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Tim Sexton joins the JBS Show with Jamie Burchell
Send us Fan Mail Tim said on the JBS Show: pinball is a sport, but if you’re too competitive, you eventually need a life outside of it. Tim Sexton told me exactly how he went from learning pinball rules in college to becoming a Stern lead developer, then to walking away from competition in 2023 because it started feeling like his whole life. Great games matter, but so does not letting one thing own you. Sometimes the smartest move is stepping back before the grind kills the joy.&n...
Kineticist’s take
Tim Sexton discusses his path from competitive pinball to Stern developer and retirement from tournaments.
Synopsis
Tim Sexton, a former Stern Pinball lead developer and competitive player, joins Jamie Burchell on the JBS Show to discuss his career trajectory from competitive pinball player to software engineer at Stern, his retirement from competitive play in 2023, and insider stories from Stern's early growth period (2017-2018). The conversation covers his hiring by Zach Sharpe, early projects like Iron Maiden and Black Knight, and the uncovering of a 2013 unreleased Stern reality TV demo.
Entities
- IBM· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- PAPA· event
- Black Knight· game
- Deadpool· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- John Wick· game
- Torpedo Alley· game
- Penn State University· organization
- Alexander Kismarczyk· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jamie Burchell· person
- Jody· person
- Kale· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lonnie D. Ropp· person
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
- Mark Guidarelli· person
- Midnight Plunger· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Eureka Heights· venue
- Pinball Capital· venue