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Quoted from OnTheSnap:I’d be happy to skip all the chest beating and ego stuff.
Just ship me my magic girl in Q1.
I'm sure robin can start your own private thread where you can discuss this ( - :
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I always wonder what is on the LCD, I never get to look up there while I'm playing.
I can hardly look at the new little screens on the playfield.
Guess I have to watch other people play more...
Quoted from Oldgoat:...I imagine the costs to conduct usability studies (and associated tweaking in response to test results) are too high to justify...
Even "mandatory" testing, like how a machine performs at low 110V AC voltage isn't getting done. Focus groups on how the human interface "makes you feel" are out of the question, IMHO
Quoted from KerryImming:Not to say you souldn't vary the line voltage down to 110VAC as a test, but extensive testing shouldn't be needed.
If you don't test for it, you won't find it. Witness Houdini and others looking at factory recalls/retrofits now. With a toy they featured prominently I don't know how this testing wasn't done against the 20" catapult success rate. Missed the test plan I guess. Maybe the whole test plan was missed.
Sorry, I'm an old HP engineer and at the time QUALITY was everything to us. Plan the work and work the plan.
Know how HP defined quality? Not some complex differential equation but rather simply: "SUITABILITY FOR USE."
"Enough testing, launch the Hubble Space Telescope!"
Quoted from Topher5000:Just being curious, what happened with Houdini?
From what I understand (I don't own or have access to one) as the wall power varies the game needs adjustment. Flipper & catapult strength changes must be made for normal operation. They might be working on a retrofit, I have no direct knowledge of this.
This is a case where what a power supply is "supposed" to do varies from what it actually does.
How many times I've been in a group of engineers that were saying "It isn't supposed to do that!"
Quoted from benheck:Why not set your phone on the glass and the Compass appears on it?
Wastes valuable battery life that could be used on social media ( - :
For that matter why don't new pins have USB chargers? People might play pinball just to charge their phones.
Quoted from KerryImming:I've never seen the insides of a Houdini. Is that a custom power supply or off-the-shelf?
The pins have all been busy at Festivals so I've never looked inside, but I'm 99% certain it is a [cheap] toroid supply from China.
Quoted from RCA1:Virtual pinball is OK for what it is, but I'll stick with a real, physical ball.
Agreed. Where is the 1/2 MV*V? Momentum in the real world is what makes pinball.
Quoted from Rondogg:No doubt there will be a lot of old men railing about "real pinball" but those were the same guys who complained about automatic transmissions, smartphones and digital music. They eventually convert or just get marginalized, screaming bs in a corner somewhere.
"By cracky!" Funny, all my vehicles have manual transmissions...
I see Virtual Pinball happening - because it can. To me it is a move towards pachinko, not a move forward. Each remove something.
OK, time to go back to the corner and scream more BS and wait for marginalization ( - :
Quoted from Azmodeus:Dialed in is a fun game but any integration beyond the sound in my ears and the flippers on my fingers. Is not my thing I guess. My opinion.
I saw the Pinball Amigos pinballrockstar play DI with their phones at the end of one session, they were way lit as it should be ( - :
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Quoted from EvanDickson:This sounds like great news, very exciting!
Think Tank plus No Manufacturing equals vaporware IMHO
Quoted from benheck:If you made Blade Runner pinball you'd have to set the playfield to .5 degrees and run the flippers at 12 volts to match the pace of the movie.
Agreed, but it blazes compared to classics like "Citizen Kane" or "The Hustler"
"Takes a long time to read 'War and Peace'"
Quoted from Drewscruis:Here's my vote lol
In the same vein as my "Behind the Green Drop Target" idea. This is where all [straight] guy's dreams point but manufacturers fear to go.
Quoted from spfxted:I agree! We SHOULD get back to me!
Narcissistic BASTARD! ( - :
OK, we're back on you. Same news as Deeproot?
Quoted from flynnibus:It's a bad meme that people just won't let go.
Chalk it up to human nature then
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Quoted from pinballinreno:Barbarella ...
Now THAT is a great idea. Ms. Fonda can still do voiceovers just like Elvira!
Re: voices and age
One case I can think of is Garrison Keillor. When he was younger his voice wasn't interesting (to me). As he aged into his 70s his voice gained real character. Then he was voted off the island...
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Quoted from JodyG:40 animators? Are making video games or pinball machines? Or virtual pins?
Typo, should read "40 animations"
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I heard DR was coming out with a pin based on the band "Culture Club"
Called "Comma Chameleon"
Yuk yuk ( - :
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