BlahCade Pinball Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, we dive into Zen's announcement for Pinball FX VR!

We also give our gut reaction to the Kickstarter for Wonderland Amusement's Alice Goes To Wonderland pinball machine. Is it a toy or is it more to it than this label?

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This go around we've got a show packed full of shorter pinball topics:

• Zen being unusually quiet
• A new Wikipidia page about Pinball FX
• How to fight pinball doldrums
• Tables you should give another chance
• Zaccaria Pinball's new look!

Enjoy the mixed bag!https://www.blahcadepinball.com/blahcade-285/

In this episode, Chris and Jared break down all the advantages and disadvantages of owning a real pinball machine versus a digital pinball cabinet. https://www.blahcadepinball.com/blahcade-276/

We pick up where we left off from in Episode 176 and talk about the possibilities that could result from getting the cabinet out into the wild later in this year. 

For now, we’ll have to hunt down some of the test cabinets in the wild and see if we can get hands-on: they are not located where you might think.

It looks like Zen are also up to their now standard trick of reshuffling everything when they release a new version pack on Mobile platforms.

Get a preview of what they've done on Android by listening to some of the feedback left on the Digital Pinball Fans forum.

It's… not that complimentary.

Check out https://blahcadepinball.com/177-zens-commercial-pinball-cabinet for show notes and all the usual goodness.

We go through some of our thoughts about the tables announced as part of Volume 4, and go through some of the observations we've made about the upcoming release.

So pull down the episode and listen to a bit more info about what's in store for you all for Vol. 4.

See https://blahcadepinball.com/176-vol-4-reactions for show notes and timings and stuff and things.

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Here we go, folks. It's the moment you've been waiting for when Mel Kirk joins Chris for his regular Williams Pinball release announcement chat. 

This time there are three tables on offer: Hurricane, Roadshow, and Whitewater.

So pull down the episode and listen to what's in store for you all with Volume 4, and in the future.

There’s not much news to report in the week that was in digital pinball so Chris and I use this opportunity to exercise our right to randomness.

Check out the show and get ready for an interview in the next one.

See https://blahcadepinball.com/174-volume-4-announcement-eve for a pile of links to great videos in the show notes.

In this episode, we open with exciting news about a Magic Pixel Zaccaria Pinball table remake that features the voice of one of your favourite co-hosts.

We then give props to the excellent Buffalo Pinball reveal of Jersey Jack’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory pinball machine.

We round out the show with some discussion about what it would take to open a successful pinball location today.

Check out https://blahcadepinball.com/173-friebus-free-bus for links to what we talk about in the show. 

Chris was about ready to drop this really helpful document for folks new to Zen Pinball's Williams Pinball app on iOS and Android.

But as you'll hear in this episode, these best-laid plans were thrown out. 

We spend this episode discussing what has changed in the freemium model within Williams Pinball and offer some suggestions about what you can do to get maximum enjoyment out of this game.

There's also some interesting news about some developments Zen Studios has been working on that we shed light on as well, so get listening.

https://blahcadepinball.com/172-shifting-sands for show notes.

If you’ve ever tried to diagnose a fault on a Pinball machine, you’ll know how frustrating it can sometimes be. Jared had just such a problem last week with his Star Race.

Chris has been diving into the stats side of Williams Pinball more and has yielded some interesting insights from the data collected.

There’s some interesting movie talk in this episode as well that breaks up the show a bit.

Enjoy, and let us know what you think. Don't forget about the blog post about the episode: https://blahcadepinball.com/171-earths-wins-and-fire