The Level

Kole and Dennis talk briefly about Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the future of the Devil May Cry series, and oldish RPGs.

• Sony hardware price drops.

• Counter Strike: Global Offensive announced.

• Batman: Arkham City is 3D out the butt.

• Mad Catz to re-publish Rock Band 3.

• FortressCraft makes a million.

• Amnesia sells 400,000.

• Dennis: Hot Shots Golf.

• David: E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy. Echo Bazaar.

• Ben: Fallout: New Vegas.

• Final Fantasy Tactics iOS. Final Fantasy XII.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Sony price drops, 3D technology, and a cavalcade of older games.

• Sony hardware price drops.

• Counter Strike: Global Offensive announced.

• Batman: Arkham City is 3D out the butt.

• Mad Catz to re-publish Rock Band 3.

• FortressCraft makes a million.

• Amnesia sells 400,000.

• Dennis: Hot Shots Golf.

• David: E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy. Echo Bazaar.

• Ben: Fallout: New Vegas.

• Kole: Final Fantasy Tactics iOS. Final Fantasy XII.

Kole and Ben talk about piracy, Final Fantasy Tactics, and why zombies are awful.

• Study: Correlation between review scores and piracy.

• North Korea farming MMO gold for nukes.

• GameFly to add Unlimited PC Play.

• Ben: GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony.

• Kole: Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. Cut the Rope Experiments. Fighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon. The Sims 3: Late Night.

• The final word on zombies (and why Dead Island will suck).

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the 3DS implosion, Catherine, and moral choices in games.

• Nintendo financial woes.

• EA Sports Season Ticket.

• Diablo 3 to auction items for real money.

• Breath of Fire 4 on PSN.

• Machinarium on iPad.

• Final Fantasy Tactics on iPhone.

• Ben: GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony.

• David: STALKER: Shadow of Pripyat. APB.

• Kole: Catherine. Sims 3: Late Night.

• Moral choices in games.

Kole and Ben talk about the Mega Man Legends cancelation, the Humble Indie Bundle 3, and which games we evangelize.

• Capcom cancels Mega Man Legends 3.

• Humble Indie Bundle 3.

• GameCube games on WiiWare?

• Ben: Modern Warfare 2, Duke Nukem Forever (Demo), Catherine (Demo), Shadow of the Colossus.

• Kole: Shadow of the Colossus, ‘Splosion Man, Final Fantasy XII.

• The games we evangelize.

This week’s music is “Snowfall on Forbidden Lands,” created by celli and sephire at OCRemix.org.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the PopCap acquisition, Catherine, and game replays.

• Electronic Arts buys PopCap.

• Minecraft Adventure Mode to debut.

• Modern Warfare 3 adds colorblind options.

• Kole: Catherine (Demo), Tiny Tower, Breath of Fire III.

• Dennis: MediEvil, I am Monstar, Hear Me Roar, Mutant Alien Zombies, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

• Ben: Uncharted 2, inFAMOUS 2 (Demo).

• David: Kingdom of Loathing.

• What’s makes you replay a game?

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Supreme Court ruling, Child of Eden, and Dead Nation.

• David: Rift, Champions Online, Alan Wake.

• Ben: NOTHING.

• Dennis: Mass Effect 2.

• Kole: The Heist, Stickman Golf, Tiny Wings, Hot Springs Story, Pocket Academy, Breath of Fire III.

• Facebook and social gaming.

• Does the internet make you stupid?

• Microsoft promotional strategies.

• What’s your summer backlog project?

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Supreme Court ruling, Child of Eden, and Dead Nation.

• Supreme Court rules in favor of games industry.

• LulzSec calls it quits.

• Team Fortress 2 and World of Warcraft go free to play.

• Child of Eden.

• Darksiders.

• Magic: The Gathering – Dules of the Planeswalkers.

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

• inFAMOUS.

• Dead Nation.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about disappointment, Terraria, and Cave Story.

• Disappointing details regarding the Wii U.

• May NPD sales numbers.

• LulzSec hacks game companies.

• Silent Hill Bonanza.

• Terraria.

• Dead Nation.

• Prince of Persia.

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

• Red Dead Redemption.

• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.

• Cave Story.

• E3 Excitements and Disappointments.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about E3 press conferences, the Wii U, and obnoxious Japanese visual novels.

• Microsoft press conference.

• Electronic Arts press conference.

• Ubisoft press conference.

• Sony press conference.

• Nintendo press conference.

• Odds and ends.

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.

• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.

• Dead Nation.

• Wipeout HD.

• 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors.

• Theresia.

• L.A. Noire.