Topic Lords

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 l...

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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-...

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...

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...

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....

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 system...

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...

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-c6...

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...

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 ye...

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, eng...

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 li...

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 Sh...

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 do...

Lords: Alex https://www.youtube.com/@adiener https://discord.com/invite/ZkV2zdb Mitch https://hbmmaster.tumblr.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@HBMmaster https://www.patreon.com/hbmmaster Topics: The Wikipedia article about football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football Classic Macintosh computers The entomologist nerds get like two minutes of screen time in Silence of the Lambs, but I'm pretty sure...

Lords: Jenni Chris Topics: Are corporate mascots in US culture age-locked to a generation? I have done no research about this The continuation of our species depends on balls being able to taste soy sauce BB-8 changed my tire The Woodchuck, by Sam Pink https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/wg09x5/poem_the_woodchuck_by_sam_pink/ Microtopics: Too much dick content for one show. What kind of fetus...

Lords: Elena Esper says: "I will join both guests in also recommending Dropout, especially Game Changer. They are on to something really special with the shows they're making, very little makes me laugh as hard as the stuff on there." Tyriq https://50games.fun/ Topics: Being witty and social is my favorite power fantasy to realize Popular music: sometimes popular because it's good? Where do we go...

Lords: Cort Mark Topics: The best and worst thing you’ve ever found in the trash. Traveling with children & associated challenges/solutions Adventures with BB-8 Survey of Forms - Burma-Shave Sign, by Andrew Plotkin https://eblong.com/zarf/thod/58.html The useless superpowers game Does Mega Man ever suffer ennui? Microtopics: Dependable sources of guava. Staring at the raccoons as they go by at...

Lords: Nathan https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/ Tom Topics: During the summer olympics, France introduced breakdancing as an event, which was invented in America. They stole it from us! What new event should we steal from another country when the Olympics comes to LA in 2028? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_(mascot) Getting to an age where media is good: the writers are you...

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Lords: Adam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/Ash__Adams_GOBSMACKED/ Linker https://linker.itch.io/ Topics: Ways you've changed in the last 20 years that have surprised you Examples of x animal software running on y animal hardware (ie. fox being cat software on dog hardware) This argument about whether erasure poetry is poetry https://www.tumblr.com/whistletown/753096096947011584 Favouri...

Lords: Ryan https://www.instagram.com/ryanikeaudio/ Alicia Topics: How do I ask people what they're into without sounding like a pervert? Arctic Expeditions and the stupid beauty of man's hubris Asterix Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3Yr80lPOY I Won't Call You Pretty, by L.E. Bowman https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3...

Lords: Wacy https://www.youtube.com/@WacyandChris Chris https://twitter.com/mrchrislhall Topics: Difficulties with long term traveling Norway Why don't they have novelty whipped cream The Dirt Man Song, by Carter Vail https://genius.com/Carter-vail-dirt-man-lyrics Microtopics: Specialty pour over filter coffee. A very deep rabbit hole of discovery of flavors. Drink the Machine: a Clean Metallic Fl...

Lords: JohnB Kory Topics: I have become a vinyl record enjoyer Teaching myself C++, or "I learned C++ when I should've learned C, AMA" Forgetting things as a way of getting other things done I Sat Belonely by John Lennon https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/i-sat-belonely-poem-by-john-lennon/ The vestigial organs of video games Microtopics: Kbones' Wire Tripper, on display at Wondervi...