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    BlahCade #173: Friebus Free Bus

    In this episode, we open with exciting news about a Magic Pixel Zaccaria Pinball table remake that features the voice of one of your favourite co-hosts. We then give props to the excellent Buffalo Pinball reveal of Jersey Jack’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory pinball machine. We round...
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    BlahCade #172: Shifting Sands

    Chris was about ready to drop this really helpful document for folks new to Zen Pinball's Williams Pinball app on iOS and Android. But as you'll hear in this episode, these best-laid plans were thrown out. We spend this episode discussing what has changed in the freemium model within...
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    Blahcade #171: Earths, Wins and Fire

    If you’ve ever tried to diagnose a fault on a Pinball machine, you’ll know how frustrating it can sometimes be. Jared had just such a problem last week with his Star Race. Chris has been diving into the stats side of Williams Pinball more and has yielded some interesting insights from the data...
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    BlahCade #169: Analytics, here we come!

    Plenty of hardcore pinball app folks on Android and iOS have been complaining about how much grinding you need to do on Williams Pinball to get ahead. Zen Studios will be releasing a table pack approximately every 8–10 weeks. We know that those all-important table parts are randomly dropped...
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    BlahCade #168: Williams Pinball Vol. 3

    In predictable fashion, Zen Studios released Williams Pinball Vol. 3 across all platforms today after announcing the game a few weeks ago. We got early access to a press copy of the latest release just before the weekend (yeah, not a huge preview but we'll take it), and recorded this episode...
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    Williams Pinball - Vol 3 - Android

    I got to see the offer upon first load. HOORAY! Also, just be sure you're on a WiFi network when downloading this update. Update is 54MB.
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    BlahCade #167: Out of Sync

    Yep, this is a bit of a weird episode, because it is out of sync with the timeline leading up to the release date announcement for Williams Pinball Volume 3. That doesn't mean there's nothing good to be had in the episode. Far from it! There's news about Zaccaria, Farsight, Zen, and a bit...
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    BlahCade #166: Williams Pinball Vol 3 Interview

    Now that the Williams Pinball Vol 1 and Vol 2 Beta has run its course on iOS and Android, it's time for Zen to channel their inner Ariana and say "thank u, next" for the latest Williams Pinball DLC drop across all platforms. Hear Mel Kirk and Thomas Crofts (apologies from Akos Györkei who had...
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    BlahCade #165 - Data is King

    There was an update recently to the iOS Williams Pinball app from Zen Studios. Chris gives us an update of what changes were made in the app, and what clues it gives for Android users still suffering from the 10x mark-up on IAP in-game currency pricing. We also clarify a few things said in...
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    BlahCade #164 - Zen Studios Design Interview

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    BlahCade #163: Not down with IAP (yeah you know me)

    In today's mobile gaming world, freemium models are often the only way developers can earn a crust in a crowded game market. Getting the balance right between playing for free to level up (grinding) versus playing outright can be a tough balance to get right. It seems that Zen might have...
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    BlahCade #162: A Unified Experience

    In software development, running experiments to test out hypotheses is an important part of product management and product development. We've already worked out that Zen Studios has been doing this for a while on mobile. They were testing out their free-to-play models on mobile, so they could...
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    Williams Pinball Android Beta

    https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.zenstudios.williamspinball to sign up as a tester.
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    BlahCade #161: INDISC Action

    Chris took the drive from La Habra to Banning, CA to visit one of the finest collections of pinball on the West coast: the Museum of Pinball. Open only three times a year, the museum flung its doors open to pinheads for what was an amazing couple of days of pinball action at the It Never...
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    BlahCade #160: New Year: Same B.S.

    We're back for another year of commercial digital pinball coverage! Because 2019 is going to be a very exciting year for Zen Pinball FX3 fans, we wanted to get ahead of the curve and talk about the holy grail titles we'd love to see appear in the new kid on the block's pinball universe...
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    BlahCade #159: Farewell 2018

    This will be the final episode for 2018. Both of us have some great news to share about projects that have been running throughout the year, and we also have some great news for Zen Pinball fans on Mobile. We will return in 2019 for another year of the latest commercial digital pinball news...
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    BlahCade #158: FX3 Williams Pinball Volume 2

    Zen Studios released their highly-anticipated Volume 2 collection of tables into the app stores early in December, and we recorded an episode to discuss what we thought about it. We've held onto it until now because we know that the festive season can be a bit boring, so having a few good...
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    BlahCade #157: A Box of Chiclets

    The folks at Zen Studios have punched out another beta for Williams Pinball Volume 2, and Chris gets some hands-on time with it. There's plenty of iterative improvements over the first beta, so we go into some of the juicy details. Then we get our thinking caps on and try to do some...
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    BlahCade #156: Williams Pinball Volume 2: Release Retrospective

    Zen Studios released a Twitch video right after they announced the Volume 2 packs. It let everyone get a look at the tables, which means that we can talk freely about the tables. Join us for a deep-dive into some of the aspects of the tables in Volume 2, and listen to us speculate on what...
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    BlahCade #154: Slow News Weeks Are*Awesome!

    When it’s a quiet news week like this one is, we know there are things happening behind the scenes in digital pinball that are sure to blow up. The festive season is typically a busy season for games developers, and pinball game developers are no different. With a mixture of topics this...

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