274. Samuel Beckett's Animal Crossing Letters

January 20th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

Lords: John and Elena. We discuss potlock advent calendars, NES games that science says are bad, how animals read, this untitled breakup poem by ailbey

273. Why Isn't Dracula Good At Anything?

January 13th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

esper, rt-55j

Lords: Esper and RT-55J. We discuss poorly-constructed memes, making ZZT games in 2024, porting Mario 64 to the Commodore 64. "I like to think that in another universe," by ailbey, what counts as a plausible Dracula, and introducing licensed characters into a game that has previously been itself.

272. Beakknifed In Busch Gardens

January 6th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

cort, ryan

Lords: Ryan and Cort. We discuss meat-flavored potato chips, the Pico-8 tracker, using "Add or Remove Programs" to add a program, Tommy C, and Advent Calendars.

271. Ego Death Mario

December 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins

avery, stevie, tyriq

Lords: Tyriq, Stevie, Avery. We discuss Dr. Mario's specialty, boutique sardines, Street Sharks (and the lies about them), and the aftermath of PiCoSteveMo.

270. B-Roll Of The Big Bang

December 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

alexander, hallie

Lords: Alexander and Hallie. We discuss making AI drunk, 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, using flow theory and Kubler Ross grief to drive learning systems, and animals you want to pet, but cannot.

269. Wet-Ass Planetoid

December 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 secs

alex, tyriq

Lords: Tyriq and Alex. We discuss trying to superficially familiarize yourself with every country, the log burner fan, drilling this chair for ancient water, Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams, by Kenneth Koch, Boichik Bagels, and the boxfish skeleton.

268. Puzzles For Puzzle Enjoyers

December 9th, 2024  |  59 mins 29 secs

james, kev

Lords: James and Kev. We discuss copyparty, egg punk vs. chain punk, going geocaching three times, Septic Tanks, certain kinds of trash you don't see any more, and mosquito bites.

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.