2019 Wrap Up

Mike and Ting look back on 2019 and the decade.

The “book club” game is: Untitled Goose Game.

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

Show Notes:

2019 Highlights

Respawn says it’s “putting a lot on the line” with Apex Legends’ surprise launch Anthem has made over $100 million in digital revenue since launch How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong Anthem 1.6.0 Game Update Notes November 2019 NPD — Pokémon has best U.S. launch in series history Hit Taiwanese horror game Devotion banned in China after hidden message links Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh 2019 Hong Kong protests Hong Kong protesters shoot arrows at police during clashes at Chinese University (YouTube) Liberate Hong Kong by Unknown Protester Battlefield Hong Kong - The Ritual of Yellow Umbrella Jonathan Blow What Is Dota Auto Chess And Why Is Everyone Playing It? Auto Chess Dota Underlords Teamfight Tactics Battlegrounds Early Access – Now Live! - Hearthstone Epic Games Store extends weekly game giveaways to the end of the year Epic Games Store celebrates the holidays with 12 free games Phoenix Point

2010s Highlights

Kamex, Undertale - His theme Remix 2 How indies made an impact on a generation of game consoles Valve kills Steam Greenlight – here's why it matters Minecraft Billionaire who sold Minecraft to Microsoft is sad and lonely QAnon Conspiracy Endorsed By 'Minecraft' Creator Markus 'Notch' Persson Humble Bundle Global StarCraft II League Supreme Commander (video game) Ashes of the Singularity Duke Nukem 3D Development of Duke Nukem Forever Blur and Oasis’ big Britpop chart battle – the definitive story of what really happened 10 Hilarious Skyrim Memes That Will Make You Want To Jump Back In The Game Skyrim - Thomas the Tank Engine Mod (YouTube) A look back at the doomed virtual reality boom of the 90s Oculus Rift: Step Into the Game Oculus Quest Windows 8 Telltale Games The Walking Dead (video game) Minecraft: Story Mode The Wolf Among Us 2 is happening Maxis attempts to explain why SimCity is always-online as players discover code for 20-min offline force-shutdown timer Microsoft was right in 2013: This is the always-on generation User operation prohibition Gamergate controversy TotalBiscuit Damsel in Distress: Part 2 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games (YouTube) Undertale Dark Souls

Meaningless Awards - Best Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Ting) Borderlands 3 (Game that Ting maybe should have picked) Apex Legends (Mike) Satisfactory (Mike)

Meaningless Awards - Best Game

Disco Elysium (Ting) Baba is You (Mike) Slay the Spire (Game that Mike should have picked last year)

Meaningless Awards - Missed in 2019

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Ting) Control (Mike)

Meaningless Awards - Honourable Mention

Resident Evil 2 (Ting) Tetris 99 (Mike) Super Mario Maker 2 (Game that Mike likes to watch more than he likes to play)

Post-Chat

MASHUP - Mariah Manson - "All I Want For Christmas is the Beautiful People" (YouTube)