The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dome Keeper, Trombone Champ, Timberborn, and much more!

• Ben: Timberborn. Dome Keeper.

• Kole: Trombone Champ.

• Dennis: Deathloop. XCOM 2.

• David: Deathloop.

• What piece of DLC do you think was better than the base game?

• Metal: Hellsinger custom music mods look silly and fun.

• A fan has made Super Mario Bros. 5. 0G9-XN4-FNF

• Blizzard is making some baffling and hostile decisions with Overwatch 2.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Rocksmith+, Fallout 76 Expeditions: The Pitt, Timberborn, and much more!

• David: Fallout 76 Expeditions: The Pitt. Destiny 2.

• Kole: Steam Deck impressions. Vampire Survivors. Skinwalker Hunt. Rocksmith+.

• Dennis: XCOM 2. Opus Magnum.

• Ben: Fall Guys. Timberborn. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.

• Think of a favorite video game franchise. What is one change to that franchise that would make you drop it like a sack of bricks? (Apart from the creators being hateful in some way; take that as read.)

• Sim Nimby won’t let you play Sim City.

• Grand Theft Auto 6 hack seems like a disaster.

• Resident Evil 8 DLC will end the Winters story line.

• New GeForce graphics cards will add ray tracing to Portal.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Immortality, Live a Live, Taiji, and much more!

• Kole: Immortality. Live a Live.

• Dennis: God of War (2018). Death Stranding. Opus Magnum.

• Ben: The Planet Crafter. Taiji.

• David: Destiny 2.

• Free Play!

• PlayStation Stars look like NFTs even though they aren’t.

• Pacific Drive looks rad as hell.

• Nintendo shows details about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

• Against all odds they’re making a new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy game.

• That’s not the real TSR, it’s some bigots who trademark squatted.

• They made an AI-art SHMUP, with all of the ethical concerns associated with that.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Cursed to Golf, Second Extinction, The Planet Crafter, and much more!

• Kole: Cursed to Golf. No One Lives Under the Lighthouse.

• Dennis: Second Extinction. Death Stranding.

• Ben: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Planet Crafter.

• Add a character to a multiverse fighting game!

• Rocksmith+ is finally releasing on September 6.

• Disney is getting into TCGs with the horribly-named “Lorcana”.

• Sam Barlow’s new game “Immortality” is getting rave reviews.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Roboquest, Arcade Paradise, the Horror of Salazar House, and much more!

• Ben: Slay the Spire. Metroid Dread. Magic: Arena.

• David: Destiny 2. Roboquest.

• Dennis: Roboquest. Slay the Spire.

• Kole: Arcade Paradise. Horror of Salazar House.

• Patch notes for reality.

• Slime Rancher 2 enters Early Access on September 22.

• The Lords of the Fallen, a reboot of Lords of the Fallen, announced.

• Ben’s recommendations: The Rehearsal, Dune Imperium.

Kole, Dennis, and Jala talk about Mortuary Assistant, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Under Falling Skies, and much more!

• Kole: Mortuary Assistant.

• Jala: Sonic Mania. Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

• Dennis: Under Falling Skies. Vampire Survivors. Rainbow Six: Extraction.

• What are your little gaming habits and rituals?

• The Contradiction guy has a new FMV project called Fogtown.

• Alone in the Dark reboot announced.

• Sony is exploring adding its own launcher for PC games.

Kole, Dennis, and Jala talk about Into the Breach: Advanced Edition, Late Shift, and Solasta: Crown of the Magister.

• Jala: Contradiction. The Quarry. Late Shift.

• Dennis: Into the Breach: Advanced Edition. Divinity: Original Sin. Solasta: Crown of the Magister.

• Kole: Resident Evil Village.

• Let’s talk in-person gaming events!

• Covid is still messing up the games industry.

• Sony gets rid of feature you never used.

• Steam simplifies game art by outlawing marketing clutter.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Overwhelm, Zombie Army 4, Stray, and much more!

• Dennis: Overwhelm. Snowrunner.

• Kole: Trackmania Turbo.

• David: Destiny 2. Zombie Army 4.

• Ben: Stray.

• What animal deserves its own video game?

• The University of Toronto establishes a huge video game library.

• Stray mods bring real life (and fictional) cats into Stray.

• There’s an Elden Ring Name Generator.

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake derailed.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Stray, Last Call BBS, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, and much more!

• Kole: Stray.

• Ben: Stray. Last Call BBS.

• David: Elite: Dangerous. 20 Minutes Till Dawn

• Dennis: NEOVERSE. Trackmania.

• What game makes the most interesting use of a class system?

• Inscryption is coming to PS4 and PS5 on August 30.

• New Warhammer expansion’s map is real neat.

• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands player gets the rarest, most powerful randomly generated gun.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Elite: Dangerous, Thumper, and much more!

• Dennis: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Chorus.

• Ben: Before Your Eyes. Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

• Kole: The Quarry. Thumper.

• David: Elite: Dangerous.

• What art style would you like to see used more often in games?

• Studio Canal films being pulled from European PSN.

• Ubisoft tries to pull some nonsense with digital storefronts.

• Halo Infinite’s co-op campaign mode will never come out.