Lords: * Alexei * Evan Topics: * Silt clouds & underwater visibility as a game mechanic * The bass pro shop pyramid and the utility calculations of weird buildings * What happens when your Firefox root certificate expires? * The Ailing Mirror-Smith * https://medium.com/@EvanBalster/the-ailing-mirror-smith-9c4b5a76cd#9520 Microtopics: * Roguelike Celebration. * Virtual conferences. * How to be in a conversation with one person in a room and not the whole room. * Drinking a polymorph potion to put...
Lords: * Lena * Droqen Topics: * Kill gameplay * https://droqen.itch.io/the-end-of-gameplay * The thrill of firefighting on live service games, and how to stop * It was D and K who showed me the way * https://newforum.droqen.com/index.php?topic=705 Microtopics: * Great content. * Multiplayer games that are focused on human connection. * Farmers' markets. * Kinopio. (The mind-mapping software.) * Just barfing stuff onto the page. * Looking at a piece of software that someone has polished for fift...
Lords: * CisHetKayFaber * https://www.patreon.com/CisHetKayFaber * Andrew * https://luxurybunkers.bandcamp.com/album/killer-karen Topics: * People say the craziest stuff in front of janitors. * Revisiting development of a creative work after 20 years * Naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene * How to Be Perfect, by Ron Padgett * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57243/how-to-be-perfect * Floops, a 3D cartoon character generated in VRML in the mid-90's internet Microtopics: * ...
Lords: * Jenni * Rebecca * https://toots.ravenoak.dev/@rebecca * Weft Magazine: https://www.weftmagazine.com/ Topics: * Getting emotionally ambushed by a children's toy piano * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g8fzwmnw8M * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvhdHkugIPE * All the non-art things you have to do to get external validation about your art * Explaining where owls come from * The Witches are Coming (excerpt) by Lindy West * https://playingintheworldgame.com/2021/11/15/the-witches-are-comin...
Lords: * Ben * Andrew Topics: * Super Nintendo World's theming is on point * The ABC of Style - A Guide to Plain English (book) * Can you still rent game consoles? * Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku * https://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm * https://itch.io/jam/variety-megajam-2022/topic/2514101/2nd-poem- * Pixel art impressionism * https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1801616946837823790 Microtopics: * The games you should've bought when the Steam Spring Sale was still going. *...
Lords: * John * Tyriq * https://oddobject.zone/ Topics: * "Is it harder with twins than with one?" "I wouldn't know." * Would it be neat or terrible to live on a supercontinent * That X-Files episode when Scully scanned an alien artifact in a grocery store's bar code reader * When I Am Among The Trees by Mary Oliver * https://cih.ucsd.edu/sites/cih.ucsd.edu/files/cfm/When%20I%20am%20among%20the%20Trees%20by%20Mary%20Oliver.pdf * Dippin' Dots except each dot is a tiny burger Microtopics: * Pourin...
Lords: * Erica * Jenni Topics: * The chaos you missed * Having a baby is like being assigned a set of hobbies you don't necessarily care about but are expected to engage in full-time * Do people actually live longer in Greece and Japan or do they just have more pension fraud? * Too Many Women Become Desperate, by Infinite Sexy Marriage * https://bsky.app/profile/infinitesexy.bsky.social/post/3lcxskqdmoc26 * Is it possible to never show your kid Cocomelon and they never demand to be shown Cocomel...
Lords: * Mitch * https://www.youtube.com/@HBMmaster * Nathan * https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/ Topics: * I wish someone told me all classic Star Trek was based on writer Ursula LeGuin * Ryu Numbers and Tom Scott Numbers * https://www.tumblr.com/tomscottnumber * How to get out of a chair * Have you seen the new show? by Orcboxer * https://www.tumblr.com/orcboxer/745859389762764801/poob-has-it-for-you * OUR DRAWINGS - PRINCESS MOVIE | Full Animation Film | Artist * https://w...
Lords: * Dan * https://orionblasters.com/ * https://mollyjames.bandcamp.com/album/loved-by-life * Daniel Topics: * Could Dracula escape Groundhog Day? * How to know you’re in a golden era * Indiana Jones is supposed to look good?? * https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1019&v=f1fWB5HP7s8 * Where the Heart Is by F.S. Yousaf * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/pMNUZSdU.jpg Microtopics: * Deciding to get a teleprompter on episode 283. * ...
The Lords discuss the evolving landscape of social media, reminisce about past experiences with Google Earth, and delve into a candid conversation about navigating pornography and drug education with their children. They explore the challenges and strategies of parenting in an era of digital exposure, balancing protection with the need for open communication and emotional intelligence.
Lords: * Stevie * Bri Topics: * 3D modeling and my lack of visual imagination * Cutthroat compounds (my linguistic specialty) – current pursuit is "verb-em" last names – I'm researching the origins of the fictional law offices of Dewey Cheatum and Howe * Pocket Warwick and other lost software * For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper, by Joseph Fasano * https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/1fvzv1f/poemforastudentwhousedaitowriteapaper/ * Colma's city motto "It's Great to Be Alive in Colma...
Lords: * Andi * Casey Topics: * Lifehacks as communion with the divine * I decided to fire my computer * Winston is starting to forget things Microtopics: * A Star Trek watchalong podcast that doesn't exist yet. * Positing that what you said is no longer an NDA violation by the time this episode comes out. * Plugging a fake game that you worked on. * Astrobot. * Horror movie clinky noises that you can't hear over the PS4 fan noises. * Caffeine-infused mints with Tux the Penguin branding on Think...
Lords: * Kory * James Topics: * I've been reading more lately, and ditching the eReader sure has helped * Journey to the Planets * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEWiJ1Mn-aY * Send Me to Heaven * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SendMeto_Heaven * My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun, by William Shakespeare * https://poets.org/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130 * Re: Smooth Criminal. Are criminals like peanut butter? * My journey to make photography as labor intensive as possibl...
Lords: * Avery * Linker Topics: * Twin Peaks * Myxozoa * How storytelling is failing us * Bones and Shadows, by John Philip Johnson * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56581/bones-and-shadows * Novelizing films that originated as novels Microtopics: * A spike of interest corresponding with every episode you're on. * How many hate listeners Topic Lords has. * Chiaroscuro. * Buying Linker's games so he doesn't die. * Watching Blue Velvet while high. * Finishing season two of Twin Peaks out of...
Lords: * Andrew * Kate Topics: * Is it okay to make a game that is boring * My friend wants me to play WoW. Should I? * How to melt chocolate * Kate's Wallace and Gromit song * https://bsky.app/profile/hownottodraw.bsky.social/post/3lfctso62a22q * VFX is like cooking, game design is like baking * Looksmaxxing Microtopics: * Adam Atomic's Pico-8 renaissance. * Vampire vs. Pope Army * Still Kate. * Grass and flowers and touching them. * The bifurcation of Bluesky into Twitter 2 and Mastodon into N...
Lords: * Remy * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675830/1000xRESIST/ * Abhi * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/ Topics: * Why does food taste better outside of Canada? * Xander asks: "Biased history is better" * Is it fair to make a new game console when we haven't finished the ones we already have? * Puranaanooru * https://oldtamilpoetry.com/2016/04/04/puranaanooru-256/ * What's one IP you would like to adapt or work with? Microtopics: * An image that allows you to attribute ...
Lords: * Maxx * https://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=mildreth * https://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=delia * https://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=cosmicfault * Chall Topics: * I love the steam deck * The puzzle of the Wikipedia did you know section * The neuroplasticity theory of why we dream * https://www.instagram.com/reel/DELHsgYRamy/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-eye_hallucination * https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/viral-image-unrecognisable-objects-creepy-14705067...
Lords: * John * https://abbydenton.itch.io/the-blade-of-cutiepants-a-very-cutie-christmas * Elena Topics: * Potluck advent calendar * NES games in my collection that are currently ranked rather low according to Science * http://8bitnintendo.science * Subtopic: I've grown to love engaging with criticism and differing opinions of silly things I like. * How animals read * https://jamchamb.net/projects/animal-crossing-letters * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy-kIXzX5Cc * https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Lords: * Esper * https://ourbroadcastday.com/ * RT-55J * https://rt-55j.itch.io/ Topics: * Memes where the specific instance of joke customization is frontloaded, while the punchline remains the same every time. * Making ZZT games in 2024 * https://stale-meme.itch.io/the-king-in-yellow-borders * It's 2024 and still nobody has ported Mario 64 to the Commodore 64 * https://abbydenton.itch.io/the-blade-of-cutiepants-a-very-cutie-christmas * What I Would Tell Eve by Maegen McAuliffe O’Leary * https:...
Lords: * Ryan * Cort Topics: * Is it possible to make a "meat flavored" potato chip that's not disgusting. * Meandering Pico-8 tracker jabbering * Do you think anyone has ever used the "Add or Remove Programs" interface to add a program? * Tommy C * https://genius.com/Dan-le-sac-vs-scroobius-pip-tommy-c-lyrics * Advent calendars are just tiny bulk-rate loot crates Microtopics: * Ryan Ike Audio on Instagram. * How to make music and have balance in your life. * If there's nothing to fail at, what ...
Lords * Tyriq * Stevie * Avery Topics: * What is Dr. Mario's specialty? * Boutique sardines * Street Sharks (and the lies about them) * PiCoSteveMo is over! (as of this recording) Microtopics: * Throwing out an idea like a plate of spaghetti, or a grenade. * Odd Object. * Piggy-back dual plugs. * Now! That's What I Call Avery Burke, Vol. VII. * Jason Shiga. * Older kids who are into roughhousing and watching shark movies. * Audio Issues Because of Dog. * The only place on the Internet you can he...
Lords: * Alexander * Hallie Topics: * Making AI drunk * Alexander's name generator, rehosted: http://twinbeard.com/names/ * How Star Wars being bought Disney is basically the same thing as the Roman Empire converting to Christianity * Electromagnetism * Super Bon Bon (according to Google search) * https://www.google.com/search?q=super+bon+bon+lyrics * Using flow theory and Kubler Ross grief to drive learning systems * Animals you want to pet, but cannot. Microtopics: * A Game Called Anomaly. * A...
Lords: * Tyriq * Alex Topics: * Trying to superficially familiarize myself with every country * The log burner fan * https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S68d58689db54401f9a434456881cbdfcf/4-Blade-Heat-Powered-Stove-Fan-Log-Wood-Burner-Eco-Friendly-Quiet-Fireplace-Fan-WinterWarm.jpg * Drilling this chair for ancient water * Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams, by Kenneth Koch * https://allpoetry.com/Variations-On-A-Theme-By-William-Carlos-Williams * Boichik bagels * Boxfish skeletons are wild...
Lords: * James * https://pounced-on.me/@Triplefox * Kev * https://kevzettler.com/ * https://www.youtube.com/@MikeMotion83 Topics: * Copyparty * Egg punk vs. chain punk * Going geocaching three times * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/ugJWqQdP.jpg * Septic Tanks * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/q0tW8KtD.jpg * Certain kinds of trash you don't see any more * Mosq...
Lords: * John * Erica Topics: * Golden owl pre-post-mortem * https://goldenowlhunt.com/ * Twin update: one year later * Notepad has support for alternative line endings now * Goodnight Moon (And/or Goodnight Dune?) * https://www.firstcry.com/intelli/articles/goodnight-moon-nursery-rhyme/ Microtopics: * The waiting list to get into the Topic Lords discord. * What goes on the lords-only channel. * The first rule of being a lord. * It's the end of the show somewhere in the world. * Frog Fractions R...
Lords: * Ben * Andrew Topics: * Baking: precise science of measurement or do it all by feel? (People have very different philosophies of muffins) * I've gotten into making crosswords this year and recently had the idea to start putting them on postcards and leaving them in public places for people to find. Am I becoming the Riddler? Is this fine? * I just found out that there aren't exactly 52 weeks in a year * The Rules, Leila Chatti * https://poets.org/poem/rules * Building fidgeting into a Zo...
Lords: * Tim * Chris Topics: * Noodles? * Everything and More (by DFW), the "impoverishment of the question",and free will * Choosing an integrator * https://gafferongames.com/post/integration_basics/ * Lucky Jim (old song) * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/U7zR1RCa.png * Collaborative music as a game design problem (see: skill gap, handicaps, engagement, peripheral participation) Microtopics: * Celtic Music and Corgis. * Tim, ...
Lords: * Andrew * https://kittenm4ster.neocities.org/ * Aubrianne Topics: * I will never get good at video games and that's okay * Does charging (or even allowing donations) for something change its perception as a piece of art? * Messy game design * To Be of Use, Marge Piercy * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use * Films Noir * Complementary Hobby Power Couples Microtopics: * Just shakin' it a little bit. * The royal it. * Putting Homestar Runner on shuffle while you do ho...
Lords: * Xalavier * Brianne Topics: * Why do movies about contract killers skip over the good part of negotiating in excruciating detail the contract and clauses present? * Are fictional characters greater role models than real people? * The new Zelda game talks too much and I'm okay with that * Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish * https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/11/mahmoud-darwish-think-of-others.html * Should every person be forcibly drafted into a customer service job, like the military...
Lords: * CisHetKayFaber * Maxx Topics: * Food-focused Japanese TV * If "fish don't exist," then how do pescetarians? * PicoSteveMo is back! * https://wikipoem.org/ * Verisimilitude in play (My daughter plays GTA and Roblox) (The shifting nature of what is appropriate for children) Microtopics: * Emotionally connecting with a dying web site and meeting up with other users in Seattle. * What the Cohost diaspora is doing to do. * Drive-by bad opinions. * Where people live in Australia, on average. ...
