Lost Levels Club

Taking trips back to (some of) those lost levels...

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TR-49

Mike and Ting talk about TR-49.

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Show Notes:

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

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Pre-Chat: The Solution to the Alignment Problem

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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Show Notes:

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

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2026 Look Forward

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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Show Notes:

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

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Pre-Chat: Judy Hopps Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

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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Show Notes:

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)

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2025 Wrap Up - Part 2

Mike and Ting hand out the Meaningless Awards.

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Show Notes:

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)

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Pre-Chat: Spotify Wrapped Revisited, Windows 11 Refused

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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Show Notes:

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

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2025 Wrap Up

Mike and Ting look back on 2025.

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Show Notes:

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

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Pre-Chat: There's No Pod Like Horse Pod

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.

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Show Notes:

Pre-Chat

Mike’s 2025 Spotify Wrapped

Ting’s 2025 Spotify Wrapped

Mike’s 2025 YouTube Recap

Ting’s 2025 YouTube Recap

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Ting's 2025 YouTube Recap

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Mike's 2025 YouTube Recap

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Ting's 2025 Spotify Wrapped

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Mike's 2025 Spotify Wrapped

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Deltarune

Mike and Ting talk about Deltarune.

Contains SPOILERS for Deltarune and Undertale!

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Show Notes:

DELTARUNE

2. Beginning (DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox (YouTube)

Undertale Reviews - Metacritic

『DELTARUNE Chapter 1』が2/28に配信決定 | トピックス | Nintendo

deltarune.com on the Wayback Machine

Undertale teaser points to Delta Rune, a new game, er, thing you can play right now

Deltarune Chapter 2 gets surprise release in two days

DELTARUNE Nintendo Switch 2 Announce Trailer (YouTube)

Undertale's Toby Fox Composing Music for Nintendo

A Few Musical Notes from Game Developer Toby Fox | #PokemonSwordShield (YouTube)

Homestuck - Wikipedia

Earthbound Halloween Hack Music - Final Boss (Megalovania) (YouTube)

"...only one ending...?" : r/Deltarune

EarthBound - Wikipedia

UNALTERED

1. ANOTHER HIM (DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox (YouTube)

Introduction - The Deltarune Wiki

Susie - The Deltarune Wiki

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Reviews - Metacritic

Ralsei - The Deltarune Wiki

Hometown - The Deltarune Wiki

DELTARUNE ending | Chapter 1 (YouTube)

39. Don't Forget (DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox & Laura Shigihara (YouTube)

Castle Town - The Deltarune Wiki

Weird Route - The Deltarune Wiki

Ralsei explain How The Light and Dark World Work | deltarune chapter 3 (YouTube)

UNDERTALE

001. Once Upon a Time (UNDERTALE Soundtrack) - Toby Fox (YouTube)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Wikipedia

W.D. Gaster - The Undertale Wiki

UnderTale-ENTRY NUMBER SEVENTEEN (YouTube)

Sans - The Undertale Wiki

Deltarune, The Place Where It Rained (YouTube)

Sans and Toriel dancing - Deltarune Chapter 4 (YouTube)

Papyrus - The Undertale Wiki

UNRELATED

13. Field of Hopes and Dreams (DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox (YouTube)

Susie confuses Asriel for Ralsei - Deltarune Chapter 4 (YouTube)

Lying by Omission - TV Tropes

Queen - The Deltarune Wiki

Spamton - The Deltarune Wiki

Why Ralsei Grows the Beard - A Deltarune Theory Video (YouTube)

Egg - The Deltarune Wiki

SOMEHOW... KRIS KNIGHT RETURNED (YouTube)

Susie is NOT a hero! | Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4: Neo Prophecy Theory (YouTube)

December Holiday - The Deltarune Wiki

UNUSED - The Deltarune Wiki

Why Does Kris have a Save File in Deltarune?

DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall || THE DEVICE THEORY [PART 1: SURVEY_PROGRAM] (YouTube)

The Roaring Knight is a Soul Fusion, a Deltarune theory (YouTube)

NUTDEALER

36. Your Power (DELTARUNE Chapter 1 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox

Why has Fox never mentioned chapter 6+? : r/Deltarune

SAVE - The Undertale Wiki

Asriel Dreemurr - The Undertale Wiki

Telltale Games - Wikipedia

Return of the Obra Dinn - Wikipedia

DELTARUNE - No Hat Ralsei Plush - Fangamer

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Pre-Chat: The Last One…?

Mike and Ting are taking a break.

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

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Show Notes:

Pre-Chat

Why I think the podcast ended : r/HelloInternet

Somehow Palpatine Returned (YouTube)

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Now Playing 2025

Mike and Ting talk about what they played in the first half of 2025.

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Show Notes:

Multiplayer

Split Fiction | Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer (YouTube)

It Takes Two | “My Cutie” Toy Commercial (YouTube)

BOKURA on Steam

Return to Verdansk: Massive Intel Drop Ahead of Call of Duty: Warzone Season 03

Call of Duty: Warzone’s streamlined loot is so much better than fiddling with backpacks | PC Gamer

Fortnite Is the Biggest Competitor to Any New Game or Service; Top Live Games Sucking Nearly Half of the Playtime on Consoles Are a Bigger Threat to the Video Games Industry Than Subscription Services

History of basketball - Wikipedia

R.E.P.O. - Official Release Trailer (YouTube)

PEAK Trailer: OUT NOW! (YouTube)

Peak went from a canceled game that couldn’t get funding to selling millions on Steam

Singleplayer

Monster Train 2 - Official Announcement Trailer (YouTube)

Void War - Launch Trailer (YouTube)

Nubby's Number Factory on Steam

Gloomhaven | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Gloomhaven (video game) - Wikipedia

Isles of Sea and Sky

New Updates and Insight into Thekla/Jonathan Blow’s Upcoming Sokoban Game (Release, Development, Mission Statement) : r/TheWitness

Mario Kart World

Mario Kart World – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Switch 2) (YouTube)

My Opinion on Intermissions VS Regular Tracks in Mario Kart World (YouTube)

This Nintendo Update just Ruined Mario Kart World… (YouTube)

14 Ways To Dodge The Blue Shell Every Time in Mario Kart! (YouTube)

How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking | The Verge

Singapore has the most expensive Nintendo Switch 2 price in the world at US$560, while Hong Kong offers the cheapest Switch 2 at US$440 | HardwareZone Forums

Buying Switch 2 Secondhand? Beware Nintendo's Anti-Piracy Solution That Has 'Bricked' Some Consoles, Fans Warn - IGN

Nintendo revealed the Super Mario Odyssey team made Donkey Kong Bananza | The Verge

Donkey Kong Bananza Reviews - Metacritic

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Pre-Chat: Project Vend and Puzzmo

Mike and Ting talk about Anthropic's Project Vend and being a tryhard at Puzzmo.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Now Playing 2025.

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Show Notes:

Pre-Chat

Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) \ Anthropic

Sam Altman says Meta offered $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees | Reuters

Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon - Ars Technica

ClaudePlaysPokemon - Twitch

World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

"Computer Says No..." | Little Britain | Lucas & Walliams (YouTube)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) - IMDb

Today's Puzzmo

GD Column 17: Water Finds a Crack | DESIGNER NOTES

TED Tumblewords Mobile Game: Everything You Need To Know About - Netflix Tudum

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