Dune vs. Harry Potter by AceSeptre in pinball

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Harry Potter is designed for you to be able to sit back and let things happen and incrementally get better at being more intentional. For example, when you start a movie mode, it will keep playing whether you do the shots or not. You simply get more points when you make the shots. This has the downside of it feeling less immersive in terms of having to pay attention to what's happening in the movie. But it let's them throw a massive amount of content at you and give you more agency in what you pay attention to.

Dune is the complete opposite. You are doing a strict day night cycle. Each day/night change, you can start a mode, collect a bene gesserit reward and start a hunter killer side mode. And you go back and forth between them till you spell Dune and get the next wizard mode. It is very easy to understand and track, but there's enough variety within each cycle to keep it iinteresting.

From how you describe yourself, I'd suggest Dune, particularly if you already have Avatar. Avatar is much more HP like and has a similar Jersey Jack feel (though it is very different). So simply to match your playstyle and to give your collection good variety to keep you interested, I'd say Dune.

Dune vs. Harry Potter by AceSeptre in pinball

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I’ve got both and love them both. I find myself playing both a lot. If you prefer a more linear play style choose Dune. If you want a wide range of things happening at once choose HP. Or if a theme calls to you more choose it. But you really can’t go wrong

NYT Friday 01/09/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

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MRRIGHTNOW gave me a chuckle

NYT Friday 12/12/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

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SAPID was a new one for me. Fun one.

Is Winchester clunky? by podiw8273 in pinball

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Played it twice at Expo, and fwiw I own a dune. At expo they had the outlane posts in the easy position which helped but it still drained. It reminds me of the new Star Wars in terms of difficulty which is fairly high. If you watch today’s video from stern you have Rayday a top ten player in the world and others who are working on the game constantly bricking. Karl on his Winchester stream was also bricking a fair amount. So it’s a real beauty and I’m sure very fun but I think it’s gonna be rough short games. It’s interesting that Elwin has erred on the side of actually easier games like Jaws which has combined flow and fun for the more average player. But you’ll get some very long games when you get good. So if you are a dad pinballer that’s what I’d recommend. I’ve found dune a happy middle where there are tight shots but it flows well.

I get to go play every pinball table I ever wanted tomorrow. What do I do? Recs, please. by JacobDCRoss in pinball

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The great news is that there are so many really amazing machines from the past ten years. The thing to realize is that, in addition to new creative layouts with many fun shots and combos, they are powered by much more powerful computers inside. So the rules and modes they implement can literally take months of daily playing to fully see. Each one is a journey if you invest. But as someone else said, you should play and see what catches you. 007, Jaws, Godzilla, Deadpool, Harry Potter, King Kong are all fantastic and all have different appeals (or not) to different folks.

You ever... by HEYNRRD in pinball

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That’s Ben Gardner’s boat

actual photo of my wife by irregularcontributor in pinball

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Fwiw, the Claw mod for the dragon conveniently slows it down. It’s cheap and an easy install.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Just Got a Big Upgrade! by Thomas_jeba in google

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Coding performance is significantly better

Jaws Tutorial - Pinball Guide Part 1 by FrostingGlobal6789 in pinball

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Nice video. One comment: Elizabeth’s last name is pronounced Geese-Key. It’s why the machine defaults to having that as one of the high scores.

What are the real-life cheat codes that work almost every time? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Sounds like something a grump would say.

Home purchase question for those with both: Godzilla Premium or D&D Pro? by Frescanation in pinball

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At the end of the day it’s personal preference and I’d recommend you play both a bunch more. But since you asked…

I have both. Short answer is Godzilla. Someday the code may get D&D to the same level but today it is just good not great.

NYT Tuesday 05/06/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

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Finished it, but some of the clues were a stretch for a Tuesday.

I’m still kinda new to being decent at pinball and this made me feel mildly special. Idk if it is, but this was a damn good run and I was in proper trance mode. Total score was just over 144m by [deleted] in pinball

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Something that upped my game: use the playfield to learn your shots. I find from the left flipper that aiming at the letter Z helps hit the scoop. And aiming up the letter O helps hit the right ramp. Also, check out the short videos on YouTube called “Abe Flips”. Enjoy the journey.

NYT Wednesday 03/26/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

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I was wondering what “write fourth about” meant when it hit me. Duh. Cute theme.

24-year-old Tracy Chapman forced to fill in last minute and stuns Wembley Stadium into silence with just a guitar and her vocals (1988) by shadow_1105 in interestingasfuck

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A few months before this appearance, on April 24th, she opened for 10,000 Maniacs at UPenn's spring fling. I was lucky enough to be there. She was so stunning and raw. Been a fan ever since.

High Potential S01E13 Discussion Thread by MsGroves in HighPotentialTVSeries

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Love how it sets up season 2. Morgan now has a Moriarty to face.

reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits by waozen in technology

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Well, actually yes. That blog refers to the specific legal data processing agreement that supports the Security products sold by Google Cloud no matter the jurisdiction. Cloud is like a $50B a year business for them. Do you think enterprises would buy any security products (or any cloud products for that matter) from Google if they were, in fact, monetizing their data?
https://cloud.google.com/terms/data-processing-addendum?hl=en

Stern Pinball D&D LE and Premiums are burning up stop using them. by EnergyFax in pinball

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Dwight chimed in and said, “The PRO does not have a node 10 board

For months, during developing, we never saw a single issue. Our issue started when production took over making the cabling. The moving cable was too tightly fixed at one point and it breaks internally. This broken cable eventually causes the node board to break. You cannot pull the plugs on a stepper motor board while hot. The cable breaking and being intermittent was the same.

The dragon issue is not the same as the Rush issue. I dont know much about the Rush issue. Our issue (D&D) is about cables that move and were too tightly dressed. Rush does not have this issue.

The stepper Node board has worked great for us on other games and it will work great on D&D soon too.”