Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about Pokemon Go. Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: WHOIS tangent.club (unfortunately it was already taken) First Look: Nike's POWER-LACING Shoe - Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 (YouTube) 15 Photos of Celebrities in Baggy 90s Clothes Pokemon Go Region Exclusives How worryingly addicted to Pokemon Go are you? (it was BBC not BuzzFeed) How To Pick Pikachu As Your Starter In Pokemon Go (YouTube) Pokevision Pokemon Go Dev Subreddit Xiaomi Power Bank (good cheap external battery in HK) Crowds of people at the Charmander nest in Holland Park Pokemon Go - Vaporeon stampede Central Park, NYC (YouTube) Release notes for Pokemon Go 0.31.0 for Android and 1.1.0 for iOS (live version when podcast was recorded) @PokemonGoApp tweets about throw accuracy XP bug Nintendo shares plummet after it points out it doesn't make Pokemon Go Trubbish A Pokemon Go trainer who has caught all 145 Pokémon tells us how he did it and why it was a relief Pokemon Go Articuno pai

Mike and Ting talk about what they liked/disliked and what to start/stop/continue. The “book club” game is: BioShock Watch us play on Twitch! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Agile Management and the Sprint Retrospective "BBCs" (British Born Chinese) Stellaris Indie Megacast Dev Game Club FTB Infinity Evolved Skyblock The Word of Notch Pixel Grotto Giant Bomb Cracked The Daily What on Tumblr and I Can Has Cheezburger Trello to use as a Kanban board Eve Valkyrie Elite Dangerous Oculus Toybox and Medium (YouTube) System Shock Remake Kickstarter BioShock the Collection Batman: Return to Arkham Delayed Indefinitely Did they fix Batman: Arkham Knight? (I was thinking of this not Arkham City...) Limbo and Inside by Playdead PlayStation Plus: Free Games for July, 2016 Strife  

Mike and Ting talk about Dark Souls 3. Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Independence Day: Resurgence EU referendum: full results and analysis BBC guest who voted for Brexit mocked after admitting he didn't think his vote would count Vordt of the Boreal Valley Abyss Watchers Dark Souls III Any% Speedrun in 40:43 (YouTube) Game Progress Route The Mystery Behind Dark Souls 3's Seemingly Useless Poise Stat Yhorm the Giant Ancient Wyvern Fashion Souls Ring of Sacrifice Anor Londo Dark Sun Gwyndolin Aldrich, Devourer of Gods The Nameless King Soul of Cinder Dark Souls III Soundtrack OST - Soul of Cinder (YouTube) Gwyn, Lord of Cinder - Dark Souls Soundtrack (YouTube) VaatiVidya - The Legacy of Artorias [#5] (YouTube) Yoel of Londor Untended Graves Stephen's Sausage Roll  

Mike and Ting talk about the E3 2016 publisher presentations. The “book club” game is: BioShock Watch us play on Twitch! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Alaskan Klee Klai and Stuffed Toy Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Your Questions Answered First Footage and Screens from Upcoming Star Wars Games - E3 2016 Star Wars: Force Commander Battlefield 1 Official Gameplay Trailer (YouTube) Selfless (2015) - Wiz Khalifa - "No Limit (Sencit Remix)" (YouTube) Overwatch Skyrim Special Edition Trailer - E3 2016 (YouTube) If you own Skyrim and all its add-ons you'll get a free upgrade to Skyrim Special Edition on Oct 28 So, modded Skyrim looks pretty good Dishonored 2 - Official E3 Gameplay Trailer (YouTube) Ubi 30 South Park: The Fractured But Whole Trailer - E3 2016 (YouTube) The Sun backs Brexit E3 2016 - Eagle Flight VR Multiplayer Reveal (YouTube) Star Trek: Bridge Crew Trailer - E3 2016 (YouTube) Commander Worf's Head looks Like a Fanny! (YouTube) JetOne Moti

Mike and Ting talk about the E3 2016 platform owner presentations. Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Watch us play on Twitch! Show Notes: Dead Rising 4 E3 Announcement Trailer (YouTube) Xbox Play Anywhere Final Fantasy XV Boss Fight Stage Demo - E3 2016 (YouTube) We Happy Few - Official E3 2016 Gameplay Trailer (YouTube) Xbox Design Lab (custom controllers) Xbox One S (with internal IR blaster to replace Kinect) The Simpsons - Hank Scorpio (YouTube) Project Scorpio Nvidia GTX 1080 (9 TFLOPS) vs GTX 1070 (6.46 TFLOPS) Resident Evil 7 biohazard: On PS4, PS VR January 24 Introducing Batman: Arkham VR — Be the Batman The Last Guardian - E3 2016 Trailer (YouTube) Crash Bandicoot is Back with a PS4 Remaster - E3 2016 (YouTube) Hideo Kojima Presents: Death Stranding - E3 2016 (YouTube) Detroit: Become Human - E3 2016 (YouTube) God of War PS4 Gameplay with Behind the Scenes Info (YouTube) Horizon Zero Dawn - E3 2016 Gameplay Video (YouTube) Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3 (You

Mike and Ting talk about upcoming console hardware (NOTE: this was recorded on April 30th 2016...) The “book club” game is: Dark Souls 3 Watch us play on Twitch! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Sleeping Sushi T-Shirt Weebl's Stuff (YouTube) - I've Seen Things, Patrick Moore Plays The Xylophone and Badgers Goodbye Moonmen (YouTube) The Adam Buxton Podcast Mike Killing the First DS3 Boss (YouTube) Stephen's Sausage Roll @bfod omments on the lack of reviews for Stephen's Sausage Roll The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Never Trust the Client @notch talking about netcode Why did Stones of Jordan ("SoJ's") become the "currency" at one point in Diablo 2? Improving the Player Experience – Topic: Cheating & Exploits Motion Controls Cannot Be Entirely Disabled in Star Fox Zero AMD expects $1.5B in future revenue for three new gaming processors Sony PS4K is codenamed NEO Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video (YouTube)  

Mike and Ting talk about The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Contains spoilers for Majora's Mask Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Majora's Mask on Metacritic The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds 3DS XL Rick and Morty Total Rickall Nintendo Limited Edition Zelda 3DS Rick Overreacting (YouTube) Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Terrible Boss Fights Were Outsourced Gargantuan Masked Fish: Gyorg Fierce Deity Link The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt N64 Controller Majora's Mask 3D - Version Differences Stone Mask N64 Accessories - Expansion Pak Dark Souls on Metacritic The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GameCube/Wii Differences Twilight Princess HD Nearly Had Wii Remote Controls Game Theory: Is Link Dead in Majora's Mask? (YouTube) An Updated Look At Nintendo's Wacky Zelda Timeline BioShock and BioShock Infinite on Metacritic

Mike and Ting talk about the podcast. The “book club” game is: Dark Souls 3 Watch us play on Twitch! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: The Humans Are Dead (YouTube) New 'The Division' Falcon Lost Glitch Is Discovered After Patch [VIDEO] Enter the Gungeon - Gameplay Trailer (YouTube) Futurama: Wind up Guns (YouTube) The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Nuclear Throne Miitomo: What do you do to relieve stress? The Real Reason Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Isn’t Coming West Volleyball Video Game Won’t See U.S. Release Due To ‘Issues’ With Women This Video Will Make You Angry (YouTube) Perhaps the Most Perfect Video Game for Podcasts - CGP Grey playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 (YouTube) CGPGrey on Twitch LittleBigPlanet GDC Demo Part 1 (YouTube) Dead Rising The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and Oblivion Gears of War Dead Space 2 Sony tweaks European PS3 hardware, backwards compatibility takes a hit Operant conditioning chamber (a.k.a. Skinner box) Habitica (previously known as Hab

Mike and Ting are back after a brief hiatus. The “book club” game is: Dark Souls 3 Watch us play on Twitch! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pond that looks like a puzzle from The Witness DSFix Dark Souls Speedrun by Lobos JR (YouTube) Fake NX controller discussion NeoGaf: Thread 1 and Thread 2 Making the "leaked NX controller" (YouTube) Pirate Fortress in Majora's Mask Day of the Tentacle Remastered The Making of Day of the Tentacle Remastered (YouTube) Grim Fandango Remastered Broken promise: Double Fine's 'Broken Age' Kickstarter mess Oculus Rift preorder customers are facing months-long delays Learning how to VR with Tilt Brush The 3Doodler Hands-on with Final Fantasy 15's new Platinum Demo Square Enix Cancels Controversial Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Pre-Order Program Miitomo Clash Royale The Co-optional Podcast The Division players are queuing to use a laptop Windows 10: /bin/bash-supporting “Anniversary Update” coming this summer Indie Game the M

Mike rambles on about Master of Orion and X-COM while Ting listens politely. The “book club” game is: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pony Island SUPERHOT XCOM 2 Master of Orion Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares The Division Nom Nom Galaxy Factorio Interview: Firaxis’ Jake Solomon On What Went Right And Wrong With XCOM 2 How to Tell Whether You've Got Angst, Ennui, or Weltschmerz Metal Gear Retrospective (GameTrailers) GameTrailers is Closing Pokemon 20th Anniversary 30 years of Zelda Legendary Resume: Games That Owe Their Existence to Satoru Iwata Nintendo Hard Metroid Prime Metroid Prime: Hunters X-COM: Apocalypse X-COM: Enforcer Axiom Verge Zelda Timeline Cantonese Particles

Mike and Ting talk about Baldur's Gate II Contains (very minor) spoilers for Baldur's Gate II Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Hong Kong Indigenous 2016 Mong Kok Civil Unrest THAC0 Baldur's Gate: Dual and Multiclassing Min Maxing Ring of Human Influence Fireball Cloudkill Chaotic Commands (it's actually 5th level! I got it mixed up with Confusion) Dragon Age Origins Pillars of Eternity Spacewar  

Mike and Ting talk about The Witness Contains spoilers for The Witness (and a plot spoiler for The Talos Principle) Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Intro music: Anitra's Dream, Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46 - Edvard Grieg Tips For Playing The Witness Rubber Duck Debugging The Witness & Bombshell - Zero Punctuation (YouTube) People Can't Stop Seeing The Witness' Puzzles, Even In The Real World All 6 Theater Movies - Windmill Area (YouTube) The Talos Principle The Witness Secret Ending (YouTube) Donnie Darko Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response The Witness - Challenge Complete (YouTube) Harry Hill  

Mike and Ting talk about making a game in 48 hours, piracy and betas. The “book club” game is: The Witness Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Retro-Game Lovers in Hong Kong When Removable and Non-Removable MacBook Batteries Go Pop Controllers Controllers Controllers (Twitter) GGJ16 Global Sponsors and HK Sponsors GGJ16 Diversifiers Po Lin Monastery Mogwai: Chinese Culture, Scottish Post-Rock Band, Gremlins Mogwai Monastery: Lunar Edition Happy R.I.P. Friends (GGJ HK 2016 Best Gameplay Award) Ouija Sequence (GGJ HK 2016 Best Use of Theme Award) Go! Go! Totem God! (GGJ HK 2016 Audience Vote Award) Buggy Ritual Cauldron of Infinity It seems The Witness is the #1 game on a certain popular torrent site (Twitter) Half Life 2 Leak The Division Nuclear Throne Minecraft Alpha Planetary Annihilation Kerbal Space Program World of Warcraft Zones The Messy True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny Here's What Blizzard's Titan MMO Actually Was Red Envelope

Mike and Ting talk about Fallout 4 A continuation of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Education Spoilers spoilers spoilers! Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: The Glowing Sea Fallout 4 Achievements and Trophies Cambridge Polymer Labs Dunwich Borers Hubris Comics Massachusetts State House Mirelurk Queen Wasteland Whisperer Taking Independence The Silver Shroud Rifleman The Blue Danube (YouTube) In the Hall of the Mountain King (YouTube) Ride of the Valkyries (YouTube) The biggest difference between New Vegas and Fallout 4

Mike and Ting talk about The Witness and Global Game Jam. Also, finally, FEEDBACK! The “book club” game is: The Witness Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: I'mathief (Mike's current BG2 character) TIGSource: J. Blow on Prototyping (2007) Indie Game: The Movie Braid The Witness: Price and Pre-Orders Global Game Jam Global Game Jam HK Unity Professional Edition Sunk Cost Fallacy I Am Rich TUAW's Daily App: Uprising (2010) Dreemurr Reborn GGJ HK Games from 2015 Johnson’s Question: There's a fair amount of symbolism in games, with everyday objects or shapes taking on a greater meaning and importance. Have you found yourself particularly fond to one that has provided some amusement when you see it in real life? e.g. hex tiles remind you of tabletop games, a pizza reminding you of Pac-Man. AGDQ Too Fast For Mr. Angry Wall Panda Sneeze (YouTube)  

Mike and Ting talk about Christmas presents, disappointments and Awesome Games Done Quick. The “book club” game is: Baldur’s Gate II Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Kaizo Mario World Super Maker Bros. - Kaizo Mario Edition #1 (YouTube) Thank you from Oculus Master of Orion 3 on Metacritic Master of Orion 3 "5X" press release The Witness Pony Island Sim City on Metacritic Destiny on Metacritic Call of Duty: Ghosts on Metacritic Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do Games Done Quick AGDQ 2016: Super Metroid, 2 Players 1 Controller (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: Super Metroid, Reverse Boss Order (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: Super Mario Maker, Blind Race (YouTube) TASVideos AGDQ 2016: Brain Age by TASBot (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: Super Mario World by TASBot (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: Super Mario World 0-Level Race (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: Super Mario Bros. 3 by TASBot (YouTube) AGDQ 2016: LoZ - A Link to the Past, Reverse Boss Order Race (YouTube) Metroid 2002 Speed Demos Archive Being Section

Mike and Ting look back on 2015 Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: 2015 Stats Games 2015 Destroyed: Dishonored Retro Achievements Faxanadu Destiny Year One Moments of Triumph Helldivers Running with Rifles Guacamelee The Ryckoning (YouTube) Bayonetta in Smash Bros (YouTube) Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Dirt Rally Amiga 1200 Sound Blaster AWE32 Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 ARK: Survival Evolved Story Time GTA V Bloodborne Fallout 4 Undertale Uncharted 4 Persona 5 The Witness Jonathan Blow - Indie Prototyping    

Mike and Ting discuss PlayStation Experience and VR The "book club" game is: Baldur's Gate II Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: RTHK Naked Cantonese Podcast Planescape Torment Ting is playing: Baldur's Gate II "Un-Enhanced Edition" + (widescreen mod) Mike is playing: Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition on Steam Serial Podcast (Season One) PlayStation Experience 2015 - Keynote Presentation (YouTube) Rez Infinite Eagle Flight The Modern Zombie Taxi Co. Job Simulator Oculus Rift DK1 Kickstarter The Lawnmower Man Child of Eden Classroom Aquatic (YouTube) Day of the Tentacle Remaster Full Throttle Remaster Ratchet and Clank Remake Final Fantasy VII Remake Telltale Games Shadow Complex Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Destiny - Sparrow Racing League Passive Aggressive Tweet to Hover  

Mike and Ting talk about Fallout 4 Spoiler free! A few references to locations and one mention of an overarching story element. Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Intro cut from Fallout 4 itself Game Engine Speed Tied to Framerate (YouTube) Fallout: New Vegas - Hardcore Mode Stealth in Fallout 4 is like a developer sanctioned god mode Fallout 4 kind of still uses the Oblivion engine Dark Souls 3 Interview: "It Wouldn’t Be Right to Continue Creating Souls"  

Mike and Ting go to RETRO.HK The game we're still playing to discuss next time: Fallout 4 Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Super Bunnyhop review of the Steam Link (YouTube) Nvidia GameStream Co-op Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Vagante Catan "The Train Game" Nintendo PlayStation and the owners at RETRO.HK Reddit thread about the Nintendo Playstation Nintendo PlayStation (YouTube) PSX Retro Freak FC30 PRO Controller EarthBound Zero Super Metroid race at SGDQ 2015 (YouTube) Run any PS1 game on the PSP's emulator (2006) Comparison of Final Fantasy Tactics on PSP vs PS1 (YouTube) Street Fighter 2 Arcade Hacks The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Twitch Plays Dark Souls Twitch Installs Arch Linux Kingdom Hearts Plot Explained (YouTube) PS2 Games on Metacritic