Description

Mike and Ting talk about Half-Life: Alyx, new developments from Oculus, plans to fix Anthem and the redesigned Sonic trailer.

The "book club" game is: Borderlands 3.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club

Show Notes:

Half-Life: Alyx

• Half-Life: Alyx Announcement Trailer (YouTube)
• Valve is making three "full" VR games
• Half-Life Alyx Trailer Showcases Potentially Revolutionary VR Controls
• Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
• Apple Arcade's fixer-upper game isn't short on irony
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx -- Behind Closed Doors at Valve Interview (YouTube)
• Half Life - Alyx: Everything we know
• Virtual reality sickness
• Are Virtual Reality Headsets Safe for Children?
• Valve acquires Firewatch developer Campo Santo
• Firewatch Dev's Next Game, In The Valley Of Gods, May Be In Jeopardy
• Pre-Purchase Half Life: Alyx Listed At $59.99, Free For Valve Index Owners

Oculus

• John Carmack - Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award (YouTube)
• John Carmack stepping down as CTO of Oculus to work on AI
• Adaptive tile refresh
• Eliza
• @ID_AA_Carmack - Considering how @elonmusk likened AGI to "summoning the demon", it would be poetic if I can make a dent!
• Who needs the Rift S when the Oculus Quest can do everything?
• Beat Saber
• Marie Kondo
• Why are people mocking IGN about Cuphead? Something about them being terrible about it?

Anthem Next

• Sources: BioWare Plans A Complete Overhaul For Anthem
• No Man's Sky NEXT
• How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Hello Games
• BioWare ditching Anthem's original post-launch content plans to focus on "core issues"
• Anthem Reveal vs Launch: Everything Missing From The Final Game
• It's a fake! (YouTube)
• Destiny 2: Play for Free
• Warframe: Ninjas Play Free
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Sonic Movie Redesign

• Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) - New Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures (YouTube)
• Sonic the Hedgehog Trailer #1 (2019) | Movieclips Trailers (YouTube)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• Super Mario Bros Animated Movie Will Release "Around 2022"
• Ben Schwartz Really Fought To Play Sonic The Hedgehog
• Ryan Reynolds Is the Perfect Pikachu
• Charles Martinet: It's-A Me, Mario! - Meet The Record Breakers (YouTube)
• 'Sonic' Redesign Cost Paramount Nowhere Near the $35 Million That's Been Rumored
• Sanic Hegehog | Know Your Meme
• Jim Carrey As Eggman Is The Saving Grace For New Sonic Movie, According To Some Fans