Episode 151 - Almost 0% Activision News!
Pinball: After a lengthy, pinball-related intro the guys talk about the quasi-reveal of Pinball Brothers' upcoming game Queen Pinball, discuss JJP adding achievements to Wonka, and discuss Lyman...
Highlights
- Pinball Brothers' Queen machine was not intended as an official reveal to the pinball community; it appeared at a Queen pop-up store in London
- Jersey Jack Pinball partnered with Scorebit to embed achievement tracking into their machines starting with Willy Wonka
- Stern's Godzilla pinball machine had achievements live during livestreamed player sessions before Jersey Jack's Willy Wonka shipped
- Lyman Sheets and Josh Sharp are partnering with Chicago Gaming Company as contracted (not employed) staff to develop enhanced software for Cactus Canyon remake
- There is an unconfirmed rumor that John Borg's next Stern design is Rush, the band, scheduled for December announcement
Notable quotes
“Has he been dethroned? Am I now the topper king? If for no other reason than how I secured basically via coup d'etat a topper. Because, you see, this is how I get them. I don't buy $2,000 gold foil toppers. I get scratched, falling off machine toppers as rando prizes in pinball tournaments.”
“The people will wish that Zombie Yeti would just come in and Marvel Method this... I mean, he does everything else.”
“I just want to go on record that the pedigree does not give me confidence in what it will be because, you know, Pinball Brothers' entire startup in existence is one of those things that is shaky enough as is.”
“Who really cares? If you want my... my interpretive... we want me to take a position. My interpretation answer would be no. Godzilla was first because they live streamed it and the players were earning the achievement.”
“I'm so tired of band things? Band pins? Of band pins and all the band pins being just the same thing.”
“You can't fundamentally get away from what the original Cactus Canyon is... you have to have all the same rules up to its incomplete point... unless you love this game and its theme... I think Cactus Canyon is a c-tier game.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Raw Thrills· company
- Aliens LV Limited Edition· game
- Cactus Canyon Remake· game
- Godzilla· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Queen Pinball· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- 403 Club· organization
- Artie· person
- Dennis· person
- John Borg· person
- JoJo Stiles· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Tony· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
- Scorebit· product
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