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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 Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, David Moneysmith, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.
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Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Nine Kings, Threshold, Voxelgram, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Nine Kings. Elden Ring.
Ben: Voxelgram.
Moxie: Warhammer 40k: Darktide.
Kaye: Threshold. Eyes on the Exam.
The Multiplayer:
What kind of game surprised you, either positively or negatively?
The End Boss:
AI company’s poll says game developers love AI, don’t ask any further questions.
John Carpenter’s game, Toxic Commandos, announced at GamesCom.
Valor Mortis is a first person Soulslike from the Ghostrunner devs, is very French.
Silksong announcement announced.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about the Battlefield 6 beta, Is This Seat Taken?, Grunn, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Grunn.
Kaye: Is This Seat Taken? Merge Maestro. Look Outside.
Moxie: Fallen London.
Dennis: Various N64 games. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Battlefield 6 (Beta)
The Multiplayer:
Strange (video game) Currencies.
The End Boss:
Doom: The Dark Ages takes you to the Ripatorium.
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Cyclopean: The Great Abyss, Warhammer 40k: Darktide, Look Outside, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Alterium Shift. Banyu Lintar Angin - Little Storm. A Raven Monologue. Cyclopean: The Great Abyss.
Moxie: Fallen London. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
Dennis: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Burnout Paradise Remastered. Rocket League. Elden Ring.
Kaye: Look Outside. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.
The Multiplayer:
Tell us your favorite loading screens!
The End Boss:
Hip Tanaka wants to compose for video games again.
Who still cares about Silksong?
Power Rangers show up in Fortnite.
EVO defeat goes viral.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Witchfire, Date Everything, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Witchfire. Warhammer 40k: Darktide.
Dennis: Warhammer 40k: Darktide. Chameleon Run. Kaizen: A Factory Story. Elden Ring.
Ben: City of Six Moons. Dune Imperium. Date Everything.
Kaye: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.
The Multiplayer:
Pitch some troll casting for a video game movie.
The End Boss:
Payment processors continue crackdown on NSFW and LGBTQ+ games.
Age verification schemes are super easy to get around.
We may be seeing the end of console exclusives.
CodeNames publisher faces backlash for Harry Potter version.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Kaizen: A Factory Story, Look Outside, Descenders Next, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: House Flipper. Skin Deep. Skald: Against the Black Priory.
Kaye: Look Outside.
Dennis: Descenders Next. Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Moxie: NOTHING.
The Multiplayer:
Assign someone a game to play as punishment.
The End Boss:
Splitgate 2 goes back to beta.
The hunting game genre was created almost entirely for one Walmart executive.
Anti-porn groups pressure Visa, Mastercard to force Steam and Itch to remove NSFW games.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, Chorus of Carcosa, The Alters, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. The Division 2. Dominion.
Kaye: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. Chorus of Carcosa.
Dennis: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. Trackmania. The Alters.
Ben: Twilight Imperium. City of Six Moons.
The Multiplayer:
What game sound effect or fanfare plays in your head when you accomplish something?
The End Boss:
SAG-AFTRA video game voice actors’ strike ends with good AI protections and pay increases.
Subnautica 2 development imperiled by executive bonus fuckery.
Neil Druckman won’t be part of the remaining Last of Us TV series episodes.
A song from the Minecraft movie made it into Minecraft the game.
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about the Alters, Songs of Conquest, Finity, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle Chapter IV: Sacred Feathers. Dagon. Songs of Conquest.
Dennis: The Alters. Finity.
Moxie: FBC: Firebreak. The Division 2.
Kaye: The Labyrinth of the Demon King.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your most beloved janky, broken game?
The End Boss:
11bit caught using AI in the creation of The Alters.
Game developers are being accused of using AI when they absolutely didn’t.
Relooted is a game about heisting back stolen artifacts from museums.
The Halo team is about to announce something, probably a new Halo thing.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about FBC: Firebreak, SplitGate 2, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: The Division 2. FBC: Firebreak.
Dennis: FBC: Firebreak. Control. iRacing. SplitGate 2. Lost in Random. Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.
Ben: Not Marvel Snap. Magic the Gathering. Super AutoPets
Kaye: Labyrinth of the Demon King. Rocksmith 2014.
The Multiplayer:
Details that make a game world feel more alive.
The End Boss:
Killswitch Switch 2 case fails at the one job it has.
They sold NexusMods, uh oh!
Episode Description:
Kaye, Ben, and Jala talk about The Labyrinth of the Demon King, a shitload of Steam NextFest demos, and much more!
The Grind:
Kaye: Labyrinth of the Demon King.
Ben: Baby Steps (Demo). Frosthaven (Demo). We Harvest Shadows (Demo).
Jala: The Drifter (Demo). Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream (Demo). Davy x Jones (Demo). Gecko Gods (Demo). Thief’s Shelter (Demo). Dead as Disco (Demo). One-Eyed Likho (Demo). Priest Simulator: Heavy Duty (Demo). Mina the Hollower (Demo). Absolum (Demo).
The Multiplayer:
Free Play!
The End Boss:
They put on a Castlevania musical and it looks nuts.
Kojima says more weird stuff about Death Stranding 2 development.
The original Silent Hill is getting a remake by Bloober Team.
Kaye, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about Mario Kart World, KARMA: The Dark World, Skald: Against the Black Priory, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Without a Dawn. KARMA: The Dark World. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.
Kaye: Mario Kart World.
Moxie: The Division 2.
Ben: Skald: Against the Black Priory.
The Multiplayer:
Best trolls
The End Boss:
Resident Evil 9: Requiem announced.
They’re making a Phasmophobia movie.
VR game seeks to reverse nearsightedness.
Big Walk is a neat looking multiplayer game that uses positional voice chat well.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Parasocial, Pacific Drive, [SUBJECT], and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Expedition 33: Clair Obscur. Pacific Drive.
Dennis: Smash Hit. What the Car. Doom: The Dark Ages.
Moxie: Fallen London. Borderlands 3.
Kaye: [SUBJECT]. Parasocial.
The Multiplayer:
What AAA game successfully avoided pandering to you?
The End Boss:
Alex Garland to write and direct the Elden Ring movie.
Neil Druckman ruins the ending of The Last of Us.
Switch 2 might have USB mouse support?
Kaye, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Doom: The Dark Ages, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage, Void Crew, and much more!
The Grind:
Kaye: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. Rocksmith 2014 Remastered.
Dennis: Doom: The Dark Ages.
Moxie: Void Crew. Fallen London.
The Multiplayer:
Let’s talk about video games within video games!
The End Boss:
Epic creates Darth Vader chatbot, ethical minefield.
Sephiroth’s sword changes length, canonically.
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Alterium Shift, Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Alterium Shift. Ace Attorney Investigations Collection. Venba. Of Bird and Cage.
Dennis: Hill Climb Racing. Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders.
Moxie: Void Crew. Dying Light 2. Fallen London.
Kaye: TankInfinity.
The Multiplayer:
What’s a game you can enjoy even when you’re not doing well at it?
The End Boss:
New Mafia game launching at $50, bucking trend of raising prices.
We’ve had to deal with the Leeroy Jenkins meme for 20 years.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Half Sword, Auridia, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Fallen London. Borderlands 3.
Kaye: Auridia.
Dennis: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Ben: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Half Sword.
The Multiplayer:
What games do you need to play all the way to the end?
The End Boss:
Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed to 2026.
Xbox prices are going up.
Rogule.com (http://Rogule.com) is a neat daily roguelike generator.
Kaye, Ben, and Dennis talk about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, The Blue Prince, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Ben: Clair Obscu: Expedition 33. The Blue Prince.
Kole: The Last of Us Part II Remastered.
The Multiplayer:
Let’s talk about when the story doesn’t match up with the play.
The End Boss:
Flapper Bird revival drops all of the scammy Web3 stuff.
Moldwasher is a very cute pixel art powerwashing game.
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Blue Prince, Borderlands 3, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Borderlands 3.
Moxie: Fallen London.
Ben: Blue Prince.
Kaye: The Last of Us Part II.
The Multiplayer:
What game would you stream forever.
The End Boss:
Wingspan tariff fight
Outrun movie
Chainmail
Until Dawn movie
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Blue Prince, Atomfall, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Blue Prince.
Dennis: Void Crew. Wildfrost. Trackmania.
Moxie: Fallen London. Atomfall.
Kole: The Last of Us Part 2.
The Multiplayer:
What's the oldest, non-pixel art video game that's visuals hold up the best?
The End Boss:
Chaotic tariffs throw Switch 2 release details into question.
Bethesda is selling pieces of the original Elder Scrolls Online servers as keepsakes for fans.
Bungie re-announces Marathon 2.
Ben found an eagle cam that’s real good.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about The Forever Winter, Void Crew, LoneStar, and much more!
The Grind:
Kole: The Forever Winter. Void Crew.
Dennis: Void Crew. iRacing. Balatro.
Moxie: Fallen London.
Ben: LoneStar.
The Multiplayer:
Fictional civilizations in games.
The End Boss:
The Last of Us TV show will have an indeterminate number of seasons, depending on the vibe.
Nintendo invents the calendar.
Baldur’s Gate/Stardew Valley mod taken down, put back up, maybe taken down again?
Pikachu protests Erdogan in Turkey.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Do No Harm, The Roottrees are Dead, Cruelty Squad, and much more!
The Grind:
Ben: Storyteller. The Roottrees are Dead. Lonestar.
Kole: Do No Harm.
Moxie: Cruelty Squad. Elite: Dangerous. Fallen London.
Dennis: Monster Train. iRacing. Avowed.
The Multiplayer:
Tell us about some sandbox games you like!
The End Boss:
Switch 2 release rumored for June.
Death Stranding 2 coming in late June.
Wildgate is Sea of Thieves in space.
High heels are a real problem in game animation.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about A Game About Digging a Hole, RoadCraft, Void Crew, and much more!
The Grind:
Moxie: Fallen London.
Kole: RoadCraft (Demo).
Dennis: Void Crew.
Ben: Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet. A Game About Digging a Hole.
The Multiplayer:
What’s your most beloved Mario game?
The End Boss:
Autobattler The Bazaar pisses off fans by breaking monetization promises.
WotC makes SpongeBob meme cards, what are we doing here?
Devil May Cry anime gets bad tagline, then a better one.
Donkey Kong ‘94 comes to Switch Online, play it.
some slips and cracks in the audio of Dennis talking about crash racing and continuing into the quake discussion