Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 22. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman discussing BRAINROT and a deep dive of the effects of consuming this content and what it can do to kids. We share some personal anecdotes on what we've experienced and compare to our generation's version of current trends. We also do a deep dive of negative and positive outcomes from this.

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Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

00:00 Intro

01:00 thelonesalesman's perspective on "brainrot"/ Discovering Sprunki And Italian Brainrot

04:17 Ohms research into effects on consuming this content

06:25 Comparing trends of Gen A to our generation

10:19 Positive Influence on Social norms vs Negative ones

14:00 Controls on Media and how kids bypass them/ How older kids are effected

20:00 Internet is an essential resource/ Growing up with AI and Tech

25:00 The future of this generation / What can parents do?

28:00 Toys that benefit kids for STEM/ Positive ways to play

31:00 Disney and other content

34:30 Conclusion

References:

Research papers:

https://www.aecf.org/blog/impact-of-social-media-on-gen-alpha/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10809394/

Scott Gallaway:

youtube.com/watch?v=MkZd7ECo8OM&t=127

Visual Venture video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKmj5p2XmBo

Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 21. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman discussing the things they love and hate about food. Food is something we all can connect about and share different experiences. Here we talk about food we enjoyed as kids, recent trends, food reviewers, our last meal and much more.

@ohmsdev is looking for indie devs to help collaborate and ask questions with. Specifically expats or expats in Japan however all are welcome. Find him here on twitter

https://twitter.com/ohmsdev

Find us on our socials to ask questions and we will follow up with them in our next episode:

https://linktr.ee/Ohms.Lounge

Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:23 What pisses us off about some food

00:11:20 Food we enjoy

00:12:57 adult happy meals/ unforgivable pizza toppings in Japan

00:16:44 Food Media/ Foodies/ Food reviewers

00:27:00 Food at night time/ obscure foods/ Muck bangs

00:32:00 Meal prepping/ Presentation of food / Food Gimmicks

00:37:25 Popcorn bucket phenomena/ food slot machines/ Food gatcha games/ festival food

00:42:00 Secret sauce/ Game codes and toys with Cereal/ Special menu Items

00:45:55 Food in Movies and Games

00:52:35 Food we wanted as kids/ / What Happened to Caprisun?

00:56:35 The Future of Food / Air Fryers

01:01:55 Animal food consumed by humans / Hazardous food

01:08:03 last meal / Conclusion

Artwork:

https://www.instagram.com/alittletinyman/

References:

https://www.qustodio.com/en/blog/what-is-mukbang/#:~:text=What%20does%20mukbang%20mean%3F,word%20as%20an%20%E2%80%9Ceatcast%E2%80%9D.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156040/CalorieMate_LIQUID_FOR_GAME_CREATORS/?curator_clanid=42180156

https://x.com/pigshitsonballs

https://www.instagram.com/coffeetoast2?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw%3D%3D

Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 20. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman discussing handheld gaming and our personal experience with it and where we see the technology at today and where it is going.

@ohmsdev is looking for indie devs to help collaborate and ask questions with. Specifically expats or expats in Japan however all are welcome. Find him here on twitter

https://twitter.com/ohmsdev

Find us on our socials to ask questions and we will follow up with them in our next episode:

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Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

0:00 Intro

0:30 Our experience with handhelds

3:00 the "Nintendo DS" era to the Nintendo Switch

6:30 The Rise of the Steamdeck

9:30 The "other" type of steamdecks.. Lenovo/ MSI/ etc

11:35 Will the Switch 2 be good/ Looking back on norms of handhelds in past

16:35 The evolution of handhelds and games

18:48 Looking at playstation Portal/ Looking back on PSP

23:45 Xbox's solution: Logitech cloud gaming handheld

27:30 How much did previous handhelds sell for?

31:10 Steam OS open source / Comparing major Gaming Companies

35:05 The future of handhelds

40:00 The monetization issues vs market place differences

43:00 How AR and VR could be future of handheld gaming

46:30 Steam's Roy Deckard

50:00 will VR/ AR be the norm?

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbOxV-4kxk

https://imgur.com/a/where-are-they-now-handheld-consoles-k01DZ?gallery

https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1780340675772305542