Comments on: Cold Solder Joins; Living in an Analog World http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/ ...so google can index my head. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Daniel Jalkut Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:36:42 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/#comment-1757 How many pinball machines are ya holdin', anyway? Did I miss a "run down" entry? If not that might be fun! How many pinball machines are ya holdin’, anyway? Did I miss a “run down” entry? If not that might be fun!

]]> By: bbum http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1751 bbum Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:23:55 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/#comment-1751 Heh. Actually -- I agree, in a way. Addams is a total Lawlor. Once you get good at the machine, it typically breaks down to 2 mediocre balls and 1 ball that lasts an hour+ with multiple stacked extra balls. Brilliantly cohesive machine, concept and game play, but -- yes -- lacking in that total rhythmic ramp-er-iffic, build it up and score the big points, mayhem of a number of other machines. Then again, you don't truly <i>own</i> a TAF/TAFG until you master the 4 way combo. AFM is a truly awesome machine, no doubt. Would love to have one. Hell, continue to look for one. Though I would really like to own a Medieval Madness or Bride of Pinbot, too. Actually, I would mind owning a Champ Pub, either. Now <i>that</i> is a game where high scores are defined entirely by your willingness to put everything on the line. Once you are champ, every fight after that is a money fight -- meaning you effectively "bet" your current score against your chance of winning. Nothing like crushing the machine, getting the uber-mode, and then ending up with a score less than a total newbie.... Heh. Actually — I agree, in a way. Addams is a total Lawlor. Once you get good at the machine, it typically breaks down to 2 mediocre balls and 1 ball that lasts an hour+ with multiple stacked extra balls.

Brilliantly cohesive machine, concept and game play, but — yes — lacking in that total rhythmic ramp-er-iffic, build it up and score the big points, mayhem of a number of other machines. Then again, you don’t truly own a TAF/TAFG until you master the 4 way combo.

AFM is a truly awesome machine, no doubt. Would love to have one. Hell, continue to look for one.

Though I would really like to own a Medieval Madness or Bride of Pinbot, too. Actually, I would mind owning a Champ Pub, either. Now that is a game where high scores are defined entirely by your willingness to put everything on the line. Once you are champ, every fight after that is a money fight — meaning you effectively “bet” your current score against your chance of winning. Nothing like crushing the machine, getting the uber-mode, and then ending up with a score less than a total newbie….

]]> By: Chucky http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Chucky Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:04:09 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/04/02/cold-solder-joins-living-in-an-analog-world/#comment-1750 Mediocre machine, if I might be honest. Gimmicky play that doesn't hold up well over multiple plays. Now if you had an <i>Attack from Mars</i> machine, I'd be impressed. You can play that one til the cows come home. And of course it goes without saying that you shouldn't allow my pinball snobbery to detract from your enjoyment of said machine. Mediocre machine, if I might be honest. Gimmicky play that doesn’t hold up well over multiple plays.

Now if you had an Attack from Mars machine, I’d be impressed. You can play that one til the cows come home.

And of course it goes without saying that you shouldn’t allow my pinball snobbery to detract from your enjoyment of said machine.

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