Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Pingolf

Apr 25, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Rob's Real Golf Humbling Experience

  • Rob shares an anecdote about playing real golf at a corporate event with experienced executives, feeling out of place and frustratingly unskilled.
  • This contrasts with his video game golf experiences and highlights the challenging nature of the real sport.
INSIGHT

Pin Golf Mirrors Real Golf Emotions

  • Pin Golf captures the emotional highs and lows of real golf very well, including moments of sublime play and frustrating inconsistency.
  • This connection underlines how the game effectively simulates the feeling of playing golf, beyond mere mechanics.
INSIGHT

Dunk Mechanic Transforms Gameplay Feel

  • The dunk mechanic in Pin Golf changes game feel significantly by adding a reactive, skillful layer beyond predictive shot planning.
  • This makes the moment of release more visceral and satisfying, similar to the exhilaration of spiking in sports like volleyball.
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