Mike and Ting talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The "book club" game is: Outer Wilds.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Gameplay

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Tom Nook's Animal Crossing legacy: greedy businessman or benevolent provider?
• Just one Animal Crossing: New Horizons island per Switch, Nintendo confirms
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nook Mileage rewards list
• Leaks, Mushrooms and Turnips
• Things to Do Daily (Daily Tasks)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons visitors explained: Who they are and why they're all important
• Redd's Paintings & Statues: Real vs Fake Art Guide
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Golden Trout - Where, When And How To Catch The Rare Golden Trout
• Wedding Season Event Info and Rewards
• Emma Watson says she's 'self-partnered,' the latest redefinition of 'single'
• Wedding season descent into madness
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons has Same Sex Relationships...in English + Potential Update Delays (YouTube)

Stories

• Animal Crossing New Horizons QR Codes and Custom Designs: Download NookLink, open Able Sisters
• Gryffindor Robe
• Animal Crossing New Horizons amiibo support: How to use amiibo, unlocks and Photopia explained
• [HOWTO] The easy guide to making your own Amiibo clones using NTAG215 NFC stickers and an Android phone w/NFC
• Biskit
• Julian
• Reactions (New Horizons)
• Anabelle
• Charlise
• Dom
• Reneigh
• Island Designer
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a KFC fast food island
• Drive a Mercedes in 'Mario Kart 8'
• ACNH: Turnip Calculator
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Here's What Happens If You Stay in Nook's Cranny After Hours

Summary

• Can the second player terraform the town, build bridges or move buildings?
• Perfect is the enemy of good
• Outer Wilds

Post-Chat

• Ring of fire solar eclipse visible in southern China this weekend; Hong Kong to witness partial solar eclipse

Mike and Ting talk about temperature checks, dongles and HEY (the email service).

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Hong Kong's Ocean Park reopens after more than four months of closure
• Hair Raiser
• I have lived the USB-C #donglelife. Here's what you're in for
• Could Switch's Non-Compliant USB-C Spec Be To Blame For Third-Party Docks Bricking Consoles?
• HEY - Email at its best, new from Basecamp.
• How we acquired HEY.com
• Hey.com exec says Apple is acting like 'gangsters,' rejecting App Store updates and demanding cut of sales
• Inbox by Gmail
• HEY pricing

Mike and Ting talk about what they've been playing, free games on the Epic store and remakes/remasters (again).

The "book club" game is: Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Spring Cleaning

• Spring Cleaning Event
• CST – Central Standard Time / Central Time (Standard Time)
• CST – China Standard Time (Standard Time)
• Half-Life 2 on Steam
• Sleeping Dogs on Steam
• Experiment 008: Play Next joins Steam Library
• Transistor on Steam
• Life is Strange - Episode 1 on Steam
• Pyre on Steam
• Tomb Raider on Steam
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam
• Counter-Strike: Source on Steam
• In defence of grey and brown in video games
• Modern Warfare Tactical Map Intel: Shipment
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare, Warzone Season 4 Delayed Due To Racial Justice Protests
• Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
• Companions | Baldur's Gate Wiki
• 'GTA IV' to Return to Steam in a 'Complete Edition' with Features Missing
• Monster Train
• Northernlion (YouTube)
• Mega Crit - Slay the Spire
• Scrap Mechanic
• BEARING POWERED CAR!! | Scrap Mechanic Survival Gameplay/Let's Play E20 (YouTube)
• Chapter 2: Season 2 | Fortnite Wiki
• Meowscles

Epic Freebies

• Epic Games Store Mega Sale 2020 (YouTube)
• What's free on the Epic Games Store right now?
• @totalwar - A Total War Saga: TROY will be released on the Epic Games Store on 13 August 2020 - and will be free to keep if claimed within the first 24 hours of release
• Publishers Pull Their Games From Epic's Store During Its Big Sale (2019)
• The price of The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition on Epic Games Store was reduced to $14.98 making it ineligible for the $10 coupon (which is only applicable on games priced $14.99 and up).
• Two-Factor Authentication Required When Claiming Free Games April 28 - May 21
• The Epic Games Store has given away more than $2K in free games since launch
• eBay
• Epic Games Store extends weekly game giveaways to the end of the year (2019)
• All Colored Tracer Rounds Weapons in Call of Duty Modern Warfare Warzone - COD Blue, Red, Pink, Purple, and Green Bullets
• Into The Breach on Epic
• GoNNER on Epic
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Epic
• Batman: Arkham Knight on Epic
• Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Epic
• Minecraft for Windows 10
• Rumor: Mass Effect trilogy remaster will be out before next April

Remakes Remastered

• Reboots, Remakes and Sequels
• Resident Evil 3
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 Remaster Announcement Trailer (YouTube)
• Best Upcoming Game Remakes 2020 (And Beyond)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated - Official Release Date Trailer (YouTube)
• Kingpin: Reloaded Reveal Trailer (YouTube)
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe – The Game Awards Trailer (YouTube)
• System Shock Alpha Demo Teaser Trailer - Nightdive Studios (YouTube)
• Nintendo is making 3D Mario remasters for his 35th anniversary
• EA remains focused on live services with 14 new games this year
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game)
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares
• Deus Ex (video game)

Mike and Ting talk about caffeine dependence, Huel and Peloton.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Spring Cleaning, Epic Freebies and Remakes Remastered.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• How do I track my sleep with my Fitbit device?
• Caffeine dependence
• Huel
• Soylent
• Lotus Biscoff Spread
• Scivation, Xtend Pro, Whey Isolate, Cookie Butter, 5 lb (2.28 kg)
• Peloton
• Review: Anker's 24K Gold-Plated USB-C to Lightning Cable Certainly Makes a Statement
• I Am Rich

Mike and Ting talk about Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Contains SPOILERS for Final Fantasy VII Remake!

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Overview

• FINAL FANTASY VII Remake
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Shipping Early For Some Regions, And That's Intentional
• Final Fantasy VII
• Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
• Final Fantasy VII A.C. - Chop Suey! (YouTube)

What Was the Same

• Battle system
• Materia (Final Fantasy VII)
• Final Fantasy 7 REMAKE - Tifa mixing a drink (YouTube)
• FINAL FANTASY 7 ORIGINAL AIR BUSTER VS REMAKE AIR BUSTER COMPARISON (YouTube)
• Final Fantasy 7 VS. Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Comparison of Sector 6 & Wall Market (YouTube)
• FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE HoneyBee Inn Dance Scene 4K PS4 Pro (YouTube)
• &$#% Room - Final Fantasy VII Bonus Feature (YouTube)
• FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE - Tifa meets Cloud in dress (YouTube)

What Was Different

• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Barret Saves President Shinra (YouTube)
• Monster Hunter: World
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Final Fantasy XV
• Aeris or Aerith
• Chapter 4 - Mad Dash
• Chapter 13 - A Broken World
• 6 Biggest Story Changes in Final Fantasy 7 Remake
• Dementor
• Whispers (VII Remake)

With and Without Nostalgia

• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Main Characters - TV Tropes
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Other Characters - TV Tropes
• Harem Genre - TV Tropes
• Date mechanics - Final Fantasy VII
• FF7 Remake Chapter 14 Resolution Guide: How To Unlock Every Scene
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Roche Motorcycle Boss Fight (YouTube)
• I think this is evidence that the texture issues in FFVII Remake are a bug and not the intended effect.
• English Lip Sync
• Final Fantasy VII Remake is proof that we need Super Fast SSD's
• Holodeck
• Whisper Harbinger Boss Cutscenes , Final Fantasy 7 Remake (YouTube)
• Cloud vs Sephiroth Original vs Remake | Main Bosses in FF7 Original vs Remake Gameplay Comparison (YouTube)

Summary

• Resident Evil 2 (2019 video game)
• FF7 Remake Guide: The 7 Best Materia You Can Easily Miss
• Rebuild of Evangelion

Outro

• 2020's Best Deckbuilder! | Monster Train (Episode 1) (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about BS as a signal of intelligence, the five people who control Reddit and what Google doesn't want you to doodle.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence
• Apparently, 4 out of 5 millennials have never eaten a Big Mac before
• Pointing out how much power few people have gets you removed from this sub apparently
• But That's None of My Business | Know Your Meme
• /r/Bitcoin Censorship, Revisited
• Do not Draw a Penis
• Lascaux
• Citing BGP hijacks and hack attacks, feds want China Telecom out of the US
• 🤐 Zipper-Mouth Face

Mike and Ting talk about recent big leaks, the Mario Maker 2 final update and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The "book club" game is: Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Leaks

• The Last of Us Part 2 leaked online
• The Last of Us Part 2, Iron Man VR delayed "indefinitely"
• Release Date Updates For The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima
• Fight Club (1999)
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• The Road (2009)
• A huge leak of old Nintendo related source code has been released
• iQue Player
• This GameBoy Case Was Advertised EVERYWHERE (YouTube)
• Super Mario 64 PC Port Supports 4K Resolution, Ray Tracing
• Super Mario 64 PC Port - Ray Tracing ( RTGI ) - Reshade (YouTube)
• Beyond emulation: The massive effort to reverse-engineer N64 source code
• List of Doom source ports

Super Mario Maker 2

• Super Mario Maker 2 – World Maker Update – Nintendo Switch (YouTube)
• New World Maker Mode, New Course Parts, And More Added With Free Update
• Super Mario Maker 2 Update Sees Link From The Legend Of Zelda Join As A Playable Character
• STEVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (YouTube)
• Super Mario Maker Gets A Long-Overdue Update On Wii U

Animal Crossing

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• How big of a deal is 'Animal Crossing'? It had the biggest launch of any Nintendo Switch game, including 'Mario' and 'Zelda.'
• You can only have one Animal Crossing: New Horizons island per Nintendo Switch system
• Animal Crossing fans are paying real money for turnip priority
• Feature: The Dark Secrets Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Stalk Market
• Nintendo Slashes Interest Rates In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Time Travel Guide
• Animal Crossing fans say they're getting in trouble on Facebook over weeds
• On lockdown, Hong Kong activists are protesting in Animal Crossing
• Animal Crossing game removed from sale in China over Hong Kong democracy messages
• Report: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just had its best month ever
• Error Message: The Credit Card's Issuing Country Is Not Compatible With This Nintendo eShop
• Passport - Titles & Maker
• Things to Do Daily (Daily Tasks)
• Investigating Tom Nook's predatory lending practices in Animal Crossing
• Resetti
• Isabelle
• Gulliver
• Villager list (New Horizons)

Post-Chat

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone Double XP Extended After Weekend Bugs

Mike is angry about carbs while Ting tries to calm him down.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Leaks, Mushrooms and Turnips.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Anger Management
• What Are Macronutrients and Why Are They Important
• Northernlion (YouTube)
• McDonald's - Crunchy McPepper
• Apparently, 4 out of 5 millennials have never eaten a Big Mac before
• The Play That Goes Wrong
• How to Tell Whether You've Got Angst, Ennui, or Weltschmerz
• Torschlusspanik

Mike and Ting talk about Resident Evil 2 (2019).

Contains SPOILERS for Resident Evil 2!

The "book club" game is: Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Overview

• Resident Evil 2 (2019 video game)
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Resident Evil 2 on Metacritic
• RESIDENT EVIL 2 - Leon Costume: '98
• RESIDENT EVIL 2 - Claire Costume: '98
• Resident Evil (2002 video game)
• Resident Evil Zero
• Resident Evil 5
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Do First Aid Sprays penalize your rank?

The Game

• Resident Evil 2 remake: Claire A Story Opening
• Resident Evil 2 Remake Devs Explain Character Redesigns
• The Faces Behind Resident Evil 2's Remake Characters
• Do extra costumes take damage?
• Herbs
• Safety Deposit Room
• Hip Pouch
• Morgue
• Raccoon Police Station

Atmosphere and Combat

• Gaming Detail: Resident Evil 2 Remake's "Welcome Leon" Sign Fixes Spelling Mistake From The Original Game In A Hilarious Way
• West Storage Room
• Holy crap the zombies can break doors
• Zombie
• Fact Finding: How Zombie HP works
• Samurai Edge (Albert Model)
• Licker
• G
• T-00 (Mr. X)
• Resident Evil 2 Infected Hong Kong
• [Resident Evil 2 Remake] Mr. X Burst Through Wall (YouTube)
• How Does Mr X Work Off Camera Resident Evil 2 Remake (YouTube)

Summary

• How the never released Resident Evil 1.5 survived 22 years to appear in Resident Evil 2 Remake
• Ringu (1998)
• The Vengeance Trilogy
• Ink Ribbon
• How to Save in Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 6
• Resident Evil – Code: Veronica
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• WARNING: SCARIEST GAME IN YEARS | Five Nights at Freddy's - Part 1 (YouTube)

Next Time

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• EarthBound

Mike and Ting talk about pandemic insurance, the new iPhone SE and 5G conspiracy theories.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Resident Evil 2 (2019).

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Wimbledon set for coronavirus windfall in huge pay-out from pandemic insurance
• Star Cinema Grill owner suing insurance company after told 'pandemic insurance' doesn't cover COVID-19 crisis
• Apple launches smaller, cheaper iPhone
• New iPhone SE
• UK TV watchdog 'assessing' popular daytime show over comments on 5G-coronavirus conspiracy theories
• Coronavirus: Scientists brand 5G claims 'complete rubbish'