The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Videogame: The Game, Don't Look Back, and play a game surrounding the brands of guns in Borderlands 2.

• Ben: Borderlands 2. Alpha Protocol.

• Dennis: Adventure Bar Story. Don't Look Back.

• Kole: The Basement Collection. Resident Evil 6. Dishonored. Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss.

• David: Payday: The Heist.

• Branded! (The Borderlands 2 Weapons Game)

• Chris Avalone Talk

• The Unfinished Swan

• Don't Shit Your Pants

• Video Games Hot Dog

• Starship Commander

• The 50 Year Sword

• Transcendental Youth

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the sparse fall release schedule, TVTropes, and Resident Evil 6.

Ben: Borderlands 2.
David: Borderlands 2. Guild Wars 2. Kingdom of Loathing.
Dennis: Borderlands 2.
Kole: Bad Piggies. F.T.L.. Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 6.

• Hitman: Absolution

• Bandage Babe

• Inverted Controls

• Portal 2

• The Orange Box

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Borderlands 2, FTL, and starting areas from games.

David: Guild Wars 2. Borderlands 2.
Kole: FTL. Resident Evil 5.
Ben: Borderlands 2.
Dennis: Borderlands 2.

• Guess the Starting Area.

• Magic Man

• Chinatown

• Inbox Zero

• Achewood

Kole, Dennis, and Ben talk about everything but video games.

We didn't really play anything this week, so instead, have a Links of Note. Midnight Releases. FedEx and normal people. Dennis's dangerous neighborhood. Feelies. Blacklogs, or "Kloggin'". Borderlands 2. The Noid. Cave Johnson. Game openings. Sound Shapes and failure/suffering. 84 Problems. Dishonored.

• Kole's Seque Challenge

• Rear Window

• "In Effect Mode"

• Eraserhead

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dust 514, wrap up Silent Hill: Downpour, and play a game about game taglines.

• Dennis: Dust 514. Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault. Soundshapes.

• David: Kingdom of Loathing. Guild Wars 2.

• Kole: Rock Band Blitz. McPixel. Silent Hill Downpour.

• Ben: Civilization: Revolution. Gravity Bone.

• Taglines.

• Sacrifice

• Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

• Video Games Hot Dog

• Tibia

Kole and Ben talk about the others behind their backs, more Civ, and more Slender.

• Ben: Civilization: Revolution.

• Kole: Slender. Gravity Bone. Walking Dead Episode 3.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Sound Shapes, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and guess more game quotes.

• Kole: Sound Shapes. Yesterday. Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

• Dennis: Sound Shapes. SSX.

• Ben: Civilization: Revolution.

• David: The Secret World. Slender.

• Potent Quotables

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Civilization: Revolution, the Tetris Effect, and we play a new game.

• Ben: Civilization Revolution.

• Kole:: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.

• Dennis: Tetris (PS3)

• David: The Secret World

• Potent Quotables

• Deadliest Warrior

• Simlish

• Tetris Effect

• Puzzle Pirates

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Demon's/Dark Souls, Closure, and the Secret World.

• Ben: Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Lone Survivor. Age of Empires II. Braid. Bastion.

• Kole: Demon's Souls.

• Dennis: Closure. Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One. Saints Row The Third.

• David: Colossal Cave Adventure. The Secret World.

• Jonathan Blow talk at Rice University

• Player Character vs. Non-Player Character.

• The Walking Dead releases for iOS on July 26.

• Haunting Ground rated by the ESRB.

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Spelunky, Nihilumbra, Blacklight, and we talk to Jen Furia about Mario Kart.

• Kole: Walking Dead Episode 2. Spelunky. Nihulumbra. Plague, Inc.

• David: Fallen London. Blacklight: Retribution.

• Dennis: Saints Row The Third. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Matching With Friends. Assassin’s Creed: Recollection.

• Jen: Mario Kart Wii.

• Free Poison - Sifl and Olly

• Lemonade Stand