Episode 158 - PAX West 2026 Day Two

This week Ben recounts his second-day experiences at PAX West this year. Along with a pair of wonderful interview segments, this episode features a video game-centric soliloquy about aardvark heroes, video pinball games and simulators, a bevy of facts about foreign and domestic mechanical pinball machines, Eric Sloane’s illustrated works, and living off the land in nature with a talking campfire.

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00:00:29 - Nerder She Wrote, Cubicorn Games, Super Cucumber, and Steam page deets
00:04:25 - An interview with Dustin about Cubicorn’s latest game Super Cucumber
00:19:51 - Pinball-inspired video games, lots of Zaccaria trivia, and video pinball thoughts
00:25:30 - Generations of tables, feels like a money grab, and Ben’s favorite simulators 
00:29:05 - Current manufacturers, meeting the Stern creative team, and table tier breakdown
00:32:36 - An interview with Keith Elwin, the designer of the Fallout pinball machine by Stern
00:42:06 - Little Buffalo Studios, Eric Sloane art memories, and an Akiiwan game summary
00:46:27 - Fin

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References, Links, and Tags

Super Cucumber by Cubicorn Games and marketed by Nerder She Wrote

https://www.nerdershewrote.com/
https://cubicorngames.com/Default.aspx
https://store.steampowered.com/app/522290/Super_Cucumber/
https://youtu.be/xaHBX25uFNc?si=2QJaOTsKsyK3dYrs

The Fallout pinball machine by Stern Pinball

https://www.sternpinball.com/game/fallout/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKsGeBKF94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SquqtbOZRw

Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival by Little Buffalo Studios

https://littlebuffalostudios.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3673960/Akiiwan_Relaxing_Survival/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tISMFb-mqaY

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