I know and I am brother but I figured that I may not be able to get a IMDN topper much longer so I went ahead and got one because I really like the game alot. Once they stop making the toppers they get pretty hard to find.

Heard you got GOT. Congrats!!

Thanks! It's as awesome as I thought it would be. Need to stop doing projects and play more though.

And people laugh at me for how good I take care of my pinball machines. I bet you are glad that i do though arent you?

Yes I am. Now I have order some blitz.

60 days since episode 103...guess someone is going to have to pull the plug on Greg’s JP2.

The next Zach and Greg episode should be coming very soon, guys.

Premium all the way on this game.

Not yet but I cant wait to give it a try. I think the projector will be very cool and plus you get the ball lock on the Premium also....not sure if there is anything else but I would want these two things personally.

What I don't understand is the hate for this game so far because it seems like it has alot of potential to me. It probably wont be as good as JP2 but what is? JP2 is a masterpiece imo.

My wife and I played it today. We liked it. I will be interested to see how different the premium plays. We are not that great of players and found that most of our points came from the upside down part of the game. Loved the hurry up aspect of the upside down and I really enjoyed the difficulty of hitting the ball into the monsters mouth.

Pretty good game is it Zach? I may drive down to Cincy and play it in a few days and knock off Chuckwurts GC score.

IMDN, SW, DP a few others...

Man looking forward to playing stranger things... I'm pumped.

Lol DP and SW are NOT as good as JP2 and I doubt that IMDN is either and I even own a IMDN.

So you've dropped wonka review?
Why?

Nice first impression segment.
Thanks

Played the pro and like it a lot! But I'm really stoked for the premium. The projector will really elevate the game, and my neighbor is actually buying one from you, Zach. Make sure he gets his one first

Great job on the retrospective. My dog almost had a seizure when you guys started singing at the end, but otherwise a solid effort.

Not a big on pandering/begging, no big whoop. Hey I watched some of it at least

I noticed that Zach did not address that he previously told Dwight on the TWIP Podcast (when arguing about Champion Pub) that "anytime the ball leaves the playfield, that is a gimmick". If that is true, the Demogorgan must be a gimmick?

If your talking about why we haven’t put out a Wonka review I just have put enough time in it to review it. Never bought one, don’t have one in location near me and been so busy haven’t been able to get to Zachs to the lay his. As soon as I do we will certainly get a review out!

I played the Pro on Monday. It's a good game but the Prem/Le should really make it shine.

Haha... He's got some wacky ideas that's for sure. But hey, we've all got out ideas on the right way to play.

Confession: I had never seen stranger things until tonight. Me and the wife just watched the first 2 episodes. Excited!!

As someone from Danville you still should watch Phineas & Pherb!

Agreed

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Played STh pro today for a few hours. Went in expecting to be underwhelmed and haven’t watched the show, but understand the plot basics. STh shares similarities to AFM in layout and rule structure, yet it felt totally different.

The playfield is very dark and hard to see under the screen, but it would look great at home. Am thinking the pro would be my first choice model to buy. Still want to see projector in action and see if there are additional rules. First 10 games I couldn’t hit the Demagorgan until I learned the secret. Cradle ball on left flipper, allow ball to start rolling and then shoot across ramp and straight into the hole. Takes a little practice to learn the shot but it is satisfying when it goes in. Scored 250M as a point of reference. Can’t remember much about any specific game, only it was a blast and that the lighting reminded me of playing Tron LE.

I’ll keep playing on location to see how it evolves, but it is about good enough right now. Time to watch the review tonite and see what Zach thinks about it, but guessing he’ll think it is great pic shows three screens didn’t align, having more gap between center and right panel and center panel pinching against left. Was it bad alignment from factory or from Op who set it up or did it come out of true from playing?
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Zach has a man crush on Brian Eddy and Greg's Mom and Zach are having a fling. That show is just a freakin mess right now but hey its Indiana the land of the cornfields, Red Man and John Deere so what do you expext?

The SDTM show is now just like watching the Jerry Springer show.....sheesh.

Give me some news I can use. Zach falls for all the industry men. First it was a Greg B, then Dwight S, Jack D followed by Ken C and now Brian E. You need a scorecard, but maybe he could add a segment to TWIP and just tell us whose hot that week.

I think Greg’s mom is his safe place. She’s warm and familiar and loves it when he ************ her in the ****** until she ****** and he ignores the screams while he ****** her good and hard. Then he cries himself to sleep and can’t remember anything in the morning. i think Greg’s mom feels ashamed and only does those things with Zach because she is afraid of breaking his fragile ego.

Holy cow that's some deep stuff there! I wont tell anybody.

Umm...rating scales matter. Just saying.

I like that first impressions format.

I‘m... „mixed“ that Zach sells Greg a game he didn‘t order. XD

I played this game last night for a few hours, I will reserve judgement on the premium/le because not having the projector completely changes the game, I would imagine. Without the projector, you get a static image on a big billboard that takes up a ton of space. Not a big problem if it was located in the back of the playfield, but it is in the middle. The code so far is everything I would expect from Sterns worst programmer. Code is horrible at this point.

The main objective is to knock down the drops in front of the Gorgonzola. (Pun intended because the main toy is cheesy.) Flipping at full strength will get you SDTM. You must cradle and then flick the flippers with weak shots. Once the drive in theater moves and you get that ramp as big as Eric Greggs ass/strikezone (google it), you must shoot your ass beads into the anus of whatever thing that is.

Here is how it should have gone down. The pro gets the premium treatment of whatever that projector thing is. The premium/LE gets an upgrade to the Gorgonzola. That things gaping anus stays shut until you bash it a number of times. Each time you bash it, it shakes/rattles. Eventually, it’s initially closed mouth opens. Then you you shoot your balls into it’s mouth for the win. Hell, this could have been a Python Angelou classic. In other words, Stern cheapened out again on the mechs to save 100 bucks. Do yourself a favor and get Jurassic Park, which is great, or else wait for the next one.

The drive in movie theater screen smack in the middle and the plant vagina behind it kills any want for me to play it. The plant vagina is just scary and I can't unsee it. Hearing that this is a SDTM shooter if you try to shoot the shot to kill the PV doesn't sound like much fun.

Enjoyed the show as always, you guys are fun to watch. Sounds like there will be less of you to see in the future, or at least in this format, good luck with whatever you decide to do.

One thing confused me from the episode, at one point you were talking about the challenges of doing this and Greg mentioned "still being a doctor"... which one of you guys is a Doc??

Luck!

No offence to Bone but he is clearly the one in need of therapy . Not sure if Zach is an MD, but I think he is some form of therapist.

Yeah,
I have trouble picturing either one of them "examining" me but yeah, maybe they could dig around in my head a little!

Yeah, I might be speaking out-of-turn, but I think Zach is/was a Clinical Psychologist. If I'm recalling correctly.

I wonder what the show will be like going forward? I wouldn't mind if they started doing Skype/What'sApp/Facetime episodes with a split-screen, if it meant we got more content. I know they like quality, and of course its always gonna be better if they're in the same room, but at this point 60 days, or even just 30 days, between episodes is too long.

And I miss some of their long-running segments like, "This Month on Pinside / In Pinball" and "This or That." Hopefully, they can find a way to make it work going forward.

can you prescribe mail order Xanax?

Unrelated is my phobia that once SDTM goes on hiatus, it won’t come back. That would mean the hosts disband and go on to enjoy their free time and their lives. Greg relaxes his routine a bit and before long, and this is my worry ... a certain grade A ass will be gone with the wind. I’ve said too much. Send pills.

I think he'd have to be a Psychiatrist for that.