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Topic Lords

Jim Stormdancer

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they"ve been fixated on this week.

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1:20:24

296. Do You Know About The Sun?

Topic Lords ·

2025/06/23

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 * https://allpoetry.com/Pad,-Pad * Why not RSS for text? * Officiating weddings for your

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1:04:47

295. Fantasy Malware

Topic Lords ·

2025/06/16

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. * Make 10 Deluxe. * Double Mustache's Lizard Multiplication, now available in a

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1:00:15

294. Click On This Ad To Save This Child

Topic Lords ·

2025/06/09

Lords: * Alex * Shannon Topics: * The rapid proliferation of identical mobile games * https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348100/YEAHYOUWANTTHOSEGAMESRIGHTSOHEREYOUGONOWLETSSEEYOUCLEARTHEM/ * 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-slip-reg-clips * Girls Only Want One Thing, Isabel Correra *

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1:09:32

293. Pasting The Sickos Face Back And Forth Forever

Topic Lords ·

2025/06/02

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://globalizationofcalifornia.com/alameda-county-i-580-political-signs-spark-free-speech-fight/ *

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1:04:47

292. A Dewey Decimal System, But For Libraries

Topic Lords ·

2025/05/26

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, a radio station that plays funky groovy Bond soundtrack-type music. Every now

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1:08:47

291. Nair and Nnail: Keratin Erasers

Topic Lords ·

2025/05/19

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 with one person in a room and not the whole room. * Drinking a polymorph potion to

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1:02:12

290. Forever Games Are Just Rude

Topic Lords ·

2025/05/12

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 the page. * Looking at a piece of software that someone has polished for

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1:06:59

289. It's Pronounced VRML

Topic Lords ·

2025/05/05

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 3D cartoon character generated in VRML in the mid-90's

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1:14:04

288. Nobody Has Poop On Their Balls On The Astral Plane

Topic Lords ·

2025/04/28

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 Lindy West *

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1:03:32

287. Drive It Like You Hate It

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2025/04/21

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: * The games you should've bought when the Steam Spring Sale was still going

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1:02:31

286. A Kangaroo The Size Of Two Kangaroos

Topic Lords ·

2025/04/14

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%20Mary%20Oliver.pdf * Dippin' Dots except each dot is a tiny burger Microtopics: *

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1:07:21

285. Poop Songs For Roy

Topic Lords ·

2025/04/07

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 possible to never show your kid Cocomelon and they never demand to be shown Cocomelon

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1:17:54

284. Spotting A Wild Misogyny

Topic Lords ·

2025/03/31

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-for-you * OUR DRAWINGS - PRINCESS MOVIE | Full Animation Film | Artist *

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1:04:35

283. Dracula's Big Happy Polycule

Topic Lords ·

2025/03/24

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-c64600489fea/pMNUZSdU.jpg Microtopics: * Deciding to get a teleprompter on episode

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1:11:01

282. Check Out My Feetbook!

Topic Lords ·

2025/03/17

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 Disasters. * Reviewing every individual version of FIFA 2011. * The Sega Master

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1:06:54

281. Mr. Nukem Was My Father

Topic Lords ·

2025/03/10

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/poemforastudentwhousedaitowriteapaper/ * Colma's city motto "It's Great to Be Alive in

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1:21:58

280. How To Start An Ice Cream Shop (Probably)

Topic Lords ·

2025/03/03

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 PS4 fan noises. * Caffeine-infused mints with Tux the Penguin branding on Think

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1:05:40

279. Concrete Peanut Butter Condensate

Topic Lords ·

2025/02/24

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/SendMeto_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 like peanut butter? * My journey to make photography as labor intensive as

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278. Successfully Talking

Topic Lords ·

2025/02/17

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. * Watching Blue Velvet while high. * Finishing season two of Twin Peaks out

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1:14:57

277. Tunic 2, For Lords Only

Topic Lords ·

2025/02/10

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 touching them. * The bifurcation of Bluesky into Twitter 2 and Mastodon into

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