The Level

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Death Stranding, the many development problems of Halo Infinite, and we ask you about desirable and undesirable video game worlds.

• Jala: Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders.

• Kole: Death Stranding.

• David: Remnant: From the Ashes.

• Let’s play a game of Kiss/Marry/Kill with video game settings.

• Halo Infinite could be dropping Xbox One support.

• Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.3 million for MSF.

• Fall Guys created a brand battle for charity.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Remnant: From the Ashes, the feud between Epic, Apple, and Google, and we ask you what moment made you fall in love with a particular game.

• David: Warframe. Factorio.

• Ben: Fall Guys. Ghost of Tsushima.

• Kole: Fall Guys. Death Stranding.

• Dennis: Salt and Sanctuary. Remnant: From the Ashes.

• What moment made you fall in love with a particular game?

• Hypnospace Outlaw is getting wider release, more content, on August 27.

• Rogue Legacy 2 is coming out.

• Apple, Google, and Epic, oh my.

• Fall Guys forces brands to do good things to make a deal.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Fall Guys, Amazon Gaming, and we ask you about your favorite times when games were deceptive.

• Jala: Sniper Elite 4.

• Dennis: Salt and Sanctuary.

• Ben: Ghost of Tsushima. Fall Guys.

• Kole: NOTHING.

• What’s your favorite time that a game tricked you?

• Amazon changes Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming.

• Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 delayed to 2020.

• Rocksteady is working on a Suicide Squad game.

• Minecraft Dungeons gets new DLC on September 8.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Grounded, the upcoming Sekiro patch, and we ask you about your favorite missable content in games.

• David: Grounded. Ghost of Tsushima.

• Ben: Ghost of Tsushima. Slay the Spire. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel.

• Kole: Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade: Hop’s Iconic Hat. Carrion. The Sinking City.

• Dennis: Tabletop Simulator. Minecraft Dungeons. Diabotical.

• What’s your favorite missable or hidden content in a game?

• Upcoming Sekiro patch offers boss rematch.

• Sony tells us what PS4 accessories will work on PS5.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator incorporates the whole real world.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Carrion, the Nintendo Gigaleak, and we ask you about your favorite diegetic interfaces in games.

• David: West of Dead. Neon Abyss. Volcanoids.

• Kole: Carrion. Good Sudoku. Bendy and the Ink Machine.

• Dennis: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Homeworld Remastered.

• Ben: Ghost of Tsushima.

• What are your favorite ways that games have made their mechanics diegetic?

• The Nintendo Gigaleak is a huge deal.

• Someone tries to work out if every game of Slay the Spire is winnable.

• Paper Mario: Origami King has a game breaking bug.

• Stardew Valley had a game breaking bug… hours before the final version shipped.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Ghost of Tsushima, the upcoming Blasphemous DLC, and we ask you which life lessons you learned from games.

• Jala: Alternate Jake Hunter. Resident Evil: Revelations.

• Kole: Resident Evil: Revelations. Disco Elysium.

• Ben: Ghost of Tsushima.

• Dennis: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Pokémon Sword. Arkham Horror Card Game.

• What life lessons have you learned from video games?

• US game spending is at a record high.

• Blasphemous: The Stir of Dawn DLC is coming out at the beginning of August.

• Overcooked! gets a next-gen bundle called “All You Can Eat”.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about A Plague Tale: Innocence, Resident Evil: Revelations, and we ask you about your dream game crossovers.

• Dennis: STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. Killing Floor 2.

• David: Killing Floor 2. No Man’s Sky.

• Ben: A Plague Tale: Innocence. Parallax. Youropa. Alucinod. Mushroom 11.

• Kole: Resident Evil: Revelations.

• What’s your dream game crossover?

• Amazon’s game studio delays another game.

• Carrion gets a release date… next week!

• Rocksteady, plausibly, is working on a Suicide Squad game.

• There’s an interactive documentary about the making of Half-Life: Alyx.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Valley, the upcoming price raise for next gen games, and we ask you about character growth arcs.

• Jala: Resident Evil: Revelations. Alternate Jake Hunter DAEDALUS The Awakening of Golden Jazz. Valley.

• Kole: Rusty Lake Hotel. Death Stranding.

• Ben: The Last of Us: Part 2. Patrick’s Parabox. Mushroom 11.

• David: Dead Rising 4. No Man’s Sky. Hitman 2.

• Which character’s growth arc do you like the most?

• Next gen games will likely be $70 at release.

• Dark Souls III gets a gun mod.

• NBA Jam favored the Pistons over the Bulls.

• Harry Potter open world game likely.

Kole and Jala gather to talk about the Steins;Gate series, specifically focusing on the sequel Steins;Gate 0. These are sci-fi visual novels about a group of college students who accidentally discover time travel, and find themselves working against huge violent conspiracies and causality itself to avert World War III. We really recommend them if you're looking for something gameplay light and can handle some of the more annoying tropes when they pop up (before being subverted).

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about The Last of Us: Part 2, the Haunted PS1 Press Event, and we ask you about your favorite bad or goofy AI in games.

• Ben: The Last of Us Part 2.

• David: No Man’s Sky.

• Dennis: Minecraft Dungeons. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened.

• Kole: Hitman 2.

• What’s your favorite example of bad or goofy AI?

• Mixer shuts down.

• Haunted PS1 trailer announcement video was amazing.

• FDA approves its first video game for ADHD.

• Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to November.