Eclectic Gamers Podcast - Pinball & Video Games

Pinball: The guys spend most of the pinball segment covering Godzilla, Stern Pinball's latest release. They also spend a bit of time critiquing the screen animations on Spooky Pinball's Halloween at the present time. Video Games: Discussion covers the Jagged Alliance 3 announcement, a delay on Battlefield 2042, Blizzard having yet another lawsuit filed against them, and No Man's Sky achieving posi...

Pinball: The guys discuss Sorcerer's Apprentice (the new P3 game from Multimorphic), Homepin announcing This Is Spinal Tap Pinball, This Week in Pinball going on hiatus, Stern Pinball launching their Insider Connected Platform, and a user-submitted question about video-game themes and interconnected options for pinball. Video Games: Discussion covers several updates on Blizzard, talk about the new...

Pinball: The guys briefly discuss Chicago Gaming Company and its now-confirmed Cactus Canyon Remake, but spend most of their time on the SEC's complaint against deeproot Funds and how it impacts deeproot Pinball. Video Games: Discussion is short and covers more Skyrim coming soon, a new Ace Combat game, a new possible Saints Row game, and some more updates regarding Blizzard. Episode Links: SEC Li...

Pinball: The guys discuss Steve Ritchie and Lyman Sheets leaving Stern Pinball and the latest information and rumors regarding deeproot Pinball. Video Games: Discussion is all about Blizzard and more information and fallout from their recent harassment scandal. Episode Links: Jersey Jack Pinball's Facebook announcement of hiring Steve Ritchie: https://www.facebook.com/JerseyJackPinball/posts/46375...

Pinball: The guys discuss Stern Pinball planning to reveal something big in September and the permanent closing of the Museum of Pinball in Banning. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Blizzard facing legal action regarding its corporate culture, Valve's new Steam Deck, and Nintendo clarifying plans for the Switch. Episode Links: Article on Blizzard's lawsuit: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/202...

Note: Apologies for Dennis's audio, a setting issue resulted in him not being picked up well by the microphone so there is a bit of an echo on his quality. Pinball: The guys discuss Halloween and Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble, the two new pinball machines revealed by Spooky Pinball. Video Games: Discussion focuses on a new iteration of the Nintendo Switch, the results of the Summer Games Done Quick 2021...

Pinball: The guys discuss Silver Falls, an upcoming new title for the P3 platform, and discuss the P3 and Multimorphic's attempts to grow the system in general. Video Games: Discussion focuses on some the rest of the E3 2021 coverage not handled in the prior episode. Episode Links: Silver Falls website: https://silverfallsforever.com/ Show Links: Website: http://eclecticgamers.com EGP T-shirts: ht...

Pinball: The guys cover a couple emails and then discuss Multimorphic's plan for a licensed theme on their next P3 title and American Pinball now being owned by Aimtron. Video Games: Discussion focuses on some early E3 2021 coverage. Episode Links: Amazon link for Kindle version of Take-A-Shot Stories #1: Beach Trip: Beware! (note: book purchases may financially benefit Dennis): https://www.amazon...

Pinball: The guys discuss a bit about the prior episode's distributor talk, Haggis selling out of their Fathom Revisited Mermaid Edition, Spooky appearing to be close to revealing their next pinball machine, the continued explosion of complaints regarding Jersey Jack Pinball and subpar playfields with GnR, Pinball Adventures revealing an upcoming game called Elements, and the latest deeproot updat...

Pinball: The guys discuss Stern Pinball's announcement of The Mandalorian Pinball. Video Games: Discussion focus on Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance, E3 being virtual, Ubisoft testing out more free-to-play, and Stadia super-duper-not-at-all-in-trouble. Episode Links: Article where Mandalorian director Dave Filoni confirms calling The Child "Baby Yoda" is fine: https://www.insider.com/mandalorian...

Pinball: The guys discuss Haggis Pinball's announcement of Fathom Revisited. Video Games: Discussion focus on Activision-Blizzard's CEO pay, the loss of Jeff Kaplan from Blizzard, Microsoft revising their cut of PC game sales, Valorant's steps to deal with voice-chat toxicity, and Konami not being at E3. Episode Links: Gaming on Ten Podcast with Dennis: https://gamingontenminutesaweek.libsyn.com/e...

Pinball: The guys discuss Spooky's expansion plus other planned updates and Heist getting 15-ball multiball. Video Games: Discussion focus on Square Enix rumors, Amazon dropping a Lord of the Rings MMO, Twitch getting rid of viewbots, Outriders losing inventory, and the success of Cyberpunk 2077. Episode Links: Watches with Dennis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzguU-TCtQPU3ZzD-aSjpeg S...

Pinball: The guys briefly talk TWIPYs before moving into the latest information coming out about deeproot Pinball. From there they play a new game submitted by Matt Roberts: So Which Came First? Video Games: Discussion focuses LEGO Star Wars, Outriders, and No Man's Sky. Episode Links: Pinside post with the purported deeproot Pinball April 2021 update on RAZA: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/top...

Pinball: The guys discuss Project Pinball's translites' auction, JJP's new approach on chipped playfields, and whether pinball is in a darkest days period despite all the purported demand. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Activision-Blizzard's layoffs, Tony's experience with Valheim, and the latest from Square Enix. Episode Links: Project Pinball's Two Weeks of Translites: https://projectpinball...

Pinball: After a brief update on the Pinball Hall of Fame the guys discuss their deeproot Pinball interview (now over three years old)! Video Games: Discussion focuses on the Avengers game, the end of Artifact, the end of Anthem, and the hopefully-not-end of Diablo 2: Resurrected. Episode Links: Article on Diablo 2: Resurrected: https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-2-resurrected-release-date-alpha-chang...

Pinball: Discussion covers a bit more about Jersey Jack Pinball's GnR price increase followed by American Pinball's hiring of Jack Haeger as Art Director. Video Games: Discussion focuses on some creative police force usage of DMCA, Blizzard's virtual convention, and CD Projekt Red being hacked. Episode Links: LoserKid Pinball Podcast interview with Jack Haeger: https://soundcloud.com/loserkidpinba...

Pinball: News discussion covers the thousand-dollar increase Jersey Jack Pinball has deployed for Guns N' Roses Pinball. The guys also discuss the results of the Pinball Industry Awards. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Blizzard not planning to release Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 in 2021, Google Stadia closing its gaming studios, Gearbox Studios being acquired by Embracer, and information about the...

Pinball: News discussion touches on the upcoming Pinball Industry Awards ceremony and The Pinball Hall of Fame's active GoFundMe, but the bulk of the pinball segment is discussing which John Hughes's directed movie would make the for best pinball machine. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Lucas Film Games, Microsoft's price increase (and then cancellation of said increase) for Xbox Live Gold, and...

Pinball: Discussion covers The Pinball Industry Awards, Dennis Nordman joining American Pinball, and TWIPY voting now being open. Video Games: Discussion focuses on Star Citizen and Awesome Games Done Quick. Episode Links: The Super Awesome Pinball Show episode with David Fix and Dennis Nordman: https://superawesomepinballshow.libsyn.com/the-super-awesome-pinball-show-s1-e22-american-pinball TWIPY...

Pinball: Discussion covers The Pinball Industry Awards, Stern Pinball's Led Zeppelin, Stern's EULA changes, and a discussion of pinball in 2020. Video Games: Discussion here covers Cyberpunk 2077 litigation and a discussion of video games in 2020. Episode Links: The Pinball Industry Awards: http://thepinballindustryawards.com/ Show Links: Roanoke Pinball Museum (EGP Sponsor): https://roanokepinbal...

Pinball: Discussion covers the new P3 mini-game Shoot n' Scoot, the announcement of a Led Zeppelin pinball machine by Stern Pinball, the return of Alien Pinball (now by Pinball Brothers), and deeproot Pinball going live on its website for RAZA purchases. Video Games: Discussion here covers the latest on Twitch and DMCA challenges and ends with a lengthy discussion on Cyberpunk 2077. Episode Links:...

Pinball: Discussion revolves around Søren ROMs with Planetary Pinball, the production model stream for deeproot's RAZA, and the end of the Replay Foundation as we know it. Video Games: Discussion involves Cyberpunk, Stadia, the failure that is Marvel's Avengers by SE, and Comcast data caps. Episode Links: Slam Tilt Podcast Episode 154 (Søren interview): http://www.slamtiltpodcast.com/2020/11/17/ep...

This episode has a wide-ranging discussion about Stern releasing another cornerstone in 2020, the cost of toppers, DMCA and Twitch, the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo's sales figures, and capping donations on Twitch. At the end Tony and Dennis also choose if they could have only one, pinball or video games, which answer is correct (and there is a correct answer!). Episode Links: Wh...

Pinball: Dennis and Tony discuss the plan by Spooky Pinball to eventually run TNA version 2.0 and Jersey Jack Pinball's major coup with getting a game featured by the Slo Mo Guys on YouTube. Video Games: Primary discussion revolves around yet another delay on Cyberpunk 2077. They also discuss the slew of Ubisoft video games that work on PS4 but will not work on PS5. Episode Links: The Slow Mo Guys...

A short episode, mostly talking about Guns N' Roses on the pinball side and VR on the video game side. Episode Links: Final Round's Pinball Expo workshop "Discussing Pinball Podcasts": https://youtu.be/rnUR3Xyw-U0 This Week in Pinball's Deep Dive on Guns N' Roses: https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/guns-n-roses-pinball-deep-dive-in-depth-overview-of-the-machine-features-rules-and-more/ Straight Dow...