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Insider Connected
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Good, bad or indifferent: Stern Insider Connected Badge and Achievement Earning for Family and Friends?
Our 9-year old grandson, Axel, really loves the Stern Insider Connected (IC) badges and achievements. We've been following new badges and achievements as they've been released monthly now for the last year. Since…
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At Pinball Shows Stern Insider Connected Needs To Be Working
Our second post ever at PGM was about Stern Insider Connected being connected on location ( Stern Insider Connected Machines – Turn It On, Owners! ). That it is/was frustrating to visit a place with a Stern IC game only…
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Unpacking random thoughts after attending first Texas Pinball Festival 2025 with pics + Humpday Wednesday 3/26
This past weekend, we checked out for the first time Dallas and the surrounding area, as well as attended The Texas Pinball Festival 2025. Am working on more detailed write-ups of some things encountered and played…
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Here's what the first year of modern pinball machine ownership is like - Jaws Stern 2024 Premium
Tomorrow, 3/14/2025 will be one year since my son received his Stern Pinball Jaws premium that was ordered literally the day it was announced in January 2024. This year Stern's cornerstone launched at CES 2025 was…
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D&D gets 0.86 Update + TPF a week away + Zaccaria Pinball gets another game + Humpday Wednesday 3/12
Here we are at that wonderful juncture in the week called Hump Day or rather we condense to humpday just to be different, where we talk and hopefully can play all things pinball: real pinball, virtual pinball, games…
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Humpday Wednesday 2/12/2025: Stern Insider Connected 2024 Stats Now Available, George Gomez Interview + More Daily Zaccaria Pinball
It's time for another Humpday Wednesday, to catch up on the world of pinball and get us over the hump of the week! First up, Stern jumped into their Stern Insider Connected database and compiled the 2024 stats. You can…
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2024 Ranking All 26 Spike 2 Stern Pinball Machines
It's our second year at PGM ranking all Spike 2 Stern Pinball Machines. Since last year's ranking ( 2023 Ranking All 22 Spike 2 Stern Pinball Machines ) there have been four new pins added: Jaws , John Wick, The Uncanny…
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Play The Enchanted Christmas Workshop Free Holiday Game 2 of 10 + Humpday Wednesday 12/18 + Stern Pinball Cup 2024
From now until Christmas Day 2025 (Wednesday 12/26/2024) there will be 10 free holiday games featured in posts here at PGM. These games will drop at random times, almost like bonus gifts under a virtual tree. Free Game…
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Stern Horribly Upgrades Insider Connected - please revert!
Since being released over three years ago, I've been a huge fan of Stern Insider Connected. I look forward to signing in whenever I play Stern Pinball, whether it be on location or home use only (HUO) games we bought…
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Stern's Special Pinball Expo Quests are a Great Idea, the Unboxing Quests need improvement
I'm tragically late commenting on something new and different that Stern did at the 40th Anniversary Pinball Expo in Chicago that deals specifically with Insider Connected quests. And in this article, we will also cover…
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November 2024 Stern Insider Connected Quests + Rank-a-Thon #2 + Pinball FX Tourney + Humpday Wednesday #67
Timely, albeit predictably, Stern Insider Connected quests for the end of October - Halloween - through the 13th of November it's Elvira time. Stern last had us visiting Elvira House of Horrors in January 2024. The…
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October 2024 Stern Insider Connected Quests + New This Week Game Releases (NTWIG) 9/30 – 10/6/2024
Stern releases new Insider Connected quests and badges every month and in October 2024, they're going full on spooky: https://insider.sternpinball.com/insider/events/11174/leaderboards Just like last month started (but…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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OPINION: Stern Pinball has Feature Every Modern Pinball Needs
Not too long ago had the chance to play Jersey Jack Pinball's ( https://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/ ) Elton John. The experience surprised me -- in a good way. The light show was as good as or better than I've seen on…
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Stern Pinball spreads togetherness in eight February 2024 Insider Connected Quests
Love is definitely in the air with no grinder quests this month! Stern Pinball's new February 2024 Insider Connected quests are detailed below with a Valentine's and Super Bowl targeted. Details including strategy of…
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Stern Pinball 2023 Insider Connected Player Stats Now Available
The last few weeks folks have been asking where the 2023 Stern Insider Connected stats would be. Good news, they've been published here: https://insider.sternpinball.com/account/profile/stats Here's mine: At least as…
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Worthwhile? Upgrading to Stern Insider Connected All Access ($39.99 USD/year) + Special Access to Buying JAWS Limited Edition
The answer to the question in the headline, IMO, is no . No, "All Access" is really not worth it unless you want to be able to buy a Limited Edition when it first is announced directly from Stern. It's essentially a $40…
