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Steve Ritchie interview on "A Life Well Wasted" podcast.

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ChadTower:

Employment stability, I'm thinking. 

Jeff AMN:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 02, 2009, 10:06:31 am ---
Employment stability, I'm thinking. 

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Pretty much. He's in bad shape these days financially and his physical challenges aren't helping much at all.

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on December 02, 2009, 12:50:06 pm ---his physical challenges aren't helping much at all.

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Then he shouldnt have double dared them.

Pinball Wizard:

--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on December 02, 2009, 12:50:06 pm ---... physical challenges aren't helping much at all.

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He can hardly stand or even hear anymore. At Pinball Expo they had a "fireside chat" and every question was repeated into his microphone box (maybe a hearing-aid). I personally think he's a good guy but his creative view gets in the way of several things as with most any artist.

Namco:
Saw him at California Extreme twice. Once talking about pinball design where he had his computer hooked up to the projector showing the CAD program he uses to design pinball tables. The complexity of it was pretty astounding, not just playfield elements but also plastics, ramps, toys, and the angles of all the shots mapped out. Zoomed out. With the all the layers turned on it looked like a complete mess. It was astounding how complex it all was and that he could still understand it. He also was on the Atari panel later in the day. He had less to say in the Atari panel, but he didn't seem to miss a question or appear out of it at all.

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