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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,...

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 wi...

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 t...

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...

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...

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...

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%20Mar...

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...

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-fo...

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-c64600...

Lords: Jeff https://dopeassvideogames.com/ Danny https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipDocs Topics: What's happening on Bluesky. Using Google Earth and YouTube to rid myself of Nostalgia of Places I've lived Dad talk: what do we do about porn? Microtopics: The Good Morning America series finale. Covering video games online. Getting married and feeling safe from people who run dating sites. Nintendo Disas...

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/poem_f...

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...

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/Send_Me_to_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...

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. Wa...

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 touc...