349. Life Finds a Way (To Scratch Its Nose)

From Topic Lords by Jim Stormdancer

June 29, 2026 · 1h 11m

About this episode

The episode features a humorous discussion on various topics including Thomas The Tank Engine, game design, and the nature of creativity.

Lords: Cort Martin https://steamcommunity.com/app/2111550 Topics: What does Thomas The Tank Engine do when he gets an itchy nose? The end of Destiny Glittermitten Grove's undisclosed AI content Iroha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha I need to add bears to my threat model What thing would you like to be entangled with? Microtopics: Setting arbitrary deadlines to get things done and taking them seriously. Lord Walker. Writing 20 songs in 12 hours. Schrodinger's Cat Burglar. A video game that everyone in the world will love. Jimbo and the Jet Set. Soulful butt-licking. Do Fish Itch? What twisted idiot god would make a fish itch. The cosmology of Thomas the Tank Engine. Itchy planes flying very close to a mountain so they can scratch their faces. Whether trains can die in the Thomas the Tank Engine universe. Trains trying to live up to human standards of beauty. Pixar Cars needing eye surgery. Destiny's Final Update. Patrolling the moon in search of wizards. T-shirts with the insignias of obscure PVP factions. The logo of a football team that doesn't exist. Destiny shipping as MusicPlayerDemo.exe. Six people at the peak of their skill doing weird crap. Extremely obscure, elaborate…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Stormdancer

Guest: Cort Martin

Topics covered

Thomas The Tank Engine
Destiny
game design
MMOs
creativity
comedy

Keywords

Thomas The Tank Engine
Destiny
MMOs
game design
creativity
comedy
Cort Martin

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Thomas The Tank Engine, Destiny, Destiny Glittermitten Grove, Iroha, Jimbo and the Jet Set, Do Fish Itch?, RuneScape