Jim Stormdancer has hosted 353 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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265. We're Here to Make This Slide Floppy
November 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
cornell, 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.
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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.
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263. Drafted Into the Applebee's Wars
November 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
brianne, nelson
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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