Ep 55: The Winter Curse

“I don't make a solid opinion about a pinball machine until I get my hands on it. And our friend Jeff Rivera from Final Round Pinball, I've kind of taken what he has said to heart, that you don't judge a game until you put a high score on it.”

“Every game. 'Good day, Governor.' Yeah. What's up with the British dude? Is he even British?”

“It felt like Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins.”

“There are the ones that solely are for the gameplay, for the score, very competition-driven. And then the other person is for the experience, the immersion into the pinball machine, that world under glass. And Stern is very well grasped on the competition, the flow, the shots, the score, where JJP is the immersion of the game.”

“I think that Zeppelin is starting to move across that line of not only is it competition and smooth shots and great flow, but you're starting to get that immersion like you do with JJP.”

“Once you get in a groove and you start hitting the shots, this game flows really, really well. I think if you learn the rules and you start learning those, it's even more enjoyable because I was starting to get the grasp of everything that was working and it was just really fun playing that game.”

“We've been spoiled when it comes to music pins. I mean, Dirty Donnie did Aerosmith. We also have Francki who did Beatles. We've got Zombie Yeti with Iron Maiden. And so I think the problem is we've come to expect a certain level of artistry to these music games.”

“I've already bought three games in the last six months, I swear. So I'm probably tapped out and Zeppelin's not coming into my collection, but I'm glad Scott got it because it's a really good game.”

“I don't worship the ground that Zeppelin walks on, so, not like Aquabats, you know? Like I said, I'm not a huge: don't worship the ground that Zeppelin walks on. So I've decided now I would like an Aquabats game.”

“You have to legitimately look at and say, OK, is a 25 year old game that has very basic code because they all had basic code: do you want to do that?”