The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Resident Evil Village, Unrailed, and we ask you about games that are not more than the sum of their parts.

• Kole: Resident Evil Village.

• David: LARP. Second Extinction.

• Ben: Unrailed.

• Dennis: New Pokemon Snap. Subnautica. Astro Bot Rescue.

• What game isn’t more than the sum of its parts?

• Zombies Ate My Neighbors! is coming to modern systems.

• Waluigimania.

• Yakuza is moving to an all turn-based RPG combat.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the New Pokemon Snap, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what small additions would make a game better for you.

• Jala: Feather. Aery: Sky Castle. AER: Memories of Old.

• Dennis: Subnautica. Remnant: From the Ashes.

• Ben: Witch It! Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It Takes Two.

• Kole: It Takes Two. New Pokemon Snap.

• What small additions or changes would make a game or genre better for you?

• Gas Station Simulator looks like Kole’s dream game.

• Sunless Skies is coming to consoles soon.

• Returnal’s eternal patching woes.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about NieR Replicant, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what you want to see in the next generation of console games.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• Kole: NieR Replicant ver. 1.22…

• Dennis: Enter the Survival Horror. Lumi Keyboard.

• Ben: Modern Warfare 2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

• What do you hope we see over the next console generation of games?

• The newest innovation in competitive NES Tetris is “rolling”.

• Resident Evil 4 VR announced.

• Cyberpunk 2077 refunds aren’t necessarily what you’d expect.

• Ralph Baer to be honored with special coin from the mint.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about It Takes Two, Saviorless, and we ask you to pitch games for villains.

• Jala: Moons of Madness. Hitman. Saviorless.

• Ben: qomp. It Takes Two.

• Kole: It Takes Two. Mother 3.

• Dennis: Slay the Spire. Hades.

• Make a game for a villain!

• EndeavorRx is a video game that might help with COVID brain fog.

• Sony reverses course, won’t shut down the PS Vita or PS3 online stores.

• There’s going to be a game about power washing.

• Valve fixes bug that affects Steam libraries over 25,000 games.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about qomp, the most recent No Man’s Sky update, and we ask you to invent game-themed drinks.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• Ben: qomp. Bioshock Infinite.

• Dennis: Valheim. VR Boxing. Beatsaber.

• Kole: Demon’s Souls Remaster. Pathologic.

• Invent a game-themed drink!

• Gord looks like a fun survival city builder.

• Nintendo hits porn artist with DMCA over Bowser’s junk.

• Luwdwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscriber record.

• Daybreak is a board game about global warming, by the creator of Pandemic.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Magic: The Gathering Arena, Hades, and we ask you which game villain lair you would most want to live in.

• Jala: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

• Ben: Loop Hero. Magic: The Gathering Arena Cube Draft.

• Dennis: Valheim. Hades.

• Kole: Pathologic Classic HD.

• What game villain lair would you most want to live in?

• Researchers develop games that make people hear sounds that aren’t there.

• The House in Fata Morgana gets Switch release… now!

• Trials of Fire is a deck building X-COM-like.

• Space Jam website sidelined.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Outriders, Pummel Party, and we ask you to pitch game characters pitching things.

• Ben: Loop Hero. What the Golf? Carto. Infra. Pummel Party.

• David: Outriders. d20 Modern tabletop gaming.

• Dennis: Enter the Survival Horror. Hollow Knight. Hades.

• Pitch game characters pitching things.

• “Largest cheating ring” busted in China.

• Sony confirms PSN Store closure for legacy systems.,

• Rocket League Season 4 details announced.

Jala and Kole continue their informal visual novel discussion series with a classic in the genre. The format of this episode mirrors a WOFF! episode, as we talk about the generalities of mechanics first, and then get into spoiler territory.

Phoenix Wright is an upstart attorney who always believes in his clients, no matter what. This first entry in the series establishes a lot of conventions for how to mix visual novel story presentation with adventure game puzzles, and we couldn't have a series like Danganronpa without it.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Loop Hero, Magic: Legends, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.

• Kole: Lost in Vivo. Stardew Valley.

• Ben: Dyson Sphere Program. Loop Hero.

• David: Loop Hero. Monster Hunter: Movies.

• Dennis: Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. Magic: Legends.

• FREE PLAY

• XCOM history book funded.

• Rumor: Sony to close down PS3, PSP, and PS Vita digital stores.

• Someone made a Pokemon game in a font.

• Microsoft rumored to buy Discord.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Valheim, Gnosia, and we ask you about easy games that are still fun.

• David: The Forest. SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete. Remnant: From the Ashes.

• Kole: Stardew Valley. Gnosia.

• Ben: Among Us mods. Dyson Sphere Project.

• Dennis: Valheim. Trackmania.

• What games are easy and fun?

• The original XCOM was almost canceled.

• More drama in the Sinking City saga.

• They’re making a live action Dynasty Warriors movie.