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I was looking forward to listening to this episode on my way home from work tomorrow. But I just read that there is no mention of Stern or their new JP game in the discussion about recent clear coat issues.

That is what I was most interested in hearing about as I was considering a NIB purchase.

 

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Episode 108 - LIONMAN!! is now ready.

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/09/09/episode-108-lionman/

 

Playfieldgate update

Car problems

Fixing humans is also hard

Data East Battle Royale

Vote here: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/_KuGVfeeI

Englishman in OZ

Joe Tip the Top 100 – Swords of Fury

Pinball History

Lord of the Rings vault

Batman 66 Tutorial video

New slap save update

 

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Episode 109 – Dr Who In The House Of Horrors is ready!!

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/09/16/episode-109-dr-who-in-the-house-of-horrors/

 

Pooling is for everyone!!

Ghostbusters code next week?

Elvira’s House of Horrors

Early comments

Post leak comments

Doctor Who / Radagast coming to TPF

Jurassic Park code

Stern book update

Data east Battle Royale results

Current games lastability

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Doctor Who

Walking Dead / Attack From Mars Stream

Joe’s Critical Hit

The Celts is coming!

 

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After listening to this podcast since the beginning it comes across that in the opinion of tournament players, only about 20% of pinball machines are actually good machines. Maybe that’s a constant we see across other things like music, films etc. I guess that’s what keeps people hanging for the next title to see if any manufacturers can meet the standard tournament players are after - but which may never arrive. Thoughts?
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Episode 110 – Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good is ready!!

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/09/23/episode-110-bustin-makes-me-feel-good/

 

More Elvira details

Feature video

Feature matrix

Initial impressions

Is it for you?

Ghostbusters code update

Major changes to the code

Seeya Scoleri Bros!!

Dead Flip Stream

No Munsters code update planned

Stern Ali remake?

Suncoast Pinball update

Wizard of Oz Ruby Red

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Judge Dredd

Critical Hit matchplay

Haggis factory tour

Dollargate Oz Style

Pinstadium X Stream

Streaming is fun

 

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- - - Updated - - -

 

After listening to this podcast since the beginning it comes across that in the opinion of tournament players, only about 20% of pinball machines are actually good machines. Maybe that’s a constant we see across other things like music, films etc. I guess that’s what keeps people hanging for the next title to see if any manufacturers can meet the standard tournament players are after - but which may never arrive. Thoughts?

 

I personally think I just play way too much pinball so I get over machines too quickly. I'd actually say a good 80% of machines from the past 6-7 years are awesome. Sometimes the faults we point out come across as hate for the whole machine but I like them more than that. But as said, I play them ALOT then look forward to the next one. It's a vicious cycle :)

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Episode 111 - Are You A God? is now ready.

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/09/30/episode-111-are-you-a-god/

 

Is Joe a God?

Spoiler vid

Elvira’s: House of Horrors Dead Flip stream

Attack of the B-Movies

Custom Elvira clips

Lyman’s dream theme

The plot

Further thoughts

Ghostbusters 1.16 code released

Joe’s playtime thoughts

God mode

Pro vs the rest

Munsters code “update”

Deeproot update

Jurassic Park LE shipping

T-Rex cam

Pinburgh/Intergalactic points

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Indianapolis 500

Stomp 3: The Search for Sulu

Star Trek 6 Year Mission: Enterprise Amok on stream

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Episode 111 - Are You A God? is now ready.

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/09/30/episode-111-are-you-a-god/

 

Is Joe a God?

Spoiler vid

Elvira’s: House of Horrors Dead Flip stream

Attack of the B-Movies

Custom Elvira clips

Lyman’s dream theme

The plot

Further thoughts

Ghostbusters 1.16 code released

Joe’s playtime thoughts

God mode

Pro vs the rest

Munsters code “update”

Deeproot update

Jurassic Park LE shipping

T-Rex cam

Pinburgh/Intergalactic points

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Indianapolis 500

Stomp 3: The Search for Sulu

Star Trek 6 Year Mission: Enterprise Amok on stream

https://www.aussiearcade.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154408

 

Mate I watched your stream with Star Trek.

You were a little excited.

Im sure you weed a bit:)

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Ryan C joins us this week for Episode 112 - The Beastie Boy.

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/10/07/episode-112-the-beastie-boy/

 

Ryan C is back this week!

Star Wars Comic Sans edition

Patents and production cycles

Stranger Things pinball rumor

The Shadow love

American Girl Doll pinball

New WOZ OZ lanes mod

Moon Dog World now open

Pinball Paradise for sale

PAX Melbourne

Flipout 2019 in 3 weeks!

Black Knight Sword of Rage LE Stream

Home automation

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Episode 113 - The Pool of Dead is ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/10/14/episode-113-the-pool-of-dead/

 

Elvira LE shipping

The Big Lebowski production update

Pinball Expo

Our predictions for the show

Schedule

Tournaments

Hydraulic pinball

Dead Flip cool drain save

Brian Allen Attack From Mars alternate backglass

Pinquest app now available

IFPA updates

Stern in China

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Deadpool

Picking tournament machines

Movies

Helvetica

Things That Go Bump In The Night movie

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Episode 114 - Wolf Man with Jeff Parsons from Pinball Players Podcast is ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/…/…/21/episode-114-wolf-man/

 

Jeff Parsons from The Pinball Players Podcast joins the show

Pinball Expo roundup

Medieval Madness remake addons

Celts reveal from Haggis Pinball

Black Knight Sword of Rage topper

Krull steals the show

Spanish machines – Wolf Man omg!!!

Elvira is everywhere!

Quetzal Pinball

Jersey Jack Pinball connectivity

Flip Out Tournament

Stream

Pinball Olympics

Legends of Valhalla art update

Dead Flip on TV

Flipout 2019 tournament machines

Oktoberfest stream

Centigrade 37 / Xenon stream

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As predicted in our last episode there won't be a show this week as Marty has lost his voice after a very long weekend running the Melbourne Silverball Championship. We will be back next week for sure!!

In the meantime, check out the finals of the 2019 MSC here:

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Episode 115 - A Special Dragon is now ready with Mrs and Dr Pin.

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/11/04/episode-115-a-special-dragon/

 

Mrs Pin and Dr Pin join the show

Expo corrections

Gender equality backglasses

Willy Wonka CE gets its moment

Alice Cooper topper

Rumored titles

TMNT

Led Zeppelin

Stranger Things

GnR

Haunted House Party?

Homepin 2nd machine tease

Dragon’s Lair homebrew

Medieval Madness from parts

American Pinball enters The Matrix

Social Media Watch

Jurassic Park in development

Cyrene gets The Munsters

Dr Pin tests JJP online

Melbourne Silverball Championship

Qualifying stream

Finals stream

Celts at Flipout 2019

Dragon’s Legend

 

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Episode 116 - A Whole New World is ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/11/11/episode-116-a-whole-new-world/

 

“New” ColorDMD

Value of mods

Jurassic Park LE this week!!

Super Awesome Pinball Show

Women in pinball survey

Stern Pro Circuit boosted

Flipper Mechanic

Pinball world record

Stern around the world

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Tales of the Arabian Nights

Joe at the Sanctum 24 hour

Stars / Seawitch stream

Guardians stream

Gorillaz

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

Joe’s Flipper Frenzy

Lazerhawk

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Episode 117 – Dude Looks Like a Zombie is now ready!!

 

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/11/18/episode-117-dude-looks-like-a-zombie/

 

Deeproot has “Arrived”

Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland reveal

RAZA Prototype

Features

Layout

Display

Innovation

Pricing

Interviews

Initial feedback

What next?

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Aerosmith

League Finals result!!

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Episode 118 - Celtic Roots with Josh Roop from the Loserkid Pinball Podcast is ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/11/25/episode-118-celtic-roots/

 

Catching up with Josh Roop

Loserkid Pinball Podcast

Life with twins

Pinball in Utah

Best hats in the business

The Deep Root interview

Machines in development

Art for art sake

A big game

Haggis Pinball interview at Ausretrogamer

Virtual Pin for sale at Walmart

Gottlieb games

American (Pinball) Arcade redemption game

Machines of 2019

Social Media Watch

Joel de Guzman interview

Todd Tuckey at Expo

Pinball News – Inside Chicago Gaming

Lit Frames

Jurassic Park LE stream

More music in pinball discussion

Kraftwerk

Pet Shop Boys

Orbital

Beastie Boys

Prodigy

Wipeout

Anamanaguchi

AEW

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Rage Against The Machine for the Win! :cool:

 

Great episodes Marty!

 

The interview was certainly interesting listening.

 

It must be said though that RM did not refer to ZY, or his art, as a "hack job". In fact he praises him as "one of the best 2D artists out there". The "Hack-job" is in reference to the Games, in that they are either incomlete, and/or are (going to be) a blend of work from Multiple artists (2D 3D Digital). Zidware RAZA and DR RAZA, and Magic Girl ... all going to be Hack jobs, but not due to ZY.

 

 

*pinside

 

Quoted from Fytr:

 

"So I listened to the Kaneda interview. I don't listen to Kaneda as a rule since most of the time I end up wishing that I'd stabbed myself in the eye with a spoon afterwards due to his tendency toward blathering on about basically nothing, groundless conjecture positioned as fact, and horrible mean-spirited personal attacks. I also don't think he really plays pinball for fun that much, commentating from the sidelines is his hobby, not playing pinball.

Aaaaaanyway. I will give him props for this interview, he's always a lot more sane with a guest on and it was really pretty decent and he was able to get Robert to talk a little bit about some things that I'm sure he had no intention of speaking about going in.

Here's my take...

- The "hack job" comment was meant to describe how they had to take the original ZY 2D art and then extend it themselves with other artists. This was not a slant against ZY at all, just stating a fact that when you have to merge different artists work it can be difficult and not seamless.

- They are working on multiple games per designer simultaneously. So attempting to complete multiple games at one time would explain slow progress.

- I was disappointed somewhat that they are sticking with wood PFs and CC vs some indestructible new materials or something, but he is certainly dedicated to producing a wood + CC PF that performs far better than anything we've seen in the last 5-10 years. This is a good thing.

- A lot of their innovation is obviously in the design and manufacturing area, which I'm really into so will be interested to see what they've come up with.

- He's growing weary of the whole pinball scene. If I was an employee at DR I'd be getting worried about now...

- Basically he made some provacatively bold statements out of the gate, it worked to garner DR attention, so mission accomplished. Now that the reality of the products is going to be known (well next May I guess), we can all judge them on their actual merits.

- He's had his fill with the haters and trolls on pinside, hence "it is a sewer". Luckily pinside can be more than one thing so while some threads/posters make it a sewer, others make it a treasure.

I hope they pull it off and make some games I want to play, maybe even purchase. I *really* hope they force some improvements via competition in the ever-declining quality and ever-increasing cost cutting in the industry."

 

 

I was following the thread. Interestingly, even ZY got taken by the pinside misinterpretations and selective hearing-

 

Quoted from zombieyeti:

 

"* Zombie Yeti's version of "artwork on Raza was a hack job".

Sounds slanderous.... of course Jpop was the 'ART director' and his eventual 'vision' (A.B. After Ben) required that I create all of the playfield art in AI as vector. Any illustrator knows that's a great way to limit detail & speed (jpop didn't know photoshop and wanted to tweak colorways) - but I finally relented at the moment he started to request EXACT IP characters and elements - not my original ideas. (Ask my wife about how much I wanted to run away at that point...)

That said - it's fantastic to see Robert sh*tting on all the effort (and drama therein) of so many people in pinball that actually have made games you can buy and play today. Classy stuff. Best of luck."

 

 

Which was retracted and updated to -

 

Quoted from zombieyeti:

 

"* Zombie Yeti's version of "artwork on Raza was a hack job".

 

<removed>

 

So full disclosure - I didn’t listen to the podcast and was responding to the post(s) and messages stating what was said.

 

Robert reached out and clarified he was referring to the differing art styles and not my quality of work. I take his word and all is forgiven :) as you were...."

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Episode 119 – Where No Pinhead Has Gone Before is ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/12/02/episode-119-where-no-pinhead-has-gone-before/

 

Gene Cunningham passes away

Big Bang Bar

Bally / Williams to Capcom and beyond

Star Wars topper

Super Awesome Pinball Show

Pinball Party Bus

Rick and Morty Pinball license

The next American Pinball machine is…..

Black Friday y’all

Factory move?

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Star Trek!!

OBX recap + stream

Jurassic Park GOTY

Upcoming competition

The break!!

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Episode 120 - Ryan and Marty is now ready with Ryan C!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/12/09/episode-120-ryan-and-marty/

 

Ryan C joins the show

Rick and Morty from Spooky Pinballannounced

Trailer

What is the show about anyway?

Design Team

Justin Roiland callouts

Rick and Morty Court Case

Has Ryan backflipped?

Will it sell out?

Spooky Fang Club

Ryan’s RAZA Review

Led Zeppelin homebrew by Rotordave

PAPA on Netflix – with chimes!!

Score balancing

Dwight Sullivan in Australia

Australian State Championships

Head2Head Xmas Competition now open!

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Episode 120 - Ryan and Marty is now ready with Ryan C!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/12/09/episode-120-ryan-and-marty/

 

Ryan C joins the show

Rick and Morty from Spooky Pinballannounced

Trailer

What is the show about anyway?

Design Team

Justin Roiland callouts

Rick and Morty Court Case

Has Ryan backflipped?

Will it sell out?

Spooky Fang Club

Ryan’s RAZA Review

Led Zeppelin homebrew by Rotordave

PAPA on Netflix – with chimes!!

Score balancing

Dwight Sullivan in Australia

Australian State Championships

Head2Head Xmas Competition now open!

https://www.aussiearcade.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=157251

 

Papa on netflix you say?

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Episode 121 - Pinball Fondlers is now ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/12/16/episode-121-pinball-fondlers/

 

Rick and Morty revealed

Pricing

How to order

Art

Features

Layout

Will it sell out?

Is Ryan a Flip Flopper?

Jurassic Park franchise

Elvira accessories

American Pinball art by Joel de Guzman

Stern code persistence

Stranger Things for Xmas?

Hot Wheels next game from American Pinball?

Joe Tips the Top 100 – Congo

Dwight Sullivan in Melbourne

The Dwight Sullivan Cup

Dwight interview / stream

Joe’s Frenzy

Last week to enter the competition – new prizes added!!

Elvira Stream – Marty breaks the machine

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Episode 122 - Stranger Guests is now ready

www.head2headpinball.com/2019/12/23/episode-122-stranger-guests/

  • Stranger Things revealed
    • Layout
    • Innovations
    • Art
    • Theme integration

    [*]Elvira House of Horrors gameplay impressions

    [*]2019 in review interviews

    • Jeff Teolis
    • Dr John
    • Mrs Pin and Dr Pin
    • Chris Franchi
    • Joe Fox

    [*]Competition winners

    [*]Elvira stream

    [*]Final special guest

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