Pinball: We discuss some more information about Beetlejuice and Spooky Pinball but spend most of our time on Stern Pinball's reveal of The Walking Dead Remaster and answering listener emails.Video Games: We talk about Zaccaria's latest pinball tables, Nintendo happenings on the sales and patent fronts, EA claiming creative control will still be wit…

Pinball: We discuss Barrels of Fun and their surprise release of Winchester Mystery House. Plus some Expo news (regarding Hexa Pinball, CGC, and Dutch Pinball). We also talk about Spooky doing Beetlejuice and we have a Rumor Corner regarding JJP.Video Games: We talk about a TwitchCon incident, Battlefield 6 having huge sales figures, more Mindseye …

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 h…

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 anim…

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 Fal…

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.Episode Links:None!Show Links:EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamersWebsit…

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 temp…

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 doin…

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 employ…

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 …

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 lea…

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 announce…

Pinball: We briefly discuss that it seems JJP's Harry Potter pinball is delayed, cover some listener emails, and then have a discussion topic on what pinball company would we resurrect to compete in today's market.Video Games: We talk about a bunch of video game movies being worked on, Embracer's reorganization, Gearbox grinding people's gears, and…

Pinball: We briefly discuss how Kong and Dune are doing, go over a couple listener emails, and then pick five Stern games we think would be interesting for the Remaster treatment.Video Games: We talk about Overwatch's unionization, Nintendo wanting to brick their systems for cheating, EA having more layoffs, and Xbox raising the price on their year…

Pinball: We go over the new reveals of Dune Pinball from Barrels of Fun and King Kong: Myth of Terror Island Pinball from Stern Pinball.Video Games: We cover the Resident Evil 4 and Oblivion remakes, Funstock stopping orders to the USA over tariffs, and all the Switch 2 pre-order drama also driven by tariffs.Episode Links:Knapp Arcade article on Ba…

Pinball: We summarize what we know about the upcoming King Kong pinball from Stern, Dune from Barrels of Fun, and Harry Potter from Jersey Jack. We also discuss what companies have indicated regarding the impact of USA tariffs.Video Games: We cover all the information we have about Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 console.Episode Links:Stern Pinball's …

Pinball: We summarize the new games we played at TPF 2025 and discuss some other aspects related to the show.Video Games: We cover Ubisoft's new subsidiary, Warner Brothers cancelling an expansion to Hogwarts Legacy, and information out of the latest Nintendo Direct.Episode Links:Marco Specialties: https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/mainShow …

Pinball: We cover the indications that Multimorphic has Portal is their next P3 theme, and read some listener emails.Video Games: We cover Scopely buying Pokemon, Forza Horizon 5 coming to Playstation, Xbox rumors on their next console, the Switch 2, Chrono Trigger's 30th anniversary, an AI-related leak from Sony, Ubisoft exploring the launch of a …

Pinball: We cover a thimble full of news, and announce the 4th annual PiNBVALL DeGENeRaTE awards, but then rely on listener emails to save us, which they do. We talk prediction on several things, reshape the Pinside Top 10, and even have a listener-submitted Rumor Corner!Video Games: We cover Marvel Rivals layoffs, Niantic looking for a new owner, …

Warning: The first 25+ minutes are an in-depth discussion of the Western film genre. You have been warned!Pinball: We cover Stern Pinball's Dungeons and Dragons LE version having node board ten issues, talk about a delay on DPX's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland production, the new company Ramp's Pinball, and answer a listener email regarding The G…

Pinball: We cover several emails relating to prior topics and Dennis's inability to pronounce certain words. We discuss the sub-$1,000 planned Alice Goes to Wonderland from Wonderland Amusements and also play a little requested This or That.Video Games: We cover the upcoming release of Doom the Dark Ages and Ninja Gaiden 4. We discuss John Gonzalez…

Pinball: We talk briefly about the general reaction to Stern Pinball's new release, Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye, David Fix leaving American Pinball, and then we play a new game where Tony and I pick what we think are the three weakest, and strongest, themes used in pinball during the 2020 through 2024 period.Video Games: We cover the Ninte…

Pinball: We talk all about Stern Pinball's new release, Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye.Video Games: We cover a variety of leaks related to Nintendo's Switch 2, the big upcoming video game releases of January and February, discuss Stardew Valley's smashing sales success, and denote the 2025 start of Awesome Games Done Quick.Episode Links:Knapp…

Pinball: We talk about the LoserKid Pinball Podcast interview with American Pinball's David Fix, recap the year of 2024 for pinball, and play a game!Video Games: We answer listener questions, Tony gives his 2024 Steam statistics, we cover the 2024 Game Awards, and we talk about Secret Levels, the Amazon Prime series of short videos about various vi…

Pinball: We provide a Rumor Corner but spend most of our time discussing the interesting happenings in pinball during 2024.Video Games: We summarize Star Citizen's funding milestone, talk about early access for Path of Exile 2, the hit success of the Nintendo Alarmo, the death of Foamstars, a handheld PS5, Baldur's Gate still getting content, and N…

Pinball: We discuss some corrections regarding retired games at American Pinball but spend most of the segment going over Spooky Pinball's new game: Evil Dead Pinball.Video Games: We summarize some Steam news on how they are going to handle season passes, talk about a new sequence for Path of Exile 2, discuss mods with Baldur's Gate 3, talk Xbox an…

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 Ma…

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,…

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:…

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 technolo…

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 disa…

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 o…

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…

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 Tw…

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, …

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 cancella…

Pinball: We update regarding the Funhouse Remakes, ABBA, Spooky's big move, Stern's return of the Black Knight, JJP and Elton John production, and Stern's reveal of arguably the ugliest topper ever. Plus listener emails.Video Games: We talk about Valve getting sued, Sony allowing Discord integration, Sea of Thieves setting records, A Quiet Place be…

Pinball: There is no news so we spend our entire time answering listener emails, including a lot about podcasting in pinball and why content creators do what they do.Video Games: We talk about Summer Game Fest, Playstation's State of Play, and some Final Fantasy 14 fate-tempting!Episode Links:None!Show Links:EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ecl…

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 laws…

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 cour…

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 Doubl…

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 d…

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…

Pinball: Technically recorded the last day of TPF (so quasi-post TPF) on this episode we focus on the new games (or at least new to us) that Texas Pinball Festival had to offer.Episode Links:None!Show Links:EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamersWebsite: http://eclecticgamers.comEGP T-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/eclectic-gamer…

Pinball: We go over some listener emails but spend most of our time talking about The Princess Bride for the P3.Video Games: We go over the games Balatro and Pacific Drive, talk about more video game layoffs, talk about Rockstar returning employees to the office, discuss another Nintendo lawsuit, talk about a studio breaking away from Activision, a…

Pinball: We cover listener emails, note JJP's production of Elton John CEs, talk about the Jaws LE delay, talk about a Jaws Pro mod that can actually eat the ball, note the upcoming Princess Bride reveal, and spend a lot of time regarding the Haggis update on the state of production challenges they are facing.Video Games: We go over the delay of th…

Pinball: We talk about the 3rd Annual Pinball Degenerates Awards, Pulp Fictions finally being built, Labyrinth toppers now shipping, and a long discussion about American Pinball's investor situation and continued reliance on original themes.Video Games: We go over Nintendo shutting down some old online play services, Overwatch having a new competit…

Pinball: We go over Stern Pinball's Jaws and the No-Eat-BallGate that has manifested. We also spend a bit of time talking about Princess Bride and Little Shop of Horrors and use that as a springboard to talk about other 1980s themes that may work for pinball.Video Games: We go over a lot of industry layoffs, some Square Enix AI news, Ubisoft's subs…

Pinball: We go over the Stern Pinball Jaws reveal and also touch on some other Stern information.Video Games: We go over someone "beating" Tetris, Twitch updating their nudity policy (again), Square Enix and their plans for AI, Baldur's Gate 3 and troubles with the Xbox version, and a $48,000 DLC pack of Star Citizen.Episode Links:Pinball News arti…

Pinball: We quickly go over some more pinball award stuff, talk about Planetary Pinball granting Pedretti the ability to make WMS remakes, and then do our year-end review of the manufacturers.Video Games: We go over E3's cancellation, several Activision-related topics, a couple major hacks of video game companies, changes to the Epic store, changes…