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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Akash”</title>
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  <title>167. Riker's Doing the Biting</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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Lords:
* Danny
  * https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/
* Akash
  * https://www.akashthakkar.com/
Topics:
* 100KHz microphones
* There's an entire town in Alaska that's contained entirely in one building - https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/
* Tired: CRT filter in emulated video games. Wired: grainy magazine screenshot filter in emulated video games
* http://folklore.usc.edu/childrens-song-hitler-is-a-jerk/
* Coming back to games months after starting, forgetting what happened, totally forgetting how to play, and never playing again/starting over
* Vampire Survivors genre name
Microtopics:
* Sleeping with 20,000 podcasts.
* Hyper Light Waiter.
* Rift of the Necrodancer.
* Picking up a dog ribcage and the rest of the dog comes with it.
* A cat flowing out of your hands like water.
* Which organ you smell with.
* Dipping your fingies into the chicken vat to refresh the chicken smell.
* Serendipity, providence, kismet, fate: Stormdancing.
* Nyquist vs. Dayquist.
* A big talking world snake named Carlosti, just like in the Edda.
* Pitching a character's voice down four semitones to indicate that they're the bad guy.
* Inventing a sound never heard before.
* Doing a fun click.
* Whether to take Tidal seriously.
* Moving to a town that lives in a shopping mall.
* Snowpiercer but the wheels fell off.
* Signing your kids up for Twitter because they have to learn about death somehow.
* A tiktok sensation dancing with a subway sandwich.
* Visiting the sewage treatment plant next to the Forever 21.
* The only two Invisible War fans in the world, on the same podcast together.
* Crimothy, Jermdom and Frenchalor.
* The Archie Effect.
* A video card that's broken in an extremely specific way.
* Reading a brochure about Super Metroid over and over.
* A controller made of marzipan.
* 2x Sai vs. SuperEagle.
* DLSS but for pixel art.
* Star Wars but every six seconds it's a different director.
* Paying composers to make original music because you enjoy the idea of paying people to do work.
* A poem by Nega-Kanye West.
* The engine that drives the popularity of the "Whistle while you work / Hitler is a jerk" rhyme.
* Bratwurst vs. Vienna Sausage.
* Whether Data has functional genitalia.
* The episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation where Data stars in a porn film in order to better understand that part of the human experience.
* Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X Porn Parody: it's a satire.
* Trying to find the Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X porn parody but all you can find is endless copies of the Babylon 5 porn parody.
* Searching the internet and the universe for an answer.
* Pressing both the sticks in and the sea monkeys come out.
* What's cool about Dark Souls.
* Trying to get your mom to play Skyrim with the Macho Man Randy Savage mod installed.
* Video games: fuck the whole town!
* Game of the Year in the sense of Time Magazine's Man of the Year.
* Roguelikes: they're like Rogue.
* Single-stick shooters.
* The kind of game that a CSI character would play.
* What Fortnite was before it was a PubG clone.
* The extremely bitter blog post about the Edge team giving up and wrapping Chromium.
* Where to play Frog Fractions 4 and 5.
* How to feel about numbers.
* The most expensive Vampire Survivor-likes.
* Where to find Drop 7 2.
* Arcade Paradise.
* Bootleg Fractions. 
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    <![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/topiclords" rel="nofollow">Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early!</a></p>

<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Danny

<ul>
<li><a href="https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Akash

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.akashthakkar.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.akashthakkar.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>100KHz microphones</li>
<li>There&#39;s an entire town in Alaska that&#39;s contained entirely in one building - <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/</a></li>
<li>Tired: CRT filter in emulated video games. Wired: grainy magazine screenshot filter in emulated video games</li>
<li><a href="http://folklore.usc.edu/childrens-song-hitler-is-a-jerk/" rel="nofollow">http://folklore.usc.edu/childrens-song-hitler-is-a-jerk/</a></li>
<li>Coming back to games months after starting, forgetting what happened, totally forgetting how to play, and never playing again/starting over</li>
<li>Vampire Survivors genre name</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Sleeping with 20,000 podcasts.</li>
<li>Hyper Light Waiter.</li>
<li>Rift of the Necrodancer.</li>
<li>Picking up a dog ribcage and the rest of the dog comes with it.</li>
<li>A cat flowing out of your hands like water.</li>
<li>Which organ you smell with.</li>
<li>Dipping your fingies into the chicken vat to refresh the chicken smell.</li>
<li>Serendipity, providence, kismet, fate: Stormdancing.</li>
<li>Nyquist vs. Dayquist.</li>
<li>A big talking world snake named Carlosti, just like in the Edda.</li>
<li>Pitching a character&#39;s voice down four semitones to indicate that they&#39;re the bad guy.</li>
<li>Inventing a sound never heard before.</li>
<li>Doing a fun click.</li>
<li>Whether to take Tidal seriously.</li>
<li>Moving to a town that lives in a shopping mall.</li>
<li>Snowpiercer but the wheels fell off.</li>
<li>Signing your kids up for Twitter because they have to learn about death somehow.</li>
<li>A tiktok sensation dancing with a subway sandwich.</li>
<li>Visiting the sewage treatment plant next to the Forever 21.</li>
<li>The only two Invisible War fans in the world, on the same podcast together.</li>
<li>Crimothy, Jermdom and Frenchalor.</li>
<li>The Archie Effect.</li>
<li>A video card that&#39;s broken in an extremely specific way.</li>
<li>Reading a brochure about Super Metroid over and over.</li>
<li>A controller made of marzipan.</li>
<li>2x Sai vs. SuperEagle.</li>
<li>DLSS but for pixel art.</li>
<li>Star Wars but every six seconds it&#39;s a different director.</li>
<li>Paying composers to make original music because you enjoy the idea of paying people to do work.</li>
<li>A poem by Nega-Kanye West.</li>
<li>The engine that drives the popularity of the &quot;Whistle while you work / Hitler is a jerk&quot; rhyme.</li>
<li>Bratwurst vs. Vienna Sausage.</li>
<li>Whether Data has functional genitalia.</li>
<li>The episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation where Data stars in a porn film in order to better understand that part of the human experience.</li>
<li>Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X Porn Parody: it&#39;s a satire.</li>
<li>Trying to find the Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X porn parody but all you can find is endless copies of the Babylon 5 porn parody.</li>
<li>Searching the internet and the universe for an answer.</li>
<li>Pressing both the sticks in and the sea monkeys come out.</li>
<li>What&#39;s cool about Dark Souls.</li>
<li>Trying to get your mom to play Skyrim with the Macho Man Randy Savage mod installed.</li>
<li>Video games: fuck the whole town!</li>
<li>Game of the Year in the sense of Time Magazine&#39;s Man of the Year.</li>
<li>Roguelikes: they&#39;re like Rogue.</li>
<li>Single-stick shooters.</li>
<li>The kind of game that a CSI character would play.</li>
<li>What Fortnite was before it was a PubG clone.</li>
<li>The extremely bitter blog post about the Edge team giving up and wrapping Chromium.</li>
<li>Where to play Frog Fractions 4 and 5.</li>
<li>How to feel about numbers.</li>
<li>The most expensive Vampire Survivor-likes.</li>
<li>Where to find Drop 7 2.</li>
<li>Arcade Paradise.</li>
<li>Bootleg Fractions.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/topiclords" rel="nofollow">Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early!</a></p>

<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Danny

<ul>
<li><a href="https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Akash

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.akashthakkar.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.akashthakkar.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>100KHz microphones</li>
<li>There&#39;s an entire town in Alaska that&#39;s contained entirely in one building - <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/</a></li>
<li>Tired: CRT filter in emulated video games. Wired: grainy magazine screenshot filter in emulated video games</li>
<li><a href="http://folklore.usc.edu/childrens-song-hitler-is-a-jerk/" rel="nofollow">http://folklore.usc.edu/childrens-song-hitler-is-a-jerk/</a></li>
<li>Coming back to games months after starting, forgetting what happened, totally forgetting how to play, and never playing again/starting over</li>
<li>Vampire Survivors genre name</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Sleeping with 20,000 podcasts.</li>
<li>Hyper Light Waiter.</li>
<li>Rift of the Necrodancer.</li>
<li>Picking up a dog ribcage and the rest of the dog comes with it.</li>
<li>A cat flowing out of your hands like water.</li>
<li>Which organ you smell with.</li>
<li>Dipping your fingies into the chicken vat to refresh the chicken smell.</li>
<li>Serendipity, providence, kismet, fate: Stormdancing.</li>
<li>Nyquist vs. Dayquist.</li>
<li>A big talking world snake named Carlosti, just like in the Edda.</li>
<li>Pitching a character&#39;s voice down four semitones to indicate that they&#39;re the bad guy.</li>
<li>Inventing a sound never heard before.</li>
<li>Doing a fun click.</li>
<li>Whether to take Tidal seriously.</li>
<li>Moving to a town that lives in a shopping mall.</li>
<li>Snowpiercer but the wheels fell off.</li>
<li>Signing your kids up for Twitter because they have to learn about death somehow.</li>
<li>A tiktok sensation dancing with a subway sandwich.</li>
<li>Visiting the sewage treatment plant next to the Forever 21.</li>
<li>The only two Invisible War fans in the world, on the same podcast together.</li>
<li>Crimothy, Jermdom and Frenchalor.</li>
<li>The Archie Effect.</li>
<li>A video card that&#39;s broken in an extremely specific way.</li>
<li>Reading a brochure about Super Metroid over and over.</li>
<li>A controller made of marzipan.</li>
<li>2x Sai vs. SuperEagle.</li>
<li>DLSS but for pixel art.</li>
<li>Star Wars but every six seconds it&#39;s a different director.</li>
<li>Paying composers to make original music because you enjoy the idea of paying people to do work.</li>
<li>A poem by Nega-Kanye West.</li>
<li>The engine that drives the popularity of the &quot;Whistle while you work / Hitler is a jerk&quot; rhyme.</li>
<li>Bratwurst vs. Vienna Sausage.</li>
<li>Whether Data has functional genitalia.</li>
<li>The episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation where Data stars in a porn film in order to better understand that part of the human experience.</li>
<li>Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X Porn Parody: it&#39;s a satire.</li>
<li>Trying to find the Star Trek Next Generation Triple-X porn parody but all you can find is endless copies of the Babylon 5 porn parody.</li>
<li>Searching the internet and the universe for an answer.</li>
<li>Pressing both the sticks in and the sea monkeys come out.</li>
<li>What&#39;s cool about Dark Souls.</li>
<li>Trying to get your mom to play Skyrim with the Macho Man Randy Savage mod installed.</li>
<li>Video games: fuck the whole town!</li>
<li>Game of the Year in the sense of Time Magazine&#39;s Man of the Year.</li>
<li>Roguelikes: they&#39;re like Rogue.</li>
<li>Single-stick shooters.</li>
<li>The kind of game that a CSI character would play.</li>
<li>What Fortnite was before it was a PubG clone.</li>
<li>The extremely bitter blog post about the Edge team giving up and wrapping Chromium.</li>
<li>Where to play Frog Fractions 4 and 5.</li>
<li>How to feel about numbers.</li>
<li>The most expensive Vampire Survivor-likes.</li>
<li>Where to find Drop 7 2.</li>
<li>Arcade Paradise.</li>
<li>Bootleg Fractions.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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