Episode 105 – 2019 Year-End Review

Pinball: Tony and Dennis go over the latest news on Punny Factory, Rick & Morty Pinball, and Stranger Things Pinball. From there, they provide a year-end review on many of the pinball manufacturers, along with some 2020 predictions/discussion.

Video Games: Tony leads the way with a talk about his approach to gaming in 2019 and how that reflects on game time versus games completed. Dennis also discusses how the 2019 year has gone for his own gaming volume.

Episode Links:
Pinball News article on Punny Factory: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2019/12/16/punny-factory/

This Week in Pinball’s 12-23-2019 article (includes Rick and Morty Pinball information): https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/this-week-in-pinball-december-23rd-2019/

IGN article revealing Stern’s Stranger Things pinball machine: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/23/stranger-things-pinball-revealed-first-images-and-gameplay-details

Dead Flip video of Stranger Things (Pro model): https://youtu.be/czzWTk6XlDI

Show Links:
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Episode 104 – Beneath the Morty & Video Game Awards

Dennis flies solo on this episode. He discusses the released image of the underside of Ricky & Morty’s playfield from Spooky pinball and then talks about the major winners and announcements at The Video Game Awards 2019.

Episode Links:
Matt from Slap Save Pinball Podcast’s Pinside post annotating the Rick & Morty underside of the playfield: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rick-amp-morty-pinball-from-spooky/page/41#post-5349848

Polygon article of the winners at The Game Awards 2019: https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/2019/12/13/21020351/game-awards-2019-winners-nominees-tga

The Verge article on the 12 biggest announcements at The Game Awards 2019: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/12/21012552/the-game-awards-2019-biggest-announcements-trailers-xbox-series-x

Show Links:
Roanoke Pinball Museum (EGP Sponsor): https://roanokepinball.org/

Website: http://eclecticgamers.com

EGP T-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/eclectic-gamers-podcast

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eclectic-gamers-podcast/id1088802706?mt=2

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Episode 103 – Roanoke Return

An entirely pinball-focused episode, Tony and Dennis are joined by Nic Shell, Executive Director of the Roanoke Pinball Museum.

They start with a brief discussion about Spooky Pinball’s announcement of Rick and Morty as their next theme. From there, Nic discusses the Roanoke Pinball Museum and his recent focus on using game show tactics (modeled specifically around Fascination) to help promote pinball. From there, Dennis subjects Nic to a game of 20 Questions.

Later in the episode, Nic and Dennis surprise Tony with the true purpose to Nic’s visit: Roanoke Pinball Museum gifting a grail pinball machine to Tony, Campus Queen!

Finally, the guys have a philosophical discussion about modern pinball versus EM pinball when it comes to audio headspace and its role in the social experience of pinball.

Note: The audio has more echo than usual due to the need to capture three voices locally.

Episode Links:
Roanoke Pinball Museum: https://roanokepinball.org/

Show Links:
Roanoke Pinball Museum (EGP Sponsor): https://roanokepinball.org/

Website: http://eclecticgamers.com

EGP T-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/eclectic-gamers-podcast

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eclectic-gamers-podcast/id1088802706?mt=2

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eclectic_gamers

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Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 102 – Gaming Thanks

Pinball: In pinball Tony and Dennis go over a new podcast, The Super Awesome Pinball Show. Then, the only other news item, the Stern Star Wars topper gets a brief discussion. The segment is closed out with a discussion of pinball franchises the guys are thankful for.

Video Games: Dennis gives a mini-review of Red Dead Redemption 2 (now that he’s finally finished it), and then the guys talk about video game franchises they are thankful for.

Episode Links:
The Super Awesome Pinball Show: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/12222692

Show Links:
Website: http://eclecticgamers.com

EGP T-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/eclectic-gamers-podcast

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Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com