Lost Levels Club

Mike and Ting talk about the games announced this summer.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub.bsky.social or [email protected]

PC

• Order of the Sinking Star | Play the Demo Now (YouTube)
• Chivalware on Steam
• Thinky Direct 2026 - Exclusive trailers and announcements for puzzle fans! (YouTube)
• Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown | Out Now (YouTube)
• Star Trek: Outposts Unknown | Narrative Driven Outpost Builder | Reveal & Demo Available (YouTube)
• Star Trek: Shadow Frontier | Announcement Teaser (YouTube)

Not Nintendo

• [4K] XBOX Games Showcase 2026 | Gears of War: E-Day Direct (YouTube)
• Inside Xbox's margin crush: A string of misses at Xbox Game Studios, misguided Game Pass decisions, and the memory rout at its core | Windows Central
• From GDC: Building the Next Generation of Xbox - XBOX Wire
• FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION - Reveal Trailer (YouTube)
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Official Cover Art Reveal (YouTube)
• GTA 6 Fans Got More Insane (YouTube)
• State of Play | June 2, 2026 [English] (YouTube)
• gen Atlas World Premiere Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2026 (YouTube)

Nintendo

• Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 + Nintendo Treehouse: Live | June 2026 (YouTube)
• Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026 (YouTube)
• DELTARUNE – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026
• JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 (YouTube)
• Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen - Announcement Trailer (YouTube)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 (YouTube)
• Someone spent 8 years remaking Zelda Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5 (YouTube)
• John Peel - Wikipedia

Mike and Ting talk about caffeine, Mythos and SpaceX.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Not E3 2026.

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Pre-Chat

• I Need To Tell You Why Coffee Makes You Poop (YouTube)
• Jewel Rain Vortex
• What Is Grounding and Can It Improve Your Health?
• Is raw milk a superfood or dangerous fad? - BBC Food
• Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 \ Anthropic
• ITER - Wikipedia
• Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire - his stratospheric rise in charts
• SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion - Ars Technica
• Count Binface destroys Sky News interviewer (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about TR-49.

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What is TR-49?

• TR-49 - Official Trailer (YouTube)
• The Roottrees are Dead
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• HER STORY
• Type Help by William Rous
• Inkle Studios
• Heaven's Vault
• 80 Days - inkle's award-winning narrative adventure
• Steve Jackson's Sorcery! - Wikipedia
• Chants Of Sennaar - rundisc

Narrative and Playthrough

• Steam Community :: Guide :: All Codes (Obvious Spoilers)
• Printers : r/funny
• Her (2013) - IMDb
• OpenAI delays 'adult mode' for ChatGPT to focus on work of higher priority
• Steam Community :: Guide :: TR-49 - Guide

Summary

• Oscar bait - Wikipedia
• Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia
• Brave New World - Wikipedia
• Animal Farm - Wikipedia
• Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models - Ars Technica

Mike and Ting talk about friction maxxing and AI emotions.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for TR-49.

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Pre-Chat

• Can 'friction-maxxing' fix your focus? - BBC Future
• Butlerian Jihad | Dune Wiki
• WALL·E (2008) - IMDb
• Soul (2020) - IMDb
• The promise and warning of Truth Terminal, the AI bot that secured $50,000 in bitcoin from Marc Andreessen | TechCrunch
• Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model \ Anthropic
• "Just give me the f***ing links!"—Cursing disables Google's AI overviews - Ars Technica
• OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances | Tom's Hardware
• OpenAI closes Sora video-making app and cancels $1bn Disney deal

Mike and Ting talk about what they're looking forward to in 2026, new Steam hardware and the best sellers of 2025.

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Genuinely Want to Play

• Slay the Spire 2 - Reveal Trailer (YouTube)
• Deltarune
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Order of the Sinking Star
• Forza Horizon 6
• Last War Frontline Breakthrough: guide and strategies
• Raccoon Coin Pusher
• GTA 6 and everything else: What to watch in video games in 2026
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - At last, back to war!
• Iron Harvest 1920+
• The LARGEST Real-Time Strategy Game I've Ever Seen (YouTube)
• Beyond All Reason

Academic Interest

• 007 First Light - Announcement Trailer (YouTube)
• CONTROL Resonant – Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025 (YouTube)
• Big Walk
• Mewgenics on Steam
• Your Daily Dose Of Cats v14 🤣 - YouTube
• summertime - 麦吉_Maggie x 盖盖Nyan [romaji/japanese/english lyrics] (YouTube)
• Fable Gameplay Teaser - Xbox Developer Direct 2026 (YouTube)
• Spotted dick - Wikipedia
• Marathon
• The Marathon art theft debacle has been 'resolved to my satisfaction,' according to the artist Bungie stole from | PC Gamer
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Announcement Trailer (YouTube)
• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) - IMDb
• Street Fighter (2026) - IMDb
• Mortal Kombat II (2026) - IMDb

Steam Hardware and Charts

• Steam Hardware Announcement (YouTube)
• Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing
• GPD Win 5 Brings PS5-Class Performance To PC Handhelds (YouTube)
• Steam Charts Best of 2025
• Schedule I on Steam
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Steam
• Dune: Awakening on Steam
• ARC Raiders on Steam
• ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN on Steam
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Steam
• Anno 117: Pax Romana on Steam
• inZOI on Steam
• Digimon Story Time Stranger on Steam
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH on Steam
• R.E.P.O. on Steam
• PEAK on Steam
• Escape From Duckov on Steam
• RV There Yet? on Steam
• METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER on Steam
• Blue Prince on Steam
• FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles on Steam
• ARC Raiders - Upgrade to Deluxe Edition on Steam
• CloverPit on Steam
• BALL x PIT on Steam
• Megabonk on Steam
• Nubby's Number Factory on Steam
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure on Steam
• The 50 best games of 2025, ranked | Eurogamer.net

Mike and Ting talk about the latest Avatar, Disclosure Day and Avengers: Doomsday.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2026 Look Forward.

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Pre-Chat

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - IMDb
• 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Surpasses $1 Billion at the Global Box Office | The Walt Disney Company
• James Cameron Explains Why 'Avatar 4 and 5' Are Still Not Sure Things
• LucasFilm Tells Darth Vader That Return Of The Jedi Hasn't Made A Profit!? - SlashFilm
• Disclosure Day | Official Teaser (YouTube)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb
• Super 8 (2011) - IMDb
• 'Avengers: Doomsday' Proved "Superhero Fatigue" Is a Myth in Just 1 Day
• The X-Men Will Return | Avengers: Doomsday in Theaters December 18, 2026 (YouTube)

Mike and Ting hand out the Meaningless Awards.

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Meaningless Awards

• Luciano Pavarotti sings "Nessun dorma" from Turandot (The Three Tenors in Concert 1994) (YouTube)

Meaningless Awards - Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders (Mike)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Ting)

Meaningless Awards - Best Game

• Blue Prince (Mike)
• Hades II (Ting)

Meaningless Awards - Missed in 2025

• The Séance of Blake Manor (Mike)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Ting)

Meaningless Awards - Honourable Mention

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Mike)
• Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Ting)

Mike and Ting comment on each other's top Spotify tracks.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2025 Wrap Up - Part 2.

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Pre-Chat

• FURFAG - song and lyrics by Pent Up Pup | Spotify
• PITS - song and lyrics by Pent Up Pup | Spotify
• Already Done - song and lyrics by Free Worship | Spotify
• Never Meant to Know - song and lyrics by Tally Hall | Spotify
• Intel Ultra 7 258V vs i7-6650U

Mike and Ting look back on 2025.

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Year in Review

• Undertale - Snowdin Remix (YouTube)
• A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia - GameSpot
• A Minecraft Movie (2025) 4K - Steve vs. Malgosha | Movieclips (YouTube)
• Despite Past Viral AI Fakes, This Grand Theft Auto 6 Leak Looks Real - GameSpot
• Brief explanation: why people are angry about pre-announced DLC : LegendsZA
• Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects | Windows Central
• The Windows 11 Crisis (YouTube)
• Steam Web API - Valve Developer Community
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Price Rises to $30 a Month, Microsoft Adds More Day One Games and Throws in Fortnite Crew and Ubisoft+ Classics to Help Justify the Cost - IGN
• Costco Confirms It Will No Longer Sell Xbox Consoles
• Silksong finally has a release date, officially, from Team Cherry and everything—putting an end to over half a decade of Silksanity | PC Gamer
• Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary
• Hades II Reviews - Metacritic
• Pokemon Legends: Z-A Reviews - Metacritic
• After Raising Over $1 Billion From Players, Star Citizen Dev Chris Roberts Hopes Squadron 42's 2026 Launch Will Be 'Almost as Big an Event' as GTA 6 - IGN
• Steam Hardware Announcement (YouTube)
• Cut Content From Metroid Prime 4 Reveals Its Companions Were Meant To Be Even More Annoying
• Shadow of Mordor's innovative Nemesis system is locked behind a patent until 2036
• Scaled agile framework - Wikipedia
• Explainer: This is why memory and storage is so expensive (of course it's AI) and why PC gaming hardware prices are only going to keep rising, even probably for GPUs | PC Gamer
• Now what do I do!?!? #wholesome #animals - YouTube
• Announcing a New Shorts Remix Capability - YouTube Community
• How did Zach braff win an Oscar for garden state when he just picked music he liked and slapped it on a CD? : r/NoStupidQuestions

Stats

• Deltarune - Dark Sanctuary Remix (YouTube)
• 2025 Wrap Up (stats spreadsheet)
• Slay the Spire 2 Release Date Slips to March 2026 — and No, It Had Nothing to Do With Silksong, Dev Insists - IGN
• Borderlands 4 Review - Too Much Of An Overcorrection - GameSpot
• Goodbye Zachtronics, Developers Of Very Cool Video Games - Kotaku
• Kaizen: A Factory Story review | Rock Paper Shotgun
• Donkey Kong Bananza: Post-Game - What To Do After Rolling Credits | Nintendo Life
• Mario kart 8 deluxe vs Mario kart world. Which game do you enjoy playing the most? : mariokart
• Battlefield 6 requires Secure Boot to run and it's coming to more games soon, including Call of Duty Black Ops 7: here's what it is, why Linux gamers are mad about it, and how to enable it
• Welcome to Springfield - Fortnite | The Simpsons (YouTube)
• Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter Seven: Pacific Break - v39.00 Update Notes
• The Rise of the Golden Idol: Detective Pass Trailer (YouTube)
• BALL x PIT
• Cloverpit Official Game Announcement | Triple-i Showcase 2025 (YouTube)
• The Roottrees are Dead
• Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review (Switch) | Nintendo Life
• ZELDA NOTES for Nintendo Switch App

Mike and Ting talk about their extremely cursed Spotify Wrappeds and YouTube Recaps.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2025 Wrap Up.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub.bsky.social or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Mike's 2025 Spotify Wrapped
• Ting's 2025 Spotify Wrapped
• Mike's 2025 YouTube Recap
• Ting's 2025 YouTube Recap