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Do you mean the controllable aspect of it? Because while I like that feature, the overall lighting is much better in Zen. Light actually fills in a 3 dimensional space rather than in a flat plain like TPA. The light actually interacts with the ball too. There also aren't questionable lighting...

And that in a nutshell is why if license agreements were to last in perpetuity, none would ever be granted. You thoughts on ‘stewardship’ are spot on too. It’s why after the initial Kickstarter for TZ and ST:TNG I thought it a huge mistake to do more. It made FarSight look like they were...

FarSight had no idea Scientific Games had sought out Zen to take over the license, that is true. I think in their own hubris, they just never figured it would be something Zen was even interested in. They were the 'real' digital pinball platform, Zen was the 'originals' digital pinball platform...

Nope, not a chance. When I first get my hands on the Zen table, I do a lot of back and forth both on Steam and on iOS. I'm looking at graphics, lighting, rule settings (TPA always chose the easy operator settings), and of course the physics. I thoroughly enjoyed playing TPA, but these Zen...

You are looking at this purely as a consumer. As a consumer, of course you want as many options available to you as possible. You are projecting your satisfaction into success for all companies involved. That simply doesn't happen. So let's look at something real world, purely digital, and...

Bob is a ****e business man and clearly didn’t either a) budget correctly, b) market correctly, c) over estimated his customers, or d) built a crap game and no one wanted to play it. He’s on the hook for it, he took the gamble. Again, this is not a digital only scenario. Plenty of businesses...

Oh my god, it's like arguing with a flat earther. Nope, it is your arcade. You still have access to it. The only way it can be closed is if FarSight closes down their servers or you had all your purchases through Steam. You bought the arcade like a franchise, and FarSight delivered the...

I can answer the spend one question...it disappears from the apron.

Alright, I think I've gotten all the questions I can out of you lot. I'm closing the thread, hopefully the answers will be in the next podcast. Thanks playing, everyone!

Stern's license for making Indiana Jones tables is over. They no longer hold the rights. More to the point, they owned the rights to make that physical machine, they did not own the rights to anything Indiana Jones. The current theory, and we've had semi confirmation from FarSight, is that for...

Dude. Just...really? Okay, let's approach it this way then. You, as a developer, have created a video game with one character in particular that has become popular, to which you fully own the rights. You are distributing it on your own, no outside sources. Another company comes to you, says...

Today is my day 7 of gathering stats, and already I'm seeing some interesting things. I'll be posting a summary on that other thread http://www.digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/13993-Williams-Pinball-App-Data-Collection tomorrow. I've got blank charts at the ready as well as what I've...

Oh wow. I REALLY want new physics for Zen originals though!

Premium challenge has higher goal targets. In my stats collection so far, I have indeed confirmed that Basic challenge has the easiest score goals and they ramp up each challenge level with Premium having the highest. I do not know what tables it picks from as I already had all of Vol 1 and 2...

Champion Pub is getting a lot of surprise love around here, but imagine how much more it'd get if the face of the boxer changed each time! Please please please pass forward this idea to the animators. What they've done with the boxer is already brilliant, changing him to match the DMD would be...

I do know that Zen had the exact same problems with Christopher Lloyd's reps when they tried for BttF that FarSight did for TAF. You are correct in that we don't know if redubs will happen. They did pay for voice rights from Aliens, for the entire balls of fury pack, and a few others while not...

I have a feeling we can explain this five ways to Sunday and it still won't land. All I know is if I created an intellectual property and brand, I am not writing a contract to some other business who want to license that property for them to have it in perpetuity. It will be a limited time, and...

trash80 and Narc0lep5y have this spot on. This is not a video game only thing either, as it applies to any license. Here's a fun one... 20th Century Fox owned Star Wars: A New Hope, but Lucas owned the rights to all the sequels and merchandising. Fox only had distribution rights. When Disney...

Plus I was told directly by Zen that they will never crowdfund, that they more than have a handle on licensing. As Citizen points out, they did just fine with Star Wars and Marvel, they have those Universal titles including Jurassic Park and Back To The Future, a little title by the name of...

I forgot about Doctor Who! AC/DC was also a few days into funding before Oculus stepped in a funded the whole thing. That one would have failed by the way, which would not have been a good look for FS or the license.