I have no interest in telling people how to spend their money, but I've been a happy Cricket Wireless (AT&T prepaid) customer for years... $35/month (no extra taxes/fees) for unlimited talk/text and 5 GB of data. (Actually unlimited data, but it slows to a snail's pace after 5 GB.) And passable smart phones are available for ~$100. Like any tool, a smart phone is what you make of it, it can be awesomely useful or a total waste... although just the easy access to Pinburgh groups is probably worth the price of admission.

Back on topic: Spooky is great about communicating. I'm quite sure they're eager to crank out games as soon as they feel they're ready.

Someone who always flips both flippers instead of just the necessary one... with extra monkey points going to those who flip both flippers even when the ball is nowhere near the flippers...

I believe the origin is basically this:

There are a few. Jackbot’s Casino Run is probably the origin of this concept, but there’s also something similar with Metallica’s Crank It Up, for example.