The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, D...
Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Heroes of Hammerwatch II, Citizen Sleeper 2, Rimworld: Anomaly, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Heroes of Hammerwatch II. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector.
Jala: Be Like a Crow. Mad Father. El Hijo: A Wild West Tale.
Kole: Rimworld.
The Multiplayer:
What video game trope will you never get tired of?
The End Boss:
Treyarch cofounder pleads guilty to crashing a drone into an LA firefighting plane.
The Sims and The Sims 2 get anniversary re-release.
Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 hit GoG.
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Episode 530: Reverberating Smacks
Kole, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about Butcher’s Creek, If on a Winter’s Night, Four Travelers, Digseum, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Fire Emblem Heroes. Streets of Rage 4. The Complex. If On a Winter’s Night, Four Travelers.
Kole: Butcher’s Creek. My Summer Car.
Moxie: Dying Light 2.
Ben: SNKRX. Liar’s Bar. Digseum.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your favorite nonstandard health system in a game?
The End Boss:
Marvel Snap coming back, will compensate players for outage.
Someone at Activision Blizzard is feeding their coworkers to harassment networks.
Mario logo color scheme math.
80% of developers are making their games for PC.
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Episode 529: QWOP for Existence
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about X-COM 2: The Long War, My Summer Car, Dying Light 2, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: X-COM 2: The Long War.
Kole: My Summer Car.
Ben: Marvel Snap. Dice Kingdoms. Puzzling Pieces.
Moxie: Dying Light 2.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your favorite video game depiction of a real life location?
The End Boss:
Elon Musk confirmed to pay people to play games for him.
Nintendo reveals the Switch 2.
Havok reveals video for new engine.
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Episode 528: They Scream if They’re Only Half There
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about My Summer Car, Sorry We’re Closed, Dice Kingdoms, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Last Call BBS. Dice Kingdoms. Puzzling Places.
Kole: Sorry We’re Closed. My Summer Car.
Moxie: Dying Light 2.
Dennis: The Witness. Trackmania.
The Multiplayer:
Video game character New Years resolutions.
The End Boss:
Elon Musk pays people to play video games for him but wants you to think he’s cool for it.
Path of Exile 2 developers will re-tune the difficulty of the endgame.
Filming for Fallout season 2 delayed due to LA wildfires.
Someone made a horror game out of static that you can’t screenshot.
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Episode 527: They're Turning Into Manga Titles
Kole, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Dying Light 2, Along the Edge, and much more!
The Grind:
Kole: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Jala: The Thaumaturge. Strange Brigade. Paper Sorcerer. Along the Edge.
Moxie: Fortnite. Dying Light 2.
Dennis: Carrion. Elite: Dangerous.
The Multiplayer:
Title of the Year results.
The End Boss:
Majora’s Mask had voice commands.
Live action movie adaptations for Helldivers 2, Horizon, and Exit 8 announced.
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the Nakba, funded.
Tango Gameworks shows signs of life after being rescued.
The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, David Moneysmith, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.