Episode 146 - A Blizzard of Bad News
Pinball: The guys discuss Stern Pinball planning to reveal something big in September and the permanent closing of the Museum of Pinball in Banning. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Blizzard...
Highlights
- Stern has a big announcement coming in September that will impact multiple games, likely internet connectivity
- George Gomez told Joel Engelberth 'don't sell your Deadpool' in relation to the September announcement
- The Pinball Museum in Banning is permanently closing and the entire collection will go to auction
- Deep Root Pinball (Rasa) has provided no news updates since stating they would announce something after the 4th of July weekend
- Ben Heck stated he will eventually explain the story about Robert (Deep Root principal) attempting to acquire or get ownership stake in Spooky Pinball
- Older pinball systems (pre-Spike) may not receive the September connectivity feature without hardware adapters
- InDisc tournament will continue despite Pinball Museum closure, relocating to a new venue
Notable quotes
“don't sell your Deadpool”
“There's something big impacting multiple games coming in September”
“There's been a lot of talk it's been a lot of nothing a whole lot of nothing”
“this is where we start our descent into the unhappy topics”
“it's a museum that was open four times a year... it doesn't feel like much of a museum for the public”
Entities
- Activision Blizzard· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- InDisc· event
- Pinball Museum in Banning· organization
- Alex Afrizabi· person
- Ben Heck· person
- Carl D'Python Anghelo· person
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jeff· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Papa Duke (John Papaduke)· person
- Robert· person
- Tanyo Klyce· person
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