342. Psycho Mantis Says To Drink Mercury

From Topic Lords by Jim Stormdancer

May 11, 2026 · 1h 9m

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of game development, financial struggles, and creative expression through the lens of modular synthesizers and personal anecdotes.

Lords: Nathan https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/ Robb https://store.steampowered.com/app/880930/Cyberganked/ Topics: I got pulled into the world of Eurorack modular synthesizers and now I'm finding myself trying to make cogent arguments for bringing uranium ore into the household. Ectoparasites Stairs are the driving of walking The Beaufort Wind Scale, found by nontanne https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/c8PXM396.jpg Microtopics: Year 14 of Cyberganked development. Cryptozookeeper. Struggling to play Yankee Doodle Dandy because the piano teacher doesn't want to hear your rendition of Axel F. Being hit up for $25 by the state. A text adventure with little pictures. Composing your 3D scene using pictures you took at the Denver haunted house your friend runs. Including an in-game explanation for why you chose to use the CGA colors. Playing TXT World and wondering "why would anyone make a game that looks like that?" How do you afford to take seven years to make a game? Finagling money out of various governments during COVID. Turning off the fish so that you can see the cat. Spending thousands of…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Stormdancer

Guests: Nathan, Robb

Topics covered

Eurorack modular synthesizers
game development
financial challenges
COVID impact
creative processes
life hacks

Keywords

Eurorack
game development
financial solvency
COVID
life hacks
synthesizers
creative processes

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ChainStaff, Cyberganked

Books & works: Yankee Doodle Dandy, Axel F, TXT World

Places: Denver