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

  • 134: Suck It, Horses

    January 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 33 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Wolfenstein: New Order, Amazon Video Games, and we ask you about your favorite dream sequences in games.

  • 133: Shenmue Three's Company

    January 8th, 2016  |  1 hr 35 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Activision buying MLG, Undertale, and we ask you about your gaming New Year resolutions.

  • 132: Saving it for the Memoirs

    January 1st, 2016  |  1 hr 16 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about XCOM: The Long War, Life is Strange, and we reveal the Title of the Year for 2015.

  • 131: Not For Long, Then Forever

    December 18th, 2015  |  1 hr 27 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about a smattering of news stories, a smattering of games, and we ask you how you protect your backlogs from winter sales.

  • 130: Quarter to Third Mons

    December 11th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Game Award weirdness, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and we ask you about your favorite twists in games.

  • 129: 2 Ash 2 Furious

    December 4th, 2015  |  1 hr 32 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David interview Kyle Ballantine, the developer of "To Ash". Then we do our usual Grind thing.

  • 128: Mean Facebook

    November 20th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Fallout 4, the Game Award nominees, and we ask you about your favorite open world finds.

  • Bonus Level 15: Leviathan: Last Day of the Decade

    November 13th, 2015  |  57 mins 4 secs

    Jala Prendes and John Fitch are joined by Mark R. Rhainer and Nikita Pigasov of Lostwood Games to discuss their game, "Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade."

  • 127: Never Trust a Nephew

    November 7th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Activision's King acquisition, La Mulana EX, and we ask you about the origin of your screen name.

  • 126: In Space No One Can Hear You Jam

    October 30th, 2015  |  1 hr 52 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Sony announcements from Paris Games Week, Guitar Hero Live, and we ask you about your gaming waterloos.

  • 125: What's a Tuzzle?

    October 23rd, 2015  |  1 hr 39 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, the Cainsville Files, and we ask you about your favorite and least-favorite puzzles in non-puzzle games.

  • 124: Goat Balloon Filter

    October 17th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the future of Square Enix localizations, SOMA, and we ask you what games you play when you're traveling.