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While I'm one of the absolute freaking weirdos who likes the brutal ball physics in the Zen games (they better match my personal experience with these tables) and the nicer-looking assets, Farsight certainly looks a lot better in hindsight. They drove me CRAZY with some of their bugs and their...

Big news out of Zen Studios this week. I'm surprised, but I'm not surprised. If they can get their physics in order, this is a really great thing for these classic tables. Zen is just a better-built studio than Farsight to handle the rights and logistics of these tables in a way that will be...

If you're jonesing for new pinball simulation, there's Zaccaria Pinball, which just got released for the Nintendo Switch (it was already on PC, iOS, and Android). This flew under my radar. For those of you not familiar with Zaccaria, they were an Italian company that released electromechanical...

The Pinball Arcade platform was updated on June 30th, as expected. The Williams/Bally tables are no longer for sale. Some tables, like Sorcerer, stopped working, but I believe that has since been fixed? Farsight added three (3) new Stern tables to TPA: Star Trek (Vengeance), Mustang, and...

Good points. And I'd be willing to pay more, too. The Capcom tables seem like a good next step because they aren't slathered in expensive licenses. Big Bang Bar is definitely one of the most popular pinball tables ever made, despite never being mass-produced, and I'd imagine the most requested...

Yes: Zen Studios makes video games inspired by pinball, whereas the Pinball Arcade releases digital simulations. It's a fine distinction, but one that helps me appreciate both on their own terms. Farsight have created an original digtal table (Doctor Who: Master of Time) and in my opinion it...

I suspect Farsight, which is full of hardworking, dedicated pinball fanatics, got too ambitious and took on too many development platforms. On top of that, they created a user interface, account system, and DLC model that is... less than ideal. Zen Studios' Pinball FX series, by contrast...

I wouldn't count on it. I couldn't even transfer my tables from my old iPad to my new one. Unlike Zen Pinball, another series of original (and and fantastical) tables, Farsight doesn't have the technology or the inclination (or both) to restore or transfer purchases. They always just make you...

Public Service Announcement for pinball fans: As of June 30th, 2018, Farsight, the developer of the digital pinball simulation Pinball Arcade, will lose the rights to its Bally and Williams tables and will no longer offer them for purchase via their Pinball Arcade platform. The tables going...