Topic Lords

Lords: John Kevin https://www.youtube.com/@kevin_hainline Topics: Asking for help / Dealing with the slightest criticism/suggestions/etc Roger Rabbit and Marvel vs. Capcom were big deals. How long until multiverse & crossover shit is exciting again? Update on media that makes me feel things vs. media that doesn't "Bell's Theorem"", a poem that I wrote, and then, at a poetry reading someone sug...

Lords: Elena Joël Topics: The Luck Factor: http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf Dual pilgrim certificate The return of PicoSteveMo https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo-3 Every poem, by every human https://www.tumblr.com/nextworldover/793694487879827456/animatedamerican-atamascolily Microtopics: Packing cubes. The Rolling Method. Modular backpacks. Camera people: a different type...

Lords: Daniel https://www.danielmullinsgames.com/ Chris Topics: Psychic Students In Pursuit Of Guidance (psipog) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EIwP0zerbk Zhaozhou's "Wash Your Bowl" Koan Figwit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figwit Sudo-Ku https://katlehmann.weebly.com/sudo-ku-a-multi-haiku-form.html Game Design: The form is arbitrary and not worth much thought. What's interesting is how you pla...

Lords: Danny https://nightbrunchband.com/ Walker https://nightbrunchband.com/ Topics: You Probably Think This Song is About You The Perfect r/crappymusic Post: An audio tour of Archetypes https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/0291r0zf.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EIwP0zerbk Sample-based film scores in the 80s https://www.tumblr...

Lords: John Fif Topics: Accidentally exploring a bunch of related subjects and/or media The excellent progression system of Blues' Clues ABCs (1995) https://archive.org/details/blues-clues-blues-abc-time-activities-pc-cd-rom Salty Licorice is the sixth taste https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-sixth-sense-of-taste-salty-licorice/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice The Cu...

Lords Alexander Kev Topics: "Floaty movement" in games The power to give people clutter that they can't throw away https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/yorkdoom/palweb/week12/palwk12.htm https://www.anabuzzalino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/book-of-kells.jpg Dunning Kruger got debunked! https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/ With or Without Witn...

Lords: Megan https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/ Austin https://austinmwav.com/ Topics: Going for a super long walk is amazing "Elevated" horror is a sham I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280 My breakfast dogma Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I'm...

Lords: John Avery Jay Topics: Being known for one thing and trying to do a different thing https://jtholen.bandcamp.com/album/new-active-object Finding instruments on the street Accidentally arguing with sauna guy Microtopics: Many-Time Topic Lord John Mystery. Talking the plunge into the Topic Lords discord. An unspoken constant presence like Seymour Glass in the Glass Family novels. The Once and...

This is the pre-show planning and banter for episode 308, recorded and edited basically by accident?? Enjoy?? Microtopics: The old saw that if the teacher is 15 minutes late, you are excused. All the hosts forgetting about the podcast so that episode just doesn't get recorded. The seam in the fish video. Procedurally vs. manually textured terrain. How to texture a limestone chunk. Whether Donkey K...

Lords: Ben Avery Topics: The Mishima Incident, in which one of the most famous authors in Japan created his own private militia of young men, attempted to overthrow the government and, upon failing, committed ritual suicide. City-wide game of hide and seek How to stick it to bad Bluetooth actors The Carrotman's Lament, by E.L. Hubert https://x.com/sweetstench/status/1724958011754504568 Esper says:...

Lords: Xalavier https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139570/Coop_Kaiju_Horror_Cooking/ Cort Topics: What's the coolest instrument to give a child? What happened to sound lasers? Appearing Canes https://www.amazon.com/Healifty-Retractable-Collapsible-Professional-Accessories/dp/B093G7J6JG The Story of Mel http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html https://melsloop.com/docs/the-story-of-mel/pa...

Lords: Abby https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/abby-denton-my-favorite-loser Sid https://linktr.ee/beamsplashx Topics: Reading about type 1 diabetes Saying vegetables instead of cussin' https://jp.itch.io/mr-friendly Winston punched his tooth out If I Ran the Circus (excerpt) With the power of portable PS2 emulation, I can find out how many types of games I don't like anymore Microtopics: My Fa...

Lords: Andrew https://highcadence.online Brandon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/ Topics: My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean? https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/1148...

Lords: JP https://jplebreton.com/ Styger https://www.sf.gov/readysf Topics: Is "Non-Super" Mario an alternate state of consciousness or identity, or merely an alternate physical state? "Hot defensive bee ball" + bees in general Solving all 24,976,511 5x5 nonograms https://pixelogic.app/every-5x5-nonogram Poem Seen in a Motel Fan by Alberto Blanco https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2...

Lords: Kory Ryan Topics: Incorrect stuff they teach you in school (blood, bats, soda cans, etc) Oops I’ve started over remaking my game again, ECS edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OkkHSQjWg https://bevy.org/ Accidentally finding a cat on vacation Being Boring, by Wendy Cope https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/18ihpmd/poem_being_boring_by_wendy_cope/ Microtopics: Watching an epicurean...

Lords: Wacy Chris Topics: Mysterious BART smell between 12th st. Oakland and West Oakland Glucose monitor Winston has been playing Minecraft. Have you heard about this game? Kids love it I guess. The Earth Wants You https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/_jj6TAcC.jpg Microtopics: Knowing so many Chrises that you refuse to call yourself...

Lords: Jenni Tyriq Topics: Internal Monologue Soundboards Ash wants to be the very best, but at what cost? When is competition a bad thing? The different ways people play games Friendship is a skill Water… Earth… Fire… Air… which bending is best bending? Microtopics: Scrubbin' Trouble. Figuring out how to do a multiplayer roguelike. Power leveling all your skills at once and hoping it's enough. Lo...

Lords: Jenni Robb Topics: The phenomenon where multiple people respond with the same mystifying emoji Skin Fort dream and image both provided by WiL: https://stale-meme.itch.io/ Lately I've engaged in pretend play with my 4 year old nephew by pretending we stole a crate of "Toxic Waste" candy and lying to the cops about it. As actual parents, is this healthy for the child? It turns out you don't w...

Lords: Mark https://wyrmburden.bandcamp.com/album/strange-sorcerous Shirley https://shop.naturmacht.com/sorcerot-merch/sorceroet-rotten-magick-vinyl-crowdfunding-lim Topics: Music League Shaping the Head Like a Japanese Watermelon Kugelmugel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley https://www.emilyperlkingsley.com/welcome-to-holland Using drugs in 2025...

Lords: Erica Judy https://www.tiktok.com/@diluftmensch https://www.tumblr.com/diluftmensch https://bsky.app/profile/diluftmensch.bsky.social Topics: The Pantone college experience Why is everyone with superpowers a crime fighter or a criminal Sell me on metal utensils Grand Avenue, by Ron Koertge https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2014%252F10%252F19.html Abridged version: http...

The video of Charles Martinet puppeteering Mario around the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyezQsI-v-s Lords: John Esper Topics: Chess, the Musical: a show that is universally acclaimed but no longer performed because it consistently loses money I believe live television to be the most exciting thing humans have invented Blaseball had $3 million in VC funding Pad, Pad by Stevie Smith http...

Lords: Andrew Andrew Topics: Finally making a 3D game after using only PICO-8 for 10 years PICO-8 screen carts Picotron Viruses Quest by kittenmaster https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Kvg10u32.png Microtopics: Professional software developers trying to figure out a terrible UI. The Real Andrew – it says so on my computer screen. Ma...

Lords: Alex Shannon Topics: The rapid proliferation of identical mobile games https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348100/YEAH_YOU_WANT_THOSE_GAMES_RIGHT_SO_HERE_YOU_GO_NOW_LETS_SEE_YOU_CLEAR_THEM/ Randomly generated time traveler loadout Turning your body into 3D printer filament after you die https://www.suspenders.com/products/1-1-2-undergarment-hold-up-reg-suspender-hip-clip-style-patented-no-s...

Lords: Kory Andy Topics: Whim-based coding How do you make and maintain a buddy on the Internet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKRFd4J_1w That oscilloscope demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8CzrPG9S0U& Peripheriques Like Halos, by Robert Montgomery https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/fmr9gsma.jpg https://globalizationofcal...

Lords: Alexander https://youtube.com/@L4MPLIGHT Chall Topics: Having an address after not having an address Slopsquatting Book curses This boke ys myne, Eleanor Worcester https://15thcfeminist.substack.com/p/the-preservation-of-womens-words The David Lynch random number generator Esper says: My personal favorite use of numbers stations is the brief “station ID” type messages on Secret Agent Radio,...