OHMS Lounge

Josh and Paul

Welcome to OHMS Lounge! With our hosts OHMS and thelonesalesman OHMS lounge is the main show where we discuss topics related to gaming, technology, recent trends, interviewing colleagues, and sometimes casual banter between friends. In this podcast we do our due diligence to do our research and provide references when covering topics. These range from group discussions, interview style, solo, or between two hosts.

  1. Diving into the Brainrot

    15/12/2025

    Diving into the Brainrot

    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. @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 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

    36 min
  2. Food: What We Love, Hate, and Know about it.

    28/05/2025

    Food: What We Love, Hate, and Know about it.

    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

    1hr 16min
  3. Trends in Gaming: The Future of Handheld Gaming

    25/02/2025

    Trends in Gaming: The Future of Handheld Gaming

    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: https://linktr.ee/Ohms.Lounge 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

    1hr 6min

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Welcome to OHMS Lounge! With our hosts OHMS and thelonesalesman OHMS lounge is the main show where we discuss topics related to gaming, technology, recent trends, interviewing colleagues, and sometimes casual banter between friends. In this podcast we do our due diligence to do our research and provide references when covering topics. These range from group discussions, interview style, solo, or between two hosts.