The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Inscryption, Lydia, and we as you about your favorite game soundtracks for general listening.

• Jala: Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Metroid Dread. Lydia. Old Friends Dog Game.

• Kole: Inscryption.

• Ben: Inscryption. Back 4 Blood. Storybook Brawl. Mindustry.

• Dennis: NONE.

• What game soundtracks do you listen to outside of the games?

• Stardew Valley creator announces Haunted Chocolatier.

• Man charged with fraud for spending COVID loan money on a foil Charizard.

• Returnal 2.0 patch addresses most glaring problems with the game.

• Uncharted movie trailer released.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Murder House, Back 4 Blood, and Operation: Tango.

• Dennis: Operation: Tango.

• Kole: Murder House.

• David: Warframe.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. Mindustry. Back 4 Blood.

• What’s the most unsettling video game character?

• The Xbox mini-fridge sells out immediately.

• Steam forbids NFT scam games.

• Pokemon music collaboration is cute and fun.

• PS5 is the best selling console in September, overtaking the Switch.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Metroid: Dread, Back 4 Blood, and Mindustry.

• Kole: Metroid: Dread.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Mindustry. Inscryption.

• David: Warframe. Back 4 Blood.

• Dennis: Trackmania.

• What game best represents a real world place or phenomena?

• Riot is experimenting with the removal of All-Chat in League of Legends.

• Corpse Party remake is coming out stateside in late October.

• Rockstar confirms the Grand Theft Auto trilogy remaster.

• Spelljammer might be coming back, regrettably.

Kole, Ben, David, and Dennis talk about There is No Game, Devour, and NGU Industries.

• Dennis: Sliding Seas. Lost in Random.

• Ben: Pawnbarian. Slipways. Storybook Brawl. There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Devour.

• David: Warframe.

• Kole: NGU Industries.

• Free Play cleanup.

• PS3 and PS Vita PSN stores are losing credit card ability, but it’s not as bad as it sounds.

• Netflix buys Oxenfree developer.

• Super Monkey Ball comes to the Switch.

• Murderous Muses is a new game from the FMV studio behind Dr. Dekker.

Kole, Ben, David, and Jala talk about ICEY, Splitgate, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• Kole: Rule of Rose.

• Ben: Gas Station Simulator. Splitgate. Storybook Brawl.

• Jala: ICEY. Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

• What public domain work would you like to see get a game adaptation?

• Outkast and Soulja Boy both have game projects.

• Disco Elysium has a release date for consoles.

• The Mario movie has a cast.

Kole, Ben, David, and Jala talk about Gas Station Simulator, The Great Ace Attorney Adventures, and Bloodwash.

• Jala: The Great Ace Attorney Adventures. WarioWare: Get It Together. Lost in Random.

• Ben: WarioWare: Get It Together. Quern: Undying Thoughts. Gas Station Simulator. Storybook Brawl.

• Kole: Gas Station Simulator. Bloodwash. A Place, Forbidden.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• What’s your favorite video game villain?

• YouTubers find treasure trove of games on abandoned property.

• Castlevania Advance collection rumored, then announced, then released.

• CutSew cosplay company holds fundraising raffle for an animal shelter.

• New PS5 revision released, is not consequential.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Storybook Brawl, Lobotomy Corporation, and Oxygen Not Included.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. Magic Arena. Oxygen Not Included.

• Dennis: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. Final Fantasy VII Remake.

• Kole: Darkest Dungeon. Lobotomy Corporation.

• What video game location would make the best vacation destination?

• Darkest Dungeon II releases on October 26.

• Deathloop gets rave reviews.

• Gas Station Simulator releases this week.

• Developer somehow uses Steam as his porn stash.

• Splitgate developer gets tons of funding.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Great Ace Attorney: Adventures, SpookWare, and T-Minus 30.

• Jala: Scribbled. The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures.

• Kole: SpookWare. T-Minus 30.

• Dennis: Jupiter Hell. Splitgate. Trackmania.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl.

• What’s your first gaming memory?

• China imposes strict limits on kid’s video game time.

• Yakuza creator reportedly leaving Sega.

• Cursed to Golf is an upcoming horror golf game.

• Mortal Kombat confrims Powerful Shaggy.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Twelve Minutes, Hell Architect, and Jupiter Hell.

• Dennis: Jupiter Hell. SplitGate. Final Fantasy XIV.

• David: Final Fantasy XIV. Fallout ’79.

• Ben: Twelve Minutes. SNKRX. Civilization Revolution.

• Kole: Hell Architect.

• What’s your favorite game sound effect?

• Among Us developers call foul play on Fortnite’s Impostor Mode.

• Another new Skyrim edition is coming.

• Quake Remaster gets surprise release.

• Minecraft Dungeons is coming to Steam.

Kole, Ben, David, and Jala talk about Axiom Verge 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.

• Ben: Buddy Simulator 84. SNKRX.

• Kole: Axiom Verge 2. Yomawari: Night Alone.

• Jala: World’s End Club. Sonic Mania.

• David: Final Fantasy XIV.

• Free Play!

• Frostpunk 2 announced.

• Back 4 Blood needs to patch out inadvertent racist slurs.

• Fortnite bites Among Us’s stew.

• Twelve Minutes exists.