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Stern Pinball
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OPINION: Stern Insider Connected is Positive for the Future of Pinball + September 2024 Insider Connected Seasonal Quests
You know how it is online sometimes. We all do. It's not just trolls and mean-spirited keyboard warrior types that piss in the cornflakes. It's sometimes good people that just act differently succumbing to the illusion…
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My Daily Stern Pinball Insider Connected Streak Ended at 162 Days
Daily streaks doing anything inevitably come to an end. Someday. Somehow. My longest daily streak for Stern Insider Connected ended when my wife and I traveled somewhere that had no IC-connected pinball nearby. The…
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How To Track Stern Spike 2 Pinballs Not Played
After tracking down all 24 of the Stern Spike 2 pinball machines to play, there is an even greater challenge: playing each different version of them: pro, premium and LE (in some cases, SLE). I've played and even ranked…
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OPINION: Batman '66 (Stern 2019) is the Quirky, Fun Batman and it's OK to Dislike
"Oh my god, I tried this game when it got released and it was such a shitty, shitty experience." - RETROCENGO on Batman '66 (Stern 2016). Sometimes I'll mix it up with folks online that I don't know that well…
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Play and Solve Jigsaw Puzzle John Wick Pro Playfield
Stern's 24th Spike 2 pinball machine is John Wick. Here is a pro playfield jigsaw puzzle to solve. Share your best completion time in the comments. There are 49 pieces.
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August 2024 Insider Connected Quests + Deadpool Quests
It's August 2024, time for some new Stern Pinball Insider Connected quests! UPDATE 8/2/2024 @ 4:13pm PST : On Friday August 2, 2024, bonus drop-in *4* Deadpool quests:…
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Play and Solve Godzilla 70th Stern Pinball 2024 Promo Image Jigsaw Puzzle 64pcs
( Ed. Happy Sunday to all! Sorry for the delay, I had the scheduled time set for 10:18pm PST tonight instead of the normal 5am :) Fixed to post at 8:05am, thank you to PGM member Vader4633 for mentioning the error. )…
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Play PGM Sea Hunter inspired by Stern Pinball Jaws Shark Hunter
The game framed below is optimized for tablet, monitor/PC, Steam Deck and larger screens. There is a link below for mobile phones and smaller screens, use that link instead for optimized display on these smaller…
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Mixed Reactions to Stern Pinball Godzilla 70th, but Choice is Good
Art is and will always be subjective. Some will like, some won't, some will try to look past, if the underlying product/theme/whatever is worthwhile. Have said this multiple times before: I play all pinball games -- not…
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Stern Jaws Shark Hunter Challenge Advanced Strategy - How To Achieve Level 6+
Happy 4th of July to all who celebrate! It's looking like Stern Pinball is going all-in with Jaws this week celebrating with several Insider Connected quests and challenges, see: More Jaws July 2024 Insider Connected…
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More Jaws July 2024 Insider Connected Quests + Seasonal Quests + John Wick Contract Quests Introduced
Some firsts for Stern Pinball Insider Quests in July include the introduction of contract quests in John Wick and another set of Jaws quests. I don't recall any other game yet getting a second treatment of quests, at…
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5 Future Wishlist Stern Insider Connected Features
Let's look into the future and imagine what Stern Insider Connected might/could/should look like someday. Some features we'd like to see implemented. And if you want to use the comments for the opposite features you…
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John Wick Pro + Premium (Stern 2024 v0.81 code) Detailed Thoughts after Flipping On Location + Show
At the recent Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show 2024 (see: https://playgamesmore.com/attending-northwest-pinball-and-arcade-show-june-7-9-2024/ ) they had 20 John Wicks to play, 10 premium and 10 pros, and there were…
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Stern Pinball Star Gazer (1980) Rollovers Near Flippers Suggests a Modern Playfield Area Needing More Creativity?
Recently, got the chance to play Star Gazer (Stern 1980) pinball machine and it has a number of curious design choices that stuck out to me. One of them are the rollovers near the flippers. Note in the red circled items…
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What's Coming in IC Future? (UNOFFICIAL) + June 2024 Stern Pinball Insider Connected Quests
It's the morning of 5/31/2024 PST (GMT-8) and not seeing any publicly posted June 2024 Stern Insider Quests as of this writing, so did some creative sleuthing to see what might be coming out in the future for earning…
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Summer 2024 Pinball PlayGamesMore Event: Visit Multiple Insider Connected Locations
As Season 2 of Score Chasing is coming to an end, here's a summer 2024 event that piggybacks on a stat for the Stern Pinball Insider Connected Year In Review: number of different IC pinball locations. EXAMPLE. Here's a…
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Ranking Stern Spike 2 Games by Scoring Tier +Took 900+ days to score over a billion
In the modern era of Stern Pinball machines, connected Spike 2 machines, scoring in excess of one billion for some (many?) players, is a worthy goal and milestone. I first signed up for Stern's Insider Connected in…
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John Wick (Stern 2024) Wishlist vs. Reality
This article will be updated and is being published intentionally incomplete, because it involves future events and circumstances that are unknown as of this writing.. Bookmark and check back as we learn more about this…
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Humpday Wednesday #41 Jaws (Stern 2024) Live Play + 50 Day Streak + FX Tournament + May 2024 Insider Connected Quests
Humpday Wednesday #41 – new FX Tournament + playing Stern Pinball Jaws Premium (week #7 of ??) at our PGM Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom LIVE streaming from 6am – 11am PST (GMT-8). We get you…
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Our Son Bought a New In Box Jaws Stern Premium - The First 40 Days of Ownership - What's the Experience Really Like?
This article was written and compiled during and after the first 40 days our son, Joel, received delivery of the brand new in box (NIB) Stern Pinball Jaws Premium. Our PGM Discord was used as a notes tool to record…
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Add Animation Flair to Stern Spike 2 Speakers with Pinsound Pinvision Coming Summer 2024 (DELAYED)
Sure, it's a $500 mod for the lifeless, boring -- except LE -- stock Spike 2 Stern Pinball speaker grills, but this Pinvision from Pinsound ( https://www.pinsound.org/products/pinvision/ ) mod looks inviting -- if you…
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April 2024 Insider Connected Events 6 Quests+ Avengers Infinity Quest Tournament + Constructive Criticism for March Machine Mania
Spring is here, connected-pinball style! April 2024 quests and seasonal events were posted at the Stern Pinball official website 3/28/2024. This article covers the details of those events, as well as provide some…
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How to Play Stern Pinball Jaws Shark Hunter Challenge Worldwide Video Mode Leaderboard Competition March 13 - March 31, 2024
A somewhat stealthy addition from Stern Pinball for their Insider Connected dropped in the middle of March 2024 for their very first ever (correct if wrong in comments) video mode leaderboard via the official site:…
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Human Programmers Make Mistakes, Customers Should Not be Unwilling Beta Testers
Recently, Stern Pinball came under fire because an extraordinary player, Eric Stone, from Florida registered a 4+ trillion game on their newest Jaws pinball machine. There was a bug in the code that allowed ridiculous…
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How Many 100 Percentile Stern Pinball Games Have You Achieved?
Would you like to know how your highest score compares against all other players on the Stern Insider Connected network? Let's learn how. One interesting Stern Pinball Insider Connected stat that you might not have seen…
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How to Earn Multiple March Machine Mania 2024 Badges Each Week
Want to learn how to earn multiple Stern Pinball March Machine Mania 2024 badges? We're diving much deeper into this unique Stern Pinball Insider Connected (IC) event in this detailed article (also see the initial…
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Play and Solve Jigsaw Puzzle Jaws Premium Pinball Playfield
Here’s a jigsaw puzzle using the Stern Jaws Premium playfield that you can play by scrambling and solve right inside this post. How fast can you complete it? PGM member and our oldest son Joel is buying a Jaws Premium…
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Play Guess The Game-Related Word #2 James Bond 007 Pinball Edition
You have only five guesses to correctly identify the James Bond 007 Pinball Edition word below (another clue: look carefully at the machine). It is five characters and in the style of Wordle (…
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UPDATED Stern Pinball Insider Connected March Machine Mania Has Arrived - 007 Tourney + Increased Logout Time + Surprise Quests?
SEE UPDATE BELOW - March 3, 2024 March Machine Mania begins at midnight! Ed. It appears Stern is keeping us somewhat in suspense this start of the month of March. A little like going to the end of the rainbow in search…
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Hasbro Denies Sale of Dungeons & Dragons to Tencent, Sort of
Yes, the headline is somewhat old news, but follow the deeper story that lies herein. Too often the IPs, the franchises, the characters, the stories, are gobbled up by Jaws-sized corporate fish. Hence, the story of…
