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The Level episodes

October 16The Level 602: Too Many Podcasters Per Capita
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Car Park Capital, Order fo the Sinking Star, Eronoctosis, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Unnamed exploitative mobile game. UFO 50 (Party House, Avianos). RYB. Order of the Sinking Star.
Jala: Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together. Thekku Island.
Dennis: Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
Kaye: Car Park Capital.
The Multiplayer:
Video game phrases that have entered your everyday speech.
The End Boss:
No Man’s Sky is getting a full mobile port.
VR Chat community creators revolt against AI.
Jay and Silent Bob are starring in an Animal Crossing clone?
Custom shop recreates the Street Fighter bonus round car.
1 hr 45 min
October 09The Level 601: I Hope Nothing Terrible Happens
Kaye, Dennis, and Jala talk about Star Wars: Galactic Racer, A Rum Case in Fogtown, Tactics Ogre Reborn, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
Jala: A Rum Case in Fogtown (Demo). Tactics Ogre Reborn.
Kaye: The Forest.
The Multiplayer:
Underwhelming game weapons or items.
The End Boss:
14 year old makes adaptive controller for people who share his disability.
PS5 emulation efforts accelerate, fueled by spite.
The launch of the Sonic Discord goes predictably.
1 hr 29 min
October 02The Level 600: Imagine if They Caught You
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Backseat Drivers, Birds Watching, Welcome to Elderfield, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: The Crimson Hunt (Demo). Birds Watching.
Kaye: Backseat Drivers.
Dennis: In Sound Mind. Slay the Spire 2. iRacing.
Moxie: Welcome to Elderfield.
The Multiplayer:
What game should have been for you, but wasn’t?
The End Boss:
Minecraft Legends 2 releases, and nobody knows about it.
Twitch is using AI to do brand surveillance.
Castlevania turns 40, Konami gives away free, compromised version of the game.
1 hr 41 min
September 25The Level 599: Maxigolf
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Welcome to Elderfield, Normal Golf, the Resident Evil movie, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Welcome to Elderfield.
Ben: Strange Jigsaws. Resident Evil movie.
Kaye: Resident Evil movie. Normal Golf.
Dennis: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
Pitch a video game based on a historical figure.
The End Boss:
Microsoft further consolidates its studios, leading to even more layoffs.
The NBA is bracing for the league-wide impact of Grand Theft Auto 6.
1 hr 41 min
September 18The Level 598: Doubt Dogs
Kaye, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2, struggling with VR hardware, and much more!
The Grind:
Kaye: Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists.
Dennis: Struggling to play iRacing. Succeeding at playing pinball.
Moxie: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2.
The Multiplayer:
What game’s multiplayer scene would you want to revive?
The End Boss:
Blizzard announces Diablo V.
Wardogs developer creeps your social media to see if you complain about crunch.
Steam Frame pricing announced.
1 hr 47 min
September 12The Level 597: Bennis
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Low-Budget Repairs, Star Wars: Zero Company, some PAX West experiences, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: PAX Stories. Shining Force 2.
Dennis: Star Wars: Zero Company. Power Wash Simulator. Stellaris.
Kaye: Low-Budget Repairs.
Ben: Marvel Snap.
The Multiplayer:
The most satisfying moments in games.
The End Boss:
XBox to impose cloud gaming rations.
KillZone bring revived.
Valve made a slur leaderboard.
1 hr 51 min
September 05The Level 596: A Double Waifu Pass
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Star Wars: Zero Company, Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2, Nordhold and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2.
Dennis: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2. Stellaris. Star Wars: Zero Company.
Ben: Big Walk. Nordhold.
The Multiplayer:
What games remind you of childhood?
The End Boss:
Zero Company staff put on furlough shortly before the game released.
Even more Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks.
nVidia’s DLSS 5 slop upscaler will cut your frame rate in half.
People are digging up new details in the original Skyrim gameplay reveal.
2 hr 6 min
August 15The Level 595: Sallow Snake
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Big Walk, Quasimorph, The Forest, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Big Walk.
Moxie: Quasimorph. Diablo IV.
Dennis: Diablo IV. Far Cry 3. EverQuest Legends.
Kaye: The Forest.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your favorite cartridge or other video game packaging?
1 hr 23 min
August 08The Level 594: It Hasn't Been Two Hours Yet
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about MECCHA CHAMELEON, Project: Mist, The Horror at Highrook, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Far Cry 3.
Ben: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Promise Mascot Agency. The Horror at Highrook.
Kaye: Desktop Explorer. Project: Mist. MECCHA CHAMELEON.
Moxie: MECCHA CHAMELEON. Nine Sols. Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
What ten year old game should get a new DLC?
The End Boss:
EA is now owned by more villains than usual.
Kid releases joke game, makes money.
Japanese game developer localizing his upcoming title for one Czech man.
1 hr 52 min
August 01The Level 593: A Spouse in Every Town
Kaye, Ben, and Jala talk about Palworld, Everything is Crab, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder. Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption.
Ben: The Incident at Galley House. Palworld.
Kaye: Desktop Explorer.
The Multiplayer:
Tell us some mods you like!
The End Boss:
Amazon’s Warhammer television series is in production.
Platinum is working on a TMNT game, The Last Ronin.
The new CEO of NexusMods is saying some concerning stuff.
1 hr 30 min

About The Level

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The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kaye Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, Moxie, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.