The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Perception, Among Us mods, and we ask you to pitch some video game restaurants.

• Jala: Pokemon Sword. Perception. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

• Dennis: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Satisfactory. Trackmania. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

• Ben: Valheim. Super Mario 3D World: Bowser’s Fury. Astroneer. Among Us… With Mods.

• Kole: Stardew Valley.

• Pitch a video game themed restaurant!

• Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are getting remakes for the Switch.

• Pokemon Legends: Arceus is coming out in 2022.

• We might get a Rule of Rose

• Epic buys Fall Guys dev.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Bowser’s Fury, FUSER, and we ask you to pitch some game mashups.

• Dennis: Doom (2016). Concrete Genie. Paper Mario: The Origami King.

• David: The Forest. Vigil: The Longest Night.

• Ben: Dyson Sphere Project. Chess. Super Mario 3D World / Bowser’s Fury.

• Kole: The Shore. FUSER.

• Game mashups!

• Sony renews Play At Home program with free Ratchet and Clank.

• Stardew Valley has a board game now.

• Dark Souls: Nightfall is a fan-made sequel to the original game.

• Playing games is positive correlated with wellbeing.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dyson Sphere Program, Concrete Genie, and we ask you what microtransactions you feel good about.

• Kole: Hitman 3. The Nameless Game.

• Dennis: Concrete Genie. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.

• Ben: Dyson Sphere Program.

• David: NOTHING.

• What microtransactions do you feel good about buying?

• Wizards create “restored” versions of Super Mario World music.

• HyperRogue is a non-Euclidean roguelike.

• Rust gets “softcore” server options.

• Gaming world rocked as Stadia version of Terraria is canceled.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, and we ask you which games you like the idea of, but don’t like actually playing.

• David: Fallout 76: Wastelanders.

• Kole: Saw: The Video Game.

• Ben: Satisfactory. Ori and the Will of the Wisp.

• Dennis: Trackmania 2020. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.

• What game do you like the idea of more than you like the game itself?

• We have an official height on the tall lady.

• Ninja Theory cancels Bleeding Edge.

• Paimon has a TikTok.

• Mass Effect remastered trilogy gets release date in May.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Resident Evil Maiden demo, the GameStop short squeeze phenomenon, and we ask you which side character should get their own game.

• Kole: Resident Evil 8: Maiden Demo. Saw.

• Dennis: The Textorcist.

• Ben: Satisfactory.

• Which minor character should get their own spinoff game?

• Early reactions to the GameStop short squeeze.

• Shakeup at Blizzard might save the Diablo 2 remaster.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Pokemon Sword, Satisfactory, and we ask you about bad lines of video game dialogue.

• Jala: Pokémon Sword.

• Kole: Assassin’s Creed II.

• Ben: X-COM: Chimera Squad. Satisfactory.

• Dennis: Trackmania 2020. Doom 2016.

• What’s the worst or most embarrassing line in games?

• Reddit user creates tool to turn Reddit drama into Ace Attorney cutscenes.

• Rocket Punch sends off the PS4 camera in style.

• Hitman 3 PC players won’t have to re-buy Hitman 1 and 2 levels on Epic.

• CD Projekt Red inadvertently digs themselves a deeper hole.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Glass Staircase, Trackmania 2020, and we announce the 2020 Title of the Year winners.

• Ben: Satisfactory. XCOM: Chimera Squad.

• Kole: The Glass Staircase. Assassin’s Creed.

• Dennis: Trackmania 2020.

• David: Nioh 2.

• 2020 Title of the Year Results.

• Ghost of Tsushima fans raise money to save a famous shrine.

• Fallout 76 roleplaying group swept up in Facebook militia ban.

• Epic Games buys RAD Game Tools.

• Bethesda teases Indiana Jones game.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Maneater, Rust, and we ask you about game design bummers.

• Ben: Rust. Satisfactory.

• Kole: Maneater.

• David: Nioh 2. Touhou Luna Nights.

• Dennis: Paper Mario: The Origami King. Trackmania 2020.

• What design decision or shortcoming is always a bummer in games for you?

• Breath of the Wild NPCs are just gussied up Miis.

• Slay the Spire is going to be a board game.

• The Sinking City is back on digital storefronts.

• A Muppets Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Among Us, Trackmania 2020, and we ask you about song and game memories that are linked.

• Dennis: Genshin Impact. Trackmania 2020.

• Kole: Echo Night: Beyond. Among Us.

• Ben: Among Us. Cyberpunk 2077. Heaven’s Vault. The Pedestrian.

• David: Nioh 2. Tee-KO.

• What songs/sounds and games are linked in your memory?

• The KFConsole is nonsense.

• The Space Force is calling its troops “Guardians”.

• CDProject Red caves to the Chinese government, doesn’t list Devotion.

• Among Us fans can preview new map on Switch thanks to a bug.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Cyberpunk 2077, Myst VR, and we ask you about hard-hitting moments in games.

• Ben: Cyberpunk 2077.

• Kole: Myst VR.

• Jala: Pokemon Sword. Resident Evil 5. Night Call.

• David: Nioh 2. Dungeons and Dragons.

• What moment from a game hit you especially hard?

• Family bankrupted by in-app purchases, Apple does nothing.

• Disco Elysium: The Final Cut announced for March.

• Cyberpunk 2077 woes.

• People are kind of gambling by opening rare card packs on Twitch.