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The Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 11

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Highlights

  • Colin received a six-month ban from Pinball Info for making an insensitive joke (reference to 'Jaffa') on a post about fertility struggles
  • Neil McRae is permanently banned from Pinball Info and has also been banned from Canada's Pinball Club
  • Pinball Info forum culture has shifted from toxic to overly censorious, with stricter moderation applied inconsistently based on user popularity
  • The Blues Brothers pinball machine by Pinball Brothers is poorly designed, borrowing layout from an old EM (Stars) without innovation
  • Jaws by Stern is at code version 0.aa and has excellent theme integration including atmospheric night fishing/night swimming modes
  • The Pinball Brothers team composition has changed and is no longer the 'original' leadership
  • ABBA pinball game features a helicopter mechanical element that is innovative but the overall artwork and presentation looks cheap
  • Elton John pinball has strong market momentum despite being a music-themed game, setting a difficult bar for competitors like ABBA

Notable quotes

I think the problem is, and it's a theory I'm going to run with, they can deny it. I don't really care. You'll get banned. Yeah, whatever. but basically I feel like they didn't understand what they were doing when they did the points and I think they didn't realise it was for six months then they were like oh should we have an internal conversation about whether or not that points was adequate to what he did
Neil McRae
I mean we've gone the exact opposite of where I would want the world to be, where we're going way too far the other way. and it's turned into a bit of a fluffy go la la happy joy joy don't offend anyone or we'll ban you for life attitude
Scott Rundle
It's not really a game, is it? If it's not going to get in and produce any meaningful number, does it qualify as a pinball machine? I think it qualifies as a dream in Mike's wildest fantasy.
Scott Rundle (about Blues Brothers)
Jaws is epic, and this is the scary thing, right? The code is already brilliant, and they're at version.aa. I'm kind of trying to dream what else they can add to this game
Scott Rundle
It dims all the lights and it is you know it's stranger, everyone raves about stranger things being atmospheric. The UV play field, yeah. This pisses all over it. Even with the UV?
Scott Rundle (about Jaws night fishing mode)
I'm forever. Oh, is it? There's no way back for me. No, you must be so upset. Oh, every day. Every day I look up.
Neil McRae and Scott Rundle (discussing Neil's permanent Pinball Info ban)
I'm going to say this to a pinball audience, showers and washing. I don't know what it is with pinball people. It's ridiculous, man. They do need to look after their hygiene more.
Neil McRae
I'll be amazed he sells a single game. I'll be honest with you. I will be amazed.
Scott Rundle (about Blues Brothers)

Entities

  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • ABBA· game
  • Alien· game
  • Blues Brothers· game
  • Elton John· game
  • Jaws· game
  • Predator· game
  • Pulp Fiction· game
  • Stars· game
  • Stranger Things· game
  • Canada's Pinball Club· organization
  • Pinball Info· organization
  • The Great British Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Colin· person
  • David· person
  • Kaneda· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mandy· person
  • Neil McRae· person
  • Nick· person
  • Scott Rundle· person
  • Domino Arcade· venue

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