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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320. Wri Your WriMo, Gen Your GenMo
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1:15:43Lords: 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 …
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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. Puzz…
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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 th…
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317. This Bass Line Stinks (Non-Derogatory)
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1:09:18Lords: 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-son…
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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 whe…
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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 wr…
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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. M…
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313. Don't You Wish You Didn't Know That?
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1:06:29Lords: 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 wor…
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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 Samp…
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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/ http…
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310. Dance Like The Universe Is An Empty Wasteland
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1:03:15Lords 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-krug…
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309. Shaking Ass To Music For Airports
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1:12:22Lords: 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 m…
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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 Seym…
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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. …
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307. The Bad Boy Of Crossword Construction
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1:04:56Lords: 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
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1:06:06Lords: 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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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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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
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1:06:04Lords: 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'
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1:22:06Lords: 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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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
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1:07:26Lords: 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
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1:03:53Lords: 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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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
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1:00:03Lords: 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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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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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
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1:00:15Lords: 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
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1:09:32Lords: 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
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1:04:47Lords: 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
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1:08:47Lords: 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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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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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
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1:14:04Lords: 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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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
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1:02:31Lords: 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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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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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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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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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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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)
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1:21:58Lords: 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
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1:05:40Lords: 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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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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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
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1:08:21Lords: 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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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
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1:06:00Lords: 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?
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1:02:47Lords: 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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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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