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I suck at thumbnails. I thought the AI thumbnails looked good but had many comments from viewers they would never watch my channel again if I continued using generative AI to make thumbnails. I guess that makes sense because pinball is an analogue game so people who enjoy pinball don't want AI images in the videos they watch.

I'll be keeping an eye on CTR and see if the new non-AI thumbs do better than what I originally had.

Title: The 1984 Machine That Saved Pinball (Williams Space Shuttle)

Description: In 1984, Williams Pinball was on the verge of bankruptcy and permanent closure. Then, designer Barry Oursler dropped a machine that didn't just succeed—it single-handedly saved the entire pinball industry. In this episode of The Skill Shot, we step up to a true 1980s arcade savior: Williams' Space Shuttle.

u/halfthrottle — 9 hours ago
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The SpiderShrine! Bought the comics 30+ years ago. The pinball machine a month ago.

So happy to have this little corner of Spiderman in my mancave. I collected these comics when I was 14-15 years old. Sent them away to be graded during covid, and a few weeks ago picked up this Spider-man pinball machine.

u/halfthrottle — 24 days ago
▲ 61 r/pinball

Black Knight (1980) — the machine that gave us the two-level playfield AND Magna-Save

OG Black Knight this week. Two great innovations in this machine: it was the first solid-state pin to stack two playfields in one cabinet, and the first to ever use Magna-Save.

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u/halfthrottle — 1 month ago