Mike and Ting talk about Eliza.

Contains SPOILERS for Eliza!

The "book club" game is: Borderlands 3.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Premise

• Eliza
• Visual novel
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
• Lovers of Aether
• Hatoful Boyfriend
• Matthew Seiji Burns
• Transcranial direct-current stimulation
• Artificial general intelligence
• ELIZA

Highlights

• Driver Rewards with Uber Pro
• Every Eligible Ride and Meal Earns You Points With Uber Rewards
• "Hardest question I've been asked today : )" (cookie options)
• Dark Chocolate Gingers - Border Biscuits
• Asexuality
• Phil Wang
• Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Decisions

• Choices, Outcomes, and Endings
• What I want in life… is...
• I'm going to...

Closing Thoughts

• Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
• There is no message, no point, no overarching story here
• Saiyan Power
• Homer Simpson Needs An Operation (YouTube)
• Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life
• Mike's Eliza Notes
• PSA: Zach is watching you contemplate

Mike and Ting talk about the new new AirPods, lack of impulse control and WeWork.

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

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• AirPods Pro
• Please Meet Your Monkey Mind
• Picnic (chocolate bar)
• Four-day workweek boosted productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan experiment shows
• The Rise and Fall of WeWork
• Mega Seeds.. you know where to put them - Rick and Morty (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about the controversy surrounding Blizzard's ban of Blitzchung, plus RAPID FIRE NEWS.

The "book club" game is: Eliza.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Blitzchung Ban

• Hearthstone player calls for Hong Kong's liberation in postgame interview
• Blizzard suspends Hearthstone player for 'liberate Hong Kong' statement
• Taiwanese Hearthstone caster fired after Hong Kong controversy says he still doesn't know why
• Brooklyn Nets' NBA community event in Shanghai abruptly cancelled by government as China political storm rages on
• CCTV pulls NBA China Games broadcast in response to Adam Silver's support for Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's right to free speech
• Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won't ban players for political speech
• Epic Games Store blocks China to protect employees in the country
• @lackofrealism - Not everyone at Blizzard agrees with what happened. Both the "Think Globally" and "Every Voice Matters" values have been covered up by incensed employees this morning.
• Tommy,Taiwanese Commentator Who Got Fired by Blizzard,Statement
• No, Blizzard isn't blocking people from deleting their accounts
• Blizzard breaks silence on Hong Kong Hearthstone controversy, reduces punishment on banned player
• Blizzard cancels Overwatch launch event at Nintendo's New York store
• Blizzard postpones event in Taiwan amid Hong Kong protests
• After A Terrible 2019, Blizzard Is Going All-In At BlizzCon
• Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans To Be This Angry About Diablo Immortal
• US politicians write to Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick expressing "deep concern" over punishment of Hong Kong Hearthstone pro
• Protestors are trying to get Overwatch banned in China, using memes of popular hero Mei
• Sina Weibo
• Blizzard's official response: "We highly object the expression of personal political beliefs in any of our events... As always, We will defend the pride and dignity of China at all cost."
• Taiwan
• Chinese video-game censorship doesn't end with 'Devotion'
• Today I Discovered The UK Government's Irrational Fear Of Ninjas
• Taiwan emoji removed in HK and Macau.
• Report: Apple told Apple TV+ creators to avoid portraying China 'in a poor light'
• Hong Kong protests: Apple pulls tracking app after China criticism
• Explainer: 'The Communist Party's Railway' – How Hong Kong's once-respected MTR fell afoul of protesters
• 2014 Hong Kong protests
• Edward Snowden's choice of Hong Kong as haven is a high-stakes gamble
• Gamers for Freedom: A handbook for protesting at this year's Blizzcon

Rapid Fire

• Analogue Pocket
• Field-programmable gate array
• At that resolution you could even leave a line of pixels blank in between to emulate the old pixels that had a little bit of a gap between them too! Would look really nice I think.
• Ring Fit Adventure Reveal Trailer - Nintendo Switch (YouTube)
• The Outer Worlds
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
• Death Stranding
• Pokémon Sword and Shield
• Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming To PC November 5th
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Shenmue 3
• Google's Stadia Game Service Is Officially Coming November 19th: Everything You Need To Know
• Google: Stadia exclusives to have features "not possible" on home hardware
• Google Duplex: A.I. Assistant Calls Local Businesses To Make Appointments (YouTube)
• Here Are the Microsoft Twitter Bot's Craziest Racist Rants
• Introducing Steam Remote Play Together
• Nvidia GeForce Experience update lets you share games, play co-op

Mike and Ting talk about their favourite health fads, an infestation of beetles and buying a 4K laptop.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Blizz-troversy: Hearthstone & Hong Kong.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Madeira cake
• The Most Bullshit Health and Wellness Fads of the Decade
• Eat, Fast and Live Longer
• Pret a Manger
• Eat (restaurant)
• What is This? A Center for Ants?
• Sleep and Disease Risk
• Lack of sleep could damage DNA and affect repair ability, possibly raising cancer risk, University of Hong Kong study finds
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Microdosing (But Were Afraid To Ask)
• Modafinil
• Why Haven't We Found Alien Life? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios (YouTube)
• Drugstore beetle
• Pixel density

Mike and Ting talk about TIS-100.

The "book club" game is: Eliza.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Zachtronics

• Zachtronics
• TIS-100
• 10 games like Borderlands to loot and shoot in
• Hellgate: London
• Why do you like Zachlike games?
• Spacechem
• Braid
• Infinifactory
• INFINIUPDATE #3
• Ironclad Tactics
• Eliza
• Infiniminer
• Proto-MineCraft Abandoned Due To Epic Error
• Markus Persson (Notch)
• Minecraft's creator, 'Notch,' just outbid Beyoncé and Jay Z on an insane Beverly Hills mansion

TIS-100

• Unity
• Jonathan Blow on Windows Terminal (YouTube)
• TIS-100P Reference Manual
• SHENZHEN I/O
• EXAPUNKS
• Surprised Pikachu
• TIS-100 ending (YouTube)
• TIS-100 NET Ending (YouTube)
• Histogram

Highlights

• How to Implement a Queue Using Two Stacks
• Code Golf
• Assembly language
• NOP (code)
• Comment (computer programming)
• TIS-100 Achievements
• Is Sequence Sorter the hardest level in the game?

Ten Years of Terrible Games

• Zach Barth: "Zachtronics: Ten Years of Terrible Games" | Talks at Google (YouTube)
• MetaboSIM
• Arduino
• Infinifactory Calculator (YouTube)
• EXAPUNKS Hacker Battle Competition #1: PEKUJA vs MATTYG (YouTube)
• Gladiabots

Mike and Ting talk about Mike's holiday to LA.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for TIS-100.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Greta Thunberg
• Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II
• Ray-Ban RB8313 Gunmetal - Carbon Fibre
• 6 Best Raspberry Pi Smart Magic Mirror Projects You Can Make
• 5 Insanely Dangerous Areas to Avoid in Los Angeles
• Wanted Level in Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online - Four Stars
• What Is Disney MaxPass?
• Savi's Workshop – Handbuilt Lightsabers
• Copyright Term Extension Act
• Lightsaber!
• The Harmless Items That Could Trigger a TSA Search of Checked Luggage
• Savi's Workshop Lightsaber Battery Replacement Tutorial (YouTube)

Mike and Ting have a self-indulgent, almost entirely off topic chat to celebrate 100 episodes.

NOTE: this episode is mostly pre-chat! Normal service will resume next ep.

The "book club" game is: TIS-100.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Puffin Forest (YouTube)
• Zee Bashew (YouTube)
• Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II
• GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Graphics Cards
• Setting a budget: Ten tips for getting to grips with your spending
• Gesamtkunstwerk
• The Perfect PokéRap | Unraveled LIVE at PAX East 2019 (YouTube)
• German Word of the Day: Das Backpfeifengesicht
• German Word of the Day: Die Torschlusspanik
• Why Are Introductory Classes Called "101"?

Signs That You're a Real Hongkonger

• 11 signs that you're a real Hongkonger
• More signs that you're a real Hongkonger
• Shugetsu
• Leprosy
• Cold calling in Hong Kong is so out of control, it makes you contemplate murder
• Chowing down on chicken testes, a Hong Kong hotpot delicacy (YouTube)

How Millennial Are You?

• How Millenial Are We? (w/ Andrea Rene and Joey Noelle) - Internet Explorerz (Ep. 26)
• The list of foods (since the website it originally comes from blocks non-US connections?!)
• Here's Exactly What Drinking Charcoal Water Does for Your Body
• Tapping the potential of birch water
• The secret to that black ice cream you've seen everywhere
• How to Brew Your Own Kombucha with Brad | It's Alive | Bon Appetit (YouTube)
• What Is Shaved Ice Cream?
• Baekmidang soft milk ice cream
• Mini Milk Vanilla
• Kakigōri
• How to make courgetti
• Cereal Killer Cafe
• Official Bulletproof Coffee Recipe

Lost Levels Club 101

• The First One
• Homeworld Remastered Collection
• Super Metroid
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online
• Hard science fiction
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
• Black Mirror
• Destiny on Metacritic
• Anthem on Metacritic
• Aviary Attorney

Pre -Chat

• How low-paid Microsoft contractors train Cortana by listening to you
• Apple apologises for allowing workers to listen to Siri recordings
• Changing "Ok Google" to another phrase
• How to Use Siri on Spotify
• Philips Hue
• The Clapper
• This AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans
• "Spider-Man" Is Leaving The Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon
• Marvel just got back together with the X-Men. But it's complicated.
• Tom Holland (actor)
• Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
• We solved the mystery of what will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State Building
• Petalclouds | Singapore Changi
• HSBC Rain Vortex - Jewel Changi Airport
• A sleeping umbreon...

Death Stranding

• Death Stranding
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Deadman Character Spotlight Trailer | PS4 (YouTube)
• Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Mama Character Spotlight Trailer | PS4 (YouTube)
• Death Stranding – Gamescom 2019 Ludens Fan Character Spotlight Trailer | PS4 (YouTube)
• I have seen Death Stranding at Gamescom and I finally understand what's going on
• Death Stranding is Matrix 4 Prequel - Theory

RTX

• What is GeForce RTX? | NVIDIA
• Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details: 8K graphics, ray tracing, SSDs, and PS4 backwards compatibility
• Microsoft's next-generation Xbox: 8K graphics, SSD storage, and ray tracing for 2020
• Announcing Microsoft DirectX Raytracing!
• AMD's David Wang: We Won't Implement DirectX RayTracing (DXR) In Games Until Its Offered In All (Gaming) Product Ranges
• PC is now Ubisoft's most profitable platform
• Minecraft with RTX | Official GeForce RTX Ray Tracing Reveal Trailer (YouTube)
• RTX in Everything! - 10 Upcoming Games With RTX Support (YouTube)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - One of The Most Critically Acclaimed Game Franchises of All Time - Reveals Ray Tracing Trailer & Screenshots
• Control
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Watch Dogs: Legion
• Bloodlines 2
• Why are 4K computer monitors so expensive when 4K TVs are not?
• NVIDIA DLSS: Control and Beyond
• Nvidia bringing new ray tracing tech to GTX graphics cards
• Ben Curtis Dude Dell Commercial (YouTube)
• Greta Thunberg sets sail for New York on zero-carbon yacht

Cross Play, Cross Progression/Cross Save, Cross Buy

• How Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare's Cross-Play Feature Works
• Fortnite cross-platform crossplay guide for PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Mac and mobile
• Destiny 2 cross save: How to set up your cross save account and play on multiple platforms
• No Borderlands 3 cross-play at launch
• Overwatch
• Anthem
• Xbox Play Anywhere
• Microsoft will distribute more Xbox titles through Steam and finally support Win32 games
• GOG Connect
• WHY THE UMP45 SUCKS and why you shouldn't use it - PUBG (YouTube)

Mike and Ting talk about Chinese Parents.

The "book club" game is: TIS-100.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Fitbit is gradually rolling out its big app redesign
• Fitbit app new Dashboard - iOS
• Nokia 'regrets' Withings health app backlash
• Electronic System for Travel Authorization
• China bans Cathay Pacific staff involved in Hong Kong 'unlawful' protests from mainland routes
• Pepper spray and arrests as Hong Kong riot police stage 'rescue' during airport sit-in protest
• Hong Kong protests: Brand 'witch hunt' takes over Chinese internet
• US government collecting social media information from foreign travelers
• Hong Kong police hold 'laser gun' demo after student leader arrested for possession of offensive weapon
• Hongkongers create own harbourfront light show after activist arrested over laser pointer 'offensive weapon'
• 'An eye for an eye': Hong Kong protests get figurehead in woman injured by police

What is Chinese Parents?

• 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents on Steam
• Coconut Island Games
• Brock's Jelly Doughnuts | Know Your Meme
• National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao)
• Chinese School - Episode 02 - BBC Documentary (YouTube)
• Smacking children banned
• Tiger Mom & Eagle Dad

Game Mechanics

• Shadow (psychology)
• Red envelope
• Face (sociological concept)
• So I Married An Axe Murderer: The Woman Woman Poem (YouTube)

The Children

• Henan Polytechnic University
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Guangdong University of Technology
• Xiamen University
• North China Electric Power University
• Nanjing University
• China's doctors not part of society's elite
• National Health Service
• Cramming (education)

Closing Thoughts

• Has anyone achieved the "Filthy Rich" profession?
• 浅析中国式家长中的经济系统
• Not one of the Fortnite World Cup's 100 finalists was a woman. Why?

Mike and Ting talk about Joy-Con drift and the new Nintendo Switch, loot boxes and meeting Jonathan Blow.

The "book club" game is: 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or [email protected]

Pre-Chat

• Study reveals the most popular emoji in honor of 'World Emoji Day'
• 😂 Face With Tears of Joy
• 😘 Face Blowing a Kiss
• Mike's favourite emoji: 🤷‍♂️😅🤦‍♂️😆🤣
• Ting's favourite emoji: 😘😬😔
• Fortnite: UK player finishes second in e-sports World Cup
• Fortnite World Cup 2019/Finals
• Fortnite Cheaters Booed by World Cup Crowd As They're Eliminated From Tournament
• Video: Hong Kong police fire tear gas during chaotic protest clearance across Western district
• Chaos and bloodshed in Hong Kong district as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists, residents
• Out of control police violently shoved woman to the ground
• One of the most professional police in the world.
• [7.28] Hong Kong Police at its finest 2 (journalists perspective)
• How Hong Kong protestors deal with tear gas

Nintendo News

• Joy-Con Drift Is Becoming A Real Problem On The Switch
• Report: Nintendo Will Fix Broken Joy-Cons For Free, Refund Prior Repairs
• Nintendo to fix Joy-Con drift problem for free – but not in the UK
• First Look at Nintendo Switch Lite: A New Addition to the Nintendo Switch Family (YouTube)
• You'll Be Able To Transfer Save Files Between Switch And Switch Lite, Eventually
• What Makes the New Nintendo Switch Model Different: Battery Life, Model Number, and What to Look Out For
• The "unpatchable" exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable [Updated]
• Nintendo DS family
• Haribo Bärchen-Pärchen
• Kinder Cards

Loot Boxes

• 'My son spent £3,160 in one game'
• Fifa packs and loot boxes 'not gambling' in UK
• STUCK ON YOU The history of the iconic Panini stickers as the Italian brand releases new 2018 World Cup collection
• FIFA Ultimate Team Features
• Video game crash of 1983
• GTA Online's new casino update is inaccessible to more than 50 countries
• Let's go whaling: Tricks for monetising mobile game players with free-to-play (YouTube)
• Lawful Evil
• Cow Clicker
• IKEA effect
• Bartle's Player Types for Gamification
• Fortnite Save the World X-Ray Llamas let you see what's inside before purchasing

Dinner with Jonathan Blow

• @GameDevHH - Hello Hong Kong developers! We're excited to say that we'll be meeting @Jonathan_Blow for dinner tomorrow (Friday, July 19th!)
• @Jonathan_Blow - Here's the talk I did in Singapore a couple of days ago. They posted it very quickly!
• Industry Day 2019 Live Stream #1 (YouTube)
• Jonathan Blow
• Braid
• The Witness
• Slay the Spire
• How Slay the Spire's devs use data to balance their roguelike deck-builder
• A Programming Language for Games (YouTube)
• Jai Programming: Sizzle Reel
• Jai Courtney
• Garbage collection (computer science)
• Opus Magnum
• Spelunky
• 'Braid' creator sacrifices his fortune to build his next game
• J. Blow on Prototyping f. Braid Gameplay Footage!
• Feynman diagram
• Boehm garbage collector

Post-Chat

• 8 things to know about Neon Genesis Evangelion, the legendary anime now streaming on Netflix
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
• Komm, süsser Tod [Lyrics] (YouTube)
• Why are the last two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion drawn instead of animated?
• Rebuild of Evangelion
• Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 First 10 minutes preview High Quality Sub ENG (YouTube)