So, I'm kind of new to this whole John Popadiuk drama. My first realization that I even liked his games came very recently as I played a Cirqus Voltaire for the first time and was amazed. In almost no time, I bought one for myself and I can tell you, the game doesn't get old...it is just awesome. Then I look at his other games...all amazing. They are my favorite pinball machines ever.

Suffice it to say, I was super excited to find out what he was working on now...until I read what has been happening for the last five years or so.

I guess my question is, has Popadiuk been shamed into never producing another game, or is there still a bit of hope that these games will be completed? Perhaps nobody knows the answer to this question. To me, it almost appears like this guy has fallen off the grid.

Can someone hook him up with a competent builder/business person as I think his designs are quite impressive.

Whoops.

I read it...it's super interesting. What a fall from grace!

Is he simply bad at designing functioning games? I had assumed that he was the artist, then the engineering had to come in and make the game work. I figured it was similar to an architect. Often times architects are almost out of their minds...engineers look at their drawings and laugh at how impossible things are. Then you find an engineer who knows how to persist the good/unique parts of the artwork, but make a functional building.

Nope, just some random dude who is getting into this scene. This Popaduik thing is only interesting to me because of my recent discovery that I really like his games.

Thank you for summarizing, and I am sorry I didn't do enough homework on the history here.

I am sure this is just one side of the story, but hell, there are quite a few people with the same story on this guy. What a mess!

That said, the fantastic games which have his name on them, also have the names of many other talented people on them. Like I said, CV is my first pinball machine and I do really love it. I've played so many over the years, and nothing ever caught my eye like this one did. Hopefully owning a game which holds his name doesn't tarnish my future as a collector and supporter of the hobby.

I don't know you, or your history…but I surely appreciate your effort to support this guy, even though he turned out to be an ass.

Thanks again for the time you took to explain this and get me up to speed.

Double negative.