The Next Level Gaming Podcast

We talk a little more about Animal Crossing DLC, as well as some first impressions on Elden Ring and Age of Empires 4.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We recorded this on Halloween night to enhance the terrifying atmosphere of four adult men playing a trick-or-treating RPG for children. And also because scheduling is the real monster. And so is Spookums, the Halloween Boy of Video Game Jump Scares. And so are...you??! Anyways, we finished Costume Quest. We also celebrate Mark finally beating Dark Souls 1, faffle on about the Animal Crossing DLC for a bit, and I'm sure other exciting things happen.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Paul has picked up Metroid Dread and lends us some of his thoughts on getting murdered by robots in the newest addition to the series. The boys also spends some time trying to help Sy understand why he should enjoy doing stuff again, in a quasi-general sense.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We brave the perils of the Norse afterlife in Valheim, hindered by terrible monsters, extremely dedicated boars and wolves, and at times our own foolhardy relationship with gravity. Our next gaming club game is the trick-or-treating RPG Costume Quest, just in time for the festive season.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We're devoting a little extra time to an urgent game proposal from corporate to come up with a housewife-centered racing game. The Marks are back in Morrowind and tell us about their daring exploits and exploitative dares.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We take some time to break down some of the games we are most excited and confused about in the wake of Gamescom 2021.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

In this session of our gaming club, we try to overcome the cosmic trials set before us and embrace our destinies in the popular galactic grind that is Destiny 2. Our success varies.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Today we discuss our experiences with the thriving scene of multiplayer online battle arenas. Mark shares the first leg of his mission to play the Elder Scrolls Games to main narrative completion, starting from Morrowind. We talk about the new Pokemon MOBA for the Switch, and Sy emphatically suggests that our sordid histories with the genre be taken as a warning to all wayward souls who would follow on our path.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We get together to talk about the wide range of the sports games we've been trying out in our latest gaming club meeting. Golf, basketball, tennis, karate; we've been hitting all the balls in them and we bring you our results! Corporate has also burdened us once more with an unusual combination of concepts to incorporate into a game and we ask any of our parents listening to maybe just put on some loud but inoffensive saxophone instrumentals while they let the last 15 minutes run out.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We're gathering our second wind for this episode as we talk about the value of comeback mechanics in a wide array of games and genres. For obvious reasons, this episode also includes a brief discussion on the merits of the critically-panned 1997 martial arts film called Beverly Hills Ninja.     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

The boys meet around the water cooler in this episode to talk about some of the games they think are beautiful. Mark talks to us a little more about making plans to improve at competitive games. MJ probably spends the last fifteen minutes of this episode regretting the whims of bureaucracy and his choice to do this podcast with us.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Some of us slogged through the awkward community gaming news equivalent of accidentally attending your boss' networking dinner party which was the official E3 stream in 2021. We bring you some of our thoughts on that whole thing before cracking open some speculation on a few of the upcoming titles which we think are most worth being excited about in the interim.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

We've taken that leap to the stars in the service of dying horribly and continuously on a foreign moon in Star Renegades for this edition of our gaming club. Our next task is: Sports! Just any and all sports related games that we feel like trying out. It's a bit of a vague order we'll be tackling over the coming weeks, so let us know if you have any favorites you would like to see us try!   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Three quarters of our crew for this episode have watched the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie, giving us the opportunity to emulate the movie by explaining how everything breaks down to our one hapless companion. We also take a little snapshot of the latest Pokemon revival and talk about birds for longer than we felt comfortable including in entirety in this episode. Our next gaming club game is Star Renegades, a rogue-like action, adventure RPG game with a reactive time battle system. It looks really cool and also reminiscent of Hyper Light Drifter in art style in parts. Play along with us and let us know what you think.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Hey everyone! This week we discuss things that we think every game should have but mostly argue whether games should have difficulty options. We also talk about Rocket League News, give a review of the Warhammer 40000 Space Marine game, and marvel at the price of discontinued games. I hope enjoy and let us know what you think.  Our next gaming club game is Star Renegades, a rogue-like action, adventure RPG game with a reactive time battle system. It looks really cool and also reminiscent of Hyper Light Drifter in art style in parts. Play along with us and let us know what you think.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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!

Hey everyone! Most of our crew have watched the Monster Hunter Movie and talk about how bad it was because it was almost good. We highlight Monster Hunter Rise slightly as well and then jump into our gaming club game, Creature in the Well. Overall this very niche title wasn't a huge hit with us unfortunately but there were some positive take aways. Give it a listen and let us know what you think about the movie or the game! Our next gaming club game is Star Renegades, a rogue-like action, adventure RPG game with a reactive time battle system. It looks really cool and also reminiscent of Hyper Light Drifter in art style in parts. Play along with us and let us know what you think.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

This time Mark, leads our discussion about a couple of the different ideas we have had for creating and improving upon new games. MJ introduces us to some new retro gaming hardware with his overview of the Retron Sq from Hyperkin. We are forced to come up with the pitch for a competitive insurance fraud game. Paul talks about one of his favorite Mario song remixes by jazz artist Carlos Eine. Find it at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_OtnV-9QZmBj6oWBelMoZw https://www.insaneintherainmusic.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Hey everyone! We take a look at what immersive gameplay elements hit well and which ones leave us feeling like they were misses, and especially how that relates to Monster Hunter Rise! We also go over some news, talk about a cool retro product coming out, and highlight a video game remix of a favorite song from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in honor of the new smash character. Thanks for listening!  Our next gaming club game is Creature in the Well, a dungeon crawling pinball game that is interesting so far. Pick it up and play along with us! The product MJ brought up allowing retro gaming on the go and with a dock is: https://www.analogue.co/pocket Insaneintherain has our featured video game remix for this episode-- Mor Ardain. Well worth a listen! https://open.spotify.com/track/5nf9AKMqq3lRp4y1UUW3gR?si=Sn7AhaX5S5WVUi4NUeLfIQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Hey everyone! We jumped into the wonderful world of Hades for our gaming club game. Everyone has talked plenty about this game so we decided to look at what it did well compared to other roguelikes and how it incorporated different ideas. We talk about our experiences overall and go over some of our favorite powers, weapons, and storylines. Give it a listen and let us know what you think! Our next gaming club game is Creature in the Well, definitely one of the best pinball games you've ever played! Probably. It's an action adventure dungeon crawling pinball game with an art style sort of reminiscent of Hyper Light Drifter. Play along with us and let us know what you think.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/

Hey everyone! We talk about some of the games were playing now and go over why we're playing them. We highlight some of the gaming news going on right now with Capcom, Star Wars, and the like, and then we talk about some of our experiences with Nier Automata and their design choices. Let us know what you think! Our next gaming club game is Hades! It's a ton of fun and overall a great experience so game along with us. If you have it already, consider picking it back up (if you ever put it down) and doing some runs with us.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLevelGamingPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nextlevelpodc Email: NextLevelGamingPodcast@gmail.com 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/