Best Jim Stormdancer Podcasts (2025)

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307. The Bad Boy Of Crossword Construction 1:04:56

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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/…

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306. You Wouldn't Believe The Brutes They Make 1:06:06

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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.…

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305. Phlegmletting 1:16:09

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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 type…

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304. Turn On The MacLachlan 1:07:26

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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 Microbru…

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303. A System Of People Doing Stuff And Being Weirdos 1:06:04

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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 h…

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302. Frog Fractions 2 OST 2: Still Croakin' 1:22:06

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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…

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301. For Those Who Are Glucose Curious 56:46

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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…

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300. Dave's Kid Doesn't Know How To Spit 1:07:26

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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 …

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299. Skin Fortress With Armed Idiot 1:03:53

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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 th…

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298. Rawdogging Life 1:23:03

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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.emilyperlki…

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297. Grimace Exploded, Covering 70,000 People 1:00:03

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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%3Fd…

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296. Do You Know About The Sun? 1:20:24

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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 m…

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295. Fantasy Malware 1:04:47

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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 …

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294. Click On This Ad To Save This Child 1:00:15

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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-…

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293. Pasting The Sickos Face Back And Forth Forever 1:09:32

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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-c64600…

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292. A Dewey Decimal System, But For Libraries 1:04:47

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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…

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291. Nair and Nnail: Keratin Erasers 1:08:47

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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. Virtu…

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290. Forever Games Are Just Rude 1:02:12

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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…

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289. It's Pronounced VRML 1:06:59

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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.poetryfoun…

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288. Nobody Has Poop On Their Balls On The Astral Plane 1:14:04

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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 …

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287. Drive It Like You Hate It 1:03:32

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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/Mar…

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286. A Kangaroo The Size Of Two Kangaroos 1:02:31

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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/…

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285. Poop Songs For Roy 1:07:21

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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…

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284. Spotting A Wild Misogyny 1:17:54

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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.tum…

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283. Dracula's Big Happy Polycule 1:04:35

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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-upload…

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282. Check Out My Feetbook! 1:11:01

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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 saf…

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281. Mr. Nukem Was My Father 1:06:54

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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…

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280. How To Start An Ice Cream Shop (Probably) 1:21:58

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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. Horro…

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279. Concrete Peanut Butter Condensate 1:05:40

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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-…

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278. Successfully Talking 56:28

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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. Chiaro…

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277. Tunic 2, For Lords Only 1:14:57

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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…

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276. The Yukon Territories Foodie Scene 1:08:21

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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…

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275. Angora Semiconductors 1:05:31

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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…

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274. Samuel Beckett's Animal Crossing Letters 1:06:00

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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 r…

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273. Why Isn't Dracula Good At Anything? 1:02:47

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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 ht…

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272. Beakknifed In Busch Gardens 1:06:56

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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…

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271. Ego Death Mario 1:11:59

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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…

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270. B-Roll Of The Big Bang 1:08:27

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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 the…

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269. Wet-Ass Planetoid 1:00:09

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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…

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268. Puzzles For Puzzle Enjoyers 59:29

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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/firesid…

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267. Unburying The Duck 1:13:18

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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 …

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266. Voronoi Cookies 1:07:10

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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 fo…

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265. We're Here To Make This Slide Floppy 1:10:50

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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 g…

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264. Pickpocketed So Hard You Die 1:07:31

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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 Hob…

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263. Drafted Into The Applebee's Wars 1:09:40

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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.c…

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262. Real Meal, Fictional Man 1:10:55

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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 othe…

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261. Chat Hurt Chatself In Chat's Confusion 1:03:25

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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…

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260. This Sentient Life Could've Been An Email 1:15:33

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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 …

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259. All Bag, No Pipes 1:08:54

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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: so…

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258. Only The Head Of The Deer Sparks Joy 1:04:45

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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 g…