218 episodes
Eclectic Gamers Podcast - Pinball & Video Games Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
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4.7 • 27 Ratings
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Pinball and video games. We're a mixed gaming podcast, but pinball and video games are our bread and butter, and our two permanent segments. Pinball generally receives the most attention of the two. We also, on occasion, cover other types of gaming (namely tabletop games such as RPGs and card games). We aren't known as eclectic for nothing!
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Episode 218 - Open Source Blues
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 Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons and the Fallout TV series. From there, we talk about the surge in Fallout gaming post-TV series, Microsoft's games sales versus console sales, Blizcon being cancelled, and the restructuring of Embracer Group.
Episode Links:
Pinball Magazine article on Homepin's Blues Brothers: https://www.pinball-magazine.com/?p=5573
Knapp Arcade article discussing Back to the Future at Pinball Expo: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/dutch-pinball-to-reveal-new-back-to-the-future-pinball-machine-at-pinball-expo-in-october-other-exp
Show Links:
EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
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Episode 217 - Downer
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 down servers for The Crew, and the latest update on the Embracer Group.
Episode Links:
Watches & Wonders 2024 panel with Tony and Dennis: https://youtube.com/live/Xj1G1igVdE8?feature=share
Pinball News coverage of ABBA: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/04/04/pinball-brothers-reveals-abba/
Show Links:
EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com -
Episode 216 - DPX PX Px px
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 Take-two buying (most of) Gearbox.
Episode Links:
Knapp Arcade article on DPX: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/dutch-pinball-teases-new-brand-upcoming-game
Show Links:
EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com -
Episode 215 - 2024 Post-TPF
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_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com -
Episode 214 - The Princess Drive
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, and talk about the hit game Palworld.
Episode Links:
Pinball News article on The Princess Bride for P3: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/02/19/the-princess-bride-revealed/
Show Links:
EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com -
Episode 213 - Eat Ball Deluxe
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 the Switch 2, Microsoft's not-so-major announcements, Playstation updates, Disney's role in Epic Games, and Dennis spends way too much time reviewing The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.
Episode Links:
Knapp Arcade article with the Haggis update: https://www.knapparcade.org/post/haggis-pinball-sends-update-to-customers-says-it-needs-to-slow-production-activities-recapitalize
Dennis's video review of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum: https://youtu.be/hjlt-fHOjGo
Show Links:
EGP Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eclectic_gamers
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
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-465086826
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eclecticgamerspodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40Frd1Fep4u5bjrw3cvwoQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/sgnrsBT
Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast
For how great the show is and how smart Dennis is, the mic quality on his mic is the only thing that holds the show back at all! Sometimes it sounds like it’s got the slightest reverb and it is rough with headphones.
Amazing show
By far my favorite podcast
My favorite podcast
I’ve been listening to every episode starting from the beginning. Even years later, the old episodes are informative and entertaining.
I like hearing Dennis and Tony talk about all of the boutiques and start-ups that have tried (and mostly failed) to make pinball machines. They take the time to research each topic and Dennis is good at giving a very listenable synopsis of all of the legal documents involved in the crazy antics of these companies.
It’s fun to hear their first impressions of each game as they are announced and then the follow up after they’ve played each game. They had such high hopes for Rob Zombie and those hoped were completely dashed a few episodes later.
At first I had intended to only listen to the pinball portion of the podcast, which is always after their opening intros, but I often find myself listening all the way through the video game section because it is just as interesting.
There are also some fantastic guest-hosts and one of the most insane interviews I’ve ever heard in the “Deeproot Interview” episode. I can’t believe how calm Dennis stayed as the owner of Deeproot was giving some very bold, weird, and sometimes insulting (to other people in the industry) answers to Dennis’ very well chosen questions.
I would recommend this podcast to everyone. It’s definitely worth a listen!
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