Borgie – Living The 90s License Dream
Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: John Borg, affectionately known as 'Borgie', entered the industry as a mechanical engineer building ramps and ended up being a designer on some of the fondest remembered nostalgia pins of the 1990s. Join Ron and Dave as they chat about Borgie got to hang out with movie stars, review some cool mechs, discuss Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman, designers getting scripts to some of the biggest 90's blockbusters in advance of the film, chat about a cougar attack (like the animal) and watch as the industry flamed out. Sources: Pinside at Pinside.com Internet Pinball Database: John Borg Game List. Here Wikipedia: Sega Pinball. Here, Data East Corp. Here Stern (Game Company). Here, Jurassic Park. Here, Star Wars. Here, Lost in Space (Film). Here, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Here, Twister (Film). Here, Tales from the Crypt (TV Series). Here, Mary Shelley's' Frankenstein (Film). Here, Austin Powers. Here TopCast – John Borg. Here Pinball Expo 2006. Pinball News. Here Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here
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Episode Summary:
John Borg, affectionately known as 'Borgie', entered the industry as a mechanical engineer building ramps and ended up being a designer on some of the fondest remembered nostalgia pins of the 1990s.
Join Ron and Dave as they chat about Borgie got to hang out with movie stars, review some cool mechs, discuss Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman, designers getting scripts to some of the biggest 90's blockbusters in advance of the film, chat about a cougar attack (like the animal) and watch as the industry flamed out.
Sources:
Pinside at Pinside.com
Internet Pinball Database: John Borg Game List. Here
Wikipedia: Sega Pinball. Here, Data East Corp. Here
Stern (Game Company). Here, Jurassic Park. Here,
Star Wars. Here, Lost in Space (Film). Here, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Here,
Twister (Film). Here, Tales from the Crypt (TV Series). Here, Mary Shelley's'
Frankenstein (Film). Here, Austin Powers. Here
TopCast – John Borg. Here
Pinball Expo 2006. Pinball News. Here
Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here