Lite Switches, Ultra-Gambling and Dinner for Blowhards

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)