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
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Episode 370: Like Fish!
May 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 53 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the New Pokemon Snap, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what small additions would make a game better for you.
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Episode 369: Laser Shoot Larry
April 30th, 2021 | 1 hr 34 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about NieR Replicant, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what you want to see in the next generation of console games.
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Episode 368: I Made a Dad Joke!
April 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 39 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about It Takes Two, Saviorless, and we ask you to pitch games for villains.
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Episode 367: Tractormania
April 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 30 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about qomp, the most recent No Man’s Sky update, and we ask you to invent game-themed drinks.
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Episode 366: Spacetimeshare
April 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 48 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Magic: The Gathering Arena, Hades, and we ask you which game villain lair you would most want to live in.
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Episode 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.
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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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.