Vegas. WMS Iron Man. Slot Machine.

[schild]

Guys. I know it's not PC or Console, but Iron Man is absolutely addiction in concentrate form. If you're ever in Vegas, go to Palazzo or Venetian and play the damn thing.

$5 a spin? Whatever. Worth it.

I want one for my home. The entire machine.

[Rendakor]

I was certain this was a spambot's post until I saw the author.

[Falconeer]

Don't make us Google a fucking SLOT. If you are not gonna post pictures, at least do a Radicalthon about it.

[Merusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IRzioE7uI

There were a few slots like that when I was in Vegas in December. Thankfully I'm missing the gambling gene or I'd be a poor man.  It's funny to have gone into a casino again after 5 years away. There's so many 35-50 geek nostalgia machines now.  Star Trek, Jurassic Park, Michael Jackson, Monty Python, Dungeons & Dragons are the ones I remember off the top of my head.  These have replaced the oldschool 'slutty woman' or 'wild west cowboy' machines it's obvious how the demographics have shifted.

[Yegolev]

Scarlett's ass, activate!

[schild]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IRzioE7uI

There were a few slots like that when I was in Vegas in December. Thankfully I'm missing the gambling gene or I'd be a poor man.  It's funny to have gone into a casino again after 5 years away. There's so many 35-50 geek nostalgia machines now.  Star Trek, Jurassic Park, Michael Jackson, Monty Python, Dungeons & Dragons are the ones I remember off the top of my head.  These have replaced the oldschool 'slutty woman' or 'wild west cowboy' machines it's obvious how the demographics have shifted.

Negative ghost rider. As a fan of slot machine design, I can 100% say there are not a 'few" slots  like Iron Man. Typically, I'd allow some wiggle room for similarities (like, say, Demon's Souls and Legend of Zelda). But no, not this time. Iron Man fires on all cylinders and every other slot machine is shit.

[schild]

Anyway, videos don't really do this thing justice. I was more secretly hoping someone here worked at Williams (looooooooooool).

I want to write a fucking paper on how good Iron Man is. I want to know the designer and harass him via email. I want to have chats about his upbringing. And then I want him to license the Magic the Gathering license.

I want a slot machine for pack opening.

[Paelos]

Did you put your cock in the machine?

Because I'm sort of worried you did.

[schild]

Did you put your cock in the machine?

Because I'm sort of worried you did.

If by cock you mean $3200 including winnings, yes.

[schild]

feelz good man

(Stark Industries repossessed that money 24 hours later)

[Trippy]

Guys. I know it's not PC or Console,

Here, I'll tie it back to video gaming: Engineers of Addiction

[Samwise]

[Malakili]

I have literally no idea what's going on in that video.  I thought slot machines were where you pull a lever and then see if all the things come up the same.

[Trippy]

Not anymore. Read the article I linked above.

[Hutch]

Not anymore. Read the article I linked above.

tldr summary: "Too little reward and the animal becomes frustrated and stops trying; too much and it won’t push the lever as often."

[Samwise]

From the video it looks like they've cross-bred slot machines with Bejeweled.  Which is a "duh" move for anyone who's ever played Bejeweled.

[schild]

They did not. There are machines like that - and they're shit compared to Iron Man.

[Rendakor]

If you could describe it, maybe everyone would stop making bad comparisons.

[Hutch]

Iron Man is absolutely addiction in concentrate form

$3200 including winnings

He already has described it. What else do you need to know? 

[Samwise]

I can think of a lot of entertaining ways to spend $3200 over the course of a weekend, let me tell you, and none of them require me to fly to goddamn Vegas.   

[Draegan]

All slot machines are stupid.

[schild]

All slot machines are stupid.

You still play MMOGs, shut the fuck up.

I can think of a lot of entertaining ways to spend $3200 over the course of a weekend, let me tell you, and none of them require me to fly to goddamn Vegas.   

I ate at least a pound of bone marrow and 8 ozs of Wagyu. So. Yeah. I can find other great ways to spend money too.

[Fordel]

Do the machines still vomit coins on you when you win?

[Trippy]

Some do but most don't these days.

[Samwise]

They give you a ticket that you can feed into a casino ATM for cash.

[schild]

They give you a ticket that you can feed into a casino ATM for cash.

This.

[Miasma]

I was worried this thread would be about super fit people swimming, biking and running in desert heat which would only increase my self loathing.  It being about gambling is terrific.

[Kitsune]

One of my more-liked slots in Vegas are the Lord of the Rings machines.  Basically they steal your money until three rings come on the reels and you get Frodo on the bonus, at which point the machine goes apeshit throwing money at you for like two solid minutes, because the Frodo bonus is a bunch of free spins, and each time rings appear on the free spins you get another bonus, which could be another Frodo for MORE bonus spins, etc.  I've played them a fair bit whenever I've been in town, and more or less broken even, which is really the best that you can hope for in Vegas.  Some times I'd put in three bucks and get a hundred on one spin, some times I'd put in fifty and get zip, but usually I could hit a Frodo without denting my bankroll and make back what it took.

I've seen those Iron Man machines in a few places, and they're very slick, but they were usually being camped on by middle-aged women and I never saw one that was set to a low denomination.  If I recall correctly, all of the ones I saw had a minimum of forty lines and like a quarter per line, so ten bucks a pull.

[schild]

Iron Man was $5 spins.

It was not cheap, not a bit.

But it was worth it.

[SurfD]

I have literally no idea what's going on in that video.  I thought slot machines were where you pull a lever and then see if all the things come up the same.

Modern ones still are, in a way.  It is just that now they have 40 odd lines of "things" that have about a bajillion ways to "match" across all lines, on top off all sorts off crazy wild cards / special tiles that trigger various flashy and fun special effects as they take your money.   Just Imagine a skinners box that had crazy drunken sex with a disco ball, and you sort of get the idea.

[schild]

There's a lot more to it then that. But yes, that.

Iron Man is the first slot machine where there was clearly someone with some design skills approaching "steering the wheel."

It is an excellent box. And I demand more like it.

[Nebu]

From watching the videos, this thing looks like a modern pinball machine that spits out money.  I can't make any sense out of all of the payout lines, but it sure does make lots of bings and boops. 

[lamaros]

Yay, rigged money games. Let's celebrate.

[Nebu]

Yay, rigged money games. Let's celebrate.

While I don't play slot machines, I tend to think of them as entertainment.  If you play them with the expectation that you're going to spend a little to have some fun, then you're doing it right.  If you happen to walk away ahead, then that's just a bonus.

This machine looks like fun.  If it pays out ~90% like many machines in LV, then it's not so terrible for entertainment.  

Slot machines in Las Vegas are required by law to payout 75% of the money that goes into them, actual payout in Las Vegas is approximately 95%.

[schild]

This game pays out well, I just enjoyed the game while I was there more than I enjoyed the money. In fact, this game may have paid out well better than any slot machine I've ever seen, but that didn't even matter to me.