They’re also symmetrical connector wise. There’s a pokemon that evolves in Legends Z-A that requires inverting the switch, and it’s so satisfying to evolve that pokemon by using the switch with the joy cons flipped.
It gets wilder when you find out he’s mad right now that Truth Social is muting his posts about how we teleported into a Waffle House.
Sometimes, just maybe the algorithm will give me something I didn’t know I needed on a Saturday Morning.
I know I shouldn’t be surprised that the same White House showing off CoD style videos is trying to live out their Battlefield 3 dreams, but what the hell are we doing.
I feel that. Not the same, but I want to support my local card shop over GameStop or Target for TCG. My local card shop sells product at market value of boxes, even when they aren’t moving.
More parts for the Witchraft Pin on the way from @pinballlife.bsky.social, Marco Specialties, Remington Industries, and Mouser. Still need a few items but the ground level playfield component ordering should be nearing completion.
They’re all awful. Terrible IP from a terrible creator, but the Hogwarts Legacy one is also straight garbage. As I was watching the DLSS video I was amazed they put some of these out. Ideally you’d cater to your “best” examples.
Oh look we made the character look more like a super model, and ruined all the background. I swear it looks more realistic with the DLSS 5 off. Also, if “lighting” adjustments to the textures can change your model that much in a “positive” way, just fix your textures?
More parts were ordered today for the Witchcraft Pin. Cabinet is now ordered, and I’ll be getting most of the remaining mechs. Still waiting on the fast pinball order to ship.
I’m still crying that Kimi won the race 😭. I’ve been following him since F2 and his first starts in F1, and it’s just such a joy to see this already in his second season.
Final note on this design for now is that the out lanes have a block in them right now. I did this for testing, and because I haven’t added the pop up posts for the protection ritual. In play they will be activated with a spell and will need to be re-upped.
Left side ramp is flanked with one of the drop targets related to ritual modes. Behind that ramp is a kicker, but the real pin will have a hole that leads to the ritual sub playfield. The right side upper has a 3 bank drop targets (also for rituals). The space behind those is tbd.
In progress Witchcraft Pinball Machine. Mechanics described in post. Playfield has a spell circle, purple flipper bats, and purple pop bumpers.
Current state of Witchcraft Pin. At the center of the upper playfield is the cauldron for potion related modes. Entry is via the front, back (via an orbit), and the wire ramps at the top. Final sculpt will have ramps as cauldron rim. Pop Bumpers will have custom green bubble caps in real pin.
Mock up pinball machine in Visual Pinball X. The upper playfield has 2 C shaped walls acting like cauldron edges with 4 purple pop bumpers inside the c shaped walls. The lower third has just 2 black flipper bats with purple rubbers.
First crude attempts at the cauldron playfield element of the Witchcraft Pin. Eventually this will be a sculpt with spiral ramps in, but this allows me to test pop bumper spacing. #visualpinball #homebrewpinball
Filmed an unboxing video of some pinball parts for the homebrew witchcraft themed Pin I am designing. Looking to do some quick edits and have it out next week!
Thought I would capture some of my thoughts on my project changes, and how they affect upcoming content. www.techwitchcoven.io/2026/03/11/t...
Also ordered some parts for a homebrew pinball machine. More details and photos to come!
Good news, we are making progress towards the business foundations of techWitchCoven LLC and the associated brands! Working through dba/fictitious name registrations.
In the dumbest analogy, the reason your gas is going up despite the US producing oil is like asking a restaurant that only has cans of coke if you can get Diet Coke. No that’s a different product bud.
We all know they are going to use the AI systems to pick targets again. Because that’s going so well in Iran . . .
Also we absolutely should be naming and shaming the CEO. Palmer Luckey took all that oculus money and converted it into ai weapon company. A reminder that just because someone invented a cool thing doesn’t mean you are a good person.
Something being missed in a lot of articles is that she is leaving that position and going to an undefined role to “Secure the Western Hemisphere.” I personally think they are moving the hats to deflect attention on DHS for a bit. I’m not expecting things to get much better.
I have some more information about what’s coming soon, but first a little staycation and some pinball.
And there goes my entire projects plan for the year. It was a good move to give it up for what I am now planning, but it was tough to let go at first. Ultimately my heart just wasn’t in the type of work, and the end product wasn’t me.
He won’t say that because Chuck sees this as a plus for Israel, so even though it’s a decline in our democracy, it’s good for his cause. Jon Stewart said it best when he stated Chuck Schumer is the human equivalent of a flat tire (it was in reference to a bad joke, but still true)
The first inside box of the new Lego Set of Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise. It looks like a Pokeball with a 1 marked on the box.
It begins! Box 1 of 3 in the Pokemon trio set. #lego #pokemon
My success last night is tempered by the fact one of the Pokemon LEGO sets I ordered when they first came out has not shipped. Specifically the Pikachu one. Since it was an actual set and not a GWP, I’ll wait a bit before I raise a ticket.
Guess you don’t have to worry, I’m pretty sure the abomination of the three is gonna be gecqua.
Been wanting to pickup the Lego Shopping Street set but was holding off until either the Natural History Museum Set would come in stock, or for Pokemon day to use that purchase to get the Mini Pokemon Center. It looks like this Pokemon day, I’m starting out with a win. We got it.
Yeah it just seems odd to not just delay the new monthly pack a day or so to coincide with pokemon day. Now even if the Pokemon Day Announcement was a new pack, it will immediately overshadow this one.