Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about Eliza. Contains SPOILERS for Eliza! The “book club” game is: Borderlands 3. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Premise Eliza Visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Lovers of Aether Hatoful Boyfriend Matthew Seiji Burns Transcranial direct-current stimulation Artificial general intelligence ELIZA Highlights Driver Rewards with Uber Pro Every Eligible Ride and Meal Earns You Points With Uber Rewards "Hardest question I've been asked today : )" (cookie options) Dark Chocolate Gingers - Border Biscuits Asexuality Phil Wang Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 Decisions Choices, Outcomes, and Endings What I want in life… is... I’m going to... Closing Thoughts Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal There is no message, no point, no overarching story here Saiyan Power Homer Simpson Needs An Operation (YouTube) Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life Mike’s Eliza Notes P

Mike and Ting talk about the new new AirPods, lack of impulse control and WeWork. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Eliza. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat AirPods Pro Please Meet Your Monkey Mind Picnic (chocolate bar) Four-day workweek boosted productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan experiment shows The Rise and Fall of WeWork Mega Seeds.. you know where to put them - Rick and Morty (YouTube)  

Mike and Ting talk about the controversy surrounding Blizzard's ban of Blitzchung, plus RAPID FIRE NEWS. The “book club” game is: Eliza. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Blitzchung Ban Hearthstone player calls for Hong Kong’s liberation in postgame interview Blizzard suspends Hearthstone player for ‘liberate Hong Kong’ statement Taiwanese Hearthstone caster fired after Hong Kong controversy says he still doesn't know why Brooklyn Nets’ NBA community event in Shanghai abruptly cancelled by government as China political storm rages on CCTV pulls NBA China Games broadcast in response to Adam Silver’s support for Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s right to free speech Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won’t ban players for political speech Epic Games Store blocks China to protect employees in the country @lackofrealism - Not everyone at Blizzard agrees with what happened. Both the "Think Globally" and "Every Voice Matters" values have been covered up by incensed emp

Mike and Ting talk about their favourite health fads, an infestation of beetles and buying a 4K laptop. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Blizz-troversy: Hearthstone & Hong Kong. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Madeira cake The Most Bullshit Health and Wellness Fads of the Decade Eat, Fast and Live Longer Pret a Manger Eat (restaurant) What is This? A Center for Ants? Sleep and Disease Risk Lack of sleep could damage DNA and affect repair ability, possibly raising cancer risk, University of Hong Kong study finds Everything You Wanted To Know About Microdosing (But Were Afraid To Ask) Modafinil Why Haven't We Found Alien Life? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios (YouTube) Drugstore beetle Pixel density  

Mike and Ting talk about TIS-100. The “book club” game is: Eliza. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Zachtronics Zachtronics TIS-100 10 games like Borderlands to loot and shoot in Hellgate: London Why do you like Zachlike games? Spacechem Braid Infinifactory INFINIUPDATE #3 Ironclad Tactics Eliza Infiniminer Proto-MineCraft Abandoned Due To Epic Error Markus Persson (Notch) Minecraft’s creator, ‘Notch,’ just outbid Beyoncé and Jay Z on an insane Beverly Hills mansion TIS-100 Unity Jonathan Blow on Windows Terminal (YouTube) TIS-100P Reference Manual SHENZHEN I/O EXAPUNKS Surprised Pikachu TIS-100 ending (YouTube) TIS-100 NET Ending (YouTube) Histogram Highlights How to Implement a Queue Using Two Stacks Code Golf Assembly language NOP (code) Comment (computer programming) TIS-100 Achievements Is Sequence Sorter the hardest level in the game? Ten Years of Terrible Games Zach Barth: "Zachtronics: Ten Years of Terrible Games" | Talks at Google (YouTube) MetaboSI

Mike and Ting talk about Mike's holiday to LA. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for TIS-100. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Greta Thunberg Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II Ray-Ban RB8313 Gunmetal - Carbon Fibre 6 Best Raspberry Pi Smart Magic Mirror Projects You Can Make 5 Insanely Dangerous Areas to Avoid in Los Angeles Wanted Level in Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online - Four Stars What Is Disney MaxPass? Savi's Workshop – Handbuilt Lightsabers Copyright Term Extension Act Lightsaber! The Harmless Items That Could Trigger a TSA Search of Checked Luggage Savi's Workshop Lightsaber Battery Replacement Tutorial (YouTube)  

Mike and Ting have a self-indulgent, almost entirely off topic chat to celebrate 100 episodes. NOTE: this episode is mostly pre-chat! Normal service will resume next ep. The “book club” game is: TIS-100. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Puffin Forest (YouTube) Zee Bashew (YouTube) Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Graphics Cards Setting a budget: Ten tips for getting to grips with your spending Gesamtkunstwerk The Perfect PokéRap | Unraveled LIVE at PAX East 2019 (YouTube) German Word of the Day: Das Backpfeifengesicht German Word of the Day: Die Torschlusspanik Why Are Introductory Classes Called "101"? Signs That You’re a Real Hongkonger 11 signs that you’re a real Hongkonger More signs that you’re a real Hongkonger Shugetsu Leprosy Cold calling in Hong Kong is so out of control, it makes you contemplate murder Chowing down on chicken testes, a Hong Kong hotpot delicacy (YouTube) How Millennial Are You? How Milleni

Pre -Chat How low-paid Microsoft contractors train Cortana by listening to you Apple apologises for allowing workers to listen to Siri recordings Changing "Ok Google" to another phrase How to Use Siri on Spotify Philips Hue The Clapper This AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans "Spider-Man" Is Leaving The Marvel Cinematic Universe Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon Marvel just got back together with the X-Men. But it’s complicated. Tom Holland (actor) Ant-Man (Scott Lang) We solved the mystery of what will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State Building Petalclouds | Singapore Changi HSBC Rain Vortex - Jewel Changi Airport A sleeping umbreon... Death Stranding Death Stranding Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Deadman Character Spotlight Trailer | PS4 (YouTube) Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Mama Character Spotlight Trailer | PS4 (YouTube) Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Ludens Fan Character Spotlig

Mike and Ting talk about Chinese Parents. The “book club” game is: TIS-100. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Pre-Chat Fitbit is gradually rolling out its big app redesign Fitbit app new Dashboard - iOS Nokia 'regrets' Withings health app backlash Electronic System for Travel Authorization China bans Cathay Pacific staff involved in Hong Kong ‘unlawful’ protests from mainland routes Pepper spray and arrests as Hong Kong riot police stage ‘rescue’ during airport sit-in protest Hong Kong protests: Brand 'witch hunt' takes over Chinese internet US government collecting social media information from foreign travelers Hong Kong police hold ‘laser gun’ demo after student leader arrested for possession of offensive weapon Hongkongers create own harbourfront light show after activist arrested over laser pointer ‘offensive weapon’ 'An eye for an eye': Hong Kong protests get figurehead in woman injured by police What is Chinese Parents? 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents on Steam

Mike and Ting talk about Joy-Con drift and the new Nintendo Switch, loot boxes and meeting Jonathan Blow. The “book club” game is: 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Pre-Chat Study reveals the most popular emoji in honor of ‘World Emoji Day’

Mike and Ting talk about Thimbleweed Park. Contains SPOILERS for Thimbleweed Park! The “book club” game is: 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents. Pre-Chat Apex Legends Season 2 Daniel with the unexpected win (Twitch) Reddit with old layout and “hot” sorting Thinking Fast and Slow What is Thimbleweed Park? Thimbleweed Park: A New Classic Point & Click Adventure! Maniac Mansion Boris was actually voiced by a German person (@DasGunniversum) Ransome the *Beeping* Clown Meet Delores Modernizing Dust Hoarder Achievement Top 10 Lists: The Top 10 Dead Ends In Sierra Games (Spoilers) The Puzzles Thimbleweed Park gets in-game hint hotline Do scientists know what is happening inside artificial neural networks? 5 Baffling 80s Trends (Explained by Rare Mental Disorders) Thimbleweed Park Wiki Guide - Part Three: The Arrest Highlights / Observations Fox Mulder and Dana Scully Maniac Mansion/ Monkey Island References in Thimbleweed Park Less In-Jokes, More Everything Else! The “Annoying In-jokes” option Let's Play Th

Mike and Ting catch up on E3, the Steam sale and other news from the past 6 weeks. The “book club” game is: Thimbleweed Park. Finish the game by the next episode! Pre-Chat Eat, Fast and Live Longer Everything Is Not Vine (DO I HAVE APHANTASIA?! SUPER NEAT DISCUSSION :O) (YouTube) Aphantasia Baader–Meinhof effect Aphantasia: Ex-Pixar chief Ed Catmull says 'my mind's eye is blind' Subvocalization – 6 Tips To Stop It E3 Surprises Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - First Look Trailer - Nintendo E3 2019 (YouTube) The Legend of Zelda (Series) Ganondorf Explained - Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel - Timeline Placement (YouTube) Breath Of The Wild Is Getting A Sequel Because The Team Had Too Many DLC Ideas (And Other Info From Zelda's Producer) Collection Of Mana and Trials Of Mana Announced - E3 2019 Baldur's Gate 3: Everything we know Viconia DeVir Edwin Odesseiron Divinity: Original Sin Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Baldur's Gate 3 - Community Update 01 (YouTube) Elden Ring: Everything

Mike and Ting pitch their game ideas. The “book club” game is: Thimbleweed Park. Finish the game by July! Pre-Chat Pseudoephedrine All the Disney-Fox movie release dates through 2027 List of highest-grossing films James Cameron filmography The Top 7 Messenger Apps in the World Platform Game Simulator Super Mario Epic Medley (Made in Super Mario Paint) (YouTube) Super Mario Maker How do you pronounce 'meme'? Goat Simulator LittleBigPlanet Meme’s Best Friend: The Rise of 'Doggo' The Maker Of The Trollface Meme Is Counting His Money Steganography Universally unique identifier Braid (video game) The Sims x Theme Office OC ReMix #2420: The Sims 3 'Musicolours' [The Neighborhood (Sims 1), The Sims Theme] by Guifrog (YouTube) The Sims Myers–Briggs Type Indicator SimCity: Inside the GlassBox engine Model–view–controller Utility:Stonesense See The Room At Facebook Where Mark Zuckerberg Goes To Brainstorm At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks Valley Forged: How One Man Made

Mike and Ting check whether they’re qualified to host a gaming podcast by seeing how many of IGN’s top 100 games they’ve played. Spreadsheet listing the games we’ve played and finished. The “book club” game is: Thimbleweed Park. Finish the game by July! Pre-Chat 8 ways the Apple Pencil 2 is better than the original Kraftwerk 936: Password Strength Top 100 Are We Qualified? Top 100 - Part 1 Soulcalibur Ms. Pac-Man Civilization 4 Civilization: Call to Power Minecraft ‘Minecraft’ Creator Excluded From Anniversary Due to ‘Comments and Opinions’ Alien Resurrection Review (criticizes twin stick control scheme, Oct 5, 2000) FTB Pyramid Reborn 3.0 EP1 Resource Generator Setup (YouTube) New Path-Traced Shaders Make Minecraft Look Amazing Halo 2 Hexalogy Half-Life DGC Ep 069: Interview with Marc Laidlaw DGC Ep 070: Interview with Dario Casali Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater The Last of Us Elizabeth Alyx Vance Shiv The Girl with All the Gifts Doom ZDoom Project Brutality - Doom Mod Madness

Mike and Ting talk about the Sonic movie trailer, Detective Pikachu, Dreams and E3 RAPID FIRE. The “book club” game is: Thimbleweed Park. Finish the game by July! Pre-Chat Hello Internet #119: Hit The Holler Horn Ting HBO digitally removes coffee cup from "Game of Thrones" episode The starbucks cup wasn't the first time they messed up WorldBuilder: Game Design with Minecraft Overwatch Bootcamp Why are football players paid so much? Video Game Movies POKÉMON Detective Pikachu - Official Trailer #1 (YouTube) Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) Uwe Boll Resident Evil (2002) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) That nightmarish Sonic movie poster is real Sonic The Hedgehog (2019) - Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures (YouTube) Nintendo has officially announced a 'Super Mario' movie How many babies does Sonic the Hedgehog potentially kill in the new film trailer? Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Design To Be Changed

Mike and Ting talk about what they've been playing. Pre-Chat Avengers: Endgame (2019) RunPee Munich (2005) Hello Kitty Sight Words 12-Book Reading Program IGN podcasts sponsored by Erectile disfunction pill service?? RFC 5322: Internet Message Format Now Playing Baba is You Satisfactory Reveal Trailer E3 2018 (YouTube) Satisfactory Flying Spaghetti Monster Satisfactory: “Joey’s Big Mac” International Finance Centre (Hong Kong) Space Hong Kong and Cthulu’s supercomputer altar Space China Return of the Obra Dinn Papers Please PSA: Return of Obra Dinn. Don't start this game on a Sunday night and other tips Anthem The Death & Rebirth of FINAL FANTASY XIV - Noclip Documentary Trailer (YouTube) How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong Apex Legends Apex Legends Bot Spammers with hacker champion (YouTube) Apex Legends: How to manually choose servers to reduce lag on PC, PS4 and Xbox One Razer Chroma Should I buy a Philips Ambilight TV? Cultist Simulator Final Games Podcast Episode 84 - Alexis Kennedy & Lott

Mike and Ting talk about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Borderlands and the Epic Games Store. Pre-Chat Pod People (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) Friends S5E22: The One With Joey's Big Break 2016 Wrap Up Pop-up ads in your car? It could be the next big thing Special Offers on Your Fire or Kindle Jack Ma defends the 'blessing' of a 12-hour working day 996.ICU on GitHub Chief Executive of Hong Kong Functional constituency (Hong Kong) Blade Runner (1982) It *is* faster to stand on the escalator rather than walk, 6-month London Tube study finds Star Wars Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — Official Reveal Trailer (YouTube) Chris Avellone Stig Asmussen What do the younger generation think of the Star Wars Prequels? Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Will Have Boss Battles And Draws Combat Inspiration From Metroid & Zelda Wind Waker Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Star Wars: Jedi Knight Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast - "Dismemberment" cheat (YouTube) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Teaser (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about Late Shift, Bandersnatch and Minecraft: Story Mode. Contains SPOILERS for Late Shift and Bandersnatch! Pre-Chat Art Central Art Basel Feebee Niagara on BoardGameGeek Century: Spice Road on BoardGameGeek Saboteur: The Lost Mines on BoardGameGeek Abigail Marston Carmichael (surname) The Little Mermaid - Under the Sea (YouTube) Late Shift Late Shift - Interactive theatrical screenings Late Shift on Steam Buy The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition on Steam Phantasmagoria on Steam Late Shift The Delivery (YouTube) Late Shift Good Ending (YouTube) LATE SHIFT "Ending 1" (YouTube) - the one where you shoot everyone Late Shift The Fool (YouTube) Mark Chiu Batman Begins (2005) - Prison Fight 1080p (YouTube) Bandersnatch Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | Netflix Black Mirror Bandersnatch (2018) | Train Ending Scene (YouTube) Black Mirror Bandersnatch - Netflix Scene (YouTube) Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - Netflix Fight Scene (YouTube) Bandersnatch - Five Star Ending (YouTube) ZX Spectrum BANDER

Mike and Ting talk about Google Stadia, Dwarf Fortress and the Master Chief Collection on Steam. Plus some RAPID FIRE NEWS. The “book club” games are: Bandersnatch and Late Shift. Pre-Chat The best dog accounts on Instagram to get your fluff fix The Coffee Academics Fuel Espresso There was a honking great big Nespresso stand Stadia Stadia GDC 2019 Gaming Announcement (YouTube) Phil Harrison Jade Raymond Google announces Project Stream, will let testers play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for free Google Stadia gets its very own WiFi-connected controller Google Stadia specs: is this our first taste of next-gen? Advanced Vector Extensions What Google's Stadia could mean for PC gaming Google leads gaming down a perilous path Origin Access Ads on Hulu Friends - HD - Opening Credits - Season One (YouTube) Google Stadia can use AI to change a game's art in real-time Apple - iPod Silhouettes - Shut up and let me go (YouTube) DLSS FAQ: What is it and how does it work? Breaking All The Rules - Baba Is You - Episo

Mike and Ting talk about Celeste. Contains SPOILERS for Celeste! The “book club” games are: Bandersnatch and Late Shift. Pre-Chat Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory Biscuit or cookie? Rich Tea Custard Cream Pineapple Bun Are you a PLAYBOY? Eight of Hong Kong’s best vanity license plates Isn't It Romantic | Netflix The Sweetest Thing (2002) Reign of Fire (2002) Overview Celeste on Metacritic Celeste (video game) - Accolades Celeste Original Soundtrack Celeste - Madeline's Grab Bag Gameplay What Makes Celeste's Assist Mode Special | Game Maker's Toolkit (YouTube) Assist mode save file picture? @NoelFB - We're making it so you can turn off Assist Mode in Celeste because: 1) Why not? Who cares if you turn it on for a bit and then turn it off 2) On PC you already can turn it off by editing your save data Celeste: Old Site B Side in 4:34 (YouTube) - This is where the bird appears, not The Core or The Summit! Does the ending change if you collect all 200 strawberries? Story Badeline How old is Madeline? Celeste