to get something better than Hot Wheels”
“They're up to $339 million raised just in crowdfunding since 2012.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Heighway Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippies· event
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- Pinside· organization
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show· organization
- David Fix· person
- Dennis· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Joe Balcer· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Tony· person
- Star Citizen· product
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