Mike and Ting talk about Metroid Dread.

Contains SPOILERS for Metroid Dread!

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Errata

• New Super Mario Bros.
• What counts as playtime in Metroid Dread?
• The Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con drift problem, explained

Bosses

• Title Theme - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
• Kraid
• JAW-DROPPING Kraid Sequence Break Secret Discovered! - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• Metroid Dread BOSS STRAT - Experiment Z-57 Quick Kill
• Metroid Dread - BOSS SKIP Drogyga (Water Boss) EASY!! (YouTube)
• Golzuna
• Metroid Dread BOSS STRAT - Escue (Storm Missiles) Quick Kill (YouTube)
• Screw Attack
• Robot Chozo Soldier
• Chozo Soldier
• Metroid Dread - Raven Beak Quick Kill Guide (Includes Gold Skip Strategy) (YouTube)
• Lightning Armor
• E.M.M.I.
• Omega Cannon (Metroid Dread)
• Countering White EMMI Saves 3 Seconds [Comparison] (YouTube)
• Central Unit

(Sequence) Breaks

• Ferenia - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• ANY% NMG - ROUTE GUIDE W/ MAPS
• Mike's Metroid Dread speedrun stats
• Metroid Dread - Space Jump Early (YouTube)
• Coyote Time
• Metroid Dread - Speed Tutorial - Early Screw Attack EXPLAINED! (YouTube)
• [PB] Metroid Dread Any% NMG (No Major Glitches) Speedrun - 1:23:03 (YouTube)
• Mysterious Statue Chamber
• Metroid Dread Grapple Beam and Morph Ball Bomb Early Sequence Break (YouTube)
• Metroid Dread: Axis Skew Tutorial (YouTube)
• Metroid Dread - Flash Shift Doors Still Cheat (YouTube)
• Metroid Dread Doesn't Want You to Sequence Break - Storm Missile (YouTube)
• Every Pseudo Wave Beam Explained (YouTube)
• Metroid Dread - Water Bomb Jump - Glitch Explanation (YouTube)
• How to unlock all Ending Rewards and Screens in Metroid Dread

Better (or Worse Than Super Metroid)

• Staff Roll - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• Special Charge Beam Attacks
• DRAYGON is in Metroid Dread! (YouTube)
• X Parasite
• I don't know you guys, Adam has been acting a little bit weird so far in Dread
• Ting's Metroid Dread stats
• Metroid Dread is great, but not worth $60 great (Unpopular Opinion)
• Another Metroid 2 Remake
• This is why the SA-X team has to wait at the start of a PvP match (YouTube)
• Metroid: Samus Returns
• How Accessible Were This Year's Games?

Next Time

• Tetris Effect on Metacritic
• Tetris Effect: Connected on Metacritic

Mike and Ting talk about Pret coffee, Mr. Beast's Squid Game and the time the doors fell off an MTR train.

(Also, I watched the car video after recording this and he does let them go to the toilet 😅)

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Metroid Dread - Part 2.

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Pre-Chat

• Pret a Manger
• The Pret Coffee Subscription
• A Hundred Coffees (YouTube)
• Confetti Cookie Latte
• James Hoffmann (YouTube)
• @mrsambarlow - Had my coffee, read this use of the word 'creator' and going immediately back to sleep
• $456,000 Squid Game In Real Life! (YouTube)
• Last To Take Hand Off Lamborghini, Keeps It (YouTube)
• The Weber EG-1 (Episode #2) (YouTube)
• MTR service finally fully restored on Hong Kong's Island line after 3 hours of chaos

Mike and Ting look at how they play games after six years of the podcast.

The "book club" game is: Metroid Dread.

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Looking at How We Play

• OC ReMix #2818: Super Mario Land 'Super Hipster Land' [Main BGM #1] by Blen (YouTube)
• I cannot self terminate (YouTube)
• Persona 5 Strikers on Metacritic
• Mindfulness therapy comes at a high price for some, say experts
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish
• You're Not Broken: Finding Your Creative Way Through Difficult Times (YouTube)
• Pomodoro Technique
• DEATHLOOP
• Build Back Better Plan
• Quote by Jim Rohn: "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
• NEET
• @sichael_mew - Progress on the rails shooter
• About a Boy (2002)
• The tournament has inspired me (Super Auto Pets) (YouTube)

Looking at Hardware

• Freesound - "computerstartup.wav" by guitarguy1985
• iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield Still 'Scratches at Level 6 With Deeper Grooves at Level 7' in Mohs Hardness Test
• Samsung Odyssey G7 Review
• PlayStation 5
• Inside the GPU Shortage: Why You Still Can't Buy a Graphics Card
• Proprietary parts in modern dell desktops

Looking at Sales

• Freesound - "Cash Register" by kiddpark
• Xbox Game Pass

Looking at Expectation vs Reality

• Freesound - "Popcorn Dream.wav" by breyenkatz
• Super Auto Pets
• Stellaris
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Jira
• Super Mario Galaxy on Metacritic
• Red Dead Redemption 2 on Metacritic
• Persona 5 Royal on Metacritic

Looking at VR

• Oculus Quest Startup But On 64x Speed... (YouTube)
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Metaverse
• Virtual reality sickness

Mike and Ting talk about Hong Kong's new art museum and the Spider-Man multiverse.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Looking At....

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Pre-Chat

• M+
• HKMoA
• M+ Facade
• Saleable floor area property rule perplexes public
• Tiny 'nano flats' have proliferated in Hong Kong after construction rules loosened in 2012
• Tate Modern
• MoMA
• My Bed
• Hong Kong's Sticky-Note Revolution
• In Pictures: Hong Kong's new HK$5.9bn M+ museum offers stunning showcase for the arts, organisers play down censorship fears
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
• SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME - Official Trailer (HD) (YouTube)
• Otto Octavius (Earth-616)
• Elon Tusk
• The case against billionaire philanthropy
• The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer 1 (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about Metroid Dread. Spoiler free!

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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 and E.M.M.I. Zones

• E.M.M.I. (Patrol) - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• Network Station
• Navigation Room
• E.M.M.I. Zone
• Map

Summary

• Theme of Super Metroid - Metroid Dread (YouTube)
• Mike's Metroid Dread stats
• What counts as playtime in Metroid Dread?

Mike and Ting talk about Facebook renaming to Meta.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Metroid Dread - Part 1.

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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.

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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.

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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 🤷‍♂️
• How to speed listen (for students or podfasters)
• Probabilistic Graphical Models
• Windows 11 review: The start of a new era
• Microsoft really doesn't want you installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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]

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 Vault: Creating a Dynamic Detective Story (YouTube)
• DELTARUNE
• Deltarune Chapter 2 gets surprise release in two days
• ASTRO'S Playroom
• DualSense wireless controller
• Every PlayStation Easter Egg in Astro's Playroom

Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood - Campaign Trailer (YouTube)
• Back 4 Blood
• Back 4 Blood Supply Lines and decks: how to unlock and use new cards in Back 4 Blood
• Back 4 Blood coming to Xbox Game Pass at launch on October 12th
• Tribes of Midgard
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• They DESTROYED the Krig! 400% Increase In Recoil! Big Warzone Meta Shift (YouTube)

Post-Chat

• Trying to get the movement right for a Star Fox style rails shooter

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.

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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)