GAME OF THE WEEK:
The Shadow (Bally, 1994)

In honor of Tim Curry, who brought as much joy and downright weirdness to the screen as any actor, there were only two choices this week, The Shadow or Congo. (Both featuring custom callouts from the legend himself.)

The Shadow was the easy pick. #pinball

Obviously curious about this one. If nothing else, Stern gets the assignment of having their Premium/LE models be feature-packed to rival the boutique companies. This feels night and day compared to Star Wars: FOTE this time last year (a game I really dig, BTW).

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GAME OF THE WEEK:
Fallout (Zen Studios, 2016)

With Stern's take on everyone's favorite nuclear wasteland likely on the horizon, this week's pick was a no-brainer.

Hard to believe this table's already a decade old, mainly because it's based on the still current mainline Fallout game. #pinball

A lot of new faces tonight at my closest pinball joint's monthly tournament. One new guy, who towered over me, looked at me for a moment, sized up my awkward, nerdy demeanor, and said matter-of-factly, "Yeah, you play a lot of pinball."

Damn it.

What can I say? I liked the cut of his jib.

GAME OF THE WEEK:
Godzilla (Stern, 2021)

Where to start with possibly this century's greatest pin? Maybe here: it includes Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla", a song just about Godzilla doing Godzilla stuff. You know, picks up a bus and throws it back down and the like. That's rad as hell. #pinball

If I'm allowed to mix my sci-fi metaphors, my game tonight on Star Wars: Battle of Mimban had more extra balls than a Krogan orgy. #pinball

GAME OF THE WEEK:
Doctor Who (Bally, 1992)

Part of last week's review was about finally learning an older table. This week, I decided to keep that going but switch to a "real" (not in love with that term in this context) pin. Doctor Who fits the bill nicely. #pinball

Hey, Doctor Who pinball said I was the Greatest Time Lord. Not me.

To my knowledge, Star Wars: Battle of Mimban is the only pinball table based mostly around a movie's deleted scenes. Doubt something like it will happen again, though not surprising it happened at least once with Zen releasing over 40 Star Wars and Marvel tables in the 2010s.

All I need to know is whether the left orbit ramp running along the back of the playfield is still there. I'm an easy mark for those on any game.

Comet. It's not for me, man.

Barely squeaked out a Silver tonight on Pinball FX. Doubt that will hold with one day left in the weekly event.

GAME OF THE WEEK:
Spider-Man (Zen Studios, 2010)

Thanks to riding the movie high of Brand New Day - which I'm somewhere between really liking and loving - I had the itch to dial-in on Zen's Spider-Man. Oddly enough, I'm also somewhere between strong like and love for this table. #pinball

Most people say our descent into the darkest timeline started with David Bowie's death. I'd argue it started with pinball machines disappearing from movie theaters.

Still not sure what this alt account (for pinball, not sexy fun times - because this nerd's gotta nerd, I guess) is or will be. For now, a bit about me.

He/him (just am)
Caucasian (awkwardly)
Straight, Married (the latter, happily)
One preteen kid (what a ride that is)
Fortysomething (also a ride)

On the popular subject of Spider-Man (this weekend, especially), the Stern pin with J.K. Simmons callouts or you're a cop.

Possibly my favorite pinball moment is pushing a button to tell Picard to tell Data to shut the hell up.

"Honey, you OK? You've barely touched your Aaron Spelling pinball table."