If it wasnt for Stern, blokes like Johnh Borg, Steve Ritchie, George Gomez and twenty others wouldnt be designing pinballs. Its a funny thing, that in the end, Stern was the saviour, the only continuer of the pinball industry worldwide. I am looking forward to the new titles in 2013.
OK, you obviously have a very colored vision favoring Sten. That's fine. However, there are 2 sides to a coin. Your savior is also the one who limited all these talented designers in their work and in the eyes of many practically forced them to put out half finished cut down games with crappy licensed themes or crappy execution. So yes all the big names were designing games thanks to Gary, but probably not the games would want to design because your savior held them back. The only theory we can't test: what would have happened if Stern had never been there? Would other people have stepped up and started a factory? Who knows what great games that could have resulted in. If Gary is such a hero for pinball, how come most industry insiders tend to see that waaaaaay differently?
