Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron
Episode 32 – The Bro of Flow: John Borg Part 2
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Episode Summary
John Borg is known for his distinctive style and approach to designing pinball machines. His design philosophy is as distinct as a fingerprint. 'Borgie' focuses on creating layouts that offer smooth flow and satisfying shots. He aims to design pinball machines that provide players with a sense of continuous motion and engaging gameplay. His layouts often feature well-integrated ramps, orbits, and habitrails that facilitate fast and exciting ball movement across the playfield. John also gets the coolest theme.
This month Dave and Ron talk about how cool John Borg is and why Dave is not, what John did after he left Stern in 2000 and what he did when he got back, developing his style, reusing elements, orbit spinners (yeah!), John’s themes, and what makes Borgie’s second kick at a pinball career the path of a modern pinball legend.
Sources:
TopCast - Episode 27 – John Borg
Head 2 Head Pinball Podcast Ep 41 – Keith P. Johnson
Slam Tilt Podcast Ep. 100 Lyman Sheats Jr.
IE Pinball – YouTube – Big Buck Hunter Pro Wizard Mode Achieved. Here
YouTube – Stern Pinball: The Making of: Metallica, KISS, The Walking Dead, Areosmith, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rush,
Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium.
Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org John Borg Game List. Here.
This episode was created with the use of ChatCPT, which kinda sucks…
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