On the Level Podcast

Harry knows it all (mostly), Reece knows so little he even underlined the fact that he knows so little and Simon remembers losing alot on a SNES.

This week it's the Daddy of Beat 'Em Ups: Street Fighter.

It's a (pun intended) Monster franchise that not too many people know over here in the West - but will that all change with the release of Monster Hunter World? This week we take up the challenge and go for a little hunt ourselves and look at the World of Monster Hunter...

The last podcast we recorded is the first for the new year, imagine that! So much to look forward to in 2018; so many fantastic controversies to look forward to - we can all hardly wait!!

But Harry is wrong about Starlink.

Later that usual due to Christmas cheer, may we present our thoughts on the latest Star Wars movie. This one has been nothing if not divisive so it's time to add another voice to the countless others that suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced, etc etc.

2017. It certainly was a whole calendar year wasn't it?

It must be time to pick through the wreckage of the past 12 month and see if there's anything worth salvaging.

(Bonus "Inspirational Poster" inside!)

We each take a spin on the 'Wheel of News' this week. EA, Battlefront, Destiny, Soul Calibur VI, Devil May Cry VI, SOMA, Black Friday sales and Infinity War all end up being discussed. We even get back to arguing about the beginning of MGSV (which is officially unresolvable), Reece's bottomless notepad, cereal revelations and the reason why Simon can't play Jesus in an upcoming movie.

Well past it's 'sell by' date, we discuss "Thor Ragnarok" and why, maybe, it's not all it's cracked up to be: he good, the bad, the non existent Texan accents - the whole lot.

Also the whole weird business of sequels (and threequels) and their literal reversal of fortune in recent years.

For Asgaaaaaard!

This week we can't help but talk about Mario - how can you not when you're talking 'Mascots'? Who are they? Why are they? Are they even required anymore? What happened to Gex? Is Pikachu a secret pervert and is Marcus Fenix a horse?

Frankly, we were all surprised by just how may nipples made their way into this weeks podcast which covers "Controversy" like an ill-fitting bra (or at the very least, some tastefully placed plasters).

Dead bodies, aversion therapy, nipples, badly sung theme tunes and horse armour. And nipples.

Ahh, Paris...

This week we stub out our Gauloises cigarettes on Sony's Playstation show during Paris Games Week and try to figure out why their numbers don't add up, why can't Sid smile naturally, why Final Fantasy made Harry so angry and (The Flash update) is Danny Trejo as tall as he looks?

No. No he isn't. Not even close.