Is Dialed In this generation's Twilight Zone?

Yeah, that’s for sure. I thought you meant “too” as in addition to not “adding any street cred,” they are also nerdy too (in addition), excluding DI. Antecedent error. Hey, I remember my high school English!

I was seriously thinking about getting another DI to try longer than a month, but played one over in Portland at Ground Kontrol last weekend and still can’t quite slay the beast on this one. Must be my issue. Love Lawlor games and it is right in the same family as FH, RS, TZ, etc. Maybe my expectations were too high out of the gate. But TZ for me, always highly rated, has a timeless quality. I think it will be timeless in 100 years. Shoot, Jordan Peele is even doing a reboot:

I really like DI, but its no TZ

TZ is the only remake that I would actually for sure buy if they make it

Rick at PPS told me over a year ago that they aren’t gonna remake it as it’s too complicated and so many were made. If they change their mind, it will be a while. But you can get a great example for less than what a remake would cost right now if you keep your eyes open. It’s a far cry from the $3k I spent in 2002 on my first one, but they are out there.

Dialed In just received a huge update that I think will help cement the game as one of the best pins of all time. Ted Estes has done an incredible job with the code on Dialed In, just like he did with Twilight Zone. TZ will always be an amazing pin but Dialed In feels like its successor thanks to 20+ years in technology, animation and ruleset advancements. Much of the main team that worked on Twilight Zone worked on Dialed In which regardless of which game is considered better is pretty damn cool.

That might push me back right there. Then I’ll be posting how awesome it is!

Dialed In just received a huge update that I think will help cement the game as one of the best pins of all time.

LOL People will say this till the next generation of collectors say their new games are the best ever made same shit different generation

It's funny how so many people are afraid to turn in their "man card" with this game and can't look past two cell phone side modes. It's not a children's or effeminate game, it's just goofy. The character of Dialed In is in the same vein as Road Show, Junkyard, Attack from Mars, Funhouse, and other greats of the previous era that actually had cartoony humor - something that's been seriously lacking in the past 20 years. I find it a nice change of pace from rock band, movie, or horror pins.

To each their own, I guess.

No problem w my "man card", just don't like the game, and saying it's the " new tz" is ludicrous... I'm glad some like it, but it will always be DI, NOT TZ

Whether or not you like the game, it's hard to deny that it shoots great. Lawlor is probably the best designer in the modern era, and DI proves that he hasn't lost his touch.

Definitely agree with that...

Its both of those things but theres nothing wrong with that, I wouldn't want every game to be dark and.........well maybe I would.

You say that like its a bad thing, please let me know of these horror pins? I want one.

You own one - The Walking Dead.

No

Damn missed that one, oh well - I've owned a few TZ over the years, but a NIB one would be sweet

TWD isn't horror, not to me anyway. I would consider it drama first and foremost. No one has made a horror pin yet. Its like saying Cactus Canyon is a Western theme, ofcourse it is but to me a Western theme needs to be dirty, gritty, intense. The good the Bad and the Ugly. to each his own.

Isn't Rob Zombie considered a horror theme?

Isn't drama kind of.... effeminate? (I kid)

There's also Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle, Rob Zombie, Monster Bash Remake, and soon Elvira3 and Munsters. There's a lot to choose from in that category, new and old.

Of course, if bashing zombies' heads in with weapons in an apocalyptic world doesn't tickle your fancy, I don't think anything in pinball will satisfy your bloodlust. You're a hardcore guy, Hazoff!

I guess you’ll just have to stick with “drama”.

I'm not buying anything that takes surreptitious photos of me sucking at trying to play (or use) it.

The latest software has an option to hold down the right flipper as you start a game to disable the camera.

also comes with a camera cover if you are that insecure.

Was just interjecting an attempt at humor, thanks for your lame comment.

Thanks for the info, that is a nice option.