Hey everyone! 2019 was a year for a lot of gaming between us so we wanted to highlight some of the other great games we played in 2019. We chose some categories and picked winners-- like our most difficult, weirdest game, best surprise, and oldest game. Lots of fun times so check it out!

Our next game we're doing for our gaming club is Later Alligator which looks hilarious and fun so check it out and game with us.

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Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro, for an entire year almost now!

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Hey everyone! We look at the best games we played in 2019 and give our lists. We look at why these games made the lists and our ranking, as well as share some of our favorite moments. There were some true gems in here, AAA and Indie and lots of fun. Check it out and enjoy this recap of the year.

Any games that should have broken our top 5? What are the best games you played in 2019? Any recommendations for gaming club games? Let us know, we love chatting and would love to hear from you. Also, next game we're doing for our gaming club is Guacamelee 2 so check it out and game with us.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro, for an entire year almost now!

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

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Hey everyone! We talk about all things Star Wars Video Games! We give our top 5 list of the best ones throughout history, as well as ones worth mentioning and game ideas we have to take advantage of everything that is great about star wars. To start, we have our holiday buyer's guide where we introduce a great game, a game on the cheaper side, some gamer merch, and a gamer accessory. 

Any Star Wars games that should have broken our top 5? Any that MJ did not own? How was our buyer's guide and our ideas about future potential Star Wars games? Let us know if you have any to add, dream along with us. Also, next game we're doing for our gaming club is Guacamelee 2 so check it out and game with us.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

Coming soon!

Hey everyone! Open world games are all the rage right now, so we decided to look at the top 5 things that open world games need in order to be successful. 

Any fun or integral parts of open world games we didn't mention? Are you tired or excited about the latest changes in the genre, particularly with death stranding? Let us know! Also, next game we'll be doing is Guacamelee 2 so check it out and game with us.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

Coming soon!

Hey everyone! As part of our Gaming Club we played Door Kickers: Action Squad! This is a real gem and loads of fun, especially multiplayer. We go over what we thought, what worked, and ideas for future DLC as it's still a game with free content update! Give us a listen and let us know what you think of the game, including your views on favorite levels and classes.

Any fun parts of the game we didn't mention? Do you still have an 80s beat pounding in your head? Let us know! Also, next game we'll be doing is Guacamelee 2 so check it out and game with us.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

00:47 Door Kickers: Action Squad Overview

05:13 Co-op fun and Game Modes 

12:52 Favorite Classes, RPG Elements

24:02 Off-Duty Guy

32:07 Favorite Moments (Old Lady)

40:44 Interesting Enemies

Hey everyone! There are a couple of video game controversies going around right now so we decided to have an episode where we highlight them as well as look back at the top 5 video game controversies in the industry's history. We talk about Blizzard and HK, Pokemon's latest entry leaving out old Pokemon, as well as some previous controversies and how they stack up looking back at them. 

We recommend this episode for anyone that is interested in the different quirks of the industry or that has an opinion about these controversies or previous ones. 

What are some of your most memorable controversies? How do they look now? What did we miss in our discussion? Let us know!

Brief note-- this was recorded before Blizzcon and before Fallout76 had their latest update to their controversy... 

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Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

01:27 Blizzard and Blitzchung

15:58 Pokemon and no more National Pokedex

30:20 Zelda

38:06 Expectations, Fallout76, and No Man's Sky

49:11 Blizzard and Pocket Diablo

50:19 Pacman

57:40 Loot... Boxes......

Hey everyone! Untitled Goose Game, Celeste DLC, Ori and the Blind Forest Coming to Switch, and Killer Queen Black have us excited about all the wonderful indie games out there so we made a whole episode about them! There are a lot of great indie games that are coming which we're excited about as well and we look at what Indie games bring to the gaming industry overall. 

We recommend this episode for anyone that is looking for other indie games to find (although most of these are very famous) or love hearing about some of their favorite indie games. Especially good if anyone hasn't jumped onto the indie game hype-train yet. 

What are some of your favorites? What did we miss in our discussion? Let us know! 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

06:15 Indie Games Bringing to the Industry-- Filling Gaps

09:15 Changing Conventions

14:34 Expectations

28:58 Check-in: Video Game Movies + Detective Pikachu

38:16 Finding Niches (Into the Breach, Crypt of the Necrodancer)

43:43 Most Successful (Rocket League, Shovel Knight, Celeste, etc.)

47:50 Great Co-Op (Ultimate Chicken Horse, Pico Park, Door Kickers: Action Squad)

59:28 Spiritual Successors

1:04:07 Indie Games We're Looking Forward to

Hey everyone! The extracurriculars from Fire Emblem Three Houses got us thinking about the importance of mini-games! We look at our favorite mini-games, what fits into a mini-game, and give our individual top 5 list of favorite mini-games that everyone should check out. Games inside of games, mini-games make games better! We appreciate the listen. 

We recommend this episode for anyone that spent too long playing card games in final fantasy or red dead redemption, anyone who’s a wario main due to Wario Ware, or anyone who’s thrilled about the home run contest coming back to smash bros! 

What are some of your favorite mini-games? What did we miss in our discussion? Let us know! 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

06:14 Fire Emblem Three Houses “mini-games”

11:45 What are mini-games good for

14:05 Factoids!

19:19 Mini-game or not? 

32:30 Favorite mini-game memories

52:03 Top 5 Lists of favorite mini-games

Hey everyone! As part of our Gaming Club we played Katana ZERO! It was an amazing game. Some members had their detractions but overall we all really enjoyed it and go over what we like about it. Give us a listen and let us know what you think of the game, including your views on some of the story elements and what you're excited to see from DLC!

Any fun parts of the game we didn't mention? Did you have an emotional connection? Best game of 2019??? Let us know!

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. Finally, the biggest shoutout to the Cosmic Funk Express for their awesome rendition of Super Mario Bros. for our little spoiler-ditty

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Cover art by Foreigner, you can find their stuff here: https://www.instagram.com/foreigner.art/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

01:18 Katana ZERO intro

04:39 Difficulty and the action

16:59 The awesome music

19:35 What some didn't like (Boo)

29:24 SPOILER ALERT - Favorite moments

41:41 Thoughts on the ending and what is real

Hey everyone! We look at everything we think the Monster Hunter series still needs to change in future installments as well as diving into the changes to Monster Hunter World that we didn't like. This is part 2; in part 1 we looked at the positive changes from Monster Hunter World and everything we loved about Monster Hunter so go listen to that if you haven't. We also discuss very briefly about our gaming club game Katana ZERO! An episode entirely dedicated to Katana Zero will be coming soon. 

We recommend this episode for anyone that has played any Monster Hunter game ever! Especially if World was your first, or if you didn't take the dive into world so you can get a sense of what has changed. Jump into Monster Hunter again with us!

What changes to World did you not like or what changes do you still want to see in the series? Did we miss anything? Let us know! 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc

Email: [email protected]

Huge shout to TheOneUps for letting us use their Shadow Man theme for our intro! Also a shoutout and credit goes to Wiesty and the OC Jazz Collective for letting us use their song Dream of Green for our outro. 

http://www.theOneUps.com

http://Chronology.OCRemix.org/

Chapters/Time-Stamps: 

01:10 Monster Hunter World Negative Changes

21:18 Top 5 Changes we want in the next Monster Hunter Game

44:11 Iceborne Thoughts