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Tim SextonVideo2w ago

How To Get Better At Multiball

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Multiball mastery: keep eyes on flippers, stay aggressive during ball save, trap strategically based on ball traffic.

Multiball is one of the most challenging aspects of playing pinball. Watching this video will help you learn even more about how to play multiball on pinball machines of different eras, with specialized tips for how to play Stern Pinball games as well as classic and retro pinball machines with no ball save. Using the techniques demonstrated in this video are sure to help your pinball scores improve! ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo2mo ago

Why do pinball guys always rag on their wives?

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Tim Sexton examines pinball's 'wife' meme as male bonding ritual, misogyny, and conscience proxy.

This humorous video essay breaks down and analyzes various examples of casual sexism in the pinball hobby by men and women who regularly refer to - the wife - a character who exists to promote male bonding in a male-dominated hobby: collecting pinball machines. The video is broken up into a 6 question structure. Who, what, when, where, and why is the wife? With the final question being: how do we destroy the wife. Since some posts about the wife are time while others are extremely hostile, different moods are established through the video essay to highlight the range in town that can be found throughout these posts and how they ultimately all funnel into negative feedback loops of unbridled anger. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo4mo ago

The 10 Best Pinball Machines Ever Made From 1980 - 1984

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Tim Sexton ranks 11 best pinball machines from 1980–1984 amid video game crash.

In the early 1980s pinball was booming and these pinball machines represent the best of the best of this exciting pinball era which brought tons of new innovations like multi-level playfields, speech, digital synthesized sound, amazing lighting effects, and lots of incredible new rules to pinball games. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo6mo ago

Here's What Happened In 2025 In Pinball

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2025 marked industry consolidation around quality, JJP's Harry Potter breakout, Spooky's resurgence, and American Pinball collapse.

2025 was an amazing year for Pinball where we averaged a new game announcement every single month. In this video I cover all the launches from companies like Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Barrels of Fun, Spooky Pinball, Chicago Gaming Company, and American Pinball. Which games did the best? Big announcements this year included Harry Potter, Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, King Kong, Dune, Evil Dead, Beetlejuice, The Walking Dead, Portal, and Winchester Mystery House. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo7mo ago

Pinball Tips - How to Catch the Ball (Bounce Pass, Drop Catch, Live Catch)

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Tim Sexton teaches bounce pass, drop catch, and live catch techniques for pinball ball control.

Looking for some tips to help improve your pinball game? In this video, I take you through the 3 fundamental catch moves in pinball. The bounce pass, the drop catch, and the live catch, and show you how you can combine all 3 to grow your pinball scores and improve your control over the ball during games of pinball. Whether you can play at home or you play pinball on location, these tips will help take your game to the next level! ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo11mo ago

Top 10 Best Pinball Machines of the 1970s

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Top 10 best 1970s pinball machines ranked from Bobby Orr's Power Play to Stars.

The 1970s were an explosive decade for pinball machines. Multiple manufacturers released dozens of new titles every year, and collectively sold 100s of thousands of games. These new Solid State pinball machines raked in the quarters at arcades around the globe, but some were better than others. Here, I take a look at games from Bally, Williams, Stern Electronics, and Gottlieb to find the very 10 BEST solid state pinball machines made between 1975-1979. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo1y ago

The 10 Worst Pinball Machines of the 1970s

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Tim Sexton ranks 1970s pinball's worst machines by gameplay and design quality.

In my opinion, these are the 10 worst mass-produced solid state pinball machines released in the 1970s. Pinball machines can be bad for a variety of reasons. In the 1970s, with limited early solid state technology most of these games just come down to bad playfields, bad themes, and bad art. These are games with very few redeeming features about them. However, somehow, pinball enthusiasts still collect and play these games. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo1y ago

Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Pinball

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Comprehensive beginner's guide to finding pinball arcades, learning core skills, and joining the pinball community.

If you're looking to get into pinball, or you just aren't sure how to get started, this video takes you through everything you need to know to get into the Pinball Hobby. Whether it's playing on location, in tournaments, with friends, finding new friends, going to pinball shows, or buying games, you can learn everything you need to know in this video. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs

Tim SextonVideo1y ago

Can you buy a brand new pinball machine for less than $1000?

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Sexton skeptical of Wonderland's sub-$1k pinball promise despite $600K Kickstarter success.

Wonderland Amusements has launched a Kickstarter Campaign with the aim to deliver a brand new pinball machine for less than $1000. They plan to do this by building a machine that is 20% smaller than a commercial pinball machine. Their campaign is fully funded. So, what does a $1000 pinball machine look like? ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs