Eclectic Gamers Podcast - Pinball & Video Games

Pinball: We discuss Barrels of Fun hiring Butch Peel, American Pinball ceasing production of Houdini and Legends of Valhalla, a Rumor Corner on Spooky Pinball, and a discussion on Stern's catalog and what we'd like to see remastered.

Video Games: We summarize some key activities for the upcoming Awesome Games Done Quick, talk about Amazon doing a Mass Effect TV show, mention Sega delisting a bunch of games and Nintendo's Switch sales, and talk a bit about Twitch streaming rules and changes applied.

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Pinball: We discuss Stern Pinball's Metallica Remastered, some hits from Pinball Expo, Ninja Eclipse expecting to sell its initial run, and a couple listener emails.

Video Games: We summarize a big payday for Microsoft's Nadella, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, a new Super Nintendo theme park, co-op for Subnautica 2, Hitman meets James Bond, and ALARMO.

Episode Links:

Kineticist article on Metallica Remastered: https://www.kineticist.com/post/stern-drops-metallica-remastered

Knapp Arcade interview with Chris Turner of Turner Pinball: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/turner-pinball-update-sales-production-and-the-future

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Pinball: We discuss DPX's reveal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Video Games: We summarize what's going on with Bethesda, a microphone mode for A Quiet Place: The Road, a new Blizzard book, Ubisoft's future, Genshin Impact losing its voice, Steam's new labeling, and a huge Game Freak hack.

Episode Links:

Kineticist article on DPX's Alice pinball: https://www.kineticist.com/post/dpx-alices-launch

Link to the They Create Worlds podcast: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/about

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Pinball: We discuss Stern Pinball's fallout from their first X-Men reveal stream, Christopher Franchi becoming the exclusive artist for Spooky Pinball, and a brief discussion on the state of pinball purchasing today.

Video Games: We summarize what's going on with Square Enix, Nintendo suing Palworld and resisting A.I. (while EA embraces the technology), the upcoming end of Kingdom Hearts, Steam changing their subscriber agreement, Remedy getting an interesting loan, and the return of Fntastic.

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Pinball: We discuss Stern Pinball's reveal of The Uncanny X-Men and Jersey Jack Pinball's reveal of Avatar: Battle for Pandora. We close out the pinball section with a Patreon member's question about Stern and virtual pinball.

Video Games: We summarize a big change at Annapurna Interactive, the Unity backpedal, the rise and fall of Concord, the disaster that is the Borderlands movie, and the Playstation 5 Pro.

Episode Links:

Kineticist article on The Uncanny X-Men pinball: https://www.kineticist.com/post/stern-reveals-uncanny-x-men-pinball

Kineticist article on Avatar: Battle for Pandora pinball: https://www.kineticist.com/post/first-look-jersey-jack-avatar

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Pinball: We go over the teases for Jersey Jack Pinball's Avatar game and Stern Pinball's The Uncanny X-Men, plus talk a bit about Stern trying home games again (this time in partnership with Costco) and then go over several listener emails.

Video Games: We summarize problems with the physical edition of Outer Wilds: Archaeologists Edition, the end of the Visions of Mana developer, Monster Hunter meaning no more dinosaur games, Witcher 4 in full production, problems with Star Wars Outlaws on PS5, the cancellation of Blue Protocol, Foamstars and its scrubbing bubbles, and World of Warcraft seeing the light on past mistakes.

Episode Links:

Knapp Arcade article on Stern's Jurassic Park Home Edition in Costco: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/stern-pinball-announces-new-partnership-with-costco

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Pinball: We go over DPX providing images relating to their Alice's Adventures in Wonderland pinball machine, answer a listener question relating to Haggis, talk about our hands-on experience with John Wick Pinball, and discuss what we'd like to see out of the industry over the next 12 months.

Video Games: We summarize Square Enix and Embracer seeing drops in sales, talk about the abomination that is the Borderlands movie, note GTA6 will not be available via subscription service (at least at first), discuss Krafton buying Tango Gameworks, note the Switch 2 is rumored to be delayed, mention Flame Fatales is now happening with Games Done Quick, and end with a listener email.

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Pinball: We go over some Haggis Pinball updates, note ABBA now shipping from Pinball Brothers, provide an update from Pinball Adventures, and dive into two discussion topics.

Video Games: We summarize some union and layoff activity in the video game space, note the Olympics ending their partnership with Nintendo and Sega, discuss the downturn for Twitch, and cover Xbox's major presence planned for Gamescon.

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Pinball: We go over a listener email, talk briefly about a black and white version of Godzilla Pinball, and spend the rest of the time going over the liquidation and demise of Haggis Pinball.

Video Games: We (or at least one of us!) defends V.A.T.S. from listener criticism and then we talk Dr. Disrespect, the downtrend in video game hardware sales, Microsoft changes to Game Pass, the leak on Space Marine 2, and many other topics including the end of the Halo TV series!

Episode Links:

Pinball News article on the demise of Haggis Pinball: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/07/18/haggis-pinball-in-liquidation/

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Pinball: We update regarding Stern bringing back Rush Pinball, JJP getting a new connected system, and we discuss the issues surrounding Haggis. Plus, we go over several listener emails.

Video Games: We talk about the fall of Dr. Disrespect, Warthunder's creators apologizing for an image, a new Street Fighter live-action show coming up, the cancellation of the public beta for Space Marine 2, the estimated value of unplayed Steam games, Playstation planning to attend the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo's latest investor call, the the charity results for 2024's Summer Games Done Quick.

Episode Links:

Knapp Arcade article that includes information on Haggis: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/haggis-pinball-update-pedretti-gaming-begins-shipping-funhouse-remake-new-john-wick-contracts-ni

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