Pinball: We hit some quick news topics (Stern last call on Avengers and Iron Maiden, Stern hiring Jeremy Packer, Nick Baldridge joining Multimorphc), discuss a listener email about Dennis needing to believe in himself to achieve great pinball victory, and we have a discussion on the current state of the pinball market.

Video Games: We address Baldur's Gate 3, Playstation's sales milestone, Final Fantasy 14 coming to Xbox, Diablo 4 patch drama, and a discussion around our experiences with the platformer genre.

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None!

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Episode 199 - Discussion Corner

Pinball and video games. We're a mixed gaming podcast, but pinball and video games are our bread and butter, and our two permanent segments. Pinball generally receives the most attention of the two. We also, on occasion, cover other types of gaming (namely tabletop games such as RPGs and card games). We aren't known as eclectic for nothing!

Leisure

Pinball: We discuss Pedretti Gaming's remake of Funhouse, talk about the Stern Pinball damage control tour, and answer some listener emails.

Video Games: We talk about Helldivers 2 and its sales success, Atari buying Intellivision, video game industry layoffs, Microsoft adding AI to Minecraft, Playstation versus Xbox sales, and a Uvalde-related lawsuit against Activision.

Episode Links:
Knapp Arcade article on the Pedretti Funhouse remake: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/pedretti-gaming-reveals-remake-of-williams-funhouse-pinball-machine

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Episode 220 - Damage Control Tour

Pinball: We spend the entire time discussing the reveal of Stern Pinball's John Wick Pinball, the drama about the lack of guns in the art, and also the marketing campaign and what pinball currently faces in the market overall.

Video Games: talk about Critical Role having its own membership service, Steam being blocked in Vietnam, Sony reversing course on Helldivers 2, Microsoft shuttering several studios, Square Enix abandoning several projects, Hades 2 setting records, and Sea of Thieves making significant landfall on the PS5.

Episode Links:
Knapp Arcade article on Stern's John Wick Pinball: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/stern-pinball-reveals-john-wick-pinball-machine

Kineticist article on Stern's John Wick Pinball: https://www.kineticist.com/post/sterns-john-wick-pinball-released

LoserKid Pinball Podcast with George Gomez interview about John Wick: https://on.soundcloud.com/wbbaoPDamVKpXV8k7

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast discussing the John Wick reveal: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-s5caq-160c067

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Episode 219 - John Wick & Dark Times

Note: Light spoilers regarding vaults in the Fallout TV series (won't be spoilers to those familiar with the games).

Pinball: We discuss Homepin's open-source Blues Brothers pinball reveal, that Dutch Pinball supposedly will reveal Back to the Future Pinball at Pinball Expo, and we discuss a variety of our ThemeDreams(tm).

Video Games: We cover Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons and the Fallout TV series. From there, we talk about the surge in Fallout gaming post-TV series, Microsoft's games sales versus console sales, Blizcon being cancelled, and the restructuring of Embracer Group.

Episode Links:
Pinball Magazine article on Homepin's Blues Brothers: https://www.pinball-magazine.com/?p=5573

Knapp Arcade article discussing Back to the Future at Pinball Expo: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/dutch-pinball-to-reveal-new-back-to-the-future-pinball-machine-at-pinball-expo-in-october-other-exp

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Episode 218 - Open Source Blues

Pinball: We discuss Stern building more Black Knight: Sword of Rage machines, the now-revealed ABBA Pinball from Pinball Brothers, Multimorphic's production plans for The Princess Bride, and DPX filing trademarks for RAZA and Magic Girl.

Video Games: We cover Twitch Mike Ybarra talking some nonsense, Yuji Naka throwing some shade, Ubisoft shutting down servers for The Crew, and the latest update on the Embracer Group.

Episode Links:
Watches & Wonders 2024 panel with Tony and Dennis: https://youtube.com/live/Xj1G1igVdE8?feature=share

Pinball News coverage of ABBA: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/04/04/pinball-brothers-reveals-abba/

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Episode 217 - Downer

Pinball: We discuss several listener emails, talk about Pinball Brothers preparing a new game while losing a couple of founders, and Dutch Pinball launching sister company DPX and what we think of that idea.

Video Games: We cover Twitch changing their rules, Larian moving away from D&D games, Xbox wanting to get into the handheld software space, and Take-two buying (most of) Gearbox.

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Knapp Arcade article on DPX: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/dutch-pinball-teases-new-brand-upcoming-game

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Episode 199 - Discussion Corner

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