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What is Creativity and how is current "AI" impacting it?
We cover AI at PGM. We don't do this because we want to be popular, topical or relevant. We do it because it's new and creatively interesting . It's all about curiosity. The answer to why, is much more complex. In this…
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OPINION: Good games cannibalize sales from bad games, not good new games
There are a lot of games to play, too many an anti-gamer might argue. The truth is there are already too many games for any one person to play in his/her/their lives. This isn't the end of gaming life as we know it.…
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How much should AI Generation become the future of gaming?
There's an 800 pound gorilla in the room, and it's not Stern Pinball newest game: King Kong: Myth of Terror Island, it's that two letter four letter word: AI. We cover AI here at PGM, both as a necessary evil and as a…
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Nearly 25% of all game time in 2024 spent playing six games with top 3 over 7 years old
Top games for playtime in 2024, what are your guesses? Indiana Jones? Starfield? Rocket League? Nope. It's sobering to think of the many, many games out there ( With 270,000+ games, Gamers are hopelessly outnumbered +…
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How long has Rockstar really been working on Grand Theft Auto VI?
Today, I'm attending a two-day management training class. You bet I'm bringing some games to play. One game none of us can play yet is Grand Theft Auto VI. We last checked in on the release status of GTA VI in 2023 ( A…
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No, not April Fool's + Schedule 1 play as a drug dealer in this fun, engaging sim game from a solo developer
This is not an April Fool's Day article. It's a bit of a shame it's important to start articles with this disclaimer, but this is a day throughout history known for tomfoolery. A treat of sorts came across as…
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Multimorphic P3 Has Connected Pinball Feature
Regularly here at PGM, we talk about the importance of connected pinball, which Stern is prominently at the forefront of the pinball companies with their Insider Connected service, see: OPINION: Stern Pinball has…
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PGM Interview #2: Elizabeth Gieske Stern Pinball programmer for Jaws & Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye - Behind the Code (Video + Full Transcript)
On Monday March 3, 2025, a short week ago, PGM sat down virtually with Stern Pinball programmer Elizabeth Gieske for an hour and learned what it's really like working on the code of modern pinball games: Jaws (Stern…
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Is AI Generation Curation instead of Creation?
Maybe when it comes to AI generated content, we're looking at this wrong. In the context of using in various different places: gaming, being most relevant here, it's worth exploring more deeply. I've had this nagging…
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9+ years ago Magic Pixel ran Indiegogo for Zaccaria Pinball development, now they're flirting with AI artwork
Recently, Zaccaria Pinball received an update. It's a bit controversial for some, because they are using AI generated art for some of the new and remakes of Zaccaria pins. Due to Steam rules for developers they had to…
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OMG, Did Sony really spend $400 Million Developing Concord?
We don't report on heresy and rumors very often here at PGM, but the following Forbes article on Concord's ridiculously expensive AAA game development is disturbing. "A new report from Sacred Symbols’ Colin Moriarty,…
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Rosebud.AI Is Better Than Expected for Creating Game Code using AI, But Still Requires Human Programming
Back in February I wrote a screed on how we don't need completely AI generated games: OPINION: Google’s AI Genie Creating Faux 2D Platformer Games Likely Another Idea They Give Up on Too Soon And, months later, after…
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Star Wars Outlaws Minigame is called Sabacc and is Poker to Win Credits
Gambling inside a Star Wars Cantina? Why not. Yes. In the Cantinas according to Star Wars Outlaws features my new favourite card game, I can't play enough (gamingbible.com) : "Sabacc is a card game in the Star Wars…
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The Conflicting Pinball Promotional Videos: Avatar vs. The Uncanny X-Men
Judging pinball games strictly on videos is highly conflicted business and nothing illustrates this more than the two vids we're talking about in this article. And let's lead off with the fact that when people are…
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After Dungeon Golf Underperformed, Developer Switched Strategy to More Releases, Quicker Publishing
Here's another place, at least conceptually, the music business and game development are intersecting. Something we've been talking about here and there about here at PGM is reducing the development time, shortening the…
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Conversion Kit that turns Swords of Rage into Swords of Vengeance
Photo credit: Paradigm Tilt / Anthony van Winkle Last year, we covered a custom mod to add an additional game mode to Eight Ball in Eight Ball Plus – A $99 Mod To Add New Game Modes to 30+ Year Old Pinball Machine .…
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Hey PC Gamer, it's Disappointing and Disturbing, not a "Bloodbath" when 220 people lose their jobs
It's too often these days that hyperbole with titles and headlines is taken too far. With all the serious stuff going on in the world, journalists, writers, we need to pick our words more carefully, more sensitively.…
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OPINION: Maybe the problem isn't AI, it's too many people working on a single game?
( Ed. full transparency, the image pictured above is AI-generated, as are most placeholder top images here at PGM, the rest of this article and all PGM articles by Todd Russell are 100% written by a human being, zero…
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ZPF a new SEGA Genesis Game fully funded on Kickstarter in first 19 minutes
If you were wondering if new games for retroconsoles like SEGA Genesis were in demand, the answer is a resounding yes, as evidenced by this Kickstarter for ZPF (…
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22 Years to Release GBA game Kien is Record, but Distracts from Real Story
Remember what games you were running down in 2002? Yes, no? Well, that's when the game Kien was supposed to be released. Hey, you can buy it now for $59.99 here -- and no , this isn't a recommendation --…
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Human Programmers Make Mistakes, Customers Should Not be Unwilling Beta Testers
Recently, Stern Pinball came under fire because an extraordinary player, Eric Stone, from Florida registered a 4+ trillion game on their newest Jaws pinball machine. There was a bug in the code that allowed ridiculous…
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Due to "Lack of Resources" Warner Bros. Delisting Adult Swim Steam Games Instead of Transferring Ownership to Developers
Remember a few months back, Antstream losing the Warner Bros. licensing for Midway and other classic arcade games ( Breaking: Antstream Arcade Losing Warner Bros. / Midway License )? According to Antstream, they are…
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POOSH XL Free Update Adds New TATE Mode, Features, Leaderboard
On 2/1/2024 in the Discord PGM member MCAP's Corner Arcade shared the following: poosh update ----------- Patch Notes: Poosh XL Can now be played in tall "portrait" resolutions (turn off fullscreen and resize anywhere…
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Was Skull Island: Rise of Kong truly one of the worst games of 2023?
Sometimes curiosity with opinions from many, many others on games can create interest. Strange as that sounds, it's true. ( Ed. disturbing sidenote: this article was written before another new game was released on…
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Starfield Developer gets Defensive with Players, and yes, it is Offensive
We don't do this with every new game at PGM, but Starfield got its own Discord discussion thread, multiple posts here (see: Where/When/If You Will Be Playing Starfield Launching Wednesday 9/6/2023? and Uh Oh, Some…
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P3 Multimorphic Pinball = 2/3 Virtual, 1/3 Physical Pin - Swappable Games
This P3 ( https://www.multimorphic.com/ ) is a curious idea at about the cost of a NIB Stern LE ($12,000 USD). Make a table that is moddable and can be changed out quickly and easily with different games and allow a…
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Unity Game Engine Under Fire from Developer Customers for Plan to Add Install Fees Drama Continues
There's been commotion in the Unity games development world recently. It started when the Unity brass decided to add a new fee once a certain number of game installations have been reached. Besides being an onerous and…
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Mark Ritchie Back After 25+ Years with Pulp Fiction - List of His 16 Pinball Creations To Date
Taxi is one of my wife and my most favorite pinball machines. Typically, I don't pay much attention to designed pinball machines, but through the research of this article, came to realize it was Mark Ritchie that…
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Developer Admits NBA Jam Is Rigged Against The Bulls
Love me some NBA Jam. In the 90s a co-worker and I at a restaurant job in a mall would go down to the arcade and play through the game beating every single team with our save progress in tact. Alas, we learned quickly…
