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

  • Bonus Level 11: Dark Souls II

    March 14th, 2014  |  43 mins 32 secs

    Dennis Furia and Murph Murphy gather to give an exhaustive and factual rundown of Dark Souls II.

    Check our Murph's other podcasts, The Dork Knight and Hours Played.

  • 55: The Cradle of My Bailiwick

    March 8th, 2014  |  1 hr 40 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Occulus Rift aquisition, we ask you which game you wish you could play for the first time again, and then we avoid talking about any video games whatsoever.

  • 53: Not a Cynical Episode at All

    March 7th, 2014  |  1 hr 50 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Batman: Arkham Knight announcement, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and we ask you what games you anticipated most.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.