Wason is a software engineer and programmer at Stern Pinball who has been involved in game development for over a decade. He has contributed to the code and rules mechanics for multiple Stern titles, including Transformers (2011) and The Uncanny X-Men (2024). His expertise spans gameplay rules creation, software engineering, and prototype development, and he has been a notable voice in discussing technical implementation details and design challenges with the pinball community.
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Wason is the rules programmer for Uncanny X-Men and previously designed original X-Men rules
Wason designed the code for Heavy Metal Pinball
Heavy Metal's code approach differs from Star Wars by using hit-based mode progression with dollar-value mechanics rather than hero-based shot associations
Heavy Metal is being produced by Incendium with exactly 300 units total production
Lead software engineer at Stern Pinball; explains rules mechanics and gameplay features
Software Engineer at Stern Pinball, contributed to Transformers game code
Programmer at Stern Pinball; creates game rules and mechanics
Stern employee (likely designer/developer) who discussed prototype status and captive ball issue with hosts.
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The game features voice acting for Heavy Metal magazine characters (Tarna, Nelson, Lyra) for the first time ever
Most of the 300 Heavy Metal units are already spoken for/reserved
Mimi Ertz (Chuck Ertz's daughter) created the DMD dot-matrix animations for Heavy Metal