I wouldn't say Gomez is cranking out games. I would say he retweeked an older game and hasn't made a new one in 6 years.

Tomato, potato.
Avengers, Tranformers, BDK....not real popular games people are asking for more of. I mean not for the last 15 years anyway.

That he doesn't design machines anymore unless it's a refake or child predators (alleged) are removed during production.

Houdini is the clear choice.

For people that sell Houdini mods eh eric?

Does Houdini at least shoot better than Alien?

Well there's an ebb & flow; Remember 6 months ago when it was JJPOTC?

My only gripe is the time I played it you couldn't skip them, which is an option

I'd still take RCT over 98% of Balcer games

PL worst > Balcor's best

You know honestly I don't know the whole story on TSPP, a game which I don't like but respect. On both sites Balcor receives second billing for the design and I've always thought of it as a Keith game (right or wrong) so i kept it out of this. Unless someone can fill me in?
I mean I also just assumed it's Keith's because it doesn't suck HEY-O!

I would put Woz very very (EDIT: +1 very) low on PF design personally.

No one is arguing it's near the bottom of his collection. CSI & FG are worse. RCT wastes some space for sure, but it has some good shots in it.

You're smart enough to know he was referring to your "wishing he could erase it" statement

People here have said Balcor for #2

I don't know, it seems to be a new narrative around here. Pretty standard mode based game.

Well some of them are 5 ball and extra balls at scoring levels and replays so it's tough to judge

The Bob awards are so random they're linear!

Yes he has his points but they have nothing to do with being linear; but whatever he's talked himself into it and he's locked in.

Random modes, multiballs, mystery awards, quick multiballs, hurry ups... Textbook mode based game.

No surprise the rating system is pointless as we already knew.

Not quite sure there as bad as Nazis but it IS the Internet and all

That's assuming that the game is set up to spec wherever you're playing it which isn't always the case. At your buddy's house sure but at a show or in a bar they set them up how they want.
But plenty of ways with closing lanes, extending ball save timers, carrot flipper etc

Hey I bet Houdini would get a lot more votes also if Lawlor had designed it instead of Balcer

Eagle Talon was my first teenage car crush. Highschool in early 90s that Dodge/Mitsu lineup was sick.

Haha i think there's a big difference betwixt the people like me that didn't see it and the emotional trauma you guys lived through. I just always assumed it was going to be a disaster theme and it was. Didn't seem that strange to me.

You're a good person to ask this because you're a potential buyer.
Fads, phases, old timey themes aside, what does it matter to you if the theme is "outdated" in 10 years or not? Other people just don't want the game and I understand that and I have my own themes I would never buy, but I've never once thought "will this theme stand the test of time or not."

Side note: Emojis are one mode in the game and really aren't featured that much.

It's like any other game, you never know what you're going to like. There isn't a company, designer, or rules guy that bats 1000 with me.

Yeah i have no doubt of that.

Where you around when WOZ came out? Wow that was a shit show that makes the whole "mom jeans" thing pretty tame
I have no idea though. It seems half the people upset are too old to use a cell phone, and the other half "play pinball to get away from their cell phone" which , whatever it's all weird shit.
Always thought it was going to be a disaster game, I think most people that know things aboot designers thought it was going to be a disaster game; and it is.

I know if you turn the flipper power down it's easier to make the SIM which is what some people do. But yeah, never heard of trouble hitting that ramp.