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Pinball
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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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Need More Hulk games
Have long been a fan of The Incredible Hulk, notably the Marvel comic book character (pictured above) and the 70s TV show ( List of The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) episodes - Wikipedia ) starring Lou Ferrigno as…
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Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast: 666 Plays Milestone Reached + Humpday Wednesday 12/11
On Sunday 12/8/24, on Day #74 of owning Iron Maiden (Stern Premium 2018): Legacy of the Beast (see: My Best Birthday Present in 56 Years: Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast Premium NIB ), the game reached 666 plays. This…
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Spooky 2024) Detailed First Thoughts after Flipping on Location
For those that don't know, I'm a huge horror fan. I don't write much about horror here (we do have a horror category at PGM, however) and don't even play very many horror games, but I've read a ton of horror fiction and…
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Metallica: Remastered Detailed First Thoughts after Flipping on Location
On Saturday 11/30/2024 I flipped for the first time Metallica: Remastered (Stern 2024) LE. Think it was like #410 of 500, but wasn't too focused on that. I was curious how/if this Remastered version improved over the…
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No Pokemon Pinball from Stern in 2025? CEO Seth Davis says, "Nintendo, call me"
We've written here before that Nintendo likes to do their own thing, sometimes branching in bizarre areas ( Nintendo Alarmo is aimed at Kids, of course ). And if you do something with one of their IPs without any kind…
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Avatar (Jersey Jack Pinball 2024) Limited Edition Detailed Thoughts after Flipping On Location
Jersey Jack Pinball clearly makes great looking pinball machines. Their games often stop you walking by to gawk at the art and presentation. Especially their lighting. The JJP lighting and artwork rarely disappoints and…
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Humpday Wednesday continues, but Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled live streams will not be back until 2025
This remains a very busy holiday season at my day job, and it's taking most of my days in the field working. A PGM friend is teasing me saying I only work two months a year, which of course is inaccurate, but it's…
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OPINION: A Costly Funding Model Risks Undermining the Future of Competitive Pinball
Pin Enhancer's ( https://pinenhancer.com/ ) A newly forming group called Pin Enhancers is billing themselves as an eSport. In all actuality & beyond the self titling as an esport, it is a tournament created PinballMag.…
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Ho, Ho, Ho! Back in Black Edition of Humpday Wednesday #69
Humpday Wednesday Show #69 there will be no live stream today again this week. Hopefully can get back next week, but these two months -- November and December are especially busy in my day job, keeping me out in the…
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Humpday Wednesday #68 stream canceled, celebrate in spirit!
Unfortunately, the Humpday Wednesday #68 stream is canceled at 6am PST today 11/6/2024, due to me working in the field at my day job, helping my team. The live stream should be back next week for Humpday Wednesday #69.…
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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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OPINION: Active, Interested Buyer: New in Box Modern Pinball Prices are 20% (at least) Too Expensive
( Ed. the following article was written a couple months before the author -- me -- bought not one, but two new in box pinball machines within the last 30 days. Publishing this after buying two machines presents a…
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Join Us to Celebrate Humpday Wednesday #66 - We Get You Over The Hump of the Week!
It's a Pinball FX rank-a-thon day on the stream. Going to see how many of Zen Pinball FX I can rate/rank on today's Humpday stream. Focus, focus, focus! Goal is to get all these done by the end of 2025, there are like…
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Play and Solve Jigsaw Puzzle James Bond 007 (Stern Pro 2022) Playfield (49 pieces)
In 2022, legendary designer George Gomez created a version of James Bond. Here is the playfield for the pro. Created by PlayGamesMore with the online 7x7 for 007 would be 49 pieces. Share your best completion time in…
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Taylor Swift Pinball: Don't Laugh, Swifties Will Buy, Would You?
If you made it to this first sentence, and you're not a Swifty, don't despair. This isn't another let's fawn over all things Taylor Swift (kudos to her, though, she is a hard-working, creative musical artist), but…
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PGM Member Rexershow Shares Foo Fighters Pinball Tips Video
Heading to the Pinball Expo this weekend and want to put up a better score on Foo Fighters? Take literally four minutes to watch this very short, but surgically helpful video by PGM member Rexershow on Foo Fighters…
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Metallica: Remastered Discussion + 1st Week James Bond (Stern 2022) liveplay + FX Tourneys + Humpday Wednesday #65
Feels like I should kick this off with Metallica: Remastered ($12,999 LE, $9,699 Premium, does not appear yet there is a pro version being offered). The image above is from the All-Access, which I did pay for and have…
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Work day, no live Twitch stream for Humpday Wednesday #64
Work is calling and, unfortunately, there will be no live Twitch stream Humpday Wednesday #64 10/9/2024. We'll recap the FX tournament results for Curse of the Mummy next week. In the meantime, enjoy your Humpday! Will…
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OPINION: The Future of These Stern Home Pinball Machines at Costco for $4,999?
For those that like reading my opinion on things, this one on these Stern home pinball machines, now with Insider Connected, this one is for you. I'm going to put it out there what I think is going to happen and even…
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Iron Maiden (Stern Premium 2018) + FX Tourneys + Humpday Wednesday #63
It's time for our very first week of streaming Iron Maiden (Stern Premium 2018). On Friday, I did a test stream to make sure everything was working good stream-wise, including the direct feed from the pinball LCD versus…
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The Uncanny X-Men (Stern 2024) Premium Detailed Thoughts after Flipping On Location
Compression. That's my one word first thought after playing The Uncanny X-Men Stern Premium a half-dozen times at the Portland Retrogaming Expo on Saturday 9/28/2024. Bonus, I met the designer, Jack Danger, and briefly…
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My Best Birthday Present in 56 Years: Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast Premium NIB
Tomorrow, September 29, is my birthday. Coincidentally, it's the Portland Retrogaming Expo ( https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ ) and we're heading down there to check out this event for the day and hoping to play The…
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v0.96 Jaws (Stern 2024) + 22nd Jaws Week + FX Tourneys + Humpday Wednesday #62
Humpday Wednesday Show #62 – new FX Tournament + playing games at our PGM Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom LIVE streaming from 6am – 11am PST (GMT-8). We get you over the hump of the week and…
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Humpday Wednesday #61 FX Tournaments + FX Ratings/Reviews Begin
Humpday Wednesday Show #61 – new FX Tournament + playing games at our PGM Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom LIVE streaming from 6am – 11am PST (GMT-8). We get you over the hump of the week and…
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The Conflicting Pinball Promotional Videos: Avatar vs. The Uncanny X-Men
Judging pinball games strictly on videos is highly conflicted business and nothing illustrates this more than the two vids we're talking about in this article. And let's lead off with the fact that when people are…
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Tribute to Darth Vader Voice James Earl Jones FX Star Wars + Tourneys +Humpday Wednesday #60
This week we lost another original Star Wars actor, the iconic voice of Darth Vader, James Earl Jones at 93 (RIP). Will be highlighting Star Wars-related stuff during the show today, including a new FX tournament for…
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Play and Solve Jigsaw Puzzle The Uncanny X-Men (Stern Premium 2024) Playfield
Stern’s 25th Spike 2 pinball machine is The Uncanny X-Men. Here is a premium playfield jigsaw puzzle to solve: Share your best completion time in the comments. There are 49 pieces.
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Bounce Arcade VR Coming Fall 2024 Teases Inside Machine Game View
The "VR" part of this headline could be polarizing before even reading what follows. I'm always looking for creative ways of playing traditional games and/or creating new gaming subgenres. Enter Bounce Arcade (…
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The Uncanny X-Men Wishlist vs. Reality +FX Tournaments + Humpday Wednesday #59
Later this morning, 9/4/2024 at 10am PST (GMT-8), noon CST 1pm EST Stern Pinball will reveal their third cornerstone pinball machine of 2024 — The Uncanny X-Men designed by Jack Danger (that designed Foo Fighters in…
