We watched ‘Space Jam A New Legacy’ for family movie night this weekend and, erm… yeeeesh. 😬 https://media.tenor.com/ExxSQLAJrXMAAAAC/wind-up-lebron-james.gif?hh=278&ww=498

How I made a virtual pinball machine! This is just *part* of the story though, the software side is even more in-depth! Have a read of the full story over in my blog: https://blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-virtual-pinball-table-part-1/

I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: https://blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-scenes-beyond-tellerrand-2025-title-sequence/

Oh boy, the 2000’s have come flooding back to me after installing the MF DOOM virtual pinball table! So good! #ALLCAPS

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Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!

Woohoo! Addressable LED strips now mounted underneath my playfield TB via some trunking I designed & 3D printed which sync directly with what’s happening in the game! (After much support and help from the visual pinball chat discord! 👏)

It’s taken a while, and I’ve made a million rookie mistakes along the way, but I’ve now got addressable LED strips that react based on whatever is happening inside the VPX pinball software!

This pink berk (the sculpture) just sold for £19,000 at the Gromit Unleashed 3 auction, all raising money for the incredible Grand Appeal charity - raising money for sick children and their facilities. 💖💖💖

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This big boi is up for grabs! The Gromit Unleashed 3 trail is auctioning off every sculpture to raise money for The Grand Appeal - the incredible charity that raises funds for sick children and their families. You can start the bidding for mine if you like! https://www.i-bidder.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gromit-unleashed-3/catalogue-id-grand-appeal10002/lot-5e76d399-ddce-4b7b-b2c1-b36300ec919f

Last night I published a mega-blog all about how I built my first life-size virtual pinball machine as a total n00b! It's a big bugger so put the kettle on and give it a read: https://blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-virtual-pinball-table-part-1/ #vpin #virtualpinball

this talk is TONIGHT! I've packed it full of ALL THE THINGS! So if you fancy a hit of neon colours and encouragement to pursue all the things that are tickling your fancy, tune in tonight at 6.30pm UK time! Online tickets right here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mutilive/1834651 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

⚡️ Tomorrow night - September 24th @ 6.30pm UK time - I'm giving an online talk about all things creativity and just cracking on with making stuff! It's open to all, get your tickets right here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mutilive/1834651

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My dog is the perfect subject for a Gaussian splat as she doesn’t move at all!

Uh oh, a little test and a quick experiment with lights and a playfield swap has got me staring down a new rabbithole of designing my *own* virtual pinball table!

Now ‘phase 1’ of my virtual pinball cabinet is complete, I can just enjoy playing it for a bit before embarking on ‘phase 2’ (wooden cabinet, glass top, surround sound feedback speakers)!

Ta-da! It worked! My homemade 3D printed button enclosure for my home virtual pinball machine is up and running!!

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I’ve been designing, modelling and printing a button enclosure for my virtual pinball table! This sorta stuff isn’t normally what I excel (maths an’ that) but I’m really proud of it so far! The middle section printed great, now waiting on a 9.5hr print for the side bits! 🤞

Man, I love shooting film. Just got a roll back from the lab and it came with stuff I'd forgotten I'd shot from summer last year! Little memories captured on silver halide crystals, I love it. ❤️📸

The new LORNA SHORE album just dropped and it is beautifully brutal. My face is well and truly melted 🖤 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwp_VF9rDC8&list=RDjwp_VF9rDC8&start_radio=1

Spent the night installing myself a few classic virtual pinball tables! Fish Tales (1992), Police Force (1989), Cirqus Voltaire (1997) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

I also designed & 3D printed some supports to hold my TV at 10 degrees!

My favourite table at the minute is the ‘LED’ mod of Creature From The Black Lagoon. It scratches all my glowey neon itches and looks perfect in my den!!

More virtual pinball fun! Got the table running well in 4K with all the bells & whistles at a stable 60FPS/HZ! Now starting to think about a custom cabinet build with the help of my good friend Jack!

Great progress on the virtual pinball project tonight! New PSU and GPU installed thanks to the kind skills and patience of @jamieandlion.bsky.social (Get well soon mate!) and now VPX is running super well with no button lag at all! Also installed a VESA mount on the telly to angle it 5 degrees too!