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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Episode List
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Episode 52: My Fair Share of Anxiety Attacks
February 28th, 2014 | 2 hrs 9 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the closure of Irrational, Calculords, and we ask you about your most-desired genre mashups.
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Episode 51: Vestigial Crown
February 14th, 2014 | 2 hrs 7 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Flappy Bird fiasco, Jazz Punk, and we do a free-play multiplayer segment.
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Episode 50: Alpacallama Furia
February 7th, 2014 | 1 hr 38 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about an announcement that will ruin the podcast forever, Octodad, and we ask you about your favorite unique control schemes.
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Episode 49: Don't Fry My Steez
January 31st, 2014 | 1 hr 51 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Angry Birds NSA controversy, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and we ask you about your favorite video game music.
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Episode 48: Cave Legs
January 24th, 2014 | 2 hrs 28 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about whether or not we want to change our name to Candy Level Saga, Risk of Rain, and we ask what you wish you could play but can't.
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Episode 47: You Do Need Corpses to Some Extent
January 17th, 2014 | 1 hr 56 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Sim City's offline mode, Knock Knock, and we ask you how you find time to play games.
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Episode 46: Popov's Dog
January 10th, 2014 | 1 hr 1 min
Ben Merkel, Kole Ross, David Moneysmith, and Dennis Furia talk about PlayStation Now, X-COM: Enemy Within, and how incapacitated Kole is.
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Episode 45: Very Thirsty
January 3rd, 2014 | 2 hrs 6 mins
Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, and David Moneysmith talk about the games we played over break, we ask you how you did on your 2013 gaming resolutions, and encourage you to stick around after the credits for a discussion about Dishonored.
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Episode 44: Forget it Jake, It's Just a Turtle
December 21st, 2013 | 1 hr 56 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Starbound, Walking Dead Season 2, and ask you to name your favorite games of 2013.
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Episode 43: The Sands Within
December 6th, 2013 | 1 hr 33 mins
Kole, Ben, and David talk about the Metal Gear Solid 5 delay, a bunch of old games, and ask you what your favorite new IP is (and what that even means).
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Episode 42: Now Nobody Gets a Title
November 16th, 2013 | 2 hrs 19 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about this disappointing new next gen era, the Dark Souls II beta, and ask you about Easter Eggs.
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Episode 41: A Tramp Stamp for Humanity
November 8th, 2013 | 2 hrs 16 mins
Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about being on the eve of the next console generation, Batman: Arkham Origins, and the state of games journalism.
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Episode 40: Dark Sherpa
November 1st, 2013 | 1 hr 48 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Walking Dead Season 2 announcement, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, and we ask you about spooky games.
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Episode 39: There Will Be Pigs
October 25th, 2013 | 1 hr 53 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Dark Matter controversy, continue their discussion of Grand Theft Auto V, and ask you which heroes suck.
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Episode 38: SNL BITZ
October 18th, 2013 | 1 hr 56 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Watch Dogs delay, Beyond: Two Souls, and we ask you about your gaming pet peeves.
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Episode 37: Baby's First Miracle
October 11th, 2013 | 1 hr 24 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David have a belated discussion about the Valve announcements, Grand Theft Auto V, and firsthand impressions of the Oculus Rift.