steve ritchie fav game

Stern Pinball·video·59s·analyzed·Apr 18, 2011

Analysis

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TL;DR

Steve Ritchie names Flight 2000 his favorite recent Stern game, praising Harry Williams' aged creativity.

Summary

Steve Ritchie, now working at Stern Pinball, identifies Flight 2000 as his favorite Stern game of the last 25 years. He praises the 1980 widebody designed by Harry Williams, emphasizing his admiration for Williams' creative resilience and productivity at an advanced age (72-73), and expresses hope to maintain similar creative longevity.

Key Claims

Steve Ritchie is currently working at Stern Pinball
high confidence · Direct statement: 'I'm working at Stern now'
Flight 2000 was designed by Harry Williams
high confidence · Direct statement: 'Harry Williams made the game'
Flight 2000 came out during a widebody manufacturing era when all major companies were making widebodies
high confidence · Ritchie states: 'It came out at a time when all the companies were making widebodies'
Harry Williams was 72-73 years old when Flight 2000 was released
high confidence · Ritchie's direct estimate: 'he must have been what, 72, 73 years old at the time'
Flight 2000 was a commercial hit
high confidence · Ritchie states: 'it was a very, very good game. It was a hit game'

Notable Quotes

“I really admire the game. It came out at a time when all the companies were making widebodies, but the coolest thing about the game is that Harry Williams made the game, and it was a very, very good game.”
Steve Ritchie — Establishes Ritchie's admiration for Flight 2000 and the competitive context of its release
“And it just amazed me—the resilience of this guy and the power that he had always to create, even in old age. And I hope I can do that too.”
Steve Ritchie — Reveals Ritchie's personal aspiration to maintain creative capacity throughout his career, using Harry Williams as his model

Entities

Steve Ritchieperson Flight 2000game Harry WilliamspersonStern Pinballcompany

Signals

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community_signal: Stern Pinball leveraging Steve Ritchie's authority and legendary status as designer to validate classic game legacy and connect contemporary work to pinball history
high · Official Stern Pinball video featuring Ritchie discussing his favorite game and personal reflections on design excellence
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design_philosophy: Steve Ritchie explicitly identifies Flight 2000 as exemplary game design and uses Harry Williams' creative resilience at advanced age as a personal career model
high · Direct statement of admiration for the game's quality and Williams' ability to create 'even in old age'

Topics

Game design philosophy and admirationprimaryCreative longevity and aging in the pinball industryprimaryClassic pinball game legacy (Flight 2000, Harry Williams)primaryWidebody era pinball manufacturingsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.92)— Ritchie expresses strong admiration for Flight 2000 and Harry Williams, with reflective and aspirational tone about his own career trajectory

Transcript

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hey I'm uh Steve Ritchie and I'm going to talk about my uh the well my favorite game of the last 25 years um done by Stern I'm working at Stern now and uh so I'm thinking about all the games that uh that we've done in the past uh I would say my favorite is probably uh flight 2000 I I really uh admire the game it came out at a time when we uh when all the companies were making wide bodies but the coolest thing about the game is that Harry Williams made the game and it was a very very good game it was a hit game and and he must have been what 72 73 years old at the time and it just amazed me the resilience of this guy and the uh you know the power that he had always to create e even in old age and I U I hope I can do that too