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The Level episodes

May 17, 2019The Level 2285: Big Sticky Ball
Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Xing: The Land Beyond, Tactical Breach Wizard, and we hypothesize about video game sports.
The Grind:
Ben: A Hat in Time. Xing: The Land Beyond. Risk of Rain 2.
Jala: Zero Time Dilemma. The Company. Sniper Elite: Zombie Army Trilogy.
David: Sniper Elite: Zombie Army Trilogy. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
Kole: Killer7.
The Multiplayer:
What game should become a hypothetical Olympic sport?
The End Boss:
Video games will not be part of the Paris Olympic games.
Tactical Breach Wizards looks like a fun game.
Tetris 99 gets a Big Block update.
Epic buys Rocket League developer.
1 hr 30 min
May 10, 2019The Level 284: Herodotus Seems Pretty Cool
Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Sniper Elite Zombie Army Trilogy, Valve's Index, and we ask you about games and pets.
The Grind:
Jala: The Company. Zero Time Dilemma.
Ben: Oxenfree.
David: Sniper Elite Zombie Army Trilogy. Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Kole: Satisfactory. Killer7.
The Multiplayer:
What video game character would your pet be?
The End Boss:
There's a Pokemon region in your brain.
Assassin's Creed: Unity's Notre Dame will be partially used to rebuild the real cathedral.
The Division 2's starting equipment descriptions are based on
The Index is Valve's new VR system.
1 hr 39 min
May 03, 2019The Level 283: It's Hard to Update Your Hands
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Observer, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and we do more Free-Play Multiplayer cleanup.
The Grind:
Kole: Observer. Satisfactory.
Ben: Call of Cthulhu. Oxenfree.
David: The Division 2. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
Dennis: Devil May Cry 5.
The Multiplayer:
Free Play Cleanup.
The End Boss:
Firmament reached its funding goal.
New console generations are coming.
Secret City of Heroes servers exist.
1 hr 34 min
April 26, 2019The Level 282: Reverse Hearthstoning
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Assassin's Creed Unity giveaway. Risk of Rain II, and we ask you about fourth-wall-breaking games.
The Brief:
Assassin's Creed: Unity gets positive review bombs after Notre Dame
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order won't have multiplayer or microtransactions.
Full lineup of Castlevania Anniversary Collection revealed.
The Multiplayer:
What's your favorite time when a game broke the fourth wall?
The Grind:
Dennis: The Cycle. Risk of Rain II. The Strange Brigade.
David: The Strange Brigade. The Division 2.
Ben: Baba is You. Call of Cthulhu.
Kole: Baba is You. Satisfactory.
2 hr 20 min
April 12, 2019The Level 281: Oubliette Duet
Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Baba is You, the difficulty as accessibility issue, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.
The Grind
SNL makes fun of the Division 2 NPC dialogue, while Ubisoft makes NPCs less talkative.
Someone made Mario Maker in LittleBigPlanet.
Is difficulty an accessibility issue?
The Multiplayer:
FREE PLAY.
The Grind:
Ben: Gorogoa. Baba is You. Celeste.
Jala: Cthluhu Chronicles.
David: The Division 2.
Kole: Satisfactory.
1 hr 55 min
April 05, 2019The Level 280: I Big Data'd Myself
Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Satisfactory, the 20th anniversary of EverQuest, and we ask you what game-related April Fools joke you would run.
The Brief:
Yager announces “The Cycle”, a PVE battle royale game.
Skyrim Grandma will be in Elder Scrolls VI.
EverQuest turns 20.
The Multiplayer:
What game-related April Fools joke would you run?
The Grind:
Dennis: Apex Legends. Slime Rancher.
Kole: Satisfactory.
David: The Division 2.
1 hr 34 min
March 29, 2019The Level 279: My Fun Appliance
Kole, Jala, and David talk about the Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 announcement, The Division 2, and we ask you how you prefer to play games.
The Brief:
Apple Arcade announced.
Valve scientists want to get into your brain, electronically.
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 announced.
The Multiplayer:
How do you prefer to play games? Portable? Console? PC?
The Grind:
David: The Division 2.
Jala: Vampyr. Lost in Harmony.
Kole: Resident Evil 6. Commodore 64 Mini.
1 hr 35 min
March 22, 2019The Level 278: Loading Scream
Kole, Dennis, Jala, and David talk about Devil May Cry 5, Surviving Mars, and we ask you about your favorite small details in games.
The Brief:
Google announces game streaming service at GDC.
No Man’s Sky is getting a major multiplayer update this summer.
German government allows Nazi imagery into games.
House Flipper is getting Garden Flipper DLC.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your favorite small detail in games?
The Grind:
Dennis: Apex Legends. Devil May Cry 5.
Kole: Plague, Inc. Surviving Mars. Resident Evil 6.
Jala: Resident Evil 6. Vampyr.
David: Immortal: Unchained.
2 hr 22 min
March 16, 2019The Level 277: How Are You Older Than Me?
Kole, David, and Jala talk about the end of the PS Vita, Immortal: Unchained, and we ask you what obscure game you wish people would stream.
The Brief:
British game devs launch POC in Play initiative.
University of Texas adds game design curriculum.
PlayStation adds remote play to iOS, which is a feature for nobody.
Sony ceases production on the PS Vita.
The Multiplayer:
Which obscure game do you wish people would stream?
The Grind:
Jala: Octopath Traveler. Abyss Odyssey. Vampyr. Super Mario Odyssey.
David: Abyss Odyssey. Immortal: Unchained.
Kole: The Evil Within DLC.
1 hr 54 min
March 01, 2019The Level 276: That's Not a Title
Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Apex Legends, Terra Tech, and we ask you what games make you the most anxious.
The Brief:
Lots of Resident Evil and Final Fantasy games are coming to the Switch very soon.
Anakin Skywalker is still baffling, in Star Wars Battlefront II.
Winnie the Pooh comparison gets horror game “Devotion” pulled from Steam.
The Multiplayer:
What non-horror game makes you the most anxious?
The Grind:
Dennis: Apex Legends.
David: Sunless Skies. BattleTech. Terra Tech.
Kole: Resident Evil 2: Ghost Survivors. Resident Evil GameBoy Color. Resident Evil Gaiden.
1 hr 47 min

About The Level

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The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kaye Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, Moxie, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.