{"id":1926,"date":"2012-04-22T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T14:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnshepherd.me.uk\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2012-04-22T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T14:08:38","slug":"thing-of-the-week-bride-of-pinbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnshepherd.me.uk\/?p=1926","title":{"rendered":"Thing of the week: Bride of Pinbot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Farsight’s Pinball Arcade<\/a> has quickly become my favourite video game release of the year, and this week they released the first monthly DLC pack: Bride of Pinbot<\/strong> and Medieval Madness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bride of Pinbot<\/strong> brings back happy memories… the real table used to be installed in Newcastle Poly student’s union, circa 1991\/92. It always seemed like a slightly odd choice for a “right-on” venue like the SU, with it’s somewhat-misogynistic mecha-sexdoll stylings, orgasmic cries of “Yes! YESSS!!!” and flashing robot nipples whenever you made a vaguely-favourable shot… but the game was amazingly well-designed, and completely addictive.<\/p>\n

It’s one of my all-time favourite pinball machines… It’s brilliant to be able to play this again! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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