Topic Lords

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...

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...

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...

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...