The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Man of Medan announcement, Detention, and we ask you which video game critter you’d like to be.

• Until Dawn studio announces their new game series.

• Biofeedback, biometrics, biohazards.

• The different kinds of gamers.

• Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay video makes Dennis mad.

• Which video game creature would you most want to be?

• Jala: Shin Megami Tensei IV. The Witness. Corpse Party: Blood Drive.

• Dennis: No Man’s Sky. Zero Time Dilemma. Mansions of Madness. Sheriff of Nottingham.

• Ben: Dead Cells.

• Kole: Detention. Flipflop Solitaire.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Sekiro release date announcement, Dead Cells, and we ask you which sequels most improved on their predecessors.

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice releases March 22, 2019.

• Amazon Prime changes things (for the worse) for gamers

• Yakuza games are a front for game preservation.

• Monster Hunter World is very inefficient.

• Which sequel most improved on its predecessors? Which had the biggest dip in quality?

• Dennis: No Man’s Sky Next. Zero Time Dilemma.

• Ben: Dead Cells. Divinity: Original Sin 2. Octopath Traveler.

• David: Dead Cells. Fallout 4.

• Kole: Holedown.

Kole, Jala, and David talk about the Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, the real price of fake real estate, and we ask you which game worlds you’d most (and least!) like to live in.

• The real cost of fake real estate.

• Bethesda bullies someone selling one of their games.

• Americans own less.

• Which game worlds you’d most (and least!) like to live in?

• Kole: Mega Man X Legacy Collection.

• Jala: Octopath Traveler. Vampyr. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker.

• David: Fallout 4.

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Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Mega Man X Legacy Collections, Valve’s new Artifact details, and we ask you about your favorite tutorials.

• Hire Fortnite tutors so your kids can get scholarships.

• Watch streams to thwart your backlog.

• Lords of the Fallen 2 scrapped.

• Valve announces more details about Artifact.

• MGS5 adds Quiet to FOB missions.

• What’s your favorite tutorial?

• Jala: Corpse Party: Blood Drive. Shin Megami Tensei IV. Octopath Traveler.

• Ben: Octopath Traveler.

• David: Fallout 4.

• Kole: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about No Man’s Sky Next, the Overwatch League season finale, and we ask you about the scariest sounds in gaming.

• Overwatch League season one ends.

• Picross S2 is coming out on August 2.

• Labo vehicle kit announced.

• NYU researchers develop AI to make you better at video games.

• What’s the scariest sound in gaming?

• Ben: Octopath Traveler.

• David: Fallout 4.

• Dennis: No Man’s Sky Next.

• Kole: Paratopic. Nier: Automata. Mega Man X Collection.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Octopath Traveler, the Culling 2 catastrophe, and we ask you what your favorite treatment of death is in a video game.

• Fortnite has made over $1 billion in in-game purchases.

• The Culling 2 pulled from the market.

• Gwent Standalone is in peril, gets a non-announcement.

• Raiders of the Broken Planet renamed Spacelords.

• Stardew Valley multiplayer update coming to PC on August 1.

• What game has your favorite treatment of death?

• Kole: Nier: Automata. Outlast 2. The Last Door. Learning keyboard.

• Dennis: Warframe. Superhot VR. Gloomhaven.

• David: Destiny 2.

• Ben: Twilight Imperium. Octopath Traveler.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Absolver, the Uncharted fan film, and we ask you about your favorite barks in games.

• Nathan Fillion stars as Nathan Drake in an Uncharted fan film.

• Octopath Traveller sells out world ‘round.

• The Aliens in Colonial Marines are dumb by mistake.

• Fortnite’s success is changing the Unreal asset store.

• What are your favorite barks in games?

• Ben: Five Tribes. T.I.M.E Stories.

• Dennis: Overwatch. Absolver.

• Kole: Rock Band 3. The Sims 4: Seasons. Puyo Puyo Tetris. Outlast 2.

• David: Destiny 2. Nioh.

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the Sonic Toaster, and we ask you what game’s pre-release hype tricked you most.

• Warframe revealed new expansions, and surface-to-space combat.

• Camden Park Appalachia Fallout ’76 meetup.

• The Sonic toaster will be ruining breakfasts in October.

• What game’s advertising or pre-release hype tricked you hardest?

• David: Destiny 2. Nioh.

• Jala: Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds. Corse Party: Blood Drive.

• Kole: Lumines Remastered.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the WHO’s recent report on video game addiction, FAR: Lone Sails, and we ask you what your most useless game skill is.

• The WHO establishes video game addiction as a mental illness.

• Bethesda sues Warner Bros. over Westworld game.

• Final Fantasy VII remake director admits they announced the game too soon.

• Sims 4: Seasons lets you boink St. Nick.

• What is your most hard-won, but useless, video game skill?

• Jala: Sniper Elite 4. Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds.

• Ben: FAR: Lone Sails. Divinity: Original Sin II. Knights of the Old Republic II.

• Dennis: Realm Royale. RIGS. Trackmania.

• Kole: The Cat Lady. Rocksmith.

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about the remaining E3 news, ask you what headlines you wished you’d seen, and camp out talking about Rime.

• What E3 stuff are we actually excited about?

• Share the E3 headlines you wish you’d seen.

• David: Nioh. Cultist Simulator.

• Kole: The Park.

• Dennis: Realm Royale. Rime.