On friends' influence

After I wrote a more than lukewarm critique on Zen Pinball, Dock/Nick and Marco Visser chimed in with praise for its tables. In particular the latter was enthousiastic about Excalibur (which exists on the iPad). Thus I decided it was time to give, at least to that particular table, a chance. I purchased Excalibur

and played it on the iPad. Well, all I can say is that I am not hooked. It has perhaps less intrusive bells and whistles than Sorcerer's Lair but, still, it's not a pinball I will return to regularly.