Episode 203 - Dream Unity

PodcastOct 1, 2023By Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski

Eclectic Gamers Podcast

1 hr 23 min

Summary

American Pinball's American Dream contest had a winner held up by licensing; GTF attempts soft relaunch at Expo.

Dennis and Tony discuss their recent work and personal experiences, including a new job orientation Q&A, then pivot to pinball industry news. They analyze an interview with David Fix of American Pinball covering the American Dream homebrew contest (which had a winner, but licensing issues prevent announcement) and Galactic Tank Force soft relaunch at Expo with cast appearances. They debate whether GTF's marketing strategy of bringing live-action cast members will move units, skeptically comparing it to successful celebrity appearances like Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and John Rhys-Davies.

From the creator

Pinball: We talk about a recent interview with David Fix from American Pinball relating to homebrew games and GTF!, go over Homepin's plan to reveal a pinball machine at Expo not designed for pinheads, and cover a new P3 game called Dungeon Door Defender. Video Games: We talk about Epic's layoffs, the latest on the Microsoft-Activision merger, Kamiya leaving Platinum, Capcom's thoughts on game pricing, Unity's thoughts on it's pricing, and some Sea of Thieves changes. Episode 13 of the Pinball Innovators & Makers Podcast (inteview with David Fix): Knapp Arcade article about the pinball for non-pinball Homepin reveal at Expo: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Facebook: YouTube: Email: [email protected]