What I’m Playing Right Now #17 – The Pinball M Update!

Sorry for the lack of updates over the weekend. I really don’t want to burn out, so I am going to stop the Contra marathon and just start picking other games. I will do Contra III, Contra Force, and Contra: Hard Corps at some point in the near future. I think there is such a thing as “too much of a good thing. I’m facing two reviews that I do have to complete in their entirety (Tetris Forever and Taito Milestones 3) coming up, I’m pacing myself a little bit leading up to them. Plus, in general I need a variety of games to keep myself from getting bored. I admit I’m worried about Tetris just from the “so many similar games” aspect. It’d be weird if I wasn’t stressing that. Hey, I *LOVE* Tetris, but that’s a LOT of Tetris in that collection. I have the same problem with pinball, which is why I tend to review pinball in sprees. Speaking of which, I had an enjoyable weekend with my family catching up on our escape crate backlog. We didn’t play quite as much pinball as we thought we would, but we did get what we needed. So, what AM I playing?

A quick update: Rocky Horror Picture Show is a no go RIGHT NOW due to epilepsy concerns, but a patch is coming.

PINBALL CHICK UPDATES

The Pinball M Definitive Review is updated now to include the Camp Bloodbrook review! Remember, all my pinball reviews will be updated as we go along, adding more ratings from the rest of my team or revising ratings as the tables get patched. As far as I’m concerned, every review is not finished, and won’t be finished until Pinball FX/Pinball M are retired from active update. Pinball M wasn’t the only table I updated today. The Xena: Warrior Princess review was also updated to include Dash’s score. He rated it GOOD, dropping the scoring average to 4.16. That’s still an average higher than GREAT and a Certificate of Excellence winner.

A little on the nose.

Today, instead of watching cable news, we’re going to be playing pinball in my house. Two tables specifically that are long overdue for reviews. Princess Bride and Goat Simulator. Princess Bride I really didn’t like when it launched, but Jordi played it post-patch and says it’s improved. So, that’s up next. As for Goat Simulator, it really does look like Goat Simulator will be getting an award from us. It’s currently holding a scoring average of 4.2, which is good for a Certificate of Excellence. Sasha (aka “Sasha the Kid” as we call her) even rated it MASTERPIECE and said it’s her favorite new table of 2024, even more than System Shock.

Yea, that sure looks like a Goat Simulator table. But it’s actually a ton of fun. Designer Thomas Crofts has a tendency towards.. ahem.. brutality. But, he wisely avoided that for this table that should be a pin that appeals to all ages and skill sets and not just hardcore pinheads. Stay tuned for those reviews.