Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about Baldur's Gate II Contains (very minor) spoilers for Baldur's Gate II Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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

Fallout 4 HYPE! Mike and Ting talk about what they've been playing (A.K.A. "Story Time With Mike") and reminisce about the console war. The game we’ll play and discuss next time: Fallout 4 Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub [email protected] Show Notes: Jingle cut from Super Hipster Land (Super Mario Land) by Blen Fallout 4 on Metacritic Voiced names in Fallout 4 Thomas the Tank Engine in Skyrim (YouTube) Ting is still playing Baldur’s Gate II: Shadow of Amn BLOPS3 Destiny - Red Ping Players Terraria Project Zomboid Zombie Conga Binding of Isaac Afterbirth ARG Summary ARK: Survival Evolved Nokia N-Gage QD It's a Small World Human Resource Machine SpaceChem Nintendo PlayStation in Hong Kong RETRO.HK Toshiba MSX Makro Bracknell Blast Processing Cloud in Super Smash Bros (YouTube) Super Play  

SPOILERS! Mike and Ting talk about Undertale Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub [email protected] Show Notes: Steam Key: LZ607-WFV69-V3HL8 Intro and outro cut from Undertale itself Genocide Route Consequence Avoidance Meeting Flowey (YouTube) The Married Dog Couple Bah Weep Graaaagnah Wheep Ni Ni Bong (YouTube) Valiant Hearts Dreemurr Reborn - The Mistake, Part 5  

Mike and Ting talk about why they think recording a podcast will motivate them to play new things. The idea - a book club for games. The game we'll play and discuss next time: Undertale Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub Show Notes: Jingle cut from Splash Down Park (Yoshi's Island Remix) by Blen Kotaku: How to Be a Video Game Snob Mike's backlog: 600+ unplayed Steam games Ting's backlog: "Recent" games with 95+ on Metacritic he hasn't finished Baldur's Gate II: Shadow of Amn The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Bioshock Super Mario Galaxy Grand Theft Auto IV Red Dead Redemption Super Mario Galaxy 2 Batman: Arkham City Millennials The former rules for picking the game: Must be available on one of the following platforms: PC PS3/PS4 Wii (inc. Virtual Console) The selection rotation is as follows: Mike Ting Community (later on.. hopefully..) Offer a choice of two, and the other picks one. No repeat picks. Alternative editions of the same game are considered