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

  • 218: Consider the Haunch

    October 27th, 2017  |  2 hrs 22 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about SUPERHOT VR, the Switch adding GameCube controller functionality, and we ask you what’s holding back your favorite game.

  • 217: Five People or Twenty Clowns

    October 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 55 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the closure of Visceral Games, Stardew Valley, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.

  • 216: The Pigeons Did It

    October 13th, 2017  |  2 hrs 7 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Steamworld Dig 2, the new Star Control game announcement, and we ask you what your apocalypse game would be.

  • 215: Codpiece Hardliners

    October 3rd, 2017  |  2 hrs 12 mins

    Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about the We Happy Few, the Atari Box, and we ask you about your feel-good games.

  • 214: Intergalactic Gump

    September 29th, 2017  |  1 hr 38 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Steam’s Fake Game Problem, the Evil Within, and we ask you for your unconventional game problem solving stories.

  • 213: Dad Space

    September 22nd, 2017  |  2 hrs 15 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Dishonored: The Death of the Outsider, Battleborn’s shutdown, and we ask you about your high score stories.

  • 212: Welcome to the Palindrome

    September 15th, 2017  |  2 hrs 3 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Destiny 2, PewDiePie’s latest controversy, and we ask you what your Pokémon-style evolution would be.

  • 211: They Call It Plunkbatting

    September 8th, 2017  |  1 hr 52 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about PlayerUnknown’s Battleground sales, X-COM 2: War of the Chosen, and we ask you how much you indulge in game hype.

  • 210: Own Bone?

    September 1st, 2017  |  1 hr 30 mins

    Kole, Ben, and David talk about Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, the post-facto Half-Life 3 story leak, and we ask you about video game remakes.

  • 209: Stop Talking, I Want to Die

    August 25th, 2017  |  1 hr 47 mins

    Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Sonic Mania, the Age of Empires 4 announcement, and we ask you which game you’d like to see made into a theme park.

  • 208: Yarn Bombing a Raptor

    August 18th, 2017  |  1 hr 56 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about West of Loathing, Hellblade, and we ask you which games you love to watch.

  • 207: Mommy, Am I Content?

    August 11th, 2017  |  1 hr 34 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Tacoma, the Horizon: Zero Dawn expansion announcement, and we ask you which games have the best sound design.