Topic Lords

Lords: Erica Micah https://www.reddit.com/r/micahwrites/ Topics: Puerto Rico branded holiday jams Chive drama on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/1o0j6hq/cutting_a_cup_of_chives_everyday_until_the_reddit/ How to cure tinnitus (maybe) The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46647/the-ballad-of-blasphemous-bill In defense of making movies seq...

Lords: Andrew Kate Topics: The strange and alienating experience of learning to drive at 40 The mottos of the livery companies of London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mottos_and_halls_of_the_livery_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mottos Independent They Stand! https://archive.org/details/computer-games-magazine-issue-115-june-2000/page/n83/mode/2up?view=theater Leda and the...

Lords: Ryan CisHetKayfaber Topics: My vocal stims are getting out of control now that I don't have pets. Training to become a Tetris Grandmaster https://www.youtube.com/@cishetkayfaber/videos Switching to not-bifocals Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nntd2fgMUYw Microtopics: Introducing yourself or plugging something. Going to Cape Town for Playtopia. Enemies to enem...

Lords: Maxx Michael Topics: Reinventing pants Plortonomics (the economy in the game Slime Rancher) The Leaning American Maggie and Milly and Molly and May, by E. E. Cummings https://poets.org/poem/maggie-and-milly-and-molly-and-may Microtopics: Rabbits and writing. Buying the lede (but thankfully the rabbits dug it up) Lord Veterans Ancillary Justice, or The Imperial Radch. Rabbits who want nothin...

Lords: Linker Alexa Topics: Variations in vampire stories: types of powers, origins of vampires, lack of consent lol Anthropomorphism/Connection in media Get a free burger when you join my rewards Meditation at Lagunitas by Robert Hass https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47553/meditation-at-lagunitas What letter of the alphabet would win in a Royal Rumble Anti-Lesbian Vampire Propaganda of the...

Lords: Hallie Peter https://www.paschaefer.com/ Topics: Do you know where all your things are? How education doesn't melt Bebop Bytes Back Augustus Gloop by Roald Dahl https://allpoetry.com/-Augustus-Gloop...- Microtopics: The Directrix of Cybernetic Security. Unity licensing from Unity as Unity. Fantasy Book of the Month. (FBOM) Part zombie, part ghost. Accidentally GenMoing your WriMo. A house w...

Lords: Esper Cort Topics: Building your identity around a thing that you're kind of not as excited about lately Stateless procedural music Hulu can't decide whether it has X-Files Offering, by Ursula K Le Guin https://fleurmach.com/2016/09/28/ursula-k-le-guin-offering-2012/ Microtopics: Figuring out new ways to make video games more expensive. Puzzled Pint. Oh man, this one's a real quart! Puzzled...

Lords: Mitch Kory Topics: The Nintendo 64DD Wristwatch repair videos How to switch to Linux?? Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan The ICZN's recommended method of determining the Latin grammatical gender of a word that isn't Latin Microtopics: Being a fledgling your whole life. Mitch from the Super Mario Wiki. The episode of Topic Lords whe...

Lords: Danny https://linktr.ee/dannyBstyleband Josh https://www.bonusstage.ca/ Vitor https://vitoramado.framer.website/ Topics: Games you love that nobody else knows exist I keep losing my sunglasses. How do I fix this? Homebrewing When did Bush stop hiding the facts?? Mad Girl's Love Song by Sylvia Plath https://allpoetry.com/mad-girl%27s-love-song I didn't actually have four poems in mind that m...

Lords: Jenni Felicia Topics: The Mr. T cartoon A hyper-specific comedy roast where it's just a couple giving each other shit for doing the dishes wrong The poem that wasn't on Yuji Naka's wall Sprouts, by Loryn Brantz https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/0V0RfSkz.jpg The phenomenon where you're convinced you could do way better at the...

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...