Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about Gamescom and rapid fire some news. The “book club” game is: Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Gamescom gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 (YouTube) DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT - Preview Trailer - [ESRB] 4K (YouTube) Call of Duty: Vanguard - Official Stalingrad Gameplay Demo | gamescom 2021 (YouTube) Play the Call of Duty: Vanguard PlayStation Alpha — Featuring the New Champion Hill Multiplayer Mode — on August 27–29 Call of Duty: Warzone will get a new anti-cheat system with Vanguard DokeV - World Premiere Gameplay Trailer | gamescom 2021 (YouTube) Welcome to the Hisui region – Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo Switch) (YouTube) Halo Infinite | Multiplayer Season 1 Cinematic Intro (YouTube) Marvel's Midnight Suns, Firaxis' Marvel XCOM Game, Officially Announced Marvel's Midnight Suns Combat Uses a Card System, But Won't Have Loot Boxes I've Seen 16 Minutes of New ELDEN RING Gameplay (but I can't show it lol) (YouTube) E

Mike and Ting talk about brainfarts, making stuff and what happened when they tried to register the domain names for OnlyFap and Porntreon. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Gamescom 2021. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Word of the Week: Treppenwitz Codenames (board game) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease What Are Macronutrients and Why Do People Keep Talking About Them? Labo, Dark Souls and Global Game Jam 2018 (podcast episode) Lunar Lagger by Katsew Another doughnut for the pile Blender Beginner Tutorial - Part 1 (YouTube) Blender MarkMonitor OnlyFans suspends policy change after backlash Apple delays plan to scan iPhones for child abuse More on Apple’s iPhone Backdoor

Mike and Ting talk about Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Management Games Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 01 Bassinets (YouTube) Two Point Hospital Theme Hospital Bullfrog Productions Satisfactory The 20 best management games on PC to play in 2021 The best management games on PC Core Mechanics Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 09 The Waiting Room (YouTube) Rooms Staff Grey Anatomy Bloaty Head Lightheadedness Staff Training Research Traits I Made Millions on a Hospital with a 0% Cure Rate - Two Point Hospital (YouTube) Tannoy Gold Star Award A Project of Ice & Fire Difficulty / Longevity Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 10 Wet Laundry (YouTube) Arcade Machine Loans GP’s Office Mitton University The Superbug Initiative Sonic the Hedgehog Pack - OUT NOW | Two Point Hospital | Sonic's 30th Birthday (YouTube) R.E.M.I. X

Mike and Ting talk about the aftermath of the UK's freedom day, OnlyFans banning porn (which they already reversed), and the Looking Glass Portrait. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Two Point Hospital - Part 1. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat UK Covid cases could hit 200,000 a day, says scientist behind lockdown strategy Professor Neil Ferguson interview: ‘Yes, my prediction was off . . . we’ll learn to live with Covid’ Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s ‘zero infection’ policy unsustainable, expert warns, urging elderly to get vaccinated; 5 imported cases confirmed Spanish flu OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content The Internet Is For Porn - Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast (YouTube) Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th Verizon Sells Tumblr to WordPress Owner for Paltry $3 Million Looking Glass Portrait Kickstarter Voxatron x Looking Glass Portrait (YouTube) Xkcd: Compiling

Mike and Ting talk about the OLED Switch and the Steam Deck. The “book club” game is: Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: OLED Switch Nintendo Switch (OLED model) - Announcement Trailer (YouTube) Nintendo Switch (OLED model) New Nintendo 3DS Game Boy Advance Using a Switch Lite as your second Switch? It’s harder than you think Steam Deck Steam Deck: Valve Talks Hardware Power, Controller Comfort, and More (YouTube) Steam Deck Hydrox How does Valve’s Steam Deck compare to the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5? Was wondering if the Steam Deck will have a replaceable SSD - so I mailed Gabe: yes it will Gabe Newell: Hitting Steam Deck Price Was 'Painful' but ‘Critical’ (YouTube) GPD WIN 3 AYA NEO Steam Deck scalpers are trying it on - despite Valve's anti-scalping efforts HTML holes provide a glimpse of Steam Deck’s initial preorder numbers Steam Deck and Proton ProtonDB | Gaming reports for Linux using Proton and Steam Play SNKRX E

Mike and Ting talk about the billionaire space race, freedom day in the UK, and the lying flat ideology. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for OLED Switch and Steam Deck. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Billionaire space race Elon Musk: The man who sent his sports car into space Starlink Billionaires fight over what is actual outer space as Branson gets set to launch before Bezos Blue Origin: The scientific reason rockets look like dicks Austin Powers - Radar Jokes (YouTube) Jeff Bezos appreciates your efforts to get Jeff Bezos to space Winner who paid $30m for space flight with Bezos won’t go due to ‘scheduling conflicts’ England's 'freedom day' marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos Dominic Cummings Priti Patel China’s disenchanted youth ‘lie flat’ to cope with modern life These Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy

Mike and Ting talk about Death Stranding. Contains SPOILERS for Death Stranding! Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Late Game Mechanics Once, There Was an Explosion (YouTube) Highway Zip-line All-terrain skeleton Assault rifle Strand (item) Bola gun Quadruple rocket launcher Hologram generator Power gloves Chiral Network Pros and Cons of Using the Delivery Bot Squid | Death Stranding Boss Four-legged beast | Death Stranding Boss Clifford Unger in Chapter 4 | Death Stranding Boss Story Strands (YouTube) Death Stranding | Full Story Explained | Everything You Need To Know (YouTube) Death Stranding In 15 Minutes - Full Story Recap (YouTube) Extinction entity Amelie Bridget Strand Bridge baby Sam Cliff Unger Higgs Monaghan Die-Hardman Deadman Death Stranding - Sam Taking a Shower With Deadman (YouTube) Mama Lockne DEATH STRANDING - Mama Becomes ONE with her Sister Lockne - Mama Reunites with Lockne (YouTube) Heartman Fragile BB-28 Memorable Moments The Severed Bond (Y

Mike and Ting talk about how to get the good stuff at the pharmacy and potential alternate careers. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Death Stranding - Part 2. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Nurofen Cold & Flu Common decongestant may be worthless, study finds Pseudoephedrine Sudafed Guide to Bringing Medicines Into Japan Smarties Skittles (confectionery) Call of Duty: Warzone The Rise of the $10 Million Disc Golf Celebrity Marble Racing: Marbula One S2 ALL RACES! (YouTube) Algorithm Heaven BIGGEST COWS HOOF yet on The Hoof GP | can she ever walk properly? | The Hoof GP (YouTube) A birthday telegram from Zinedine Zidane (YouTube) Perpetual student The Best Games from GMTK Game Jam 2021 (YouTube) Dumbbell (GMTK 2021) Elf (Middle-earth)

Mike and Ting talk about the games of E3 2021. The “book club” game is: Death Stranding. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Summer Game Fest SUMMER GAME FEST: Kickoff Live! Official Stream (Elden Ring, Death Stranding: Director's Cut + More) (YouTube) Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Official Announce Trailer (YouTube) Two Point Campus | Official Announce Trailer (YouTube) CorsixTH ELDEN RING - Official Gameplay Reveal (YouTube) How Elden Ring's Open World Works Death Stranding Director's Cut - Teaser Trailer | PS5 (YouTube) Death Stranding’s Cyberpunk 2077 Collaboration Is Currently Exclusive to PC (Perhaps for the Best) Battlefield 2042 Official Reveal Trailer (ft. 2WEI) (YouTube) Battlefield 2042 Official Gameplay Trailer (YouTube) Microsoft confirms Halo Infinite multiplayer will be free-to-play and up to 120fps Battlefield 2042 is getting AI SOLDIERS in Multiplayer! (YouTube) Scavengers Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase – 4K – Full

Mike buys an iPhone 12 Pro, Ting is fed up of charging iDevices and Mike's D&D campaign comes to an end. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for E3 2021. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat iPhone 12 might be good enough. How to know if you really need the Pro or Pro Max model 2001 A Space Odyssey / Thus Spoke Zarathustra (YouTube) AppleCare Guide: Is it Worth Paying For? Central Park — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ (YouTube) AirPower: Apple's Discontinued Multi-Device Wireless Charger Apple’s next iPad Pro has wireless charging and a glass back: report Giant Phone Call At Library - Trigger Happy TV | Dead Parrot (YouTube) Advance-fee scam

Mike and Ting talk about solo game developers. The “book club” game is: Death Stranding. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Intro Fez (video game) Phil Fish Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (2012) Braid (video game) SpaceChem [2019 TGDF] Making Games in 2019 and Beyond (Jonathan Blow) (YouTube) TIS-100 (podcast episode) Zachtronics: 10 Years of Terrible Games | Zach Barth | Talks at Google (YouTube) Lucas Pope Papers, Please: Theme Song (YouTube) Lucas Pope Papers Please Return of the Obra Dinn Mightier TIGSource Derek Yu Chris Sawyer Transport Tycoon Soundtrack - The 2014 Sessions (YouTube) Chris Sawyer Transport Tycoon RollerCoaster Tycoon (video game) Assembly language OpenTTD OpenRCT2 project RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 - The Impossible Maze (YouTube) A big interview with Chris Sawyer, the creator of RollerCoaster Tycoon xkcd: Honor Societies Flow (psychology) Adam Robinson-Yu A Short Hike (Full OST) (YouTube) A Short Hike Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Po

Mike and Ting talk about quarantine, participation awards and Starlink. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Solo Devs. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Hong Kong's Three Week Quarantine Frustrates Travelers Specified conditions imposed on inbound travellers who have visited specified places (Cap.599H) Lancaster Bangkok - Deluxe Room Dorsett Wanchai - Superior Room Participation trophy Hufflepuff Starlink These US Rural Areas Have the Highest (and Lowest) Internet Speeds Cryptocurrency investors plead with Elon Musk to ‘stop tweeting’ What Elon Musk's 42,000 Starlink satellites could do for — and to — planet Earth Kessler syndrome Gravity (2013) Occlusion culling

Mike and Ting talk about Roblox and rapid fire some gaming news. NOTE: this episode was recorded on 13 April 2021. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Roblox Roblox | Official Trailer (2020) (YouTube) ROBLOX's $30 Billion Dollar Bet! - Why You Should Care About ROBLOX Going Public - Extra Credits (YouTube) History of Roblox Ready Player One (2018) How Much MONEY Do Roblox Developers Really Make? (Millions) (YouTube) Adopt Me 5 mistakes creators make building new games on Roblox Royale

Mike and Ting talk about mullets and reflect on being unable to return to Hong Kong for the past 3 months. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Roblox and Rapid Fire. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Trinity College in Perth bans mullet haircuts, labelling them ‘unacceptable’ Hongkongers stuck in Britain eager to return, but travel ban has already taken toll Bed stains and wet floors: Quarantine hotel under fire for unsanitary conditions ‘Hunger Games-style’ fight for British flights as Hongkongers battle to get home Hong Kong coronavirus: Britain ban lifted, but 'chaos' over special flights has some criticising coordination Thailand Alternative State Quarantine ASQ & ALQ Fast-spreading UK variant said to fuel Bangkok nightlife cluster Thailand says Bangkok COVID-19 outbreak may take months to contain Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces Shoppers rush back as High Streets reopen in England and Wales Clipstone Restaur

Mike and Ting talk Death Stranding. No spoilers! Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: What is Death Stranding? Once, There Was an Explosion (YouTube) Death Stranding Death Stranding on Metacritic Death Stranding Review - IGN Death Stranding Review - Giant Bomb Death Stranding – E3 2016 Reveal Trailer | PS4 (YouTube) Death Stranding is going to be part of a new genre of gaming called strand games, according to Kojima Death Stranding (Video Game 2019) Every Death Stranding Cameo in the game and where to find them Timefall MULE Beached thing Playthrough and Impressions BRIDGES (YouTube) Does Birthday Affect DOOM Abilities? Her Story (podcast episode) What Is The Chiral Network? DEATH STRANDING - All LOW ROAR Moments + EXTRAS (YouTube) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain More than half of Death Stranding’s team defected from Konami Bola gun Floating carrier BB BREAKS OPEN ITS POD || DEATH STRANDING [EASTER EGG] (YouTube) Death Stranding guide: How to avoid and kill B

Mike and Ting talk about NFTs, Avatar retaking the crown, and stool gazing. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Death Stranding - Part 1. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Non-fungible token CryptoKitties What are NFTs and why are some worth millions? Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million Artificial scarcity China Box Office: ‘Avatar’ Leads With a Further $14 Million An Exhaustive Timeline of All the Avatar Sequel Announcements Everything we actually know about Matrix 4 Pre-Chat: Subscription Toilet (podcast episode) Going through the motions: the rise and rise of stool-gazing This AI app lets you scan your poop for science. Does it work? Amazon Mechanical Turk

Mike and Ting talk about live service games, the 25th anniversary Pokemon Direct and BlizzConline. The “book club” game is: Death Stranding. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Live Service Games Valor (Freelancer Theme) by BioWare Anthem Update The Future of Artifact Artifact Classic - Steam Charts Artifact Foundry - Steam Charts Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot @jasonschreier - BTW I should elaborate on one thing. Although some people within BioWare have been pushing for this, as the story says, there are also people at BioWare who very much wanted DA4 to be a multiplayer service game. Reality is never as simple as "EA wants X; BioWare wants Y." Games as a service Ready Player One Star Citizen Destiny (video game) Pokemon Direct Pokémon Presents | #Pokemon25 (YouTube) Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl Pokémon Legends: Arceus Pokemon Sword and Shield Quality of Life Improvements Make It More Strategic The

Mike and Ting talk about Ember mugs, how to hang up annoying phone calls, and meal replacement drinks. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Anthem, Pokemon and BlizzConline. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Ember: The World’s First Temperature Control Mug WHOOP - The World’s Most Powerful Fitness Membership LPT: if you’re stuck on an annoying call, put your phone on airplane mode instead of just hanging up. The other person will see “call failed” instead of “call ended”. r/ShittyLifeProTips Huel Soylent Ensure QNOLA

Mike and Ting talk about Cyberpunk 2077. Contains SPOILERS for Cyberpunk 2077! Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Playthrough GeForce NOW Dark Patterns Cyberpunk 2077 patch notes: 1.1 and 1.12 hot fix update details Datashard Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberware Cyberpunk 2077 radio stations: what can you listen to in Night City? Porsche 911 II (930) Turbo Beat on the Brat Life Path Guide and Differences Cyberpunk 2077 - Jackie and V Crime Montage [4K 60FPS] (YouTube) The Heist How long is Cyberpunk 2077? Fool on the Hill Misty Olszewski Dream On Romance Guide: Romance Options and Sexual Encounters Sinnerman A Cool Metal Fire Easter Eggs and References Play It Safe Story Walkthrough - Main Jobs Cyberpunk 2077 First Written in Polish Cyberpunk 2077 Slang - Don’t Be A Gonk And Brush Up On Your Street Slang A Clockwork Orange (novel) Surf washing detergent, Perf with Surf, TV Commercial April 2020 (YouTube) Confronting Yorinobu Arasaka Cyberpunk 2077 (YouTube) What Does Choom Me

Mike is worried he has lead poisoning, Ting tries Beeminder, and they both talk about the snow in the UK and Texas. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Cyberpunk 2077 - Part 2. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Lead poisoning Small Vintage Porcelain Chinese Bowl. Decorated Exterior: 151,100 ppm Lead. That’s more than 15% Lead. 90 ppm Lead is toxic to kids. A birthday telegram from Zinedine Zidane. (YouTube) Beeminder @bmndr - Oh my goodness we got brutally roasted on this @lostlevelsclub podcast (starts ~3m14s). So unfair yet so funny! Balance Headspace Clone a Voice in Five Seconds With This AI Toolbox UK weather: Storm Darcy leads to heavy snow and ice Texas weather: Deadly winter storm sweeps Texas and US southern states Fake snow? Conspiracy theory claims Texas weather ‘government-generated’