267. Unburying The Duck

December 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins

erica, john

Lords: John and Erica. We discuss Golden Owl Pre-Post-Mortem, one year of having twins, notepad's support for alternative line endings, and Goodnight Moon (plus Goodnight Dune)

266. Voronoi Cookies

November 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

benwilson, zarf

Lords: Ben and Andrew. We discuss baking with precise measurement vs. by feel, making crosswords, how many weeks there are in a year, The Rules by Leila Chatti, building fidgeting into a Zoom lecture, and Things of Science.

265. We're Here To Make This Slide Floppy

November 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

chris, tim

Lords: Tim and Chris. We discuss noodles, the impoverishment of the question, choosing an integrator, Lucky Jim (old song), and collaborative music as a game design problem.

264. Pickpocketed So Hard You Die

November 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

andrew, aubrianne

Lords: Andrew and Aubrianne. We discuss coming to terms with being bad at video games, charging money for art, messy game design, To Be of Use by Marge Piercy, Films Noir, and Complementary Hobby Power Couples.

263. Drafted Into The Applebee's Wars

November 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins

brianne, xalavier

Lords: Xalavier and Brianne. We discuss movies about contract killers doing contract negotiation, whether fictional characters are better role models than real people, the new Zelda game talks too much and I'm okay with that, Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish, enacting a customer service draft, and doing terrible things to the Criterion Closet.

262. Real Meal, Fictional Man

October 28th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

chkf, maxx

Lords: CisHetKayFaber and Maxx. We discuss food-focused Japanese TV, how pescetarians exist if fish don't, the return of PicoSteveMo, wikipoem.org, and the shifting nature of what is appropriate for children.

261. Chat Hurt Chatself In Chat's Confusion

October 21st, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins

diener, mitch

Lords: Alex and Mitch. We discuss the wikipedia article about Football, classic Macintosh computers, the entomologists in Silence of the Lambs, With Apologies to Dr. Seuss by Supper Mario Broth, Archipelago, and deconstructing chat as a first person pronoun.

260. This Sentient Life Could've Been An Email

October 14th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins

chris, jenni

Lords: Jenni and Chris. We discuss whether corporate mascots are age-locked to a generation, balls being able to taste soy sauce, BB-8 changed my tire, and The Woodchuck by Sam Pink.

259. All Bag, No Pipes

October 7th, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

elena, tyriq

Lords: Elena and Tyriq. We discuss being witty and social as a power fantasy, popular music: sometimes popular because it's good, where do we go after Cohost, and Ballad of the Veliger by Walter Garstang.

258. Only The Head Of The Deer Sparks Joy

September 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

cort, marks

Lords: Cort and Mark. We discuss things you've found in the trash, traveling with children, Adventures with BB-8, Burma Shave Sign by Andrew Plotkin, the useless superpowers game, and whether Mega Man suffers ennui

257. Stinky Judo

September 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins

nathan, tom

Lords: Nathan and Tom. We discuss France stealing breakdancing during the 2024 Olympics, growing to an age where media is good, how are you saying goodbye to trigraphs, Rain by Raymond Carver, how to pronounce things you normally just type, and rolling in NES tetris.

256. Donkey Kong Is A Tankie

September 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 16 mins

mark, shirley

Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss naming a human, getting more liberal as you get older, I'm scared to start recording Mario Odyssey, and The Orc

255. We're Truly On The Bleeding Edge Of Something

September 9th, 2024  |  59 mins 2 secs

adam, linker

Lords: Adam and Linker. We discuss ways you've changed in 20 years, examples of X animal software running on Y animal hardware, whether erasure poetry counts as poetry, and your favorite RPG (whatever that means)

254. Help Me Get Over The Pervert Hump

September 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

alicia, ryan

Lords: Ryan and Alicia. We discuss asking people what they're into without sounding like a pervert, Arctic Expeditions and man's hubris, Asterix Park, and I Won't Call You Pretty, by L.E. Bowman

253. A Unified Theory Of Hot Dog Preference

August 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins

Lords: Wacy and Chris. We discuss difficulties with long-term traveling, Norway, why they don't have novelty whipped cream, and The Dirt Man Song.

252. A Properly Functioning Bag Nose

August 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

johnb, kory

Lords: JohnB, Kory. We discuss vinyl records, teaching yourself C++, forgetting things as a way of getting things done, I Sat Belonely by John Lennon, and the vestigial organs of video games.