Episodes
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179. Get Bad
March 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
alex, shannon
Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss reading music badly, guessing the animal from bad old-timey description, how to pronounce "MacPaint," a poem in the options of a Tumblr poll, and airport teleportation.
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178. The Lathe of Kojima
March 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
chkf, phone
Lords: CisHetKayfaber and Phone. We discuss calculus ruining incremental games, small form factor PCs, HDR, Ode to Ice Cream by Vada Sultenfuss, and Metal Gear Solid 2: the most important game of 2023.
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177. An Episode Your Landlord Should Not Listen To
March 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
alicia, ryan
Lords: Alicia and Ryan. We discuss: Seattle's reaction to snow vs the Bay Area's reaction to rain, would you rather fart bones once a month or have Goldeneye "big head mode" on in real life for a year, Moral philosophy lessons from the California DMV, Nancy, and common everyday items that make you mentally "time travel."
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176. A Diglett Slightly Tan
March 6th, 2023 | 54 mins 28 secs
hallie, johnb
Lords: Hallie and John B. We discuss tabletop RPGs as educational platform, Flicky-likes, Etch A Sketch Animator 2000, My Brother's Head Should Be Replaced by Jack Prelutsky, and Buff Diglett.
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175. This Movie Has Marky Mark in It
February 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
erica, jesse
Lords: Erica and Jesse. We discuss the Spanish word that can't be spelled, Disco Elysium, Clue ||: Murder in Disguise, All of the Words on a Bottle of Rolling Rock Beer in a Different Order, this year's beast of a Mystery Hunt, and shareable alarms.
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174. Occam's Raccoon
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
chall, xander
Lords: Chris and Alexander. We discuss words with similar sounds and meanings but no etymological relation, virtual marble runs with guns, the broom method of dealing with a hydrogen leak, a poem by Dr. Seuss, the Loveland Frog, and ghosts are real: what are the economic consequences?
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173. How Much Anxiety Does Your Car Have?
February 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
maxx, tyriq
Lords: Maxx and Tyriq. We discuss Nancy and having a continuous tone for a hundred years, recommendations, adding trinkets to other people's time capsules, and A Psalm for the Wild-Built.
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172. Don’t Apply Any Torque to This Bag
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
alex, shannon
Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss incomprehensible PSAs, games which use player ignorance as a major mechanic, Man out of Space Easiest, Stepped on a plum (overripe plum) (barefoot), how to pay for things in Australia, and bats! Micro and Mega!
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171. Reasons to Not Throw Your Phone in the Ocean
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
chkf, kev
Lords: CisHetKayFaber and Kev. We discuss food from dreams and nightmares, Han Unification, the Super Mega Crossword, Down by the Bay by Raffi, video game franchises known for secrets, five-tined forks, and horrible exceptions to rule 34.
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170. My Brain Likes the Things I Like
January 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
cort, tyriq
Lords: Tyriq and Cort. We discuss fantasy consoles, music from the 80s, getting earwormed by a song that doesn't exist, and Aesop Rock - Ruby 81.
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169. Topicless
January 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
john, tim
Lords: John and Tim. We discuss compartmentalization, Deus Ex: Revision, Napster pranks, The Last Titan, the Gros Michel banana, and making art even when AI does it better.
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168. Take a Gasket, Leave a Gasket
January 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
erica, jenni
Lords: Erica and Jenni. We discuss Stronger with Stogner, what is and isn't ahegao, feeling old about anti-piracy measures, The Lanyard by Billy Collins, the WTF genre of narrative's often unsatisfying endings, and Ed O'Brien on Backing Vocals
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167. Riker's Doing the Biting
January 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
akash, dannyb
Lords: Danny and Akash. We discuss 100khz microphones, the town in Alaska that's all in one building, grainy magazine screen shot filters, Hitler is a Jerk, coming back to games after not playing them for a while, and what to call the Vampire Survivors genre.
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166. There's Only One Best Topic
December 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
erica, maxx
Lords: Erica and Maxx. We discuss freesound.org, shutting down the FF2 ARG Twitter, leisure in the 70s, Snow by David Berman, the Some Potatoes diet, and plants that can see, sorta.
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165. Spitting Wiggly Air
December 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
mark, shirley
Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss finding Shirley transformed into a puddle of water, aphasia, Dr. Icecreamwala, Eternal Champion - I Am The Hammer, Teen Censorship, and SCA stuff.
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164. Dead Bodies Are Always in the First Place You Look
December 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 12 mins
nathan, tyriq
Lords: Nathan and Tyriq. Topics: octopodes, teaching your son to drive, breaking the RNG in The Colonel's Bequest, and fixing the camera in Mario Odyssey.