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Around the World:  00:09:30

• Valve will start delaying game patches if they coincide w/ a major tournament, after experiencing...difficulties when releasing a patch during Epicenter XL
• SteamSpy returns, with machine learning in place of direct access to player libraries and play stats
• Mega Man 2, Mega Man X getting physical cart re-releases; special edition blue carts for $100 each
• nVidia dissolves their partner program after loads of bad press
• Valve / SteamVR allows custom controller bindings, even without knowing exactly what controller you have
• Chrome update that auto-muted all autoplay videos by default (sans those from top 1,000 sites, go figure) rolled back until a future major release
• Microsoft unveils Xbox Adaptive Controller - 19 3.5mm inputs to interact with accessibility tools; instant remap; on-the-fly switchable profiles
• EA continues loot box campaigns, being awful
• Colin Mateias, Romanian national, convicted of leading DDOS attacks on World of Warcraft in 2010, sentenced to one year in federal prison
• WoW in-game currency worth 7x more than the bolivar, Venezuela's national currency
• "Fake" games list leaked from Walmart Canada ahead of E3
• Nintendo Switch online service to launch Sep 2018, $20/year for one user, $35/year for up to 8 users
• Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate to release for Switch, 28 Aug
• bsnes emulator development to re-open soon
• WoW: Battle for Azeroth enters beta

Bonus Level 1:  00:53:23

• Level 99 - Final Ride - OutRun (OC ReMix)
• Maverick Astley - Rolling - Mega Man X (OC ReMix)
• Eino Keskitalo - Sixty Force Techno - Shining Force II (OC ReMix)

Personal Gaming:  01:03:45

• Outland (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
• Everspace (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now in progress)
• Axelay (SNES; Shmup Book Club, May 2018)
• Ketsui (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Apr-Jun 2018)
• Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES; weekly randomizers)
• Assault Android Cactus (PC; weekly speedrun practice)
• Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition (PC)
• Tetris: The Grand Master (Arcade)
• Tetris DX (GameBoy Color)
• Pinball (various)
• Puyo Puyo Tetris (Switch)
• Jill of the Jungle (DOS)
• Tyrian (DOS)
• Zone 66 (DOS)
• Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (DOS)
• Pathfinder (tabletop)
• Dance Dance Revolution (Arcade)

Bonus Level 2:  01:25:21

• RebeccaETripp - Divine Princess of Destiny - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (OC ReMix)
• Jeff Ball, timaeus222 - In the Heat of Battle - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (OC ReMix)
• GrayLightning - Armageddon - Shining Force (OC ReMix)

Ad-hoc Design: 01:38:38

• Side-scrolling shmup; twist: protect friendlies
• Asymmetric co-op RPG; one "player" as deity / RNG manipulator
• 2-player competitive shmup