It’s not good news when the world’s only remaining manufacturer of pinball machines lays off some of its top talent.

Pinball News reports that Stern Pinball has made a number of top names redundant. These include its two in-house game designers Dennis Nordman and John Borg who were responsible for Pirates Of The Caribbean and Indiana Jones.

Gary Stern is reported as saying that this in no way suggests the company is in trouble or that this is the end of pinball, it’s just a necessary adjustment to the current world economic situation.

I hope he’s right, but part of me can’t help thinking “He would say that, wouldn’t he”.