Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about Metroid Dread. Spoiler free! Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: What is Metroid Dread? Title Theme - Metroid Dread (YouTube) Metroid Dread - Development Metroid co-creator on why Metroid Dread is all about scary robots Kid Icarus Dread has already outsold nearly every Metroid game in Japan Metroid Kotaku Possibly Sabotaging “Metroid Dread” Sales With Emulator Links Inverse kinematics Metroid Dread on Switch - The Digital Foundry Tech Review (YouTube) Gameplay and Controls Artaria II - Metroid Dread (YouTube) David Jaffe Free Aim Wall Jump (Metroid Wiki) Wall Jump (Super Mario Wiki) How to Shoot Through Walls Using A Pseudo Wave Beam | Metroid Dread (Switch) Melee Counter The EXACT MOMENT Metroid Dread Fell Apart… (YouTube) Metroid Dread On Trial! The Crime? BAD DESIGN!!! (YouTube) David Jaffe calling Metroid Dread "bad design" because he… (YouTube) David Jaffe insists Metroid Dread has too many rooms after "The Room" (YouTube) ADAM Rooms an

Mike and Ting talk about Facebook renaming to Meta. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Metroid Dread - Part 1. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: Pre-Chat The Facebook Company Is Now Meta Meta: Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers What is “the meta” and how does it affect gaming? Pre-Chat: Revenge Beetime Procrastination Blue Origin suffers grave setback as judge dismisses lawsuit against NASA Despicable Me (2010) Metaverse Fortnite Roblox ARPANET Gopher (protocol) Non-fungible token Coronavirus: scramble for Hong Kong quarantine rooms leaves several hotels fully booked for first two weeks of December Covid: Hard months to come in pandemic for UK, says Van-Tam ‘They can’t speak freely’: Hong Kong a year after the national security law

Mike and Ting talk about Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: Industrial Region Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 13 Come On Over (YouTube) Smogley Melt Downs Disasters Kudosh Duckworth-upon-Bilge Coffee Maker Energy Drinks Machine My only regret is.. That I have.. Boneitis (YouTube) Watch as the UK claps to say thank you to the NHS (YouTube) Monobeast Epidemics Urban Region Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 08 The Gamble Man (YouTube) World 4 Pelican Wharf Research Maxed out research room Rotting Hill Loans Rich Dad Poor Dad Croquembouche Summary Two Point Hospital Soundtrack - 14 The Last Dose (YouTube) Diagnosis Toilets Café (Room) Two Point Hospital: All DLCs, Ranked Local Superbug Projects R.E.M.I. X Two Point Campus Next Time Metroid Dread How long is Metroid Dread? DEATHLOOP Metroid Dread Is Already Running On Switch Emulators Metroid Dread Is Already Running Great On Switch Emulators (Wayback Machine - 9 Oct 2021)

Mike and Ting talk about Squid Game, watching videos at 2x speed and Windows 11. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Two Point Hospital - Part 2. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: Pre-Chat Squid Game | Netflix Official Site Battle Royale (2000) - IMDb Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout The Shark v Turkey debate (Super Auto Pets) (YouTube) @KnowS0mething - Here's a more comprehensive list of leaked Twitch payouts (I will keep updating this thread as more things come out). The blog Ting is talking about is on his work intranet so I can’t link it, sorry

Mike and Ting talk about the September 2021 Nintendo Direct (very briefly) and what they've been playing. The “book club” game is: Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: Nintendo Direct Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021 (YouTube) Kirby and the Forgotten Land Why the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Paywall for N64 and Sega Genesis Games Is a Terrible Idea Chris Pratt As Mario Was Predicted By Someone On Twitter A Year Ago Animal Crossing Has October Direct Show, Brewster Confirmed Games That I Didn't Enjoy as Much as I Expected To Dyson Sphere Program Release Date Announcement Trailer (YouTube) Dyson Sphere Program on Steam Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Weird or Surprising Paradise Killer - OUT NOW on PC & Nintendo Switch (YouTube) Paradise Killer Paradise Killer Is Less like Danganronpa than You Think City Pop シティーポップ - playlist by aofd3 | Spotify Heaven’s Vault Narrative Sorcery: Coherent Storytelling in an Open World (YouTube) Heaven's Va

Ting tells Mike about his AppleCare woes and new curved monitors. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Nintendo Direct and Now Playing. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] Show Notes: Pre-Chat Is Apple's warranty international? iFixit finds iPhone 12 camera repair impossible without proprietary Apple tool Monitor Curvature: All the Info You Need About Curved Monitors! Samsung Odyssey G7 Review Should I buy a Philips Ambilight TV? Are TVs really cheaper than ever? We go back a few decades to see Ringu (JAP) | Tv scene (ending) (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about Gamescom and rapid fire some news. The “book club” game is: Two Point Hospital. Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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