Pinball: We discuss Planetary Pinball's new collectable figurines and discuss a listener email about the viability of sending a message to pinball manufacturers when individuals do not buy a particular game.

Video Games: We talk about Zaccaria Pinball, a new table announcement from Zen, EA being purchased by a new investment group, Vantage Studios handling Ubisoft's big properties, Microsoft making the best deal in gaming one of the worst, Fallout 76 getting a big update, Funcom doing lay-offs, Mindseye doing lay-offs, Battlefield 6's launch, Nintendo suing some Reddit moderator, and the next Minecraft movie.

Episode Links:

Knapp Arcade article about the Pinball Legends collectable figurines: https://www.knapparcade.org/blog/planetary-pinball-launches-new-pinball-legends-line-of-collectable-figurines

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Pinball: We provide some brief update information and then discuss the top five worst decisions a pinball manufacturer or designer has made.

Video Games: We talk about Pinball FX, Doug Bowser retiring from Nintendo, the Death Stranding film, Costco pulling Xbox, Hades 2 releasing, Star Trek Voyager getting a video game, Splinter Cell getting an animated series, and various reveals from the Playstation State of Play and Xbox Tokyo Game Show.

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Pinball: We talk about the reveal of Stern Pinball's Star Wars Fall of the Empire, plus answer a listener email about saying games have good flow.

Video Games: We talk about Pinball Arcade, a Nintendo Direct, Silksong's success, and Ninteno getting a patent for everything related to summoning.

Episode Links:

Knapp Arcade article on Stern Pinball's Fall of the Empire Star Wars pinball machine: https://www.knapparcade.org/blog/stern-pinball-star-wars-fall-of-the-empire-revealed

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Pinball: We talk about what little we know so far about Stern Pinball's upcoming Star Wars game "Fall of the Empire" and respond to some listener emails.

Video Games: We talk about digital pinball, Silksong, Path of Exile 2, and a bunch of Gamescom announcements.

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Pinball: There's no real news so we cover several listener emails and play a game: Kansas versus Dungeon Crawler Carl.

Video Games: We talk about PETA's demands on Nintendo, Louisiana's lawsuit against Roblox, Tencent's adjustments to Light of Motiram, Battlefield 6 and its huge beta test player count, and Nintendo telling people to think about temperature when using a Switch 2.

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Pinball: We talk about Jack Danger becoming Stern Pinball's Head of Community and then hit a couple pinball topics a listener submitted: if Predator could work with a more historic approach to art and what is our preferred size of LCD screen for pinball.

Video Games: We talk Donkey Kong Bonanza, Microsoft thriving while laying off folks, Hasbro doing great with Magic: The Gathering using Final Fantasy, Itch.io deindexing NSFW content, Hades 2 getting close(r) to full release, Microsoft backing off their original game price increases, Switch 2 displacing PS4 as the fastest selling console in U.S. history, Bioshock 4 in a state of failure, Nintendo planning price increases on Switch titles, Battlefield 6 getting close to release, various Nintendo Showcase topics, Microsoft dominating the top-selling list with Playstation, and Sony suing Tencent.

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Kineticist article covering Jack Danger's new role at Stern Pinball: https://twip.kineticist.com/p/flippers-and-butts

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Pinball: We have no news so thanks to listeners we discuss pinball art and then play a game: Marry, Love, Old Yeller.

Video Games: We talk video game movies and TV shows, the official end of a voice-acting strike, the fall of the Wargaming game, the FBI dealing with Nintendo ROM sites, Dragon Quest 7 remake coming (someday), reports that King employees trained their own AI replacements, and Roblox using AI for safety reasons.

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Pinball: We discuss Stern Pinball's new premium version of Jaws for the 50th Anniversary of the film, For Amusement Only's newly announced title Steelbound for the P3, CGC's delay on Cactus Canyon Expansion kits, and finally a discussion topic on what it means to be a pinball collector.

Video Games: We talk about Summer Games Done Quick, Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, EA's expectations for Battlefield 6, and Microsoft's mass layoffs impacting their Xbox division.

Episode Links:

Bloody Disgusting article on Stern's Jaws 50th pin: https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3886613/stern-pinball-celebrates-jaws-50th-anniversary-with-new-pinball-machine-launch-at-sdcc/

Pinball News article on Steelbound's announcement: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2025/07/01/steelbound-announced/

Knapp Arcade article covering the CGC Cactus Expansion delay: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/chicago-gaming-company-delays-cactus-canyon-expansion-again-jaws-50th-pinball-to-make-public-debut

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Pinball: We spend most of this segment going over our thoughts on Pinball Brother's revealed Predator Pinball. We also talk about the AI scandal surrounding JJP's Harry Potter, our thoughts on Stern's code release states, and how we would retheme a host of existing pinball machines.

Video Games: We talk about the Xbox games showcase, a change in leadership (sort of) for Embracer Group, the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, and Borderlands 4 pricing.

Episode Links:

Pinball News article on Predator Pinball: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2025/06/18/predator-revealed/

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Pinball: We spend most of this segment going over our thoughts on JJP's finally revealed Harry Potter Pinball. Note that after the video game segment we talk a bit about Predator and Cuphead in the pinball world.

Video Games: We talk about the Switch 2 release, EA dropping Black Panther, a remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics, Summer Game Fest announcements, and Sony's State of Play announcements.

Episode Links:

Pinball News article on Harry Potter Pinball: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2025/06/05/harry-potter-revealed/

Harry Potter Pinball official trailer: https://youtu.be/nbMyqQHSmJ0?si=VB8gwxs2A7dS5yGW

Retro Ralph's Harry Potter Pinball featurette: https://youtu.be/vIkcUxACFDQ?si=ft6oR_JzcTRkHwsG

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