Venom Week | Meme of the Week | Multimorphic July 2023 Update | Poll of the Week | Black Rose Pinball Tutorial | Odds & Evens
VENOM WEEK
For those of you who have been touching grass this week and not following the play-by-play of Stern’s Venom launch, we’ll catch you up!
- Teaser Trailer
- Animated Feature
- Official Game Trailer
- Game Features Video
- Stern Podcast Panel Discussion (must be subscribed to Insider Connected)
- TWIP Deep Dive (photos, game details, etc.)
- Deadflip Premium Stream
Among the pinball media universe (the best pini-verse, in our opinion), everyone had their own hot take.
- LoserKids Pinball Podcast finds the communication of certain game features like progression and the XP system lacking
- Cary Hardy is flabbergasted at how fast the gameplay looks
- Don’s Pinball Podcast says he gets Godfather vibes
- Pinball Party Podcast gives an enthusiastic breakdown of game features and code
- Flip N Out With Friends does a super detailed analysis (2+ hours!) with lead programmer Dwight Sullivan in chat
- Johnny Pinball does an entertaining and humorous visual breakdown of the game
Meme of the Week
Butts are fun!
Multimorphic July 2023 Update
The update covered the following:
- They have reached their staffing goals which will reduce production times
- Lead time on new machine orders has come down to 6 months
- Game kit orders have little to no wait except for Final Resistance
- Final Resistance modules are still waiting on parts and won’t start shipping for another couple weeks
- The 1.0.0 code for Final Resistance is in testing right now
Last Week’s Poll Results
Become Queen of the High Seas; Black Rose Pinball Tutorial
Learn how to play another game from the Brian Eddy catalog, 1992’s Bally Black Rose with this detailed gameplay tutorial from James McFatter and Kineticist.
Read here: Black Rose Pinball Tutorial
Odds & Evens
- Vermont’s Pinball Co-Op completes an expansion
- Check out the pinball machines at one of Google’s offices
- But Why Tho interviews Stern’s Head of Marketing Zach Sharpe about Venom
Make sure to check out the Latest Games and Rumors page.
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