The Level

A podcast for people who love video games.

About the show

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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Episodes

  • 365: Infra Penny

    April 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 59 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Outriders, Pummel Party, and we ask you to pitch game characters pitching things.

  • Bonus Level: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

    March 31st, 2021  |  1 hr 56 mins

    Jala and Kole continue their informal visual novel discussion series with a classic in the genre.

  • 364: Square the Sphere

    March 26th, 2021  |  2 hrs 10 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Loop Hero, Magic: Legends, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.

  • 363: Chickens Took My Boat

    March 12th, 2021  |  2 hrs 5 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Valheim, Gnosia, and we ask you about easy games that are still fun.

  • 362: Pope Joe Doin' Your Shine Job

    March 5th, 2021  |  2 hrs 2 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Perception, Among Us mods, and we ask you to pitch some video game restaurants.

  • 361: A Box With a Wizard In It

    February 26th, 2021  |  2 hrs 4 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Bowser’s Fury, FUSER, and we ask you to pitch some game mashups.

  • 360: I Do Hikes

    February 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 33 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dyson Sphere Program, Concrete Genie, and we ask you what microtransactions you feel good about.

  • 359: Wydde

    February 5th, 2021  |  2 hrs 1 min

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, and we ask you which games you like the idea of, but don’t like actually playing.

  • 358: 80% Bathroom by Volume

    January 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 30 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Resident Evil Maiden demo, the GameStop short squeeze phenomenon, and we ask you which side character should get their own game.

  • 357: Does... (Sigh)

    January 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 59 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Pokemon Sword, Satisfactory, and we ask you about bad lines of video game dialogue.

  • 356: SatisFaustory

    January 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 36 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Glass Staircase, Trackmania 2020, and we announce the 2020 Title of the Year winners.

  • 355: The Waffle's Getting in There

    January 8th, 2021  |  2 hrs 27 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Maneater, Rust, and we ask you about game design bummers.